Patent ID: 6753983
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A scanning method for a scanner, the scanner comprising:a housing; a transparent platform installed on the housing for a document to be placed on; a calibration paper positioned at a front end of the transparent platform; a scanning module installed inside the housing for scanning the document; a memory for storing programs and data; and a processor for controlling operations of the scanner; the scanning method comprising the following steps: a) driving the scanning module to scan the calibration paper to collect image data of a plurality of pixels; b) if no scanning pass has been performed since the scanner is turned on or if a period of time, since generating a last effective image range determined after the scanner is turned on and before performing step (a), has elapsed, defining a new effective image range according to the image data of the plurality of pixels and calculating an average of image data which are within the new effective image range; if the period of time, since generating the last effective image range determined after the scanner is turned on and before performing step (a), has not elapsed, calculating an average of image data which are within the last effective image range; and c) scanning the document and using the average calculated in step (b) to calibrate an image of the document generated by scanning the document.