EP0573563B1 - Station zur automatischen numerierung von diapositiven - Google Patents

Station zur automatischen numerierung von diapositiven Download PDF

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EP0573563B1
EP0573563B1 EP92907557A EP92907557A EP0573563B1 EP 0573563 B1 EP0573563 B1 EP 0573563B1 EP 92907557 A EP92907557 A EP 92907557A EP 92907557 A EP92907557 A EP 92907557A EP 0573563 B1 EP0573563 B1 EP 0573563B1
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  • the present invention relates to an automatic slide scanning station for digitally capturing images from slides.
  • the present invention proposes to remedy these major drawbacks and in particular, with a single entry station, to allow automatic entry of a very large number of slides in a very short time.
  • an automatic slide scanning station comprising a slide supply assembly, at least one entry and digitization station and a slide reception unit thus digitized, characterized in that each supply and reception comprises at least one drawer containing a removable vertical magazine and comprising at least one removable slide storage element, and in that at least one transfer system is provided to ensure on the one hand the supply of slides, from a storage element of said removable magazine, of a central rotating tray which successively places said slides in front of different workstations including said entry and scanning station, and on the other hand the transfer of slides, after scanning, between said tray rotating central and a storage element of a removable magazine placed in said receiving assembly.
  • the slide supply assembly and the slide reception assembly are arranged in line on either side of the rotating central plate, the first and second transfer systems being arranged in diametrically opposite directions on either side of the central plate.
  • the slide supply assembly and the slide reception assembly are combined.
  • a single transfer system ensures on the one hand the supply of the central plate in slides from a first storage element of the removable store of the single supply and reception assembly and on the other hand the transfer of the slides, after scanning, between the central tray and a second storage element of said removable magazine.
  • the central plate is a rotary plate controlled digitally and comprising, in addition to an entry and digitizing station, at least one of the following additional stations: a station for viewing the frame of a slide, a station for repositioning a slide using a manipulator, a station for plating a slide with a manipulator, a station for reading characters on the frame of a slide by optical character recognition, a station for reading bar codes appearing on the frame of a slide, an erasing station appearing on the frame of a slide, an alphanumeric marking station for writing alphanumeric characters on the frame of a slide, a marking station of barcodes for writing barcodes on the frame of a slide, a station for rejecting non-conforming slides, a dusting station.
  • the storage element is in the form of a vertical profile open at its upper part, of square section, suitable for the slides to be digitized and of height suitable for the desired storage volume, one of the longitudinal faces of the profile comprising over its entire height an opening of limited width, and said storage element comprises a bottom in which an opening of section smaller than that of the slides is made to allow stacking and unstacking them using a pusher penetrating inside said opening.
  • This storage element has a lower end and an upper end cooperating with positioning means formed in said removable magazine.
  • the storage element comprises a U-shaped profile connected by hinges to two L-shaped profiles, a flange tilting around fixing holes made in the U-shaped profile so as to be embedded in blocking holes made in the L-shaped profiles and thus close said storage element which said hinges allow to open when the flange is raised.
  • the storage element further comprises a longitudinal rectilinear tongue formed on one of its internal faces and intended to cooperate with a notch formed in the edge of the slides. It is perforated in different patterns and includes in particular a diagonal light formed in a longitudinal face to allow visual control of the classification of the slides.
  • the removable magazine comprises a central axis connecting between them intermediate and lower plates which are fixed relative to said central axis and have openings aligned to receive a storage element.
  • the opening in the lower tray has a shape complementary to that of the lower profiled end of a storage element to ensure a height positioning thereof.
  • the removable magazine further comprises an upper plate provided with a handle and which can rotate relative to said central axis, said upper plate having ends. peripherals that come flush with each storage element.
  • the upper tray of the removable magazine carries a ball-spring assembly intended to cooperate with said hole formed at the upper end of a storage element to ensure locking of the latter.
  • the removable magazine comprises a vertical central axis connecting between them intermediate and lower plates which are fixed relative to said vertical axis, each plate being provided at its periphery with guide pieces fixed radially and between which slide. storage elements.
  • the central turntable consists of a disc pierced at its periphery with housings intended to receive the slides, said slides resting in said housings above an opening which allows, by letting the light pass from a light source, the capture and digitizing said slides.
