# US 2019/0245984 A1 · Scan privacy tool and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0245984 A1 - Document ID: US20190245984A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/386,956 - Filed: 2019-04-17 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-31 - Assignees: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. - Applicants: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. - Inventors: Neil-Paul BERMUNDO; Philip Ver DABON - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190245984A1 ## CPC - H04N 1/0087: {with hidden additional data, e.g. data invisible to the human eye} - H04N 1/00018: {Scanning arrangements} - H04N 1/00411: {the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen} - H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A multi-functional printing (MFP) includes a scan privacy tool to allow edits and changes to a scanned document image to remove or hide private information within a document. The scan privacy tool is enabled for jobs on the MFP device and launches when a job is run. The document is scanned and a scanned document image displayed on a display and edit interface of the scan privacy tool. Changes are made to the image using tools available through the scan privacy tool. The changes are applied to the scanned document image. The modified image is saved and transmitted to an engine in the MFP device to complete the job. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 A system comprising: a scanning component to generate an image file of a document; a scan privacy tool including an imaging interface to store the scanned image file from the scanning component in a memory location within the scan privacy tool; a display and edit interface to receive the scanned image file from the imaging interface, wherein the display and edit interface is configured to identify a portion of the scanned image file having text, to select a tool to modify the text in the identified portion within the scanned image file, and to modify the portion of the scanned image file using the selected tool, wherein the modified portion is made private by the tool so that the text is not viewable; a scan privacy tool library to support the tool to modify the scanned image file as displayed by the display and edit interface and to store the privatized portion on the scan privacy tool; and a printing device to receive the modified image file from the display and edit interface in order to process the image file including the privatized portion, wherein the text corresponding to the privatized portion is not printable or viewable within the image file. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The printing system of claim 21, wherein the scan privacy tool is configured to store the privatized portion in a memory. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the scan privacy tool library includes previously selected pattern-rule pairs having pairs of patterns and modification rules to apply to the scanned image file based on the unmodified portion of the scanned image. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the scan privacy tool is wirelessly connected to the printing device over a network. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The system of claim 24, wherein the scan privacy tool is enabled by a tablet or mobile device, such that the tool is selected at the tablet or mobile device. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the printing device is configured to save, print, copy, or electronically transmit the modified image file having the privatized portion. ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the scan privacy tool library includes library tools including the tool to perform an action to modify the image file. ### Claim 28 A scan privacy tool for use to modify a document, the tool comprising: an imaging interface to receive an image file of the document and to store the image file in a memory; a display and edit interface to receive and to display the image file; and a scan privacy tool library having a plurality of tools to modify a portion of the image file having text, the display and edit interface to receive an instruction to use the at least one tool to modify the image file to make the portion private, the display and edit interface configured to select a tool from the plurality of tools, and to modify the portion of the scanned image file using the selected tool, wherein the portion is made private by the tool so that the text is not viewable, wherein the modified portion is stored by the scan privacy tool library as a modification pattern in the memory. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The scan privacy tool of claim 28, wherein the modification pattern is applied by the display and edit interface for the portion identified within another image file. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The scan privacy tool of claim 29, wherein the modification pattern and at least one preference rule for the modified image are stored in the scan privacy tool library. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The scan privacy tool of claim 30, wherein the modification pattern and the at least one modification rule are retrievable by the display and edit interface when the portion is identified in the another image file. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) The scan privacy tool of claim 28, wherein the display and edit interface includes a display and edit toolbox having buttons corresponding to the plurality of tools of the privacy tool library. ### Claim 33 (depends on 28) The scan privacy tool of claim 28, wherein the scan privacy tool includes a display to apply the tool. ### Claim 34 A method for modifying an image file of a document, the method comprising: receiving an image file at a scan privacy tool; identifying a portion having text within the image file using a display and edit interface; selecting a tool supported by a scan privacy tool library of the scan privacy tool; modifying the portion of the image file using the tool of the scan privacy tool to privatize the portion using the tool; saving the privatized portion of the image file as a modification pattern paired to the unmodified portion of the image file in a memory. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The method of claim 34, further comprising receiving the image file from a scanning component. ### Claim 36 (depends on 34) The method of claim 34, further comprising searching for the modification pattern and at least one rule for the privatized portion of the image file in the scan privacy tool library by the display and edit interface. ### Claim 37 (depends on 34) The method of claim 34, wherein saving the modified portion of the image file includes storing the privatized portion in a memory in the scan privacy tool. ### Claim 38 (depends on 34) The method of claim 34, further comprising displaying the image file on the display and edit interface of the scan privacy tool. ### Claim 39 (depends on 34) The method of claim 34, wherein modifying the image includes editing text within the image. ### Claim 40 (depends on 34) The method of claim 34, further comprising applying a rule and a modification pattern to the image using the scan privacy tool library.