Patent ID: 7830533
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for scanning a machine readable instruction sheet along with a document, the machine readable instruction sheet comprising at least four sets of distinct machine readable markings, comprising: a document handler that receives and feeds the machine readable instruction sheet; and a scanner that scans the machine readable instruction sheet and reads one of the at least four sets of distinct machine readable markings, wherein each of the at least four sets of distinct machine-readable markings include computer-implementable instructions for completing automated tasks and the machine readable instruction sheet includes first and second sets of distinct machine readable markings on a first side of the sheet and third and fourth sets of distinct machine readable markings on the second side of the sheet, wherein the second set of instructions is oriented 180° relative to the first set of instructions and the fourth set of instructions is oriented 180° relative to the third set of instructions, wherein the apparatus converts one of the at least four sets of distinct machine readable markings to computer-implementable instructions based on the orientation of the machine readable sheet as it is scanned by the scanner and completes the automated tasks in accordance with the computer-implementable instructions.