  • the slide is held in place above the housing by a pusher which, under the effect of a spring, presses this slide against positioning pins arranged on the faces opposite to those on which the pusher acts directly.
  • the slide supply assembly and the slide reception assembly are combined into a single assembly comprising a single removable magazine, which can be constituted by two fixed storage elements held by elements guide so that they define an angular sector.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a general and schematic view of an automatic image scanning device according to the invention. More specifically Figures 1 and 2 respectively show a front view and from above of such a device.
  • the device according to the invention is in the form of an office unit consisting of a table 1, a supply assembly 2 and a reception assembly 2 ′ whose energy supply, not shown , is carried out from the single-phase 220V network.
  • Table 1 of approximately 1mx2m is intended to receive the single input station comprising an input means 3 which can for example be a camera or a scanner and its vertical support 3 ′, two graphic screens 4 and 4 ′ and a keyboard 5.
  • the two sets 2 and 2 ′, supporting said table 1, each have several drawers 6 which can be moved on slides 7 by the action of an operator on a handle 8.
  • each drawer 6 comprises a turntable 9, driven in rotation by an electric motor 10 and supporting a removable magazine 11.
  • This removable magazine 11 contains up to 16 storage elements 12 each containing several hundred devices.
  • a jack 13 allows, in association with a manipulator 14, the extraction of these slides from the storage element 12, then their deposition on a central plate 15.
  • This central plate 15 is pierced at its periphery with housings 16 intended to receive the slides and allowing the light from the light source 17 of the camera to pass through.
  • An electric motor 18 rotates the central plate 15 which also rests on a support 19.
  • Work stations A, B, C and D by example allow different functions to be ensured, the main one being numerical entry 3, 3 ′ and 17 under the control of IT resources.
  • the device according to the invention is organized around these different functions to which specific technical means correspond.
  • the storage element 12 is in the form of a square section profile of aluminum, plastic or other materials of variable height depending on the desired storage volume. For example, a height of 300mm can accommodate around 200 slides.
  • the front face of said storage element 12 comprises over its entire height an opening 121 allowing easier stacking of the slides. These are arranged one on the other from the bottom 122 of said element 12.
  • Element 12 also has an opening 123 necessary to allow a plunger 190 for unstacking these slides to pass.
  • a tongue 124, having the shape of a half-disc, glued or fixed over the entire height of said element 12 can be embedded in notches provided for this purpose in the context of the slides, thus playing a keying role.
  • the bottom 122 may be flat but may also be externally conical 125 to allow easy installation in a specially adapted removable store 11 or in an external storage locker.
  • a hole 126 allowing the control of this positioning as well as the robotic storage can also be carried out on the back or in an elevation 127 of the storage element 12.
  • the storage element 12 can be perforated according to different drawings to allow air circulation or a reduction in its weight or else include a diagonal light 128 on one of its faces to allow rapid visual control of the classification of previously marked slides.
  • this storage element 12 it may be preferable for this storage element 12 not to be produced in a single profile but rather made up of a U-shaped profile 129 connected by hinges 130 to two L-shaped profiles 131. It is thus possible, after a rotational movement of these two profiles 131 around the hinges 130, to open this storage element 12 and to allow front loading, and no longer only from above, of the slides.
  • a tilting from top to bottom of the flange 132 around fixing holes 133 makes it possible, once the loading has been carried out, to keep closed, by embedding first projections 134a in first blocking holes 134, the storage element 12.
  • Au unloading the process is reversed, tilting, after pressing on the profiles 131 of the flange 132 from bottom to top, around the hole 133, allowing the embedding of second projections 135a in second locking holes 135 of said storage element 12 (position shown in dotted line in FIG. 4), then opening and removing the slides as a whole.
  • the removal as loading is facilitated by the inclination of the storage element 12 which comes to rest on its flange 132.
  • Studs 136 integral with the front part of the flange keep the opening 121. constant
  • the assembly thus obtained is particularly easy to use. It allows the storage of slides in variable quantity, whatever the nature of the cover used for example plastic, glass or cardboard, and this without any separation.
  • a first type of removable magazine 11 can be used, the structure and operation of which will be described with reference to Figures 6 and 7.
