Method and apparatus for detecting a misaligned page
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsStuart O. Goldman, Karl F. Rauscher
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Abstract
A capability is provided for detecting a misaligned page of a document. A method includes detecting that a page is misaligned and generating a control signal adapted for use in triggering presentation of an alarm indicating that the page is misaligned. A method includes detecting that a page is misaligned and initiating one or more control actions for the misaligned page. These and other methods may be performed on any suitable copy device, such as on a fax machine, a photocopy machine, a scanner, a photograph copying device, a user device, a network device, and the like, as well as devices having combinations of such functionality.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- processing an electronic representation of a page of a document for determining whether the page is misaligned;
- when a determination is made that the page is misaligned, generating a control signal adapted for use in triggering presentation of an alarm indicating that the page is misaligned;
- and
- performing at least one control action when a determination is made that the page is misaligned, wherein the at least one control action comprises at least one of:
- when the document is intended for transmission via a network, providing a user with an option to continue with transmission of the document or to abort transmission of at least a portion of the document;
- when the determination that the page of the document is misaligned is made while at least one page of the document is still being input via an automatic document feeder, automatically stopping the automatic document feeder;
- and
- automatically correcting the alignment of the misaligned page.
The method of claim a 1, wherein the electronic representation of the page is received locally from a memory.
A method, comprising:
- processing an electronic representation of a page of a document for determining whether the page is misaligned;
- when a determination is made that the page is misaligned, generating a control signal adapted for use in triggering presentation of an alarm indicating that the page is misaligned, wherein the control signal is generated on a first copy device;
- presenting the alarm on the first copy device in response to the control signal;
- and
- propagating the control signal from the first copy device toward a second copy device for triggering presentation of the alarm on the second copy device.
A method, comprising:
- processing an electronic representation of a page of a document for determining whether the page is misaligned;
- when a determination is made that the page is misaligned, generating a control signal adapted for use in triggering presentation of an alarm indicating that the page is misaligned, wherein the control signal is generated on a first copy device;
- and
- in response to the control signal, presenting the alarm on the first copy device and propagating an alarm message from the first copy device toward a second copy device, wherein the alarm message is indicative of the determination that the page is misaligned.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory for storing an electronic representation of a page of a document;
- and
- a processor for:
- processing the electronic representation of the page for determining whether the page is misaligned;
- when a determination is made that the page is misaligned, generating a control signal adapted for use in triggering presentation of an alarm indicating that the page is misaligned;
- and
- performing at least one control action when a determination is made that the page is misaligned, wherein the at least one control action comprises at least one of:
- when the document is intended for transmission via a network, providing a user with an option to continue with transmission of the document or to abort transmission of at least a portion of the document;
- when the determination that the page of the document is misaligned is made while at least one page of the document is still being input via an automatic document feeder, automatically stopping the automatic document feeder;
- and
- automatically correcting the alignment of the misaligned page.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- processing an electronic representation of a page of a document for determining whether the page is misaligned;
- when a determination is made that the page is misaligned, generating a control signal adapted for use in triggering presentation of an alarm indicating that the page is misaligned;
- and
- performing at least one control action when a determination is made that the page is misaligned, wherein the at least one control action comprises at least one of:
- when the document is intended for transmission via a network, providing a user with an option to continue with transmission of the document or to abort transmission of at least a portion of the document;
- when the determination that the page of the document is misaligned is made while at least one page of the document is still being input via an automatic document feeder, automatically stopping the automatic document feeder;
- and
- automatically correcting the alignment of the misaligned page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.