Systems and methods scaling a captured image using
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1. 345 840 Santos 410 564 550 569 Bill Camarda et al Using MICROSOFT Word 97 1997 QUE Corporation 98 99 107 348 351 cited by examiner Primary Examiner John Cabeca Assistant Examiner X L Bautista 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Oliff amp Berridge PLC 57 ABSTRACT Conventionally text boxes are used to inform an image capture device of the size of an area to which a captured image will need to be scaled when fitting the captured image into that area of the composite document In contrast size selection systems methods and graphical user inter faces allow the user to select one of a number of predeter mined sets of scale dimensions that the captured image is to be scaled to The size selection systems methods and graphical user interfaces provide an alternative method for specifying the dimensions that a captured image is to be scaled to In various exemplary embodiments of the size selection systems methods and graphical user interfaces an image size tab of a graphical user interface for an image capture driver includes a scale portion The scale portion in addition to having a number of dimension boxes that allow the user to directly input the desired dimensions to which the captured image is to be scaled also includes a dimension list box The dimension list box includes predetermined sets of dimensions to which the captured image can be scale2. 4 doi5 3 euie14 Ado ss ta afew feng sieur same 591123412152 Ium MAA 913 HEE JJ 8r 00 695 066 9S Olr 995 995 96 295099 195 005 U S Patent May 25 2004 Sheet 8 of 14 US 6 741 270 B1 User specified 8 5 x 11 Letter portrait 5 x 11 Letter landscape 11 x 14 Legal portrait 11 x 14 Legal landscape 11 x 17 Ledger portrait 11 x 17 Ledger landscape AA portrait A4 landscape A3 portrait A3 landscape B4 portrait B4 landscape FIG 8 U S Patent May 25 2004 Sheet 9 of 14 US 6 741 270 B1 G IS 5110 IMAGE SIZE TAB ACTIVE PERFORM OTHER FUNCTION IS 5130 FIT IN BUTTON ACTIVE Y DISABLE DIMENSION PARAMETER BOX AND 5150 ENABLE FIT IN DIMENSION LIST BOX DIMENSION LIST BOX FIT IN 5160 DIMENSION EXPANSION NN BUTTON SELECTED DISPLAY LIST OF 5170 PREDETERMINED SETS OF DIMENSIONS A e FIG 9A U S Patent May 25 2004 Sheet 10 of 14 US 6 741 270 B1 USER SPECIFIED ENTRY SELECTED ENABLE DIMENSION PARAMETER BOXES PLACE DEFAULT VALUES INTO DIMENSION PARAMETER BOXES OTHER ENTRY SELECTED PLACE DIMENSION VALUES OF SELECTED ENTRY INTO DIMENSION PARAMETER BOXES U S Patent May 25 2004 Sheet 11 of 14 US 6 741 270 B1 DIMENSION PARAMETER BOXES ENABLED DIMENSION VAL
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4. 1 Field of Invention This invention is directed to a graphical user interface for an image capture device such as a scanner 2 Description of Related Art Scanners and other types of image capture devices have become ubiguitous office productivity tools for generating electronic images of physical original documents Once an electronic image of a physical original document has been generated the electronic image data can be used in an infinite variety of ways to increase the productivity and the product guality of an office Such image capture devices include desktop scanners other stand alone scanners digital still cameras digital video cameras the scanning input portions of digital copiers facsimile machines and other multi function devices that are capable of generating elec tronic image data from an original document and the like These image capture devices can also include image data bases that store previously captured electronic image data However as the cost of scanners and other image capture devices has dropped and the output guality of the captured electronic image data has improved scanners and other image capture devices have been provided with an ever increasing number of controllable features Similarly as users have become comfortable with capturing and using electronic image data obtained from original documents the uses to which the electronic image data has been put and thus the needed control over th
5. in FIG 6 FIG 8 shows one exemplary embodiment of the list box accessible through the dimension list box portion of the image size tab shown in FIG 7 FIGS 9A 9C are a flowchart outlining a first exemplary embodiment of a method for selecting a set of predetermined scale dimensions and for using the selected set of predeter mined scale dimensions according to this invention and FIGS 10 10 are flowchart outlining a second exem plary embodiment of a method for selecting a set of prede termined scale dimensions and for using the selected set of predetermined scale dimensions according to this invention DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS FIG 1 illustrates a first exemplary embodiment of an electronic image data capturing device 100 usable with the image previewing systems methods and graphical user interfaces of this invention As shown in FIG 1 the elec tronic image data capture device 100 includes a control panel 110 a document platen 120 on which an original document can be placed to generate corresponding elec tronic image data and a document handler 130 In particular the document handler 130 includes a feed tray 131 on which the original document can be placed and a document feeder 132 which moves each document in turn from the feed tray 131 and feeds the removed document to the document platen 120 Each document is then returned to an output tray 133 after electronic image data is generated from tha
6. 6 741 270 B1 15 Thus it should be understood that each of the elements of the image capture device control systems 200 and 600 shown in FIGS 2 and 5 can be implemented as portions of a suitably programmed general purpose computer Alternatively each of the elements shown in FIGS 2 or 5 can be implemented as physically distinct hardware circuits within a ASIC or using a FPGA a PLD a PLA or a PAL or using discreet logic elements or discreet circuit elements The particular form each of the elements of the image capture device control systems 200 or 600 shown in FIGS 2 and 5 will take as a design choice and will be obvious and predictable to those skilled in the art Moreover the image capture device control systems 200 or 600 can cach be implemented as software executing on a programmed general purpose computer a special purpose computer a microprocessor or the like In this case the image capture device control systems 200 and 600 can be implemented as routines embedded in a peripheral driver as a resource residing on a server or the like The image capture device control systems 200 and 600 can cach also be implemented by physically incorporating them into a software and or hardware system such as the hardware and software systems of a digital copier or the like While this invention has been described in conjunction with the exemplary embodiments outlined above it is evi dent that many alternatives and modifications and v
7. connecting the input devices 670 and the display device 680 respectively to the image capture device control system 600 including a direct cable connection a connection over a wide area network or local area network a connection over a intranet a connection over an extranet a connection over the Internet a connection over the public switched telephone network a connection over a cellular network or a connec tion over any other distributed processing or communica tions network or system including both or either wired and wireless systems In general the links 672 and 682 can each be any known or later developed connection system or structure usable to connect the input devices 670 and the display device 680 respectively to the image capture device control system 600 The memory 630 includes an application portion 631 in which an application program and any application files used by that application program can be stored Similarly the captured image buffer 632 is used to store the captured image data input from the image capture device 110 over the signal line 102 and through the input output interface 610 In general the captured electronic image data will be stored in the captured image buffer 632 under control of the controller 620 the image capture device layer manager 660 the pro tocol layer manager 650 and or the application layer man ager 640 The image capture profiles portion 633 stores the image capture profiles as s
