US8081849B2
patent
A handheld optical scanner and/or memory device for cap turing images of text from a rendered document is described. The handheld device may include a data storage component, a scanning component configured to capture text from ren dered documents, a power storage component, and a univer sal serial bus port configured to receive and store data from a computing device and transmit data to the computing device. 26 Claims, 14 Drawing Sheets
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