Acquisition and organization of digital images
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1. A method of optically scanning a target item, comprising:
- configuring an optical scanning arrangement with predefined settings for scanning parameters appropriate to a photographic image;
initiating a scanning operation;
in response to the initiating, optically scanning the target item using the predefrned settings to form a digital image of the target item; and
converting the digital image into a data file, wherein the scanning and the converting are performed automatically without intervention by a user, and wherein the predefined settings are not defined by the user.
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Abstract
A system and method for organizing digital images automatically. A digital image is acquired and automatically converted into an image data file with an associated date, and stored into a file system folder associated with that date. When the digital image is to be acquired using an optical scanner, the method automatically acquires the image using predefined scanner settings that are appropriate to a photographic image to scan the item.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of optically scanning a target item, comprising:
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configuring an optical scanning arrangement with predefined settings for scanning parameters appropriate to a photographic image; initiating a scanning operation; in response to the initiating, optically scanning the target item using the predefrned settings to form a digital image of the target item; and converting the digital image into a data file, wherein the scanning and the converting are performed automatically without intervention by a user, and wherein the predefined settings are not defined by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An image processing system, comprising:
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at least one image source, each image source for providing at least one digital image upon request; an image capture subsystem coupled to the at least one image source for requesting and receiving the at least one digital image from the at least one image source, the image capture subsystem further for associating a date with each digital image and automatically converting each digital image into a corresponding image file; and a file system coupled to the image capture subsystem for automatically storing each image file in a selected one of a plurality of data folders, the selected data folder having a folder name indicative of the date. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- acquire a digital image from an image source;
automatically convert the digital image into a data file having a date associated with the digital image; and store the data file into a data folder of a file system, the folder having a folder name indicative of the date.
- acquire a digital image from an image source;
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19. A processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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configure an optical scanning arrangement with predefined settings for scanning parameters appropriate to a photographic image; detect an initiation of a scanning operation; in response to the initiation, optically scan the target item using the predefined settings to form a digital image of the target item; and convert the digital image into a data file, wherein the instructions to scan and convert are performed automatically after the initiation without intervention by a user, and wherein the predefined settings are not defined by the user.
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20. An image processing system, comprising:
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means for configuring an optical scanning arrangement with predefined settings for scanning parameters appropriate to a photographic image; means for initiating a scanning operation; means for optically scanning the target item using the predefined settings to form a digital image of the target item; and means for converting the digital image into a data file, wherein the scanning and the converting are performed automatically without intervention by a user, and wherein the predefined settings are not defined by the user.
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21. An image processing system, comprising:
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at least one image source, each image source for providing at least one digital image upon request; an image capture subsystem coupled to the at least one image source which requests and receives the at least one digital image from the at least one image source, associates a date with each image, and automatically converts each image into a corresponding image file; and a file system coupled to the image capture subsystem which receives each image file from the image capture subsystem and automatically stores each image file in a selected one of a plurality of data folders, the selected data folder having a folder name indicative of the date.
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