• DPI dots per inch: density of computer or printer image: a measure of the density of the image produced by a computer screen or printer... Electronic code• A scanner ‘see’ image
Trang 1•Ngô Thùy Trang
•Nguyễn Ngọc Tiến
•Trần Thị Thùy Hương
•Lê Việt Tiên
•Phạm Thị Như Quỳnh
Trang 2What is scanner?
• An input device that scans (reads) the image as a series of dots and introduces
the information into the computer’s
memory
(Infotech Glossary)
Trang 3Some definition
• DPI
• Electronic code
• Digitized image
Trang 4• DPI (dots per inch):
density of computer
or printer image: a
measure of the
density of the image
produced by a
computer screen or
printer
(Prodic Dictionary)
Trang 5Electronic code
• A scanner ‘see’ images and converts the
printed text or pictures into electronic codes that can be understood by the computer.
Electronic code
Trang 6Digitized image
• A representation of a two-dimensional image using ones and zeros (binary)
Trang 7What is inside a scanner?
• Colored filter
• Rotating lamps
• Software for scanner
• OCR software
Trang 8Rotating lamps
• The scanner operates by using 3 rotating lamps which has a different colored filter
Trang 9Colored filter
• It has 3 different colors: red, green and blue
Trang 10Software for scanner
• Software for scanner translates the API
procedure calls into primitive commands
• Some common scanner software:
- SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
- TWAIN
- ISIS (Image and Scanner Interface Specification)
- WIA (Windows Image Acquisition)
(Wikipedia)
Trang 11OCR software
• OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
• OCR software let you easily convert
images, such as digital photographs,
scanned documents, printed books, etc into text
Trang 12Flatbed scanner
• A scanner with a glass scanning surface
on which objects are placed; similar to a photocopier (Infotech Glossary)
Trang 13How a flatbed scanner works?
• 1: a flatbed scanner ‘see’ images and
converts them into electronic codes
Trang 14• 2: The scanning unit moves across the
image to be scanned
How a flatbed scanner works?
Trang 15Process of scanning
a glass
pane
(platen)
a bright light
Charge-Coupled Devices
Trang 16• 3: It reads the image as a series of dots
and then generates the digitized image
How a flatbed scanner works?
Trang 17• 4: Digitized image is sent to computer
and stored as a file
How a flatbed scanner works?
Trang 18You place a drawing, photograph or
other printed document face down on the glass and close or lower the plastic cover When you activate the scan
feature, a light shines from under the
plastic and a copy of your paper appears
on your monitor
Uses of Flatbed scanner
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