Socket Communications, Inc.

Socket Mobile, Inc.

Logitech, Inc.

Peter Phillips

Paul S Montgomery

Robert John Miller

Leonard L Ott

Thomas J Newman

Allan Leafblad

Herbert H Pfeifer

Timothy Miller

Richard Kevin Mather

Jack Brandon

Robert C Miller

Jean-Paul Hugues Martin

Dominique Pitteloud

Mobile computing device

Mobile computing device docking station

Portable/wearable electronic device

Ring-like wearable electronic device

External enclosure portion of a removable expansion card

Cordless hand scanner

Portable electronic device

An apparatus and method for automatically merging multiple image portions to produce a single image. Image portions are produced, such as by a hand-held scanner, with overlapping areas. The overlapping area of a first image portion is examined to determine a distinguishing feature. The overlapping area of the second image portion is then searched to locate the corresponding feature. The differences in alignment of the two features, such as rotation, expansion or compression, are then determined. One of the image portions is then rotated, compressed or expanded in the amount necessary to align the two images. The two images are then merged by eliminating the overlapping portion of one of the images.

Apparatus and method for automerging images by matching features and

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Peter Phillips