Synchronization of navigation and image information for handheld scanner

A method of operating a computer peripheral comprising an image array, a plurality of motion sensors and a computer interface, the method comprising:

• at each of a plurality of times, generating multi-dimensional position information using the plurality of motion sensors;
• repeatedly capturing images with the image array, each image being captured at a respective time, and generating associated image data;
• and
• transferring the image data associated with each of a plurality of captured images through the computer interface, the image data for each image being transferred in a format that associates with the image data multi-dimension position information generated for a respective time associated with capture of the image.

A method of operating a computer peripheral comprising an image array, a plurality of motion sensors and a computer interface, the method comprising:

• operating the computer peripheral during a mouse mode by repeatedly:
• transferring a value from each of the plurality of motion sensors through the computer interface;
• and
• operating the computer peripheral during a scan mode by repeatedly:
• reading a value from each of the plurality of motion sensors and, using the read value, generating an instance of a respective cumulative position value of a plurality of cumulative position values;
• triggering the image array to capture an image;
• and
• transferring image data from the image array and an instance of each of the plurality of cumulative position values through the computer interface in a format that associates the image data with the instances of the plurality of cumulative position values, the instances of the plurality of cumulative position values being associated with the time at which the image array is triggered to capture the image.