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Patent No.:

US 8496176 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2010
Applicants:

James A. Hall, Jr., Boise, ID (US);

Douglas G. Keithley, Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

James A. Hall, Jr., Boise, ID (US);

Douglas G. Keithley, Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A scanning apparatus and method for entering a user input into the apparatus uses a non-electrical control device having a target undersurface, which can be manually manipulated to a particular setting. The particular setting of the non-electrical control device is determined by processing an image of at least a portion of the target undersurface captured by a scan sensor of the scanning apparatus.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hall, Jr., James. (2013). Scanning apparatus and method for entering a user input into the apparatus using a non-electrical control device (U.S. Patent No. 8496176). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8496176

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