Patent ID: 6567190
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A multi-functional scanner, comprising:a) a housing; b) a transparent plate connected to said housing for receiving an object to be scanned; c) an optical sensing device disposed in said housing and in optical communication with said transparent plate for optically sensing the object and for generating scanned data representative of the object; d) an electronic circuit disposed in said housing and coupled to said optical sensing device for converting the scanned data to digital data; e) a ROM disposed in said housing said ROM containing a look-up table defining color science weights associated with an output device that is coupled to said housing for producing a reproduction of the image, the color science weights operating on the digital data to generate weighted digital data in order to match color science requirements of the output device; f) a RAM disposed in said housing and coupled to said electronic circuit disposed in said housing, said RAM adapted to receive and store the scanned digital data and connected to the output device, said RAM adapted to receive and store the weighted digital data and thereafter transmit the weighted digital data to the output device; g) an electronic input device integrally connected to said housing and coupled to said RAM for entering the digital data into said RAM; h) first smart electronics disposed in said housing and adapted to be coupled to a second smart electronics coupled to the output device, said first smart electronics adapted to sense type of the output device and format of RAM output data required by the output device by interrogating information contained in the second smart electronics, said first smart electronics adapted to sense said ROM for determining the color science weights to be applied to the digital data to define color science weighted digital data and storing the color science weighted digital data in said RAM memory, the color science weighted digital data stored in said RAM memory being transmittable to the output device under control of said first smart electronics; i) a cover connected to said housing for covering said transparent plate and the object to be sensed by said optical sensing device, so that said transparent plate and the object are free of ambient light as the object is optically sensed; and j) a display mounted on said cover and coupled to said optical sensing device for displaying an image of the object optically sensed by said optical sensing device, said display having a touch sensitive screen for editing the image of the object.