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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1999
Stephen W. Archer, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Fernando J. Garcia, Rochester, NY (US);
Bruce A. Link, Rochester, NY (US);
Daniel Oldfather, Rochester, NY (US);
Mark A. Barton, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method in which an image capture device such as a scanner can be automatically switched between a plurality of scanning modes without the need for manual intervention. In the system and method of the present invention, a document scanner can automatically switch or toggle between scanning modes while documents are being scanned. In one implementation of the present invention, the scanner can automatically switch between monochrome scanning and color scanning and vice versa based on a defined pattern on a document to be scanned. The document to be scanned can be in the form of a scanning mode switching document inserted into or associated with a stack of sheets of a jobstream. The scanning mode switching document can include a switching pattern that is detected by a processing system of the scanner. With the system and method of the present invention, it is possible to scan separate batches of documents in different scanning modes while automatically switching or toggling between the separate modes. This increases productivity and reduces the probability of operator error.