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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2004
Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Louisville, KY (US);
Brian Edward Cooper, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Earl Lhamon, Lexington, KY (US);
Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Louisville, KY (US);
Brian Edward Cooper, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Earl Lhamon, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method for copying objects smaller than a background defined by a scanner of an apparatus includes scanning a plurality of objects to acquire image data associated with the plurality of objects and the background; cropping the image data to remove object data for each object of the plurality of objects from the background; determining a size associated with each object of the plurality of objects, based on the object data; and formatting a page to produce a compact arrangement of multiple objects of the plurality of objects on the page, the page receiving the multiple objects in accordance with the size.