Patent ID: 6850259

Claim:
An image capture control system for an image capture device, comprising: a controller that provides control parameters to the image capture device, the image capture device able to capture an image from an original document based on the provided control parameters, the control parameters including scale parameters usable to scale the captured image; a display device; and a graphical user interface displayable on the display device, the graphical user interface including a plurality of sliders associated with a control function, each slider allowing a user to control a corresponding portion of the associated control function and comprising: a slider portion, a range of values for the corresponding portion of the associated control function associated with a vertical dimension of the slider portion; a pair of numerical indicators, a first one of the pair of numerical indicators associated with a minimal value of the range of values and positioned relative to a bottom of the slider portion, a second one of the pair of numerical indicators associated with a maximal value of the range of values and positioned relative to a top of the slider portion; a slider bar extending across the slider portion perpendicularly to the vertical dimension of the slider portion, the slider bar positioned along the vertical dimension of the slider portion based on a relationship between a default value for the corresponding portion of the associated control function and the range of values; and a selectable slider pointer positioned adjacent to the slider portion, the slider pointer positioned along the vertical dimension of the slider portion based on a current value for the corresponding portion of the associated control function and the range of values, the slider pointer dividing the slider portion into a top subportion extending between a current position of the slider pointer relative to the slider portion and the top of the slider portion and a bottom subportion extending between a current position of the slider pointer relative to the slider portion and the bottom of the slider portion, wherein an appearance of the bottom subportion of the slider portion is determined based on the relationship between the current value for the corresponding portion of the associated control function and the range of values, is uniform within the bottom subportion of the slider portion, and contrasts visually with the top subportion of the slider portion; and wherein the graphical user interface includes a task-specific help function, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises a task list display portion that is displayable when the task-specific help function is invoked, the task list display portion containing at least one selectable task identifier associated with a portion of the graphical user interface against which the task-specific help function was invoked.