IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE SCANNERS
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1. An image processing unit for processing received digital image data, comprising:
- a plurality of hardware interfaces, each associated with one of a plurality of digital image data sources for receiving the image data therefrom;
means for determining a data source from the received digital image data;
an image processing unit connected to the interfaces for processing the received image data to generate processed image data; and
an output interface connected to the image processing unit for outputting the processed image data.
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Abstract
An image processing unit for processing digital image data. A plurality of hardware interfaces each is associated with one of a plurality of digital image sources for receiving image data. There are means for determining a data source from the received image data, and an image processing unit connected to the interfaces processes the received image data to generate processed image data. An output interface connected to the image processing unit outputs the processed image data.
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1. An image processing unit for processing received digital image data, comprising:
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a plurality of hardware interfaces, each associated with one of a plurality of digital image data sources for receiving the image data therefrom; means for determining a data source from the received digital image data; an image processing unit connected to the interfaces for processing the received image data to generate processed image data; and an output interface connected to the image processing unit for outputting the processed image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image processing unit for processing image data provided by a plurality of image data sources, comprising:
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a plurality of separate hardware interfaces each for receiving the image data and a corresponding identifier from one of the plurality of image data sources; an output interface for outputting processed image data; and a processing section comprising a plurality of selectable image processing parameters, and wherein at least one of the image processing parameters is selected in response to the received identifier for customizably processing the image data for a data source corresponding to the received identifier. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An image processing unit for processing received digital image data, comprising:
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a network connected input for receiving digital image data therefrom; means for determining a data source from the received digital image data; an image processing unit connected to the input for processing the received image data to generate processed image data; and a network connected output interface connected to the image processing unit for outputting the processed image data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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