Mouse Scanner Position Display

A computer-readable medium including program instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for providing a visual representation pertaining to a resolution of at least one scanned image segment obtained from a portable scanner, the method comprising:

• associating the scanned image segment with positional coordinates relative to an image on a scanned medium;
• determining the resolution of the scanned image segment;
• assigning the scanned image segment to a resolution category associated with the resolution;
• and
• displaying the image segment in a format associated with the resolution category, at a location corresponding to the location of the image segment relative to the image on the scanned medium.

A portable scanner, comprising:

• an input interface for receiving an image segment and positional coordinates relative to an image on a scanned medium;
• a storage device for storing the image segment, position coordinates, and instructions for providing a visual representation pertaining to a resolution of the scanned image segment;
• and
• a processor coupled to the input interface and the storage device, wherein the processor executes the instructions to perform the steps of:
• associating the scanned image segment with the positional coordinates;
• determining the resolution of the scanned image segment;
• assigning the scanned image segment to a resolution category associated with the resolution;
• and
• displaying the image segment in a format associated with the resolution category, at a location corresponding to the location of the image segment relative to the image on the scanned medium.