STORING AND PRESENTING ANCILLARY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM SCANNED PRINTS
First Claim
1. A method for storing and retrieving ancillary image data obtained from a scanned hardcopy image in a single JPEG file, comprising:
- scanning an image side of a hardcopy image;
scanning a non-image side of the hardcopy image;
storing a digital file generated from the scanned non-image side of the hardcopy image in an EXIF header of a JPEG file generated from the scanned image side of the hardcopy image;
displaying the image side of the scanned hardcopy image having an indicator for extracting the scanned non-image side digital file from the EXIF header of the JPEG file and displaying the scanned non-image side in association with the scanned image side of the hardcopy image.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for data storage and retrieval, and more particularly, for indicating that ancillary data is stored in a header of a JPEG file and accessible to a user. The system comprises a JPEG file having an EXIF header and associated image data, and at least one other file of digital data, and a computer. The computer is programmed to scan the JPEG image file for a special indicator in the application marker section of the EXIF header. If the marker is present, the value of marker indicates what type of ancillary digital data is present in the header. For instance, if the marker contains the string EKC-JPEG, then the ancillary data is known to be another JPEG file. Other types of data can be indicated as appropriate. The presence of the ancillary data is then used for the appropriate type of presentation to the user. A reveal icon is then used in presenting the data to indicate whether the ancillary data is another JPEG file, video, audio, sound, document, etc. The user would be presented with the data as appropriate.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for storing and retrieving ancillary image data obtained from a scanned hardcopy image in a single JPEG file, comprising:
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scanning an image side of a hardcopy image; scanning a non-image side of the hardcopy image; storing a digital file generated from the scanned non-image side of the hardcopy image in an EXIF header of a JPEG file generated from the scanned image side of the hardcopy image; displaying the image side of the scanned hardcopy image having an indicator for extracting the scanned non-image side digital file from the EXIF header of the JPEG file and displaying the scanned non-image side in association with the scanned image side of the hardcopy image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for storing and retrieving ancillary image data obtained from a scanned hardcopy image in a single JPEG file, comprising:
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a scanner for digitizing an image side and a non-image side of the hardcopy image; a memory coupled to the scanner for storing the digitized non-image side of the hardcopy image in an EXIF header of a JPEG file generated from the digitized image side of the hardcopy image; a display for presenting the digitized image side having an indicator for extracting the digitized non-image side from the EXIF header of the JPEG file and displaying the digitized non-image side in association with the digitized image side. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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