8. has been selected If not control jumps back to step S180 Otherwise control con tinues to step S200 where the dimension values associated with the selected entry of the displayed list box are placed into the dimension parameter boxes Control then jumps to step S230 In contrast in step S210 because the user specified entry of the displayed list box has been selected the dimension parameter boxes are enabled Next in step S220 a set of default dimension values are placed into the dimension parameter boxes Control then continues to step S230 In step S230 the displayed list box is closed and the selected entry is displayed in the fit in dimension list box Next in step S240 a determination is made whether the dimension parameter boxes are enabled If so control con tinues to step S250 Otherwise control jumps to step S270 In step S250 a determination is made whether the user has changed the dimension values displayed in one or both of the dimension parameter boxes If so control continues to step S260 Otherwise control jumps to step S270 In step S260 the new dimension values are placed into and displayed in the dimension parameter boxes Next in step S270 a determination is made whether the scan button of the input size tab has been selected If so control continues to step S280 Otherwise control jumps back to step S110 In step S280 an image of the original document is captured Then in step S290 the captur
9. one of the at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions selected from the list of at least one select able set of predefined image size dimensions
10. that original document in a landscape orientation In this case by activating the rotate button 534 the image orientation of the captured image will be rotated 90 clockwise The input document mimic portion 530 is a graphic that assists the operator in putting the document into the scanner correctly to receive the desired output That is the input document mimic portion 536 can be used by the user to precisely identify to the image capture device the paper size and feed direction of the original document to be scanned as well as the image orientation so that the captured images will be returned to the calling application in the desired orientation The image quality profile list box 528 allows the user to select an image quality profile As indicated in the incorpo rated 269 application each image quality profile is a col lection of all the settings on the image quality tab and the various dialogue boxes and other graphical user interface widgets that are accessed through the image quality tab In particular the image quality profile list box 528 will include the same image quality profiles as will be provided on the image quality tab When an image quality profile is selected using the image quality profile list box 528 the image quality profile parameters displayed in the various portions of the image quality tab will be change accordingly The image capture parameters portion 540 of the basic feature tab 500 includes a mode list box
11. 2 the TWAIN driver or data source 250 bridges the device layer 210 the acguisition layer 220 and the protocol layer 230 The protocol layer 230 includes a TWAINTM code portion 232 of the TWAIN driver or data source 250 a source manager 234 and a TWAIN code portion 236 of a TWAIN compliant application 260 The application layer 240 includes the application portion 242 of the application 260 As shown in FIG 2 control and data signals are provided from the electronic image data capture device 100 to the TWAIN driver or data source 250 through the device interface portion 212 of the TWAIN driver or data source 250 Similarly control and data signals between the TWAIN driver or data source 250 and the source man ager through the TWAIN code portion 232 of the TWAIN driver or data source 250 The control and or data signals are also provided between the source manager 234 and the application 260 through the TWAIN code portion 236 In various exemplary embodiments the TWAIN driver or data source 250 controls the electronic image data capture device 100 In various ones of these exemplary embodiments the TWAIN driver or data source 250 is developed by the manufacturer of the elec tronic image data capture device 100 The source manager 234 manages and facilitates the interactions between the application 260 and the TWAIN driver or data source 250 In various exemplary embodiments one or mor
12. 22 an original image guality profile parameter 323 a mode parameter 324 a resolution parameter 325 and image optimization parameter 326 The image guality portion 330 includes an image guality profile parameter 331 a brightness parameter 332 an increase decrease parameter 333 a special tone adjustments param eter 334 a sharpen soften parameter 335 a background suppression parameter 336 and a negative image parameter 337 In particular the scan location parameter 321 indicates the particular electronic image capture device that is to be used to capture electronic image data from a particular original document The page size parameter portion 322 indicates the size of the input document whether the input document is single sided or double sided and if the original document is double sided how the two images on each side of the original document are oriented relative to each other The image guality profile portion 323 indicates image charac teristics of and enhancements to be applied to the original document when it is made into its electronic form Image guality profiles are described in greater detail in U S patent application Ser No 09 487 269 filed Jan 19 2000 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety The mode portion 324 indicates the particular image capture mode to 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 be used For example the image of the original document could be ca
13. 542 a resolution list box 544 and an optimize image list box 546 The mode list box 542 allows the user to select the output mode of the image capture device 100 It should be appreciated that the 10 15 20 25 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 10 particular modes displayed when the mode list box 542 is selected will depend on the particular image capture device identified in the scan location list box 522 and the particular modes available with that particular image capture device The possible modes include but are not limited to 1 bit or black white captured images 8 bit or grayscale captured images or various types of 24 bit captured images includ ing red green blue RGB color standard red green blue SRGB color and Luminance Blue Chromaticity Red Chro maticity YCbCr color The resolution list box 544 allows the user to select the output resolution of the captured image in dots per inch dpi The optimize image list box 546 allows the user to select the output device for which the various captured image quality parameters on the image quality tab 410 should be set to so that the captured image when printed on the selected output device will provide the highest guality output image In particular in one exemplary embodiment when a printer is selected in the optimize image list box 546 the tone reproduction curve TRC for the 1 bit black white mode is selected as the tone reproduction curve for the
