Scanner control medium, scanner control device, and scanner device

• US 20070146819A1
• Filed: 12/27/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kai, Takafumi
• Application Number:
  US11/645,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20070146819A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/474
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00718 Skew
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00721 Orientation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00737 using the scanning elements as detectors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00774 Adjusting or controlling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00795 Reading arrangements details of scanning heads H04N1/024; scanning arrangements therefor H04N1/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00809 Orientation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00816 Determining the reading area, e.g. eliminating reading of margins
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00824 for displaying or indicating, e.g. a condition or state details of displaying or indicating means H04N1/00405
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00827 Arrangements for reading an image from an unusual original, e.g. 3-dimensional objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3878 Skew detection or correction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0416 Performing a pre-scan

Abstract

A computer-usable medium comprises instructions that cause a computer to serve as a scanner control device comprising a first scanning system that makes a scanner perform first scanning of an original with a first resolution, a display system that displays a pre-scanned image by the first scanning, an area specifying frame displaying system that displays an area specifying frame rotated by a specified rotation angle, an area specifying system that specifies an area of an image to be acquired on the pre-scanned image with the area specifying frame, a second scanning system that makes the scanner perform second scanning of an image including at least the specified area with a second resolution, and an image generating system that generates image data corresponding to the image to be acquired by extracting the specified area from an image by the second scanning and reversely rotating the extracted area by the specified angle.

Claims

1. A computer-usable medium comprising computer-readable instructions that cause a computer, which includes a display portion configured to display an image thereon and an operating portion through which a specified area on the image displayed on the display portion is designated, to serve as a scanner control device that controls a scanner device, the scanner control device comprising:

a first scanning system configured to make the scanner device perform first scanning of an original with a first resolution;

a first display system configured to display a first scanned image obtained by the first scanning on a first display area of the display portion;

an area specifying frame displaying system configured to display an area specifying frame of a predetermined shape on the display portion in a manner rotated by a rotation angle specified through the operating portion with respect to a predetermined reference direction;

an area specifying system configured to specify an area of an image to be acquired from the original on the first scanned image with the area specifying frame displayed by the area specifying frame displaying system;

a second scanning system configured to make the scanner device perform second scanning of an image including at least the area specified by the area specifying system with a second resolution; and

an image generating system configured to generate image data corresponding to the image to be acquired by extracting the area specified by the area specifying system from a second scanned image obtained by the second scanning and reversely rotating the extracted area by the specified rotation angle.

2. The computer-usable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the area specifying frame is formed of a rectangle.

3. The computer-usable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the scanner control device further comprises a second display system configured to display one of a first scanned image within the area specified by the area specifying frame and a first scanned image in a predetermined area including at least the area specified by the area specifying frame, in a manner reversely rotated by the specified rotation angle, on a second display area of the display portion different from the first display area.

4. The computer-usable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the scanner control device further comprises a highlighting system configured to highlight the area specified by the area specifying system by changing a display color of an area other than the specified area on the first scanned image displayed on the first display area of the display portion.

5. The computer-usable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution.

14. The scanner device according to claim 1, further comprising a highlighting system configured to highlight the area specified by the area specifying system by changing a display color of an area other than the specified area on the first scanned image displayed on the first display area of the display portion.

15. The scanner device according to claim 1,

wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution.

6. A scanner control device that is connected communicably with a scanner device and configured to control the scanner device, comprising:

a display portion configured to display an image thereon;

an operating portion through which a specified area on the image displayed on the display portion is designated;

a first scanning system configured to make the scanner device perform first scanning of an original with a first resolution;

a first display system configured to display a first scanned image obtained by the first scanning on a first display area of the display portion;

an area specifying frame displaying system configured to display an area specifying frame of a predetermined shape on the display portion in a manner rotated by a rotation angle specified through the operating portion with respect to a predetermined reference direction;

an area specifying system configured to specify an area of an image to be acquired from the original on the first scanned image with the area specifying frame displayed by the area specifying frame displaying system;

a second scanning system configured to make the scanner device perform second scanning of an image including at least the area specified by the area specifying system with a second resolution; and

an image generating system configured to generate image data corresponding to the image to be acquired by extracting the area specified by the area specifying system from a second scanned image obtained by the second scanning and reversely rotating the extracted area by the specified rotation angle.

7. The scanner control device according to claim 6,

wherein the area specifying frame is formed of a rectangle.

8. The scanner control device according to claim 6, further comprising a second display system configured to display one of a first scanned image within the area specified by the area specifying frame and a first scanned image in a predetermined area including at least the area specified by the area specifying frame, in a manner reversely rotated by the specified rotation angle, on a second display area of the display portion different from the first display area.

9. The scanner control device according to claim 6, further comprising a highlighting system configured to highlight the area specified by the area specifying system by changing a display color of an area other than the specified area on the first scanned image displayed on the first display area of the display portion.

10. The scanner control device according to claim 6,

wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution.

11. A scanner device, comprising:

a display portion configured to display an image thereon;

an operating portion through which a specified area on the image displayed on the display portion is designated;

a first scanning system configured to perform first scanning of an original with a first resolution;

a first display system configured to display a first scanned image obtained by the first scanning on a first display area of the display portion;

an area specifying frame displaying system configured to display an area specifying frame of a predetermined shape on the display portion in a manner rotated by a rotation angle specified through the operating portion with respect to a predetermined reference direction;

an area specifying system configured to specify an area of an image to be acquired from the original on the first scanned image with the area specifying frame displayed by the area specifying frame displaying system;

a second scanning system configured to perform second scanning of an image including at least the area specified by the area specifying system with a second resolution; and

an image generating system configured to generate image data corresponding to the image to be acquired by extracting the area specified by the area specifying system from a second scanned image obtained by the second scanning and reversely rotating the extracted area by the specified rotation angle.

12. The scanner device according to claim 11,

wherein the area specifying frame is formed of a rectangle.

13. The scanner device according to claim 11, further comprising a second display system configured to display one of a first scanned image within the area specified by the area specifying frame and a first scanned image in a predetermined area including at least the area specified by the area specifying frame, in a manner reversely rotated by the specified rotation angle, on a second display area of the display portion different from the first display area.

16. A scanner device, comprising:

a scanning unit configured to scan a specified area of an original based on a predetermined direction and generate image data corresponding to the scanned area with the predetermined direction being defined as a reference direction of the image data;

an area specifying system configured to specify an area, tilted by a given rotation angle with respect to the predetermined direction, of an image to be acquired from the original;

a first control system configured to control the scanning unit to scan an area including the area specified by the area specifying system based on the predetermined direction and generate first image data corresponding to the scanned area including the specified area with the predetermined direction being defined as the reference direction of the first image data; and

a converting system configured to convert the first image data into second image data with a direction tilted by the rotation angle being defined as a reference direction of the second image data.

17. The scanner device according to claim 16, further comprising:

a display portion configured to display an image scanned by the scanning unit thereon; and

a second control system configured to control the scanning unit to pre-scan a predetermined area of the original,

wherein the area specifying system is configured to specify the area of the image to be acquired from the original on the pre-scanned image displayed on the display portion.

18. The scanner device according to claim 16,

wherein the converting system is configured to convert the first image data into second image data corresponding to the image to be acquired with the direction tilted by the rotation angle being defined as the reference direction of the second image data by extracting the area specified by the area specifying system from the first image data.