Image scanning apparatus and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016147386-A1
Application number	US-201514946002-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 19, 2015
Priority date	Nov 20, 2014
Publication date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An image scanning apparatus includes a storage configured to store an image file, a user interface unit configured to receive selection of the image file stored in the storage and to display a thumbnail image corresponding to each of a plurality of pages contained in the selected image file, and a controller, in response to any one of the displayed thumbnail image being selected for a predetermined time period or more, to perform at least one of order change, delete, and partition of a page corresponding to the thumbnail image selected for the predetermined time period or more to edit the selected image file.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image scanning apparatus comprising:
a storage configured to store an image file including a plurality of pages; a user interface unit configured to receive a selection of the image file stored in the storage of the image scanning apparatus and to display a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of pages in the selected image file; and a controller, in response to any one of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images being selected for at least a predetermined time period, configured to edit the selected image file based on the any one of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images being selected for at least the predetermined time period to edit the selected image file.

2 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller, in response to the any one of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images being selected for at least the predetermined time period, is configured to delete the page respectively corresponding to the any one of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images being selected for at least the predetermined time period from the selected image file.

3 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller, in response to the any one of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images being selected for at least the predetermined time period, is configured to partition the selected image file into separate image files based on the page respectively corresponding to the any one of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images being selected for at least the predetermined time period.

4 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller, in response to a command to move the any one of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images to a different position, is configured to change the order of the page corresponding to the moved thumbnail image in the selected image file.

5 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller, in response to a command to place a first thumbnail image of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images on a second thumbnail image of the plurality of thumbnail images, is configured to control the user interface unit to display the first thumbnail image adjacent to the second thumbnail image in one region.

6 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the controller, in response to a print command for the selected image file, is configured to apply an n-up print option to pages corresponding to the first thumbnail image and the second thumbnail image and perform a print operation on the pages.

7 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user interface unit is configured to display an importance of each page of the plurality of pages together with the displayed plurality of thumbnail images.

8 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the user interface is configured to receive a merging command for a first image file and a second image file; and the controller is configured to merge the first image file and the second image file into one image file and store the one image file in the storage.

9 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:
the user interface is configured to display a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of image files stored in the storage; and the controller, when a second icon of the plurality of icons is placed on a first icon, is configured to append a second image file corresponding to the second icon to a first image file corresponding to the first icon and delete the second image file.

10 . An image scanning apparatus comprising:
a scanner configured to scan a document, including a table, to generate a scan image including the table; a classifier configured to classify the generated scan image; and a controller configured to process the classified scan image using at least one of storage processing, transmission processing, and print processing, wherein the classifier is configured to extract table information including a number of columns for each row of the table included in the generated scan image and a number of rows for each column, and classify the generated scan image based on the extracted table information.

11 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the classifier is configured to extract a horizontal boundary region and a vertical boundary region from the generated scan image, extract cell information based on the extracted horizontal boundary region and vertical boundary region, and extract the number of columns for each row and the number of rows for each column using the extracted cell information.

12 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the classifier is configured to classify the scan image according to a color map of a color image included in the document.

13 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the classifier is configured to recognize text included in a region of the generated scan image and classify the scan image according to whether a predetermined keyword is present in the recognized text.

14 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the classifier is configured to extract a stamp from the generated scan image and classify the generated scan image according to the extracted stamp.

15 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the classifier is configured to extract a plurality of chroma regions from the generated scan image, generate a boundary region of each of the plurality of extracted chroma regions, and extract the stamp using the generated boundary region.

16 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising a user interface unit configured to receive a selection of an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) performing region for the generated scan image,
wherein the controller is configured to recognize a character with respect to the selected OCR performing region of the generated scan image, and copy the recognized character to at least one of a file name and a tag region of the generated scan image.

17 . The image scanning apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein:
the scanner is configured to scan a plurality of documents to generate a plurality of scan images; the classifier is configured to extract a page number of a predetermined region of each of the plurality of scan images; and the controller is configured to aggregate the plurality of scan images according to the extracted page number of each of the plurality of scan images to generate one image file.

18 . A method for controlling an image scanning apparatus, the method comprising:
displaying, on the image scanning apparatus, in response to a received selection of an image file, a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding, respectively, to a plurality of pages included in the selected image file; editing, in response to any one of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images being selected for at least a predetermined time period, the selected image file, using the image scanning apparatus, based on the any one of the displayed plurality of thumbnail images being selected for at least the predetermined time period; and storing the edited image file.

19 . A method for controlling an image scanning apparatus, the method comprising:
scanning a document, including a table, to generate a scan image including the table; classifying the generated scan image

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Dong-Hyeop
• Ohk Hyung-Soo
• Patana Elena Lgorevna
• Park In-Ho
• Lee Ho-Keun
• Kim Kyeong-Man
• Oh Hyun-Soo
• Lee Chang-Hyung
• Lee Eul-Hwan
• Chung Woo-Jun

Classifications

• H04N1/00448

  horizontally · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/00461

  marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• H04N1/0044

  for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet · CPC title