14. C are a flowchart outlining a first exemplary embodiment of a method for entering and using fit to dimension parameters according to this invention Begin ning in step S100 control continues to step S110 where determination is made whether the image size tab is active If so control jumps to step S130 Otherwise control con tinues to step S120 In step S120 other functions enabled by other portions of the graphical user interface are performed Control then returns to step S110 In contrast in step S130 a determination is made whether the fit in radio button is active If so control jumps to step S150 Otherwise the scale to button is active Control thus continues to step S140 where the dimension list box and the dimension parameter boxes are disabled Control then returns to step S110 In step S150 the fit in dimension list box is enabled Next in step S160 a determination is made whether the fit in dimension list box expansion button has been selected If not control jumps to step S240 Otherwise control continues to step S170 In step S170 the list box containing the list of predeter mined sets of dimensions is displayed Next in step S180 a determination is made whether the user specified entry of the displayed list box has been selected If not control continues to step S190 Otherwise control jumps to step S210 In step S190 a determination is made whether any other entry of the displayed list box
15. G 6 the graphical user interface 400 includes the image quality tab 410 and the image size tab 550 in addition to the basic features tab 500 The basic features tab 500 includes a scan ticket portion 510 an original document parameters portion 520 and an image capture parameters portion 540 The basic features tab 500 also includes an instance of a How Do I button 430 The How Do I button 430 is usable to access an operating instructions help function which is disclosed in greater detail in the incorporated 266 application In particular the scan ticket portion 510 includes a status icon 512 that indicates the saved status of the scan ticket indicated in a scan ticket selection box 514 The current image capture parameters input into each of the basic features tab 500 the image guality tab 410 and the image US 6 741 270 B1 9 size tab 550 can be saved to the scan ticket named in the scan ticket dialogue box 514 by selecting the save scan ticket button 516 In contrast the named scan ticket displayed in the scan ticket dialogue box 514 can be deleted by selecting the delete scan ticket button 517 The show scan ticket button 518 allows the user to guickly view all of the currently loaded scan settings in a text list This allows the user to view the information on every setting without having to navigate all of the various dialogues in the various portions of the graphical user interface 400 The original document parameters p
16. GNIM 303 INO SITNQON 110 ANYNANOVOT JINYNAG SV 03114402 108 153 S39VNVW 324005 VIVA DANOS VIVO 39VWI ONY 105 NOILVJNddY NIIMLIE SNOLDDVYILNE JHL 3110 SJOVNYN 1 AHL DIAIC NOLLISINDIV VIVO 39VWI HL 535 3YVMLIOS e CN OLT OET 001 u3NNY2S 4010 3153813 f 32 30 Orc crc JIAI 1 201 324005 300 NIVML dOHSOLOHd 3800 11 NOLLVINddV 092 DIAG NOILISINO Y 10201084 NOLLVINddV OGT U S Patent May 25 2004 Sheet 3 of 14 US 6 741 270 B1 260 263 262 THE APPLICATION REQUESTS THAT THE SOURCE PREPARE File TRANSFER IMAGES THERE ARE POSSIBLE MODES New THE SOURCE DISPLAYS IT S GUI THE SOURCE DISPLAYS IT S GUI FOR SCAN SETUP ONLY APPLICATION TT THE APPLICATION DISPLAYS IT S OWN GUI elect Source can Set Up THE APPLICATION REQUESTS THAT THE SOURCE Drint MANAGER S SELECT SOURCE DIALOG BOX APPEAR FEY OR IT MAY DISPLAY IT S OWN VERSION AFTER Text THE USER SELECTS THE SOURCE THEY WANT TO 234 265 USE CONTROL RETURNS TO THE APPLICATION i Select Source SOURCE MANAGER SOURCES USER INTERFACE US 6 741 270 B1 Sheet 4 of 14 May 25 2004 U S Patent Old HO Jaded anig UO 66099502 01 0 0 pue jjeno 0819
17. UES CHANGED S250 DISPLAY NEW DIMENSION VALUES Y 5280 SCAN ORIGINAL IMAGE SCALE CAPTURED IMAGE USING DIMENSION VALUES hd PLACED IN DIMENSION PARAMETER BOXES FIG 9C U S Patent May 25 2004 Sheet 12 of 14 US 6 741 270 B1 300 C IS 5310 IMAGE SIZE TAB ACTIVE PERFORM OTHER FUNCTION IS 5330 FIT IN BUTTON ACTIVE DISABLE DIMENSION Y 5340 PARAMETER BOX AND DIMENSION LIST BOX ENABLE DIMENSION PARAMETER BOXES AND FIT IN DIMENSIO LIST BOX PLACE DEFAULT 5360 VALUES INTO FIT IN AND DIMENSION PARAMETER BOXES FIG 10A U S Patent May 25 2004 Sheet 13 of 14 US 6 741 270 B1 FIT IN DIMENSION 5370 EXPANSION N BUTTON SELECTED DISPLAY LIST OF PREDETERMINED SETS OF DIMENSIONS NEW 5390 ENTRY N SELECTED PLACE NEW DIMENSION 5400 VALUES OF SELECTED ENTRY INTO DIMENSION PARAMETER BOXES 5410 CLOSED DIMENSION LIST BOX lt FIG 108 5380 U S Patent May 25 2004 Sheet 14 of 14 US 6 741 270 B1 DIMENSION N VALUES CHANGED S420 S430 DISPLAY NEW DIMENSION VALUES SCAN N SELECTED SCAN ORIGINAL IMAGE 5450 EH A SCALE CAPTURED IMAGE USING DIMENSION VALUES PLACED IN DIMENSION PARAMETER BOXES FIG 10C US 6 741 270 B1 1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS SCALING A CAPTURED IMAGE USING PREDETERMINED SCALE INFORMATION BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
18. a United States Patent Rzepkowski et al US006741270B1 US 6 741 270 B1 May 25 2004 10 Patent No 45 Date of Patent SYSTEMS AND METHODS SCALING A CAPTURED IMAGE USING PREDETERMINED SCALE INFORMATION 54 75 Inventors Kristinn R Rzepkowski Rochester NY US Rudolph A Rodrigues Rochester NY US 73 Assignee Xerox Corporation Stamford CT US Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 0 days 21 22 51 52 Appl No 09 487 273 Filed Jan 19 2000 G06F 3 00 GOGF 3 14 US sss 345 810 345 660 345 667 345 764 345 835 358 401 358 448 Field of Search 345 660 661 345 665 667 668 764 810 835 840 841 843 846 358 401 442 443 448 449 451 468 715 517 521 526 58 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 4 837 635 A 5 053 885 A 5 212 568 A 5 301 036 A 5 502 577 A 5 963 216 10 1999 6 215 487 B1 4 2001 OTHER PUBLICATIONS User s Guide HP DeskScan II Microsoft Windows Ver sion Sep 1997 Hewlett Packard Company p 4 71 Professional Desktop Scanner User s Manual Mac ver sion 1999 MacIntosh 20 21 6 1989 10 1991 5 1993 4 1994 3 1996 358 401 Telle 358 449 Graves et al 358 449 X Barrett et al 358 448 Mackinlay et al 358 468 Chiarabini et al 345 660 Barrett et al
19. a list 580 of the predetermined sets of dimensions will be a user specified entry 581 In a first exemplary embodiment of the fit in dimension list box 577 if the fit in radio button 576 is selected only the fit in dimension list box 577 is initially enabled The user accesses the fit in dimension list box 577 to display the list 580 of entries containing the various predetermined sets of dimen sions The list 580 also includes the user specified entry 581 If the user selects any of the entries except the user specified entry 581 the corresponding dimensions of the selected predetermined set of dimensions are displayed in the dimen sion parameter boxes 578 and 579 However the dimension boxes 578 and 579 remain disabled However when the user selects the user specified entry 581 the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 are enabled in response to allow the user to enter user specified scale dimensions into the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 In contrast to the second exemplary embodiment of the fit in dimension list box 577 described below rather than an actual set of predetermined dimensions being associated with the user specified entry 581 in this first exemplary embodiment the user specified entry 581 when selected and displayed in the fit in dimension list box 577 becomes an enable control widget that enables the dimension param eter boxes 578 and 579 Thus once the user specified entry 581 has been selected and disp
20. ager 660 communicates with the image capture device 100 through the input output interface 610 and over the link 102 using the device interface portion 212 The image capture device layer manager 660 causes various ones of the image capture graphical user interfaces such as the graphical user interface 400 shown in FIG 3 to be displayed on the display device 680 The user can then change and or input the various image capture parameters The various image capture parameters can be input through the various graphical user interfaces that the image capture device layer manager 660 displays on the display device 680 Then after the user saves the various image capture parameters or initiates the corresponding image capture device the image capture device layer manager 660 stores the selected image capture parameters in the image capture parameters portion 640 The image capture device layer manager 660 then outputs the selected image capture param eters through the input output interface 610 and over the link 102 to the image capture device 100 The image capture device 100 then uses the various image capture parameters received from the image capture device control system 600 when capturing electronic image data from an original document and when supplying that capture electronic image data over the link 110 to the image capture device control system 600 FIG 6 shows one exemplary embodiment of the graphical user interface 400 As shown in FI
