Patent ID: 6798545
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A scanner comprising:a housing; a control circuit positioned in the housing, the control circuit being used to control the operations of the scanner; a scanning module positioned in the housing and electrically connected to the control circuit, the scanning module being used to scan a document and generate associated document image signals; an input display panel positioned on the housing and electrically connected to the control circuit, the input display panel displaying a picture of a keyboard having a plurality of proofreading symbols, alpha-numeric symbols, or special symbols, the input display panel being used to input proofreading symbols, alpha-numeric symbols, or special symbols to generate an associated input signal, the control circuit using the input signal to control the scanner; wherein the user can use the picture of the keyboard to generate the associated input signal, and the control circuit will display related control messages on the input display panel; and a mouse connected to the input display panel, the user capable of using the mouse to control the picture of the keyboard to generate the associated input signal; wherein the control circuit comprises a memory for storing programs and data, and a processor for executing the programs stored in the memory, the programs stored in the memory comprising: an operating system for managing program operations; a scan control program executing under the operating system, the scan control program controlling the operations of the scanning module and processing the document image signals generated by the scanning module; a mouse control program executing under the operating system, the mouse control program controlling the operations of the mouse; a panel control program executing under the operating system, the panel control program displaying the picture of the keyboard on the input display panel, and generating the associated input signals according to input entered by the user using the plurality of buttons on the picture of the keyboard; and an application program executing under the operating system, the application program using the display panel to display the various symbols entered by the user, or to display associated control information generated by the operating system, and using the associated input signal generated by the panel control program to set up an operating mode of the scan control program and to determine a processing procedure of the document image signals.