Patent ID: 7561298

Claim:
An article comprising a computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed, result in: receiving image data of a first portion of the object through a first scanning window of a first scanning portion of a carriage module moving in a scanning direction, wherein the first scanning portion comprises a first front end and a first rear end, and wherein the first scanning window is disposed at the first front end of the first scanning portion; receiving image data of a second portion of the object through a second scanning window of a second scanning portion of the carriage module disposed downstream of the first scanning window, wherein the second scanning portion comprises a second front end and a second rear end, and wherein the second scanning window is disposed at the second rear end of the second scanning portion; converting the image data of the first portion of the scanned object to first digital data: converting the image data of the second portion of the scanned object to second digital data; and combining the first and second digital data to obtain a digital image data of the scanned object.