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US 8,804,167 B2Granted
Image scanning apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKi-hun Kim, Soo-jin Ji
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Abstract
Image scanning apparatus and method of receiving a new scan job, determining whether the new scan job is a multi-scan job, and when the new scan job is a multi-scan job, individually performing the multi-scan job using the plurality of scan units. Accordingly, in the process of performing a scan job, a user can perform a new scan job without waiting.
Claims16
An image scanning method of an image scanning apparatus which comprises a plurality of scan units, the method comprising:
- receiving a new scan job;
- determining whether the new scan job is a multi-scan job;
- and
- when the new scan job is a multi-scan job, individually performing the multi-scan job using the plurality of scan units,
- wherein the multi-scan job includes at least one of a scan job, a fax transmission job, and a copy job on a first document of a first type which uses an automatic document feeder (ADF) while performing another scan job on a different document of a second type using a flatbed scanner.
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An image scanning apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of scan units;
- a user interface to receive a new scan job;
- and
- a controller to determine whether the new scan job is a multi scan job and to individually perform the multi-scab job using the plurality of scan units,
- wherein the multi-scan job comprises at least one of a scan job, a fax transmission job, and a copy job on a first document of a first type which uses an automatic document feeder (ADF) while performing another scan job on a different document of a second type using a flatbed scanner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.