Input apparatus and method for acquiring a scan image

• US 9,113,053 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Minwoo, Lee, Jungyong, Park, Hyunsu
• Primary Examiner(s): KAU, STEVEN Y
• Application Number:
  US13/829,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20140043658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00702 Position
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0408 Different densities of dots per unit length
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0443 Varying the scanning velocity or position
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0455 using a single set of scanning elements, e.g. the whole of and a part of an array respectively for different formats
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/047 Detection, control or error compensation of scanning velocity or position H04N1/0402 and H04N1/17 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/107 with manual scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2036 of a plurality of pictures corresponding to a single side of a plurality of media
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3876 Recombination of partial images to recreate the original image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/04713 Details of the detector arrangement, e.g. non-standard position, optical details H04N2201/04712 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/04737 by detecting the scanned medium directly, e.g. a leading edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/04743 by detecting the image directly detecting reference images H04N2201/04717

Abstract

An input apparatus having a scan function according to the disclosure includes a position detecting unit to acquire position information of each unit image of a scan target object; a unit image acquiring unit to acquire each unit image by using the position information of each unit image; and an object image acquiring unit to acquire an object image of the scan target object by merging the acquired unit images.

Claims

1. An input apparatus, comprising:

a function input unit configured to receive a request for scanning;

a scanning unit configured to acquire a scan image of a target object through a scan area according to the request for scanning;

a position detecting unit configured to obtain information on a position of the scan image,

wherein the position detecting unit includes a laser sensor and a gyro sensor, and

wherein each of the laser sensor and the gyro sensor detects the information on the position of the scan image;

a communication interface unit configured to transmit the scan image and the information on the position of the scan image to a display device; and

a control unit configured to;

compare position information of a latest scan image detected by the laser sensor with position information of a previous scan image detected by the laser sensor, which is detected just before the latest scan image, to obtain a comparison result,

determine, based on the comparison result, whether the position information of the latest scan image is within an allowable range,

wherein the allowable range represents a position range required for the input apparatus to normally acquire the scan image,

determine position information detected by the gyro sensor as the position information of the scan image when the position information of the latest scan image is determined not to be within the allowable range, and

determine position information detected by the laser sensor as the position information of the scan image when the position information of the latest scan image is determined to be within the allowable range.

2. The input apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a specification confirming unit configured to confirm a specification of a terminal making communication with the input apparatus; and

a rendering selecting unit configured to select one of a hardware rendering and a software rendering according to the confirmed specification,

wherein the scanning unit acquires the scan image of the target object by merging a plurality of acquired scan images according to the selected rendering.

3. The input apparatus of claim 2, wherein the specification confirming unit confirms a specification of a graphic processing unit included in the terminal and the rendering selecting unit selects the hardware rendering when the specification of the graphic processing unit satisfies a reference specification and selects the software rendering when the specification of the graphic processing unit is lower than the reference specification.

4. The input apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a use state confirming unit configured to confirm use states of a graphic processing unit and a central processing unit included in the terminal,

wherein the rendering selecting unit selects one of the hardware rendering and the software rendering according to the use states of the graphic processing unit and the central processing unit.

5. The input apparatus of claim 4, wherein the rendering selecting unit selects the software rendering when the use state of the graphic processing unit is higher than a reference use state and the use state of the central processing unit is less than the reference use state.

6. The input apparatus of claim 4, wherein the rendering selecting unit selects the hardware rendering when the use state of the graphic processing unit is higher than a reference use state and the use state of the central processing unit is higher than the reference use state.

7. The input apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a velocity measuring unit configured to measure a movement velocity of the input apparatus; and

a frame rate determining unit configured to determine a frame rate of the input apparatus according to the measured movement velocity.

8. The input apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the measured movement velocity in correspondence with the frame rate of the input apparatus,

wherein the frame rate determining unit determines the frame rate by searching for the frame rate corresponding to the measured movement velocity from the storage unit.

9. The input apparatus of claim 8, wherein, when the measured movement velocity is equal to or higher than a predetermined maximum velocity, the frame rate determining unit determines the frame rate corresponding to the predetermined maximum velocity as the frame rate of the input apparatus.

10. The input apparatus of claim 8, wherein, when the measured movement velocity is equal to or lower than a predetermined minimum velocity, the frame rate determining unit determines the frame rate corresponding to the predetermined minimum velocity as the frame rate of the input apparatus.

11. The input apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

a resolution measuring unit configured to measure a resolution of a scan image based on the acquired position information of the scan image.

12. The input apparatus of claim 11, wherein the frame rate determining unit adjusts the frame rate of the input apparatus according to the measured resolution.

13. The input apparatus of claim 12, wherein the frame rate determining unit holds the frame rate of the input apparatus to a current frame rate when the measured resolution is identical to a reference resolution.

14. The input apparatus of claim 12, wherein the frame rate determining unit reduces the frame rate of the input apparatus to a half of a current frame rate when the measured resolution is higher than a reference resolution.

15. A method of controlling an input apparatus having a laser sensor and a gyro sensor to perform a scan function, the method comprising:

receiving a request for scanning;

acquiring a scan image of a target object through a scan area according to the request for scanning;

obtaining information on a position of the scan image using the laser sensor and the gyro sensor of the input apparatus,

wherein each of the laser sensor and the gyro sensor detects the information on the position of the scan image;

transmitting the scan image and the information on the position of the scan image to a display device;

compare position information of a latest scan image detected by the laser sensor with position information of a previous scan image detected by the laser sensor, which is detected just before the latest scan image, to obtain a comparison result,

determining, based on the comparison result, whether the position information of the latest scan image is within an allowable range,

wherein the allowable range represents a position range required for the input apparatus to normally acquire the scan image;

determining position information detected by the gyro sensor as the position information of the scan image when the position information of the latest scan image is determined not to be within the allowable range; and

determining position information detected by the laser sensor as the position information of the scan image when the position information of the latest scan image is determined to be within the allowable range.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

confirming a specification of a terminal making communication with the input apparatus; and

selecting one of a hardware rendering and a software rendering according to the confirmed specification,

wherein the scan image of the target object is acquired by merging a plurality of acquired scan images according to the selected rendering.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

storing a movement velocity of the input apparatus in correspondence with a frame rate of the input apparatus;

measuring the movement velocity of the input apparatus; and

adjusting the frame rate of the input apparatus corresponding to the measured movement velocity.