21. ariations will be apparent to those skilled in the art Accordingly the exemplary embodiments of the invention as set forth above are intended to be illustrative not limiting Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention What is claimed is 1 An image capture control system for an image capture device comprising a controller that provides control parameters to the image capture device the image capture device able to capture an image from an original document based on the provided control parameters the control parameters including scale parameters usable to scale the image a display device and a graphical user interface displayable on the display device the graphical user interface including a scale to parameters input portion the scale to parameters input portion including a list box containing at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions the image is to be scaled to the at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions including a pre defined set of user specified height scale parameter and width scale parameter the height scale parameter and the width scale parameter able to be separately selected to produce an aspect ratio for a captured image that is different from an aspect ratio of the image in the original document 2 The image capture control system of claim 1 wherein the scale parameters usable to scale the image comprise scale facto
22. ch is discussed in greater detail below In general there will be a set of one or more sets of saved scan parameters or scan tickets for each language supported the TWAINT driver or data source 250 according to this invention When the TWAINTM graphical user interface 400 is displayed only those sets of saved scan parameters or scan tickets for the language the user is currently operating in are displayed When a set of saved scan parameters i e a scan ticket is selected all the settings contained within that scan ticket are used to populate the TWAINTM graphical user interface 400 according to this invention As shown in FIG 4 a scan ticket 300 includes at least a file name portion 310 a basic features portion 320 an image guality portion 330 and an image size portion not shown The basic features portion 320 corresponds to the basic features tab 500 of the TWAINTM graphical user interface 400 shown in FIG 3 Similarly the image guality portion 330 and the image size portion correspond to the image guality tab 410 and the image size tab 550 respectively of the graphical user interface 400 shown in FIG 3 The image guality tab 410 is described in greater detail in U S patent application Ser No 09 487 271 filed Jan 19 2000 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety As shown in FIG 4 the basic features portion 320 includes a scan location parameter 321 an input original document size parameter 3
23. d In various exemplary embodiments the dimensions list box includes as the predetermined sets sets of dimensions for common paper sizes and sets of dimensions for different paper orientations The predetermined sets of dimensions can also include sets of user defined dimensions These user defined dimensions allow the user to specify the dimen sions of an image area of a document that is often used 9 Claims 14 Drawing Sheets 400 80 FireStar TWAIN Driver File View Optiong Help esta To 561 HI Copy Frame Crop Frame Bottom HEJ Reduce Enlarge Proportional Leo Scale to Width TE tg Can values equal SE Original size 85x11 in image size Sestri Fie see 208 FireStar TWAIN 120 FIG 1 US 6 741 270 B1 Sheet 2 of 14 May 25 2004 U S Patent Old JINGOW 031144102 14 66 SMOGNIM LIA ZE V SI LI NIS AYOLIINIG ZE NIVML SMOGNIM 40 A40D3410 4N5 V NI 031 201 38 LSNW 5 3113 DANOS VLVG 50 015831 3 JHL JINGOW V SY HIANDV NN H 321 AIG NOLLISINDIV VIVO 39VWI A8 034013 30 51 3310 VIVA 31430 NOLLISINDJV VIVO 39VWI IHL SIOHLNO 3YYMLIOS YIAYA DYNOS ANY NOLLVIIddV NIV H V3 034 5 LDI1001 S41d073A10 NIVML AHL 30 L4Vd SY 0101 0844 34V LA ZE 0 5 1N 86 56 SMOGNIM 304 H1HLONV 91 VE SMO
24. e guality and appearance of the electronic image data have expanded greatly In response standard interfaces between such image capture devices including those indicated above and the various application programs that use such captured elec tronic image data have been developed These standard interfaces allow standard compliant image capture devices and standard compliant applications to easily communicate One exemplary embodiment of such a standard interface is the TWAIN interface The TWAIN interface allows any TWAIN compliant application program to input and use electronic image data using any TWAIN compliant image capture device SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The TWAINT compliant component protocol facilitates communication between application programs and image capture devices such as those indicated above One such TWAINTM image capture device is the XEROX Digi Path scanner The ever increasing numbers of features provided by image capturing devices such as the DigiPath scanner cause users of these image capturing devices to find it increasingly difficult to obtain the desired scanning results In addition image capture jobs are becoming longer and more complex For example many images are captured and scaled so that the captured image can be added into an existing electronic document or combined with other electronic document portions to form a composite image In many cases the portion of th
25. e of two distinct source managers 234 have been implemented Both are compiled as dynamic loading library modules One exemplary dynamic load library implementation of the source manager 234 is a 16 bit program developed for for example Microsoft Win dows 3 1 The other dynamic load library implementation of the source manager 234 is a 32 bit program developed for Windows 95 98 and Windows NT 4 0 5 0 In general these two dynamic load library modules are provided as part of the TWAIN developers tool kit and are shipped with each TWAINTM compliant application and at each TWAIN compliant electronic image data generating device FIG 3 illustrates one exemplary embodiment for access ing the systems methods and graphical user interfaces according to this invention As shown in FIG 3 a FILE menu 262 of a TWAIN compliant application 260 will include a plurality of menu items that provide an interface to a TWAIN compliant electronic image data capture device 100 such as a TWAIN compliant scanner These menu items include various ones of at least an Acquire menu item 263 a Select Source menu item 264 or a Scan Set Up menu item 265 As shown in FIG 3 selecting the Acquire menu item 263 causes the application 260 to request that the electronic image data capture device 100 prepare to capture electronic image data from an original document and or transfer cap ture electronic image data to the image capture device control
