Japan rapid scanning system can digitise book in one minute

nyrath · 09-15-2010, 12:54 PM

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...b6CrDzYkRDCNhA

A prototype ultra-speed scanner capable of digitising a book in one minute will be built within two years, said the chief researcher of the team at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Information Science and Technology.

The "book-flipping scanning" system works with a camera that can take up to 500 photographs per second, enabling it to record about 170 book pages in 60 seconds as a person thumbs through them.

The system adjusts for the distortion caused by the curvature of the moving pages by measuring their three-dimensional forms using infra-red beams, so that the images can be electronically "flattened" to look like the original.

HarryT · 09-15-2010, 02:08 PM

Please continue the discussion in the existing thread.

Thank you.

nyrath · 09-15-2010, 08:15 PM

Sorry. I did a forum search for an existing thread, but nothing showed up.

Kumabjorn · 09-16-2010, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nyrath

Sorry. I did a forum search for an existing thread, but nothing showed up.

Flip scanning

09-15-2010, 12:54 PM	#1
nyrath Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 52007 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: nook	Japan rapid scanning system can digitise book in one minute http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...b6CrDzYkRDCNhA A prototype ultra-speed scanner capable of digitising a book in one minute will be built within two years, said the chief researcher of the team at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Information Science and Technology. The "book-flipping scanning" system works with a camera that can take up to 500 photographs per second, enabling it to record about 170 book pages in 60 seconds as a person thumbs through them. The system adjusts for the distortion caused by the curvature of the moving pages by measuring their three-dimensional forms using infra-red beams, so that the images can be electronically "flattened" to look like the original.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Please continue the discussion in the existing thread. Thank you.

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