Vertex Edge Receiving Device for Automated Book Digitization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for digitizing bound documents, such as books, require complex structures and are time-consuming due to the need for manual page turning and high design effort, often causing damage to the binding and inefficiency in the recording process.
Innovation Solution
A device with attracting means, such as suction openings, allows for simultaneous page turning and digitization by grasping and removing sheets during relative movement between the recording device and the bundle, reducing structural complexity and increasing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual page turning is used with overhead book scanners, then digitization can be performed, but the process is very labor-intensive and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs page turning automatically without human intervention. The receiving device with vertex edge automatically separates and turns pages during the digitization process, making the system self-servicing and eliminating manual labor.
Solution Approach 2:
The digitization and page turning operations are combined into a continuous process. The receiving device maintains contact with the document throughout the cycle, performing both digitization and automatic page turning without interruption or manual intervention between steps.
2Extent of automation
If external air jet devices are used to separate and turn pages, then automation is achieved, but the design effort and structural complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The complex external air jet separation device is removed entirely. Instead, the patent uses the simple geometric vertex edge of the receiving device itself to achieve page separation through relative movement, extracting only the essential function while eliminating unnecessary complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving device with vertex edge serves multiple functions: it digitizes the document surface and simultaneously performs page separation and turning through its geometric shape and relative movement, eliminating the need for separate dedicated page-turning mechanisms.
3Ease of operation
If the receiving device is removed from sheets before page turning, then page turning can be performed, but the recording process becomes time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the digitization function and page turning function into a single integrated operation. The receiving device remains in contact with the document throughout, performing both digitization and automatic page turning simultaneously, eliminating the time-consuming removal and repositioning steps.
4Extent of automation
If complex support plates and pivot axes are used for page turning, then automation is achieved, but the construction effort and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The complex support plates, pivot axes, and receiving arm structures are completely removed. The patent achieves automatic page turning using only the simple vertex edge of the receiving device and relative linear movement, dramatically simplifying the construction and manufacturing requirements.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables a structurally simple and quick page turning process, allowing for efficient digitization during relative movement, reducing damage to the binding and minimizing the time required for the recording process compared to existing methods.
Implementation Method 1
the receiving device has attracting means, in particular in the form of at least one suction opening (15), for suctioning at least one sheet (10)
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device and to a method for optically detecting and receiving, in particular for digitising, interconnected sheets (10) along a margin (6), in particular a book (7), comprising a bearing and/or securing device (8) for the sheets (10) and a receiving device (1) which comprises two angular imaging surfaces (2) which have a common vertex edge (3) and which are arranged in relation to each other, in addition to at least one receiving unit (19). The bearing and/or securing device (8) and the receiving device (1) are arranged in a displaceable manner in relation to each other, such that the vertex edge (3) of receiving device (1) and the margin (6) of the sheets (10) can be joined together. The receiving device (1) comprises traction means (15, 16) which are used to catch at least one sheet (10') when removing the vertex edge (3) of the receiving device (1) from the margin (6) of the sheets (10).