MODE SWITCHING IN A HANDHELD SCANNER

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12784470

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A handheld device that may operate as a scanner, computer mouse or as a camera. In the scanner mode, the device captures image frames as it is moved across an object. The image frames are formed into a composite image based on computations in two processes. In a first process, fast track processing determines a coarse position of each of the image frames based on a relative position between each successive image frame and a respective preceding image determine by matching overlapping portions of the image frames. In a second process, fine position adjustments are computed to reduce inconsistencies from determining positions of image frames based on relative positions to multiple prior image frames. A control mechanism, such as a button on the device can be used to switch between the scanner and mouse modes. When the device is lifted, it may switch to the camera mode.

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ML NETHERLANDS C V1075 BD AMSTERDAM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Breitenmoser, Andreas Knonau, CH 18 314
Fonseka, Erik Zurich, CH 23 522
Ilic, Alexander Zurich, CH 44 819
Zahnert, Martin Georg Zurich, CH 37 541

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