# US 7,746,525 B2 · Automatic scanning method and apparatus and computer-readable storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,746,525 B2 - Document ID: US7746525B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/860,131 - Filed: 2004-06-04 - Published: 2004-12-09 - Granted: 2010-06-29 - Earliest claimed: 2003-06-05 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Duk-young Kim; Kun-Hwa Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7746525B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/00814: {according to a detected condition or state of the reading apparatus, e.g. temperature} - H04N 1/00411: {the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen} - H04N 1/00795: {Reading arrangements (details of scanning heads H04N1/024; scanning arrangements therefor H04N1/04)} - H04N 1/00925: {Inhibiting an operation} - H04N 2201/0098: User intervention not otherwise provided for, e.g. placing documents, responding to an alarm - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method performed in a scanning apparatus of scanning a document, including: determining whether an event required for scanning of the document has occurred; and driving the scanning apparatus and scanning the document when it is determined that the event has occurred. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed in a scanning apparatus of scanning a document, the method comprising: determining whether an event required for scanning of the document has occurred, the event being an opening of a cover of a scanner; displaying a user interface screen to determine whether a user has requested scanning when it is determined that the event has occurred and outputting a result of the determination when the user provides input indicating a scanning request in response to the displayed user interface screen; and driving the scanning apparatus and scanning the document when it is determined that the user has requested the scanning. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying a user interface screen to determine whether the user has requested scanning includes: displaying a user interface screen that asks whether the user has requested scanning, when it is determined that the event has occurred; and determining whether the user has selected a first icon, which is displayed on the user interface screen and indicates a request for scanning, and performing the driving when it is determined that the user has selected the first icon. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying a user interface screen to determine whether the user has requested scanning includes determining whether a specified period of time has lapsed since the user interface screen was displayed to the user, when it is determined that the user has not selected the first icon, and wherein, when it is determined that the specified period of time has not yet lapsed, the determining whether the user has selected a first icon is repeated, and when it is determined that the specified period of time has lapsed, the method ends. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the displaying a user interface screen to determine whether a user has requested scanning includes determining whether the user has selected a second icon indicating a non-request for scanning, when it is determined that the user has not selected the first icon, and wherein, when it is determined that the user has not selected the second icon, the determining whether the user has selected the first icon is repeated, and when it is determined that the user has selected the second icon, the method ends. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, the event is a sequential opening and closing of the cover of the scanner. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the event is a sequential opening and closing of the cover of the scanner and it is further determined that a document has been placed in the scanner for scanning. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the driving includes driving the scanning apparatus to perform scanning after it is determined that the cover has been closed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the driving includes: displaying to a user a screen regarding a scanning apparatus driver for driving the scanning apparatus, when it is determined that the event required for document scanning has occurred; recognizing a driving environment of the scanning apparatus, the driving environment being set by the user from the screen regarding the scanning apparatus driver; and driving the scanning apparatus in accordance with the recognized driving environment and performing scanning. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the driving environment is the content of menus for at least one of a scanner size of a scanner resolution. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the driving includes scanning the document according to a preset scanning mode when the event occurs. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The automatic scanning method of claim 10, wherein the scanning mode is one of an automatic preview mode, an automatic scan mode, an automatic preview & scan mode, a scanning mode dialog window display mode, a scanning application execution mode, and a mode in which setting of a scanning mode is cancelled. ### Claim 12 An apparatus for scanning a document, the apparatus comprising: a sensing unit sensing whether an event required for scanning of the document has occurred and outputting the result of the sensing, the event being an opening of a cover of a scanner; a scanning request verification unit that displays a user interface screen to verify whether a user has requested scanning when the output result of the sensing indicates that the event has occurred and outputs a result of the verification when the user provides input indicating a scanning request in response to the displayed user interface screen; and a driving & scanning unit to scan the document when the scanning request verification unit has verified that the user has requested the scanning. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The automatic scanning apparatus of claim 12, wherein the scanning request verification unit includes: a first screen display unit displaying to the user a user interface screen that asks whether the user has requested scanning, in response to the sensing result; and a first icon verification unit verifying whether the user has selected a first icon on the user interface screen, the first icon indicating a request for scanning, and outputting the verification result as a first icon signal, wherein the driving and scanning unit scans the document in response to the first icon signal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The automatic scanning apparatus of claim 13, wherein the scanning request verification unit includes a time verification unit which verifies whether a predetermined period of time has lapsed since the user interface screen was displayed to the user, in response to the first icon signal, and outputs the result of the verification, and, wherein, when it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, the automatic scanning is concluded, and wherein, when it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the first icon verification unit re-verifies whether the first icon has been selected. