Patent Document ID: 20060209366
Application ID: 11082082
Patent Status: 0

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 partially overlaps an extent of said first portion; 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.