26. e resulting electronic document that the cap tured image will be inserted into has a fixed set of dimen sions In this case the user is required to manually enter the 10 15 20 25 30 35 50 55 60 65 2 dimension data into one or more text boxes of a graphical user interface in order to inform the image capture device of the ultimate area that the captured image will need to be scaled to fit into In conventional image capture device graphical user interfaces the only way to inform the image capture device of the size of a region to which the captured image will need to be scaled in order to fit the captured image into that fixed area region of the composite document is via text boxes However when a large number of images need to be scanned and scaled having to continually type into the text boxes the appropriate dimensions for each of the captured images to be scaled significantly reduces the user friendliness of the graphical user interface and the produc tivity of the user This invention thus provides systems methods and graphical user interfaces that allow the user to select one of a number of predetermined sets of scale dimensions to which the captured image is to be scaled This invention separately provides systems methods and graphical user interfaces that provide an alternative method for specifying the dimensions to which a captured image is to be scaled In various exemplary embodiments
27. ected to the input output interface 610 using a link 102 Similarly an image data sink 110 can be connected to the input output interface 610 using a link 112 The links 102 and 112 can each be any known or later developed device or system for connecting the image capture device 100 and the image data sink 110 respectively to the image capture device control 600 including a direct cable connection a connection over a wide area network or a local area network a connection over an intranet a connection over an extranet a connection over the Internet or a connection over any other distributed processing network or system In general the links 102 and 112 can each be any known or later developed connection US 6 741 270 B1 7 system or structure usable to respectively connect the image capture device 100 and the image data sink 110 to the image capture device control system 600 It should also be appre ciated that the links 102 and 112 can be wired or wireless links that use portions of the public switch telephone net work and or portions of a cellular communication network It should also be appreciated that in general the image data sink 110 can be any device that is capable of outputting or storing electronic images generated using the image capture device control system 600 using the systems meth ods and graphical user interfaces according to this invention such as a printer a copier any other image forming device a facsim
28. ed image is scaled using the dimension values currently placed in the dimen slon parameter boxes Control then again jumps back to step S110 FIGS 10A 10C a flowchart outlining a second exem plary embodiment of the methods for selecting and using the scale dimension values according to this invention Begin ning in step 5300 control continues to step 5310 where determination is made whether the image size tab is active If so control jumps to step 5330 Otherwise control con 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 14 tinues to step 5320 In step 5320 other functions enabled by other portions of the graphical user interface are performed Control then returns to step S310 In contrast in step S330 a determination is made whether the fit in radio button is active If so control jumps to step S350 Otherwise the scale to button is active Control thus continues to step S340 where the dimension list box and the dimension parameter boxes are disabled Control then returns to step S310 In step S350 the fit in dimension list box and the dimension parameter boxes are enabled Then in step S360 a default predetermined set or a previously selected prede termined set of dimensions is displayed in the fit in dimen sion list box and the dimension parameter boxes Next in step S370 a determination is made whether the fit in dimension list box expansion button has been se
29. es 578 and 579 In this way regardless of the actual size of the captured image either without any cropping or framing or with cropping or framing the dimensions of that captured image are scaled either by increasing or decreasing the dimensions of the 10 15 20 25 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 12 captured image so that the entire captured image fits within the dimensions defined in either the fit in dimension list box 577 or the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 Of course it should be appreciated that these dimensions which are defined either by the selected set of dimensions displayed in the fit in dimension list box 577 or the dimen sions displayed in the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 specify the maximum scaled size If the aspect ratio of the captured image and the aspect ratio of the region defined by the selected fit in dimensions are not equivalent and the proportional scaling check box 572 has not been checked then the captured image will be exactly fit to the selected fit in dimensions even if this causes the captured image to be distorted In contrast if the proportional scaling check box 572 has been checked then either the width or the height of the scaled captured image will not exactly fit into the selected width or height scaling dimension FIG 8 shows one exemplary embodiment of the list of predetermined sets of fit in dimensions 580 As shown in FIG 8 at least one entry in
30. et forth in the incorporated 269 10 15 20 25 30 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 application as well as job tickets 300 and the like The image capture parameters portion 634 stores a current set of the image capture parameters to be used by the image capture device 100 when capturing an image The image capture interface portion 635 stores the various graphical user interfaces shown in FIGS 3 4 and 6 and as described above and in detailed below The application layer manager 640 manages the applica tion layer 240 and in particular the application portions 242 of any executing applications 260 The protocol layer manager 650 manages the protocol layer 230 including the source manager 234 The protocol layer manager 650 communications with the application layer manager 640 using the TWAINTM application pro gramming interfaces 236 of the executing applications 260 The image capture device layer manager 660 manages each of the TWAIN drivers or data sources 250 that may be implemented for different ones of the image capture devices 100 that may be accessible by the image capture device control system 600 over various ones of the links 102 In particular the image capture device layer manager 660 communicates with the protocol layer manager 650 using the acquisition layer application programming inter face 232 of the particular TWAINTM driver or data source 250 Similarly the image capture device layer man
31. ile device a display device a storage device or the like While FIG 5 shows the image capture device 100 the image capture device control system 600 and the image data sink 110 as separate devices the image capture device control system 600 may be integrated with either or both of the image capture device 100 and or the image data sink 110 such as for example in a digital copier With such a configuration for example the image capture device 100 the image data sink 110 and the image capture device control system 600 may be contained within a single device The input device or devices 670 can include any one or more of a mouse a keyboard a touch pad a track ball a touch screen or the like or any other known or later developed device that is capable of inputting data and control signals over the link 672 to the input output interface 610 Similarly the display device 680 can be any known or later developed display device including a cathode ray tube type monitor a flat screen type monitor an LCD monitor or any other known or later developed device on which the graphical user interfaces according to this invention can be displayed and interacted with using one or more of the input devices 670 The display device 680 is provided with control and or data signals from the input output interface 610 over the link 682 Like the signal lines 102 and 112 the links 672 and 682 can be any known or later developed device or system for