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The automatic scanning apparatus of claim 13, wherein the scanning request verification unit includes a second icon verification unit which verifies whether the user has selected a second icon indicating a non-request for scanning, in response to the first icon signal, and outputs the result of the verification as a second icon signal, and wherein, when it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, the automatic scanning is concluded, and wherein, when it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the first icon verification unit re-verifies whether the first icon has been selected. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein, the event is a sequential opening and closing of the cover of the scanner. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein, the event is a sequential opening and closing of the cover of the scanner, and it is further determined whether the document has been put on a document plate of the scanner. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The automatic scanning apparatus of claim 16, wherein, when the automatic scanning apparatus has a cover that a user opens and closes to provide the document to the automatic scanning apparatus, the sensing unit includes a cover opening verification unit which verifies whether the cover has been opened and closed and outputs the result of the verification as the sensing result, and the driving and scanning unit performs scanning after determining that the cover has been closed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The automatic scanning apparatus of claim 12, wherein the driving & scanning unit includes: a second screen display unit displaying to a user a screen regarding a scanning apparatus driver for driving the automatic scanning apparatus, in response to the sensing result; a driving environment recognition unit recognizing a driving environment of the automatic scanning apparatus, the driving environment set by the user from the screen regarding the scanning apparatus driver; and a scanning unit scanning the document in accordance with the recognized driving environment received from the driving environment recognition unit. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the driving & scanning unit instructs to scan the document according to the preset scanning mode. ### Claim 21 A computer-readable storage medium which stores a computer program for controlling a scanning apparatus to perform a method of scanning a document, the method comprising: determining whether an event required for scanning of the document has occurred, the event being an opening of a cover of a scanner; displaying a user interface screen to determine whether a user has requested scanning when it is determined that the event has occurred and outputting a result of the determination when the user provides input indicating a scanning request in response to the displayed user interface screen; and driving the scanning apparatus and scanning the document when it is determined that the user has requested the scanning. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the method includes: displaying a user interface screen asking whether a user has requested scanning, when it is determined that the event has occurred; and determining whether the user has selected a first icon on the user interface screen, the first icon indicating a request for scanning, and feeding back to the document-scanning when it is determined that the user has selected the first icon. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the method includes determining whether a predetermined period of time has lapsed since the user interface screen was displayed to the user, when it is determined that the user has not selected the first icon, and proceeding to the first icon selection/non-selection determination when it is determined that the predetermined period of time has not yet lapsed, and concluding the method when it is determined that the predetermined period of time has lapsed. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the method includes determining whether the user has selected a second icon indicating a non-request for scanning, when it is determined that the user has not selected the first icon, and proceeding to the first icon selection/non-selection determination when it is determined that the user has not selected the second icon, and concluding the automatic scanning method when it is determined that the user has selected the second icon. ### Claim 25 An apparatus for scanning a document using a scanner, the apparatus comprising: A cover opening verification unit sensing an action of opening a cover of the apparatus and outputting the result of the sensing; a scanning request verification unit displaying a user interface screen that asks whether a user has requested scanning, when the output result of the sensing indicates that the action of opening the cover has occurred, and receiving input from the user indicating a user request to initiate scanning; and a driving & scanning unit scanning the document in response to the verification result. ### Claim 26 An automatic scanning apparatus having a document feeder for accepting a document to be scanned, the apparatus comprising: A paper input verification unit sensing whether the document has been placed on the document feeder and outputting a result; a scanning request verification unit verifying whether a user has requested scanning and outputting a result of the verification in response to the output sensing result; and a driving & scanning unit scanning the document in response to the output verification result. ### Claim 27 A method of scanning a document performed with a Multi-Function Peripheral (MFP) including a scanning apparatus, the method comprising: determining whether a cover of the MFP has been opened; displaying a user interface screen to determine whether a user has requested scanning when it is determined that the cover has been opened and outputting a result of the determination upon obtaining a confirmation that the user wishes to scan an item in response to the displayed user interface screen; and automatically driving the MFP to perform scanning upon obtaining the confirmation.