Methods and apparatus of electronically capturing usage...

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2003-12-19

2008-01-01

Tran, Hoan (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Image formation

Exposure

C399S009000, C399S010000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07315713

ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention provides for a method of electronically capturing usage information from a non-networked imaging device. The method includes generating a printed status report, including the usage information, from the non-networked imaging device, and optically scanning the printed status report to thereby produced an electronic copy of the optically scanned printed status report. The method further includes optically recognizing, from the electronic copy of the optically scanned printed status report, the usage information contained therein. The optically recognized usage information is then converted into digital usage information, and the digital usage information is saved to a computer readable memory device.

REFERENCES:
patent: 6587972 (2003-07-01), Baird et al.
patent: 6789864 (2004-09-01), Phillips
patent: 2002/0071137 (2002-06-01), Haines et al.
patent: 2003/0128991 (2003-07-01), Carling et al.

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