Patent ID: 6816272
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An optical scanner that enables data to be efficiently and selectively downloaded from said scanner, comprising:a scanning mechanism configured to scan images of documents as said scanner is being swiped across said documents; a translator configured to produce data files, each of said data files defining one of said scanned images, said data files respectively associated with identifiers; a data interface configured to communicate with a device external to said scanner; a display device configured to display said identifiers; a user input device configured to receive user inputs, one of said user inputs for selecting one of said displayed identifiers; and a system controller configured to transmit sets of image data to said external device via said data interface, each of said sets comprising an image of one of said identifiers and a thumbnail image of one of said scanned images defined by one of said data files, said system controller configured to download, via said data interface and in response to said one user input, data from one of said data files identified by said selected identifier.