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US 2003/0117669 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for fast image fetching and processing
OwnerJewel Tsai, Hsi-Hsun Huang +1inventors
InventorsJewel Tsai, Hsi-Hsun Huang, Nora Wen
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for fast image fetching and processing is provided to scan an object more efficiently by a one-touch operation. The method and apparatus allows a one-touch operation to initiate a series of actions previously defined in a configuration file for each function key, including scan, print, facsimile, e-mail or OCR, thereby provide a more user friendly interface for operating the office machine.
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An apparatus for fast image fetching and processing comprising:
- a host computer having a buffer, a driver, a control key configuration file, and an application program associated with said control key configuration file;
- a scanner communicated with said host computer, said scanner having a plurality of function keys and an optical module, each of said plurality of function keys being operable in response to said control key configuration file, said optical module being controlled in response to said driver for reading an image of a scanned object and converting said scanned image to image data which is saved in said buffer and loaded in an application program associated with said control key configuration file;
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- an output unit communicated with said host computer for generating the operation result of said application program.
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A method for fast image fetching and processing, comprising the steps of:
- providing a host computer having a buffer, a driver, a control key configuration file, and an application program associated with said control key configuration file;
- providing a scanner communicated with said host computer, said scanner having a plurality of function keys and an optical module controlled by said driver, for converting a scanned image into digital image data;
- defining said control key configuration file by recording the procedural steps for each of said plurality of function keys associated with an application program;
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- performing said procedural steps in response to the operation of each of said plurality of function keys.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.