Method and apparatus for transferring multiple scanned images from a first medium to a second medium
AssigneeSunRise Imaging, Inc.
InventorKurt Breish
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for scanning multiple images located on a first medium so that they can be automatically stored on a second medium with a high degree of accuracy and reliability, without the need for highly skilled operators to relocate and rescan images of the first medium which were improperly scanned or missed entirely. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, multiple images are scanned from a first medium as a block of image data so that cut, cropped or missed images, as detected by the user at the quality assurance station, need not be rescanned.
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A method for transferring multiple images from a first image based medium to a second data-based medium, comprising the steps of:
- setting up a device for performing scanning including the steps of performing a low resolution scan of the multiple images, adjusting parameters of the scanning device based on said low resolution scan, defining boundaries of said block based on said low resolution scan, and defining expected boundaries of said multiple images within said block;
- scanning said multiple images from said first medium as a block of image data;
- storing said block of image data as digital data on the second medium;
- processing said digital data to segment said block of image data into said multiple images;
- viewing expected boundaries of said multiple images of said segmented block of image data;
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- adjusting said expected boundaries to redefine portions of said block of image data which correspond to each of said multiple images.
A method for transferring multiple images from a first image based medium to a second data-based medium, comprising the steps of:
- scanning said multiple images from said first medium as a block of image data;
- storing said block of image data as digital data on the second medium;
- processing said digital data to segment said block of image data into said multiple images;
- viewing expected boundaries of said multiple images of said segmented block of image data including the steps of deriving reduced resolution image data for each of said multiple images from said block of image data and superposing expected boundaries on said reduced resolution image data;
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- adjusting said expected boundaries to redefine portions of said block of image data which correspond to each of said multiple images.
An apparatus for transferring multiple images from a first image-based medium to a second data-based medium comprising:
- means for scanning said multiple images from said first medium as a block of image data;
- means for setting up said means for scanning including means for performing a low resolution scan of the multiple images, means for adjusting parameters of the means for scanning based on said low resolution scan, means for defining boundaries of said block based on said low resolution scan, and means for defining expected boundaries of said multiple images within said block;
- means for storing said block of image data as digital data on the second medium;
- means for processing said digital data to segment said block of image data into said multiple images;
- means for viewing expected boundaries of said multiple images of said segmented block of image data;
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- means for adjusting said expected boundaries to redefine portions of said block of image data which correspond to each of said multiple images.
An apparatus for transferring multiple images from a first image-based medium to a second data-based medium comprising:
- means for scanning said multiple images from said first medium as a block of image data;
- means for storing said block of image data as digital data on the second medium;
- means for processing said digital data to segment said block of image data into said multiple images;
- means for viewing expected boundaries of said multiple images of said segmented block of image data, including means for deriving reduced resolution image data for each of said multiple images from said block of image data and superposing expected boundaries on said reduced resolution image data;
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- means for adjusting said expected boundaries to redefine portions of said block of image data which correspond to each of said multiple images.
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