Patent ID: 7652778
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital image selection method, comprising: causing a scan engine to initiate a scan of an ordered set of physical objects; obtaining a first digital image of a first side of a physical object, the physical object being a first of the ordered set of physical objects scanned by the scan engine; examining the first digital image to determine if it is substantially blank; if the first digital image is not substantially blank, obtaining a first set of digital images, each digital image of the first set being a digital image of a first side of a physical object of the ordered set of physical objects scanned by the scan engine, and sending the first set of digital images for processing by one of a print engine, a facsimile engine, an e-mail engine, and a file manager; only if the first digital image is substantially blank, obtaining a second digital image of a second side of the physical object, the physical object being the first of the ordered set of physical objects scanned by the scan engine and examining the second digital image to determine if it is substantially blank; if the first digital image is substantially blank and the second image is not substantially blank, obtaining a second set of digital images, each digital image of the second set being a digital image of a second side of a physical object of the ordered set of physical objects scanned by the scan engine, and sending the second set of digital images for processing by one of the print engine, the facsimile engine, the e-mail engine, and the file manager.