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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Earle B. Stokes, Berchem, BE;
John F. Omvik, North Andover, MA (US);
John A. Merecki, Brentwood, NH (US);
Assignee:
Agfa Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
Abstract
A detail area of a low resolution preview scan is selected to determine the quality of a subsequent high resolution scan. A detail window containing high resolution image data corresponding to the selected detail area is displayed as soon as it becomes available during the high resolution scan. Based on the quality of the high resolution image data displayed within the detail window, the scanning operator can prematurely terminate the high resolution scan of the image prior to completion.