METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNER-INITIATED NETWORK- BASED IMAGE INPUT SCANNING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus that allows a scanner to directly send image data to a particular data acquisition destination computer on a network without the need for an intermediate scan server. SOLUTION: An image input scanner sends image data derived from scanned hard-copy documents directly to the network address of a destination computer which is selected at a user interface of the scanner. A driver at the destination computer activates an image acquisition program when image data is detected in a target location in memory. The driver also ensures that incoming image data originates from an authorized scanner or other device. The driver enables canning operations to be initiated at the scanner, and also avoids a need for a scan server between the scanner and the computer.