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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Richard John Campbell, Camas, WA (US);
Dana S. Smith, Dana Point, CA (US);
Michael James Heilmann, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Richard John Campbell, Camas, WA (US);
Dana S. Smith, Dana Point, CA (US);
Michael James Heilmann, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for scanning a document wherein a scan function is invoked implicitly by a user positioning a document object, or document objects, to be scanned near an active surface of the scanner. According to one aspect of the present invention, the user's intent to scan a document object may be determined by an active-sensing pipeline.