Routing scanned documents with scanned control sheets
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorROGER D. MELEN
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Abstract
A scanning system routes scanned document information (110) to a specified location (120) based on scanned control sheet information (108). Each location (120) is associated with an existing identifier (118). Scanned control sheet information (108) is retrieved by the scanning system from graphical information displayed on a control sheet (102). The system compares a tentative identifier (124) obtained from the scanned control sheet information (108) to existing identifiers (118) to determine a location (120) to which scanned document information (110) should be routed.
Claims19
A method for routing scanned document information to at least one of a plurality of locations based on graphical content of a control sheet, which locations are each associated with at least one of a plurality of existing identifiers, and which control sheet displays information in a graphical form, the method comprising the steps of:
- scanning the control sheet to retrieve scanned control sheet information therefrom;
- determining a tentative identifier from the control sheet information;
- comparing the tentative identifier to the existing identifiers;
- scanning a document which is not a control sheet, resulting in scanned document information;
- and
- responsive to the tentative identifier matching one of the existing identifiers,
- routing the scanned document information to a location associated with that existing identifier.
A document routing device for routing scanned document information to at least one of a plurality of locations based on graphical content of a control sheet, which locations are each associated with at least one of a plurality of existing identifiers, and which control sheet displays information in a graphical form, the device comprising:
- a scan storage memory coupled to a scanner for storing scanned control sheet information and scanned document information;
- a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the scan storage memory;
- a program memory, coupled to the CPU, and storing a set of instructions, which, when executed by the CPU, cause the CPU to:
- access control sheet information from the scan storage memory;
- determine a tentative identifier from the control sheet information;
- compare the tentative identifier to the existing identifiers;
- access scanned document information from the scan storage;
- and
- responsive to the tentative identifier matching one of the existing identifiers, route the scanned document information to a location associated with that existing identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.