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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. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1999
Applicants:
James Owen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mary Bourret, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
James Owen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mary Bourret, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of controlling a scanning device using control sheets. The scan job is started and the control image is located. The control image is decoded, either as part of the locating step or part of a processing step. The output is created either after the processing step, where the output is created in accordance with the control instructions decoded from the control image, or prior to the processing of the control instruction.