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Technique for transferring image information from a scanning apparatus

  • US 7,460,257 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2002
  • Issued: 12/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transferring image information from a scanning apparatus, the method comprising:

  • providing a transfer signal to an image extraction device in the scanning apparatus, the image extraction device coupled to a computer;

    transmitting data for each pixel of a scan line to the computer via a shift signal without storing the data in a memory buffer of the scanning apparatus;

    adjusting a period of the shift signal based at least in part on a speed of reading the data by the computer, wherein data for all of the pixels of the scan line is transmitted during a period adding a waiting time to shift signal based at least in part on the period of transfer signal.

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