METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING SCANNING SPEED
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Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, a method and a system for increasing scanning speed are provided. The method comprises steps of determining a transmission rate of a transit interface, scanning an original to generate an image data, and adjusting a cycle time of the image data to change a data generated rate responsive to the transmission rate of the transit interface. The key aspect of the present invention is by adjusting the cycle time of a state machine to change the data generated rate corresponding to the transmission rate of the transit interface. Therefore, in response to the transmission rate of the transit interface, the cycle time of the state machine is adjusted to produce the data at a rate that prevents the smearing process. Thus, incorporated with the present invention, the possibility of memory buffer full is reduced leading to the reduction in the time wasting on start-stop processes and therefore the overall scanning speed is increased without requiring the increase in size of a memory buffer.
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19. A method for optimizing scanning speed of a scanning system, comprising:
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scanning an original to generate image data at a data-generating rate; and
adjusting a cycle time of the image data to change the data-generating rate responsive to a transmission rate of a selected one of a plurality of transit interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of controlling scanning speed of a scanning system, comprising:
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scanning an original to generate image data at a data-generating rate; and
adjusting a cycle time of the image data to change the data-generating rate based at least in part upon a result of a comparison between a predetermined value and a transmission rate of a selected one of a plurality of transit interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A scanning system, comprising:
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a plurality of transit interface means for communicating data between the scanning system and a host device;
a state-machine generator means responsive to the transit interface means for generating at least one cycle time of a state machine; and
a scanning-module means for scanning an original for generating the data at an adjustable rate controlled at least in part by the cycle time of the state machine. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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39. A scanning system, comprising:
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a scanning-rate cycle generator capable of generating an adjustable scanning-rate cycle time based on a transit rate of a selected transit interface of a plurality of transit interfaces; and
a scanning-module capable of scanning an original for generating image data based at least in part on the adjustable scanning-rate cycle time. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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