32. in jumps back to step S310 It should be appreciated that the image capture device control systems 200 and 600 shown in FIGS 2 and 5 can each be implemented on a general purpose computer However it should also be appreciated that the image capture device control systems 200 and 600 can also each be implemented on a special purpose computer a programmed microprocessor or microcontroller and peripheral integrated circuit elements an ASIC or other integrated circuit a digital signal processor a hardwired electronic or logic circuit such as a discreet element circuit a programmable logic device such as a PLD PLA FPGA and or PAL or the like In general any device capable of implementing a finite state machine that is in turn capable of implementing either of the flowcharts shown in FIGS 9A 9C or 10 10 can be used to implement either of the image capture device control systems 200 or 600 The memory 630 shown in FIG 5 can include both volatile and or non volatile alterable memory or non alterable memory Any alterable memory can be imple mented using any combination of static or dynamic RAM a hard drive and a hard disk flash memory a floppy disk and disk drive a writable optical disk and disk drive or the like Any non alterable memory can be implemented using any combination of ROM PROM EPROM EEPROM an opti cal CD ROM disk an optical ROM disk such as a CD ROM disk or a DVD ROM disk and disk drives or the like US
33. in the page size text box 524 shown in FIG 6 The mirror check box 564 is enabled only when the two sided check box 526 of the basic features tab 550 is checked When enabled and checked the mirror check box 564 mirrors the dimensions in the top left right and bottom dimension parameter boxes 565 568 onto the second side of the page In particular the dimensions will be mirrored depending on how the user has defined the orientation of the second side relative to the first side 1 e head to head or head to toe The reduce enlarge portion 570 of the image size tab 550 includes a reduce enlarge check box 571 a proportional check box 572 and a scale to radio button 573 and associ ated height and width scale factor parameter boxes 574 and 575 The reduce enlarge portion 570 also includes a fit in radio button 576 an dimension list box 577 and associated height and width dimension boxes 578 and 579 The reduce enlarge check box 571 when checked enables all of the reduce enlarge control elements 572 579 The proportional check box 572 when checked links together the height and width scale factor parameter boxes 574 and 575 and the height and width dimension boxes 578 and 579 so that the aspect ratio of the captured image remains constant to the original document This prevents distortion The scale to radio button 573 when selected enables the scale factor parameter boxes 574 and 575 to be used to select the desired scaling fact
34. indicated printer FIG 7 shows the image size tab 550 in greater detail As shown in FIG 7 the image size tab 550 includes a reset values button 551 a crop frame portion 560 and a reduced enlarge portion 570 When the reset values button 551 is pressed the various image capture parameters set forth in the crop frame portion 560 and the reduce enlarge portion 570 are reset to the selected default values Additionally the image size tab 550 like the basic features tab 500 the image size tab 550 also includes an instance of the How Do I button 430 The crop frame portion 560 of the image size tab 550 includes a crop frame checkbox 561 a crop radio button 562 a frame radio button 563 a mirror checkbox 564 and a set of top left right and bottom parameter entry boxes 564 568 that define the location of the rectangle to be cropped out of the capture electronic image data Finally the crop frame portion 560 includes an all values egual check box 569 In particular the crop frame checkbox 561 enables or disables all of the crop frame feature parameters When checked the crop frame checkbox 561 enables all of the crop frame controls 562 569 Additionally when checked the crop frame checkbox 561 generates a crop frame mar quee selection control 484 in a preview portion 480 of the graphical user interface 400 The crop frame marguee selec tion control 484 is discussed in greater detail below The crop frame checkbox 561 also allo
35. ket No 104427 application The sharpen soften parameter portion 335 used to indicate whether the edges within the images in the original docu ment should be sharpened or softened in the generated electronic image data The background suppression param eter portion 336 is used to indicate whether background suppression should be used and if so the color or other guality of the background of the original document that is to be suppressed The negative image parameter portion 337 indicates whether the generated electronic image data should be a negative image relative to the images on the original document Various other ones of the particular scanning parameters discussed above are further disclosed in U S patent application Ser Nos 09 487 274 09 487 272 and 09 487 266 each filed Jan 19 2000 and each incorporated herein by reference in its entirety FIG 5 is a block diagram illustrating a second exemplary embodiment of the structural organization of an image captured device control system 600 that incorporates the image previewing systems methods and graphical user inter faces according to this invention As shown in FIG 5 the image capture device control system 600 includes an input output interface 610 a controller 620 a memory 630 an application layer manager 640 a protocol layer manager 650 and an image capture device layer manager 600 each interconnected by a data control bus 690 The image capture device 100 is conn
36. layed in the fit in dimension list box 577 the user can enter any permissible value for the width and height dimensions in the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 In a second exemplary embodiment of the fit in dimen sion list box 577 each user specified entry 581 of the list 580 of the predetermined sets of dimensions is set through a preferences dialog accessible through the Options menu of the graphical user interface 400 shown in FIGS 6 and 7 In this second exemplary embodiment the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 are enabled with the fit in dimension list box 577 Accordingly if one of the predeter mined sets of dimensions of the list 580 of the fit in dimension list box 577 is selected the corresponding dimen sions are automatically entered into the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 It should be appreciated that if the user then wishes to modify these automatically entered dimensions the user merely needs to enter a different value into one or both of the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 That is in this second exemplary embodiment of the fit in dimensions list box 577 the values in the dimension parameter boxes 578 US 6 741 270 B1 13 and 579 control the actual dimensions used to scale the captured image when the fit in radio button 576 is selected The fit in dimension list box 577 is thus used only as a short cut to entering data into the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 FIGS 9A 9
37. lected If not control jumps to step S440 Otherwise control contin ues to step S380 In step S380 the list box containing the list of predeter mined sets of dimensions is displayed Next in step S390 a determination is made whether an entry of the displayed list box different than the default or previously selected entry has been selected If so control continues to step S400 Otherwise control jumps to step S410 In step S400 the dimension values associated with the newly selected entry of the displayed list box are placed into the dimension param eter boxes Control then continues to step S410 In step S410 the displayed list box is closed and the selected entry is displayed in the fit in dimension list box Next in step S420 a determination is made whether the user has changed the dimension values displayed in one or both of the dimension parameter boxes If so control continues to step S430 Otherwise control jumps to step S440 In step S430 the new dimension values are placed into and displayed in the dimension parameter boxes Next in step S440 a determination is made whether the scan button of the input size tab has been selected If so control continues to step S450 Otherwise control jumps back to step S310 In step S450 an image of the original document is captured Then in step S460 the captured image is scaled using the dimension values currently placed in the dimen sion parameter boxes Control then aga
