Personal Imaging Repository for Scanned Data Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in accessing and managing scanned imaging data due to the need to interact with multiple software programs and remember storage locations, as existing methods require conversion and storage in specific formats, limiting convenience and accessibility.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables direct transfer of scanned imaging data from a scanning device to a personal imaging repository, which acts as an exchange infrastructure between the imaging data and web services, using a smart card or memory storage for user information to automatically store and link imaging data, allowing seamless access and management across the Internet.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If scanned imaging data is stored on a PC hard disk using specialized software, then the imaging data can be saved and accessed, but the user must remember exact storage locations and interact with multiple software programs to convert and locate images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a personal imaging repository as an intermediary system between the scanning device and the user. This repository automatically stores scanned images and provides unified access through a single interface, eliminating the need for users to remember multiple storage locations and software programs. The repository acts as a mediator that consolidates imaging data management.
Solution Approach 2:
The personal imaging repository serves multiple functions: it stores imaging data, provides standardized access interfaces, enables format conversion, and maintains links to original data. This multi-functional system replaces multiple specialized software programs, allowing users to access images through a single unified interface regardless of their original format or storage location.
2Ease of operation
If scanned imaging data is emailed without PC connection, then the user can access images remotely, but the user still must convert the scanned image to desired format manually
Solution Approach 1:
The personal imaging repository provides self-service functionality by automatically converting scanned images to desired formats and preparing them for download. The system handles format conversion without requiring user intervention, allowing users to simply select and download images in their preferred format directly from the repository interface.
3Adaptability or versatility
If scanned imaging data is posted on a web server, then the user can access images from any browser, but the user must locate the image from where it was saved or use another program to convert the format
Solution Approach 1:
The personal imaging repository serves as a user-specific intermediary that consolidates all imaging data in a standardized location. Instead of images being scattered across different web servers or storage locations, the repository provides a unified access point where users can locate and access all their scanned images through a consistent interface, eliminating the need to search through multiple locations.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple software programs are used to manage imaging data, then various formats and functions can be achieved, but the user must know exactly where images were stored and use multiple programs to locate and convert images
Solution Approach 1:
The personal imaging repository is designed as a universal system that handles multiple functions: storing images in various formats, converting between formats, providing standardized access interfaces, and maintaining links to original data. This single multi-functional repository replaces the need for multiple specialized software programs, allowing users to achieve format conversion and data management through one unified system.
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AI summary
A system and method for transferring scanned imaging data from a scanning device to a personal imaging repository. The present invention includes a scanning device capable of reading information encoded items, such as smart cards for scanning imaging data, a personal imaging repository associated with a particular user for storing imaging data that is to be accessed by requested web services, an item for storing user information relating to the personal imaging repository, and a device firmware for storing scanned imaging data from the scanning device into the personal imaging repository, which is an exchange infrastructure between the imaging data and available web services on the Internet.