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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsFranc Camara, Richard Turner, Mark Enstrom, Reed Bement, Andrew Ivory
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An image acquisition system has a computer and one or more imaging devices coupled thereto. Each imaging device has a device memory and is capable of capturing and storing a digital image in its memory. An image device manager is implemented in software on the computer to control imaging device operation. The image device manager presents a user interface (UI) within the familiar graphical windowing environment. The UI has a context space to a particular imaging context (e.g., scanning, photography, and video). The UI also has a persistently-visible imaging menu positioned within the context space that lists options particular to the imaging context. The image acquisition system also includes a set of application program interfaces (APIs) that enable applications to manage loading and unloading of imaging devices, monitor device events, query device information properties, create device objects, capture images using the devices, and store or manipulate the captured images.
An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium embodying computer-readable code thereon that is configured to cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
A system comprising:
A system comprising:
An image acquisition system comprising:
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