Patent ID: 9413920
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A scanner, comprising: a first light source that produces light of a first color; a second light source that produces light of a second color, different than the first color; a third light source that produces light of a third color, different than the first and second colors; the three light sources positioned to direct light onto a scanning area; a broadband sensor to receive light from the scanning area: and a controller coupled to the three light sources and the broadband sensor to control the capturing of a sequence of exposures; the controller to use the first and second light sources for a first exposure; the controller to use the first and third light sources for a second exposure; the controller to use the second and third light sources for a third exposure where a color scan line comprises data from the first, second and third exposures, wherein the controller converts data from the first, second and third exposures from a first color space into a second color space before saving the data as a color scan line.