38. o param eters input portion including a list box containing at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimen sions the image is to be scaled to the at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions including a predefined set of user specified height scale parameter and width scale parameter the height scale parameter and the width scale parameter able to be separately selected to produce an aspect ratio for a captured image that is different from an aspect ratio of the image in the original document 8 The graphical user interface of claim 7 further com prising an original image size portion usable to define an original size of the image and a scale factor parameters display portion that displays scale factor values the scale factors automatically determined based on the defined original size defined in the original image size portion and a selected one of the at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions selected from the list of at least one select able set of predefined image size dimensions US 6 741 270 B1 17 9 The graphical user interface of claim 7 further com prising a portion dimensions portion usable to define a portion size of a portion of the image and a scale factor parameters display portion that displays scale factor values the scale factors automatically determined based on the defined portion size defined in 18 the portion dimensions portion and a selected
39. of the systems meth ods and graphical user interfaces of this invention an image size tab of a graphical user interface for an image capture driver includes a scale portion The scale portion in addition to having a number of dimension boxes that allow the user to directly input the desired dimensions that the captured image is to be scaled to also includes a dimension list box The dimension list box includes a plurality of predetermined sets of dimensions to which the captured image can be scaled In various exemplary embodiments the dimensions list box includes as the predetermined sets one or more sets of dimensions for common paper sizes and one or more sets of dimensions for different paper orientations The one or more predetermined sets of dimensions can also include one or more sets of user defined dimensions These user defined dimensions allow the user to specify the dimensions of an image area of a document that is often used For example if the user is preparing a school yearbook having a defined set of dimensions to which student photographs are to be scaled as well as other commonly used sets of dimensions to which other types of photographs are to be scaled each of these commonly used sets of dimensions can be predefined Thus the user does not have to continually re enter the dimensions for these areas by hand into the dimension boxes of the scale portion of the graphical user interface These and other features and ad
40. ors In contrast the fit in radio button 576 when selected enables the fit in dimension list box 577 and possibly the dimension parameters boxes 578 and 579 to allow the user to specify the absolute dimensions rather than the reduction magnification proportions to be used to scale the captured image relative to the original image In particular the fit in dimension list box 577 allows the user to quickly select a particular one of a number of sets of predetermined dimensions to be used to scale the captured image When the user selects the fit in radio button 576 the scale factor parameter boxes 574 and 575 are disabled Accordingly their appearance is changed to a grayed out appearance and the scale factor parameter boxes 574 and 575 become unselectable At the same time the fit in dimension list box 577 and possibly the dimension param eter boxes 578 and 579 is enabled Accordingly the appear ance of at least the fit in dimension list box 577 is changed from a grayed out unselectable appearance to an active selectable appearance The fit in dimension list box 577 and possibly the dimension parameter boxes 578 and 579 thus becomes selectable When the user selects the fit in radio button 576 the captured image will be fit into either the selected predeter mined set of dimensions displayed in the fit in dimension list box 577 or the particular dimensions the user has manually entered into the dimension parameter box
41. ortion 520 of the basic features tab 500 includes a scan location list box 522 a page size list box 524 a double sided check box 526 and an image guality profile list box 528 The original document portion 520 also includes a document orientation portion 530 that allows the user to specify how the document will be oriented on the platen 120 of the image capture device 100 The document orientation portion 530 is described in greater detail in the incorporated 272 application In particular the document orientation portion 530 includes a short edge first long edge first SEF LEF toggle button 532 a rotate button 534 and an input document mimic portion 536 The SEF LEF toggle button 532 allows the user to indicate whether the first edge of the original document to be introduced into the document handler 130 of the image capture device 100 is the long edge i e the 11 inch edge of standard 8 x11 inch paper or the short edge i e 8 edge of standard 8 x11 inch paper In particular the user will be expected to feed the original document into the document handler 130 or place it on the platen 110 in the same orientation as specified in the graphic displayed on the SEF LEF toggle button The rotate button 534 allows the user to specify the orientation of the image on the input document That is the user may be providing the original document to the docu ment handler using the long edge first orientation while the image has been placed onto
42. ptured as a binary bitmap image as shown in FIG 4 or as an 8 bit grayscale image or as a color image having various color spaces and bit depths The resolution portion 325 indicates the resolution of the generated electronic image data The image optimization portion 326 indicates a particular output device such as a particular laser printer a particular ink jet printer a particu lar digital copier or the like that will be used to generate hard copies of the generated electronic image data and thus for which the electronic image data should be optimized for when the electronic image data of the original document is captured The image guality profile parameter 331 of the image quality portion 330 is the same as the image quality profile parameter 323 The lighten darken parameter 332 indicates whether the electronic image data is to be lighter or darker than the images on the original document Similarly the increase decrease contrast parameter portion 333 indicates whether the contrast of the electronic image data is to be greater or less than the contrast of the images on the original document The special tone adjustment parameter portion 334 is used to provide finer control over the tone reproduc tion curve that is used to convert the continuous tone image values of the original document to the multi bit depth image values of the generated electronic image data This is described in greater detail in the incorporated Attorney Doc