  • the intermediate and lower plates 112 , 113 have openings 115 and 116 to which corresponds that 120 of the turntable 9 to allow the vertical positioning of the storage element 12, the opening 115 having a complicated shape ntaire, for example conical, corresponding to that of the wall 125 of the element 12.
  • Three conical studs 117, secured for example to the turntable 9, are used for centering and driving the removable magazine 11 by the turntable 9.
  • the loading of the storage elements 12 in the removable magazine 11 and then of this in the drawer 6 takes place in several sequences.
  • the removable magazine 11 being deposited is then stocked with all of its storage elements 12, the upper plate 111 of said magazine 11 being in the position shown in dotted lines in FIG. 7.
  • the correct positioning of the magazine 11 or of the drawer 6 is checked by sensors, micro-contacts or photoelectric cells, not shown. It should be noted here that it is possible to operate the device with a single storage element 12. In this case, the turntable 9 is not necessary, the removable magazine 11 having to support only this single storage element, installation can be done manually.
  • the slides are now in place and are ready for automatic processing, the first step of which is to unstack them one by one to bring them to the different workstations.
  • the action of the cylinder 13 has the effect of pushing up the slides.
  • the manipulator 14 is then grasped by stripping off a first slide, by virtue of an assembly for producing vacuum by an electric vane pump or equivalent, not shown, the assembly constituting a first transfer system. After having been grasped, the slide is deposited, by a rotational or translational movement (depending on the type of manipulator used) of said manipulator 14, on the central plate 15 whose structure and operation will be given with reference to FIGS. 8 to 11 .
  • the central plate 15 consists of a disc with a variable diameter advantageously of the order of 700mm, and drilled at its periphery of housings 16 in variable number intended to receive flat slides from the first transfer system.
  • the slide rests on the bottom 151 of said housing, an opening 152 allowing the passage of light for the digital capture system 3.3 ′, 17 of which the camera or the scanner 3 constitutes the essential element. To ensure perfect positioning of the slide and to remove any possible veil, it is pressed against the bottom 151 according to three different devices which are shown simultaneously, for explanatory purposes, in FIG. 8.
  • FIG. 8 shows a push system.
  • the housing 16 is a notch or notch made radially at the periphery of the central plate 15.
  • the slide which has a width greater than that of the notch rests on the housing and is held in position by positioning pins 145 , four in number, arranged around the slide and by a pusher 146 whose action, under the effect of a spring 147, tends to press the slide against these pins.
  • the pusher 146 is moved away, the spring 147 then being compressed, under the action for example of an electromagnet, not shown, controlled by computer means. After positioning the slide, the electromagnet is de-energized and the release of the spring brings the pusher into contact with the slide and thus ensures that it remains firmly in place.
  • the pusher 146 is placed at an angle to the slide, two pins 145 then being arranged in the opposite angle, the other two being placed on the two sides not in contact with the pusher.
  • two perforations 148 can be provided arranged on either side of the notch 16 to allow the passage of two fingers of an operator.
  • Figure 9 shows more precisely a vacuum system.
  • the vacuum is created by a vacuum pump (not shown) which is connected to four suction cups 153 by through a valve and two channels 154.
  • the valve opens releasing a vacuum which sucks this slide and the plate on the bottom 151. The valve then closes and the slide thus remains pressed until it reopens during the transfer step to the receiving store.
  • FIG 10 shows an electromagnet system. This system is more complex and also requires moving mechanical parts.
  • An electromagnet 155 associated with a linkage 156 allows the simultaneous pivoting, around the fixed axes 157, of two support blades 158 intended to hold the slide. At rest, these two support blades 158 are housed in two clearance grooves 159 formed in the bottom 151 of the housing 16. When the slide is going to be released by the manipulator 14, the electromagnet 155 is excited. The support blades 158 rise from being placed in the passages 160 provided for this purpose in the housing 16 and the slide is deposited on the bottom 151.
  • the de-excitation of the electromagnet 155 then causes under the effect of the return springs 161 the fallout of the two support blades 158, the faces 162 of which place the slide on the bottom 151.
  • a new excitation of the electromagnet 155 will cause the lifting of the blades. support 158 authorizing the removal of the slide.
  • the plating of the slide can result from the application thereon of a cover held in position by a manipulator or directly from an arm, in the form of a fork, of this manipulator.