Patent ID: 9571678
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for creating digital documents from hardcopy documents by means of a reproduction system, the reproduction system comprising a display and a scanner, said method comprising the steps of: detecting an event of an intended scanning of a current hardcopy document; upon detection of the event, opening an image adjustment screen at the display, said image adjustment screen comprising an image area, a scan settings area and a process button; before scanning of the current hardcopy document and when predetermined visual presentation criteria are met, displaying, at the image area of the image adjustment screen, a digital image of a previous scanned hardcopy document that is previously scanned, accepted and stored, along with image parameter values at the scan settings area of the image adjustment screen, including a brightness indicator having different brightness levels, a contrast indicator having different contrast levels, and a color indicator having a complete discrete color spectrum, the previous scanned hardcopy document being different from the current hardcopy document; adjusting at least one of the image parameters at the scan settings area by at selecting the brightness levels of the brightness indicator, contrast levels of the contrast indicator and/or a discrete color from the color indicator to automatically adjust the digital image displayed at the image area; activating the image parameter values by activating the process button; and scanning the current hardcopy document according to the at least one adjusted image parameter value corresponding with the displayed digital image, resulting in a digital document corresponding to the current hardcopy document.