Patent ID: 6122684
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A network scanner system built by connecting at least one computer and N scanners each with an automatic document feeding facility via a network, comprising:first input means for dividing M pages of originals into L bundles of the originals in correspondence with L number of scanners used for original reading, and inputting a re-arranging order of the L bundles of divided originals set on the L scanners to the computer;first instruction means for instructing the L scanners to read the divided originals;reading control means for controlling the L scanners to read the M pages of the originals in accordance with an input instruction from said first instruction means;transfer means for transferring information of each of the L bundles of the divided originals read by the L scanners to the computer via the network; andre-arranging means for re-arranging the information of the originals transferred to the computer by said transfer means in accordance with the re-arranging order input by said first input means.