Facsimile and static presentation processing – Facsimile – Picture signal generator
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-17
2004-09-28
Coles, Edward (Department: 2622)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Facsimile
Picture signal generator
C358S497000, C358S448000, C341S020000, C341S023000, C341S028000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06798545
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a scanner, and more particularly, to a scanner that can input various symbols to control operations.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Please refer to FIG.
1
and FIG.
2
.
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a prior art scanner
10
.
FIG. 2
is a functional block diagram of the scanner
10
shown in FIG.
1
. The scanner
10
includes a housing
12
, a control circuit
14
positioned in the housing
12
that is used to control the operations of the scanner
10
, a scanning module
16
positioned in the housing
12
and electrically connected to the control circuit
14
, the scanning module
16
being used to scan a document and generate associated document image signals, a user interface
20
positioned on the housing
12
and electrically connected to the control circuit
14
, and a display panel
22
positioned on the surface of the housing
12
and electrically connected to the control unit
14
, the display panel
22
being used to display information from the control circuit
14
. The user interface
20
includes a plurality of buttons
21
, which are used to provide input signals.
The control circuit
14
includes a memory
24
for storing programs and data, and a processor
26
for executing the programs stored in the memory
24
. The programs stored in the memory
24
include an operating system
28
for managing program operations of the processor
26
, a scan control program
30
executing under the operating system
28
, the scan control program
30
controlling the operations of the scanning module
16
and processing the document image signals generated by the scanning module
16
, a user interface control program
32
executing under the operating system
28
that controls the operations of the user interface, a panel control program
34
executing under the operating system
28
that controls the operations of the display panel
22
, and an application program
36
executing under the operating system
28
, the application program
36
using the display panel
22
to display button signals entered by the user, or to display associated control information generated by the operating system
34
, and using the associated input signal generated by the user interface control program
32
to set up an operating mode of the scan control program
30
and to determine a processing procedure of the document image signals.
The control circuit
14
uses the associated input signal generated by the user interface
20
to control the operations of the scanner
10
and to display the button signals entered by the user, or to display associated control information on the display panel
22
. Because space on the housing
12
is limited, only a few buttons can be set on the housing
12
, and so users cannot input proofreading symbols, alpha-numeric symbols, or special symbols to execute specific functions, such as proofreading processing. However, with the growth of networking technology, more and more users desire a scanner with networking functionality. In this manner they can convey scanned image information to other machines via the Internet or a local network. The information could be delivered, for example, to an e-mail address. Network addresses include a variety of symbols, such as English characters, numeric symbols, special symbols (“@”, “.”, “_”, “
−
”, “:”, “/” . . . etc.), or specific function keys. Thus, a scanner that can input various symbols is a basic requirement for connecting to a network.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a primary objective of the present invention to provide a scanner that can input various symbols so as to solve the above-mentioned problems.
In a preferred embodiment, the scanner includes a housing, a control circuit positioned in the housing, the control circuit being used to control the operations of the scanner, a scanning module positioned in the housing and electrically connected to the control circuit, the scanning module being used to scan a document and generate associated document image signals, and an input device positioned on the housing and electrically connected to the control circuit. The input device may be a microphone, a touch-sensitive panel, or an input display panel, and is used to input proofreading symbols, alpha-numeric symbols, or special symbols to generate an associated input signal. The control circuit uses these input signals to control the scanner.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, which is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5754713 (1998-05-01), Deguchi et al.
patent: 5822080 (1998-10-01), Chavez
patent: 6388772 (2002-05-01), Williams
patent: 6577907 (2003-06-01), Czyszczewski et al.
Avision Inc.
Coles Edward
Gibbs Heather D
Hsu Winston
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