Systems, methods and graphical user interfaces for interactively previewing a scanned document

• US 7,430,059 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2004
• Issued: 09/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Rodrigues, Rudolph A., Huedepohl, Ralph H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Safaipour; Houshang
• Application Number:
  US10/851,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20050270601A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,590 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.9, 358/1.6, 358/1.18, 358/451, 358/506, 358/449, 358/500, 382/117, 382/103, 382/116
• US Class Current: 358/1.9
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00236 using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00241 using an image reading device as a local input to a computer input via network, e.g. network scanners H04N1/00225
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00421 using drop-down menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00432 using tabs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/1013 with sub-scanning by translatory movement of at least a part of the main-scanning components H04N1/107 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/12 using the sheet-feed movement or the medium-advance or the drum-rotation movement as the slow scanning component, e.g. arrangements for the main-scanningsheet-feed movement by translatory movement of a flat picture-bearing surface H04N1/1008; main-scanning using oscillating or rotating mirrors H04N1/113; using multi-element arrays H04N1/19
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0081 Image reader H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence

Abstract

A system and method for scanning and reprocessing an image, including capturing and storing scanned image data in a memory of an image scanner; processing the scanned image data in accordance with at least one predetermined image parameter; transmitting the processed image data to an image capture device control system; transmitting the processed image data on a display device; selecting at least on selectable image parameter; reprocessing the scanned image data stored in the memory in accordance with the at least one selected image parameter.

Claims

1. A method for scanning and reprocessing an image, comprising:

capturing image data of an image that is on a recording medium, the capturing being performed by an image scanner;

storing the scanned image data in a memory of the image scanner;

processing the scanned image data in accordance with at least one predetermined image parameter;

transmitting the processed image data to an image capture device control system;

previewing the processed image data on a display device;

selecting at least one selectable image parameter;

providing the at least one selectable image parameter to the image scanner;

reprocessing the scanned image data stored in the memory of the image scanner in accordance with the at least one selectable image parameter,

wherein the capturing of the image data of the image that is on the recording medium is performed only once by the image scanner.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the reprocessed image data to the image capture device control system.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying the reprocessed image data on a display device in communication with the image capture device control system.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising defining a window that bounds a portion of the processed image data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising selecting a second selectable image parameter for the portion of the processed image data bounded by the window.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

reprocessing the scanned image data stored in the memory in accordance with a first selected image parameter;

transmitting the image data reprocessed in accordance with the first selected image parameter to the image capture device control system;

reprocessing the scanned image data stored in the memory in accordance with the second selected image parameter; and

transmitting the image data reprocessed in accordance with the second selected image parameter to the image capture device control system.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

displaying the image data reprocessed in accordance with the first selected image parameter other than the portion of the image data bound by the window; and

displaying the image data reprocessed in accordance with the second selected image parameter corresponding to the portion bound by the window.

8. A system for reprocessing scanned image data, comprising:

an image scanner that captures image data and that generates scanned image data;

a memory of the image scanner which stores the scanned image data;

image processing electronics that processes the scanned image data stored in the memory in accordance with at least one image parameter;

an image capture control system that controls the image scanner to capture the image data and generate the scanned image data, and that provides at least one predetermined image parameter to the image processing electronics for processing the scanned image data;

a display device in communication with the image capture control system and configured to receive and to display image data processed by the image processing electronics; and

a selector of the image capture control system which selects at least one selectable image parameter, the image capture control system being further configured to provide the at least one selectable image parameter to the image processing electronics for reprocessing the scanned image data,

wherein the capturing of the image data of the image that is on the recording medium is performed only once by the image scanner.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a memory controller in communication with the memory; and

a scanner control module in communication with the memory controller and the image processing electronics, and which controls the reprocessing of the scanned image data stored in the memory in accordance with the at least one selected image parameter from the image capture control system.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the selector selects a window bounding a portion of the image data displayed on the display device and selects a second selectable image parameter for the image data bounded by the window.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the image capture control system provides the second selectable image parameter to the image scanner, and the image processing electronics reprocesses the scanned image data in accordance with the second selectable image parameter.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the image capture control system receives the reprocessed image data; and

the image capture control system causes the display device to display the image data reprocessed in accordance with the at least one selectable image data other than the portion of the image data bound by the window and causes the display device to display the image data reprocessed in accordance with the second selectable image data corresponding to the portion bound by the window.

13. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer to preview image data, the program code comprising;

computer readable program code for causing a computer to cause an image scanner to capture image data from an image that is on a recording medium and to cause the image scanner to store the scanned image data in a memory;

computer readable program code for causing the computer to provide the image scanner with at least one predetermined image parameter and to control the image scanner to process the scanned image data by the at least one predetermined image parameter;

computer readable program code for causing the computer to cause a display device to receive and display the processed image data;

computer readable program code for causing the computer to enable selecting at least one selectable image parameter; and

computer readable program code for causing the computer to send the at least one selectable image parameter to the image scanner for reprocessing of the scanned image data in accordance with the at least one selectable image parameter,

wherein the capturing of the image data of the image that is on the recording medium is performed only once by the image scanner.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising computer readable program code for causing the computer to receive and display the reprocessed image data.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising computer readable program code for causing the computer to define a window that bounds a portion of the image data.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising computer readable program code for causing the computer to select a second selectable image parameter for the portion of the image data bounded by the window.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising:

computer readable program code for causing the computer to reprocess the scanned image data stored in the memory in accordance with a first selected image parameter;

computer readable program code for causing the computer to transmit the image data reprocessed in accordance with the first selected image parameter to the computer;

computer readable program code for causing the computer to reprocess the scanned image data stored in the memory in accordance with the second selected image parameter; and

computer readable program code for causing the computer to transmit the image data reprocessed in accordance with the second selected image parameter to the computer.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:

computer readable program code for causing the computer to display the image data reprocessed in accordance with the first selected image parameter other than the portion of the image data bound by the window; and

computer readable program code for causing the computer to display the portion of the image data reprocessed in accordance with the second selected image parameter corresponding to the portion bound by the window.