Abstract:
A scan apparatus having a background pattern for boundary detection includes a scan region, a scan assembly and a background member. The background member is disposed within the scan region and has the background pattern, which includes two sets of lines intersecting each other. The scan assembly scans an original and the background pattern of the background member within the scan region, and generates a corresponding image signal.
Abstract:
An image-reading controlling method and a scanning apparatus using such method are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First, a user profile is selected. Next, a computer terminal is notified that a user profile has been selected. Then, a scan command is received from the computer terminal, and an image-reading job is executed in response to the scan command.
Abstract:
A method for adding scan data to a computer work area is provided. The method includes the following steps. Location information corresponding to a registered location of a pointer is received. According to the location information, an image file format is determined. A document is scanned. Next, a scan image file corresponding to the document and the image file format is produced. The scan image file is added to a work area where the pointer is located.