Group Name:  opticalmousescanner

In our project, “Optical Mouse Scanner, ” we will be implementing a system in which a user can create low resolution scans of a document using an ordinary optical mouse. The mouse is operated as per usual, with the user running it over the portion of the document he/she is interested in scanning. The aggregated results of the current scan will be displayed on a computer monitor. By observing the aggregated scan on the monitor, the user will be able to note which areas of the scan are missing or erroneous, and rescan the document at those locations. The user will be able to use the leftclick and rightclick functionality of the mouse to begin the scan and reset the scan, respectively. The current image being read by the optical mouse will always be displayed in a small inset box on the monitor display, next to the larger image of the aggregate scan up to that point. The position of the mouse will also be indicated on the aggregate scan. The figure below depicts the described visual output: Figure 1: GUI for mouse scanner project. A standard optical mouse transmits information about the location of the mouse in a serial, packetized format. This information can be acquired using the USB, PS/2, or direct connection to a serial pin on the processor—for the purposes of this project, the serial pin will be used. We will acquire image data from th