Scanning device and method with phantom folder
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorHari Sri Asuri
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a scanning device, a scanning method, and a computer-readable medium capable of easily performing display of a scanner on a computer of a user and display for starting scanning operation. A scanning device include a controller for displaying a phantom folder corresponding to a usable scanner on a display unit only when the scanner can be used, and for starting scanning operation by the scanner when the phantom folder is selected, a receiver receiving scan data from the scanner, and a storage storing the scan data received.
Claims8
A scanning device comprising:
- a controller configured to display, on a display unit, a phantom folder corresponding to a scanner, only when the scanner is ready for scanning operations, and to start a scanning operation by the scanner when the phantom folder is selected;
- a receiver for receiving scan data from the scanner;
- and
- a storage for storing the scan data received.
A scanning method comprising:
- displaying, on a display unit, a phantom folder corresponding to a scanner, only when the scanner is ready for scanning operations;
- starting a scanning operation by the scanner when the phantom folder is selected;
- receiving scan data from the scanner;
- and
- storing the scan data received into a storage.
A computer readable non-transitory medium storing a computer program, the computer program when executed by a computer causing the computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
- displaying, on a display unit, a phantom folder corresponding to a scanner, only when the scanner is ready for scanning operations;
- starting a scanning operation by the scanner when the phantom folder is selected;
- receiving scan data from the scanner;
- and
- storing the scan data received into a storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.