Desk top scanning with hand operation
First Claim
1. A method of providing a digital document file based on a physical document, using a desk top document scanning system, said method comprising the steps of:
- scanning over a field of interest and detecting manual gestures made by a user that indicate a usage of scanning results;
detecting in said field of interest a substantially steady non-pointing first manual gesture by a user;
determining an intended usage application selection from said gesture;
executing a document scanning operation within the field of interest; and
forwarding results of said scanning operation to the selected usage application as determined from the gesture.
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Abstract
A desk top document scanning system in a multi-usage environment executes scanning over a field of interest and forwards results of the scanning selectively to a selected one of a plurality of scan data usage applications. In particular, the usage application is determined by detecting a substantially steady non-pointing first manual gesture by a user which gesture is presented at the field of interest. The system may use biometrical techniques to recognize the user from the dimensions of the hand making the gesture and thereupon further detail the usage application selection. Advantageously, the field of interest may be re-defined by a second manual gesture by a user made in combination with the first manual gesture which second manual gesture is also presented at the field of interest.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of providing a digital document file based on a physical document, using a desk top document scanning system, said method comprising the steps of:
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scanning over a field of interest and detecting manual gestures made by a user that indicate a usage of scanning results;
detecting in said field of interest a substantially steady non-pointing first manual gesture by a user;
determining an intended usage application selection from said gesture;
executing a document scanning operation within the field of interest; and
forwarding results of said scanning operation to the selected usage application as determined from the gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A desk top document scanning system for operating in combination with a plurality of scan data usage applications, said system comprising
a scanning facility for scanning over a field of interest; -
a detecting facility, connected to said scanning facility, that is arranged for detecting a substantially steady first manual non-pointing gesture by a user, which gesture is presented at said field of interest to represent said usage application;
a selection determining facility, connected to the detecting facility, for determining a selection of a said usage application, based on said detected gesture; and
a forwarding facility for forwarding results of scanning a document placed in the field of interest selectively to a selected one of said usage applications. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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