Patent Document ID: 7733539
Application ID: 11082082
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for scanning a media sheet with a scanning apparatus having a scanning area and a media transport system for conveying said media sheet in a media feed direction, said media transport system having a first set of rollers located upstream of said scanning area with respect to said media feed direction and a second set of rollers located. downstream of said scanning area with respect to said media feed direction, said method comprising: feeding said media sheet through said first set of rollers into said scanning area, such that a first portion of said media sheet is available for scanning; scanning a first partial media sheet image of said first portion of said media sheet, and storing said first partial media sheet image in memory; feeding said media sheet into said second set of rollers, then out of said first set of rollers, such that a second portion of said media sheet is available for scanning in said scanning area, wherein an extent of said second portion of the media sheet partially overlaps an extent of said first portion of the media sheet; scanning a second partial media sheet image of said second portion of said media sheet, and storing said second partial media sheet image in memory; and combining at least said first partial media sheet image with said second partial media sheet image to generate a full image of said media sheet.