Universal Scanning Stand For Devices Equipped With A Digital Camera
a scanning stand and digital camera technology, applied in the field of universal scanning stand for devices equipped with digital cameras, can solve the problems of not being portable or inexpensive, and the scanning bound documents are not very portabl
Inactive Publication Date: 2013-08-29
WARDEGA TOMASZ
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The patent describes a scanning stand that combines the functions of a document stand and a camera stand in a single, foldable apparatus. This allows for easy storage and portability. The technical effect of this invention is to provide a convenient and practical solution for scanning and photographing documents on-the-go.
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The system does not appear to be portable or inexpensive.
Devices for capturing images of documents using digital cameras heretofore known suffer from several disadvantages:(a) Portable stands for capturing documents using digital cameras are not designed for imaging bound documents.(b) Stands for scanning bound documents are not very portable.(c) Scanning stands are not designed for use with a wide range of devices equipped with a digital camera.(d) The methods of capturing images of documents using these scanning stands rarely address post-processing of images using computer software like cropping to find page borders, rotation to position text properly for reading, re-sampling to make the image appear close to the natural size, re-ordering of pages etc.
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[0060]FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the first embodiment of my scanning stand that consists of two inverted-V parts and sliding platform 9 serving as a holder for a device with a digital camera. A sheet of transparent acrylic (not shown) is included with my stand to facilitate imaging of bound documents and documents with wrinkles or creases.
[0061]One inverted-V part of the stand, consisting of platforms 1 and 2 holds sliding platform 9 that serves as a holder for digital camera 7. This inverted-V part together with platform 9 constitutes the holding part of the stand.
[0062]The second inverted-V part of the stand consists of platforms 3 and 4—the page of the document that is imaged rests on platform 3. This inverted-V part is the imaging part of the stand and platform 3 is the imaging surface.
[0063]Platform 2 adjacent to the imaging surface 3 is the turning surface where already imaged pages of the document are turned.
[0064]In this embodiment platforms 1, 2, 3 and 4 have the same...
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One embodiment of a scanning stand for devices equipped with a digital camera comprising two inverted-V parts. One inverted-V part includes a sliding platform serving as a holder for a device equipped with a digital camera. Inverted-V parts are connected using nylon ribbons and the distance between inverted-V parts can be adjusted to accommodate documents of various thicknesses. A sheet of transparent acrylic or glass is included to provide means to flatten wrinkles or creases on documents and to straighten pages of bound material near the binding.
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BACKGROUNDPrior Art[0001]Copy stands for positioning a digital camera relative to the document to be copied are well known in prior art. Various book scanning mechanisms utilizing a digital camera to capture images have also been developed.[0002]U.S. Pat. No. 6,540,415 describes a document capture stand that facilitates the use of a digital camera as a document scanner. This stand requires adjustment of the height and position of the camera to place it over the scanned document. This stand does not address imaging of bound documents.[0003]U.S. Pat. No. 7,639,406 describes systems and methods of imaging printed material utilizing a V-shaped cradle and digital cameras. The system and methods described are designed specifically for bound documents. The system does not appear to be portable or inexpensive. It also appears that only specific digital cameras can be used with this system.[0004]US Pat. Application No 20110267661 describes a book scanner that contains a V-shaped platform to ...
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IPC IPC(8): H04N1/46H04N1/04
CPCH04N1/19594H04N2201/0422H04N2201/0446H04N2201/0436H04N2201/0434
Inventor WARDEGA, TOMASZ
Owner WARDEGA TOMASZ