Remote Desktop Scanner Redirection With Hybrid Image Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image capturing devices vary in their ability to adjust image effects, with some lacking functionalities like orientation, rotation, brightness, and contrast adjustments, which is undesirable in remote desktop scanning where user-adjustment of these effects is desired.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a scanner core in the client computing device that communicates with image capturing devices to apply user-selected settings, with unsupported adjustments applied by remote desktop system software.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If image capturing device is used for remote desktop scanning, then image acquisition is enabled, but image effect adjustment capabilities are limited by device functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary software component that acts as a mediator between the image capturing device and the remote desktop system. This intermediary layer captures images from the device and applies additional image effects through software processing, thereby enabling full image adjustment functionality without requiring the hardware device to support all adjustment capabilities natively.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces hardware-based image adjustment mechanisms with software-based image processing. Instead of relying on the image capturing device's physical controls and hardware capabilities for brightness, contrast, and other effects, the system uses software algorithms to apply these adjustments digitally after image capture, thus achieving the same functional goals without hardware constraints.
2Ease of operation
If image capturing device lacks adjustment functionalities, then device simplicity is maintained, but user control over image effects is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal image processing system that can handle multiple image adjustment functions (brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, etc.) through a single software platform. This multi-functional approach ensures that regardless of the specific image capturing device used, users gain access to comprehensive image effect adjustment capabilities, making the system adaptable to various devices while providing consistent functionality.
3Speed
If hardware image adjustment is used, then processing speed is improved, but device compatibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a software-based copy or replica of hardware image adjustment functionality. By implementing image processing algorithms that replicate the effects of hardware adjustments, the system achieves compatibility across diverse image capturing devices while maintaining efficient processing speeds through optimized software routines.
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AI summary
A scanner redirection method for a remote desktop system, wherein the remote desktop system includes a client computing device and a remote server, and the client computing device includes remote desktop software, includes the steps of: receiving from the remote server, settings that were selected by a user for adjusting an image that is to be created by an image capturing device; in response to receiving the selected settings from the remote server, transmitting to the image capturing device, at least a first setting of the selected settings from the remote server; and after the image capturing device creates the image, storing the image, wherein the first setting has been applied to the image by the image capturing device to adjust an effect of the image, and a second setting has been applied to the image by software of the remote desktop system to adjust another effect of the image.