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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Eric Thomas Olbricht, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sharp Laboratories Of America, Camas, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for interfacing a browser and a scanner includes a computer terminal having a browser loaded thereon; a communications network connected to the computer terminal; a HTTP server connected to the communications network; and a scanning device connected to the HTTP server, wherein the scanning device is controlled by the browser on the computer terminal, and wherein a data stream generated by the scanning device is transmitted to the browser and is manipulated thereby. A scanning device is controlled with a browser residing in a computer terminal includes loading the browser on the computer terminal, wherein the computer terminal is connected to the scanning device; setting scanning parameters for the scanning device from the browser; commanding the scanning device to scan an object, thereby creating a data stream representative of the scanned object; and manipulating the data stream with the browser.