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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2003
Long-song Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Long-Song Cheng, Hsinchu, TW;
Microtek International Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A fluorescent color scanning method is disclosed to include the steps of: scanning a standard white to obtain a first reference white W; reducing the scanning brightness and then scanning the standard white to obtain a second reference white W; using the first reference white and second reference white to scan every scanning document and then storing the respective scanning results Pm and Qm; and comparing Qm to Wso as to determine if the document contains a fluorescent color or not subject to: (i) determining that the document contains a fluorescent color if Qm>W, and then converting Qm into the accurate color output Om; and (ii) determining that the document contains no fluorescent color if Qm≦Wand then using the value of Pm as the image output value.