System for previewing and imaging documents
View Patent ↗A system for previewing and imaging a document includes an imaging unit having an imaging surface configured to carry the document thereon. The imaging unit also includes an image sensing member configured to capture an image corresponding to the document and an image processing member communicably coupled to the image sensing member to receive the captured image. The image processing member is further configured to convert the captured image to a digital data format. The system further includes a display unit communicably coupled to the image processing member. The display unit includes a user interface configured to exhibit a placement-guiding display object over converted captured image.
1. A system for previewing and imaging a document, the system comprising:
an imaging unit comprising:
an imaging surface configured to receive the document thereon;
an image sensing member configured to capture an image corresponding to the document during an imaging operation; and
an image processing member communicably coupled to the image sensing member to receive the captured image, the image processing member further configured to:
convert the captured image to a digital data format,
detect a position of the document, and
compare the detected position with an optimal position for the document; and
a display unit communicably coupled to the image processing member, the display unit comprising a user interface for displaying a placement-guiding display object over the converted captured image relative to the imaging surface, and if the imaging processing member determines that the detected position fails to match the optimal position, for displaying on the user interface a series of frames that depicts a movement of the placement-guiding display object from the detected position to the optimal position.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the movement of the placement-guiding display object is animated.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the placement-guiding display object is displayed with a flap configured at an end portion of the placement-guiding display object if the imaging processing member determines that the captured image corresponds to a blank side of the document.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image processing member comprises a digital signal processor.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the digital data format is one of an image format and a video format.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image processing member causes the placement-guiding display object to be rotated.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the placement-guiding display object has a size corresponding to a size of the document.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the image processing member is configured to generate a display of the placement-guiding display object having a size corresponding to the size of the converted captured image.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displayed movement of the placement-guiding display object corresponds to a direction in which the document must be moved relative to the imaging surface to align the document with the optimal position.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the movement of the placement-guiding display object is based upon a predetermined position required by the image processing member on the imaging surface in order to yield an optimal scan of the document.
11. An apparatus for imaging a document, comprising:
a vertically aligned imaging surface to receive the document thereon;
an image sensor component to sense the placement of the document;
an image capture component to capture an electronic image of the document;
an image processing member to determine if the placement of the document corresponds to an optimal position for the document; and
a display communicably coupled to the image capture component, the display displaying a placement-guiding object over the captured electronic image, and if the image processing member determines that the placement of the document fails to match the optimal position, the display further displaying a series of moving frames such that the placement-guiding object is displayed as moving from the placement to the optimal position.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the placement-guiding object is superimposed over the captured image.
13. A method for imaging a document, comprising:
receiving a document on a vertically aligned imaging surface;
sensing the placement of the document;
capturing an electronic image of the document;
displaying a placement-guiding object over the captured image;
determining if the placement of the document corresponds to an optimal position for the document; and
if the placement of the document fails to correspond to the optimal position, displaying a series of frames corresponding to the placement-guiding object such that the placement guiding object is displayed as moving from the placement to the optimal position.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the placement-guiding object is superimposed over the captured image.