43. r parameters the graphical user interface further comprises an original image size portion usable to define an original size of the image and the controller further comprises a scale factor determining circuit that determines the scale factor parameters based on the defined original size of the image and a selected one of the at least one selectable set of pre defined image size dimensions the image is to be scaled to 3 The image capture control system of claim 1 wherein the scale parameters usable to scale the image comprise scale factor parameters 10 15 20 25 30 40 45 50 55 60 65 16 the graphical user interface further comprises a portion dimensions portion usable to define a portion size of a portion of the image and the controller further comprises a scale factor determining circuit that determines the scale factor parameters based on the defined portion size of the portion of the image and a selected one of the at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions the image is to be scaled to 4 The image capture control system of claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface further includes an input docu ment mimic displaying an orientation of the image from the original document the orientation adjustable based on the control parameters 5 method for scaling an image the image being captured from an original document the method compris ing providing a set of dimen
44. sions defining an image size of at least a portion of the image providing a list of at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions the image is to be scaled to the at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions including a predefined set of user specified height scale parameter and width scale parameter the height scale parameter and the width scale parameter able to be separately selected to produce an aspect ratio for a captured image that is different from an aspect ratio of the image in the original document selecting one of the list of selectable sets of predefined image size dimensions determining scale factor parameters based on the defined image size and the selected one of the at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions the image is to be scaled to and capturing the image based on the determined scale factor parameters 6 The method of claim 5 wherein the at least one selectable set of predefined image size dimensions the image is to be scaled to comprises at least one set of user defined image dimensions 7 A graphical user interface displayable on a display device of an image capture control system for an image capture device the image capture device able to capture an image from an original document based on control parameters the control parameters including scale parameters the graphical user interface comprising a scale to parameters input portion the scale t
45. system In particular in response to the selecting the Acquire menu item 263 the application 260 can display its own graphical user interface Alternatively the TWAIN driver or data source 250 for the selected electronic image data capture device can display one of its graphical user interfaces Finally if the Scan Set up menu item 265 was selected the TWAIN driver or data source 250 can display a specific Scanner Set Up graphical user interface US 6 741 270 B1 5 In particular as shown in FIG 3 when any of the menu items 263 265 are selected the application 260 calls the source manager 234 In response the source manager accesses each TWAIN driver or data source 250 that is present in the image capture device control system 200 source manager 234 then displays in a graphical user interface 235 all of the different TWAINTM drivers or data sources 250 present on the image capture device control system 200 Once the user selects the particular TWAINTM driver or data source 250 that the user wishes to use the TWAIN driver or data source 250 will display a graphi cal user interface 400 that allows the user to select various ones of the image capture parameters and scanning control functions implemented in that TWAINTM driver or data source 250 FIG 4 illustrates one exemplary embodiment of a scan ticket 300 Scan tickets contain all of the settings in the TWAINTM graphical user interface 400 whi
46. t original document It should be appreciated that the electronic image data capture device can also be referred to as variously a scanner an image capture device an electronic image data generating device or the like and regardless of the name can be any one of a stand alone scanner a digital copier a facsimile machine a multi function device a digital still camera a digital video camera an electronic image database storing previously generated electronic image data or any other known or later device that is capable of generating or supplying electronic image data from an original document FIG 2 is a block diagram illustrating a first exemplary embodiment of the structural organization of an image capture device control system 200 that incorporates the image previewing systems methods and graphical user interfaces according to this invention As shown in FIG 2 the image capture device control system 200 includes a device layer 210 an acguisition layer 220 a protocol layer 230 and an application layer 240 In particular the device layer 210 includes the image capture device 100 such as a Xerox DigiPath color scanner or any of the other 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 electronic image data capture devices indicated above The device layer 210 also includes a device interface portion 212 of TWAIN driver or TWAIN data source 250 In particular as shown FIG
47. vantages of this invention are described in or are apparent from the following detailed description of various embodiments of the systems methods and graphical user interfaces according to this invention BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Various exemplary embodiments of this invention will be described in detail with reference to the following figures wherein FIG 1 is a perspective drawing of an exemplary elec tronic image generating device FIG 2 is a block diagram illustrating a first exemplary embodiment of the structure of an image capture device control system that incorporates the various exemplary embodiments of the image previewing systems methods and graphical user interfaces of this invention US 6 741 270 B1 3 FIG 3 is a second exemplary embodiment of an image capturing and using system that incorporates the systems and methods of this invention FIG 4 is an exemplary embodiment of a scan ticket illustrating various image scanning parameters according to this invention FIG 5 is a block diagram of a second exemplary embodi ment of the image capture control system that incorporates the image previewing systems methods and graphical user interfaces of this invention FIG 6 is a graphical user interface incorporating the scan preview pane portion and visual cues according to this invention FIG 7 shows in greater detail one exemplary embodiment of the image size tab of the graphical user interface shown
48. ws the user to easily turn on or off the selected crop values on a scan by scan basis without having to reset or clear the values entered into each of the crop frame control portions 562 569 The top left right and bottom parameter boxes 565 568 allow the user to define a rectangular selection area of the original document that will be cropped or framed The top left right and bottom parameter boxes 565 568 allow the user to specify the distances between the corresponding margin of the original document based on the size of the original document selected in the page size text box 524 and the corresponding edge of the rectangular selection area The all values are equal check box 569 when checked locks all four of the parameters 565 568 together The crop radio button 562 when selected indicates that the portions of the scanned electronic image data outside of the rectangular selection area defined by the values in the dimension boxes 565 568 should be deleted Thus the US 6 741 270 B1 11 captured image before any scaling is limited to the size of the area within the defined rectangular selection area In contrast when the frame radio button 563 is selected the area outside of the rectangular selection area is given a default color In general this default color will be white In contrast to the captured image after cropping the captured image size remains the same as the page size of the original document selected
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