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Click and select user interface for document scanning

  • US 6,151,426 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1998
  • Issued: 11/21/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A user interface method, within a computer system, for selecting and classifying a region of a scanned document comprising:

  • (a) sending a signal to a scanner device to scan a document previously placed on said scanner device, wherein said scanner device is directed to scan said document using a preview scan mode to produce preview scan data of said document;

    (b) displaying said preview scan data of said document in a preview box within a scanner software window of a monitor attached to said computer system;

    (c) receiving a first click input from a graphical input device attached to said computer system, wherein said click input identifies a point on said monitor, said point being located within a first region of interest within said preview scan data within said preview box within said scanner software window of said monitor;

    (d) segmenting said preview scan data within said first region of interest to locate a first boundary of said first region of interest; and

    (e) displaying a first selection marker around said first boundary of said first region of interest within said preview box within said scanner software window of said monitor.

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