User manual

Program Operation 28

4. Program Operation

Overview

ScanShell operation can be divided into six main operation categories:

1. Scanning and Image import

2. Saving and exporting data and images

3. Magnetic Strip reading (*ScanShellOCR Only)

4. Extracted text manipulation and export (*ScanShellOCR Only)

5. ID card Verification (*ScanShellOCR Only)?

6. Setting Image formats and other parameters

Image scanning and import – Images can be imported from two sources: from a

scanner (ScanShell 1000 or ScanShell 800) or from an existing image file. When

using the ScanShell 800 scanner as input source, you can choose between two

operating modes: manual scan, i.e. each scan starts when the user places the card in

the scanner and clicks on the Scan button, or auto-scan, i.e. the scan starts

automatically when the user inserts the card into the scanner. When using the

ScanShell 1000 scanner, the scan starts as soon as one of the silver buttons on the

scanner is pressed.

The text information in the imported image is extracted using one of two methods:

Optical Character Recognition (OCR), in which the text is extracted directly from the

scanned image, and Barcode reading, which extracts the data from a Barcode image.

In both cases images are either scanned by the scanner or opened from a file.

Image export – Images can be exported to one of two destinations: An image file and

the clipboard. When saving to an image file, the application offers two operating

modes: manual save, i.e. the user clicks on the Save button to save the image using the

Save As dialog box, and auto-save, i.e. the image is automatically saved to a

predefined destination folder.

Magnetic Strip Detection (*ScanShellOCR Only) - Available when a magnetic

strip reader is connected to the computer, and indicated in the ScanShell application

as the data source.

Extracted text export (*ScanShellOCR Only) - Saves the detected text from the

card / passport (name, ID number, address, etc.) to a user-defined text file. The text is

saved in records format of one record per line. The fields are separated by user

defined separator characters.

ID Verification (*ScanShellOCR Only) – Verification of the ID card authenticity by

comparing two data sources, such as OCR and Barcode, OCR and magnetic strip

information, etc.

Image format - Defines the way the input image is scanned (color scheme,

resolutions, scan size) and saving format (BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, TGA, PSD).

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