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A scanning system in which a portion of a preview scan image of a picture displaced on a screen is selected and a corresponding portion of the picture is scanned in a final scan

  • US 4,837,635 A
  • Filed: 01/22/1988
  • Issued: 06/06/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computing system, a method for scanning a picture using a scanner and for presenting to a user a final scan image of the picture on a screen, the method comprising:

  • (a) performing a preview scan of the picture to produce a preview scan image of the picture;

    (b) displaying the preview scan image of the picture on the screen;

    (c) selecting portion of the preview scan image for final scan;

    (d) performing a final scan of a portion of the picture which corresponds to the portion of the preview scan image to produce a final scan image; and

    (e) displaying on the screen the final scan image produced by the final scan.

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