Method and system for fit-to-form scanning with a scanning device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsChristian L. Struble, Robert Sesek
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Abstract
An improved scanning device, such as a Multi-Function Peripheral (“MFP”), and corresponding host system allow a user to scan images for inclusion in a document having pre-defined fields or areas for accepting such scanned images. An electronic form template or parameters for the template are stored in the memory of the MFP or downloaded to the MFP by a host computer. When scanned images are to be inserted into the template, the MFP can access the template or its parameters from memory and ascertain the size and shape of the pre-defined field into which the scanned image must fit. The MFP can then automatically scan the image at an appropriate resolution, size and shape to fit the form template for which it is intended.
Claims22
A scanning device for producing documents based on a form template that incorporates scanned images, the scanning device comprising:
- a processor;
- an optical scanner controlled by said processor;
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- a memory unit accessible to said processor in which said form template or parameters of said form template are stored, said form template including at least one pre-defined field for accepting a scanned image;
- wherein said processor controls said scanner to scan an image for inclusion in said form template, said processor controlling said scanner to automatically scan said image in accordance with a size or position of said pre-defined field
A method of producing documents with a scanning device, wherein said documents are based on a form template that incorporates scanned images into one or more pre-defined fields, the form template or parameters of said form template being stored in or accessible to said scanning device, the method comprising scanning an image for inclusion in said form template, said scanning being automatically performed in accordance with a size or position of said predefined field.
A scanning device for producing documents that incorporate scanned images based on a form template, the scanning device comprising:
- an optical scanning means;
- memory means in which said form template or parameters of said form template are stored, said form template including at least one pre-defined field for accepting a scanned image;
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- means for controlling said scanning means to scan an image for inclusion in said form template, said means for controlling said scanning means causing said scanning means to automatically scan said image in accordance with a size of said pre-defined field
Computer-readable instructions stored on a medium for recording computer-readable instructions, said instructions causing a scanning device to scan an image for inclusion in a document, wherein said document is based on a form template that incorporates said scanned image in a pre-defined field, the form template or parameters of said form template being stored in or accessible to said scanning device,
- wherein said computer-readable instructions cause an optical scanner of said scanning device to scan said image for inclusion in said form template in accordance with a size or position of said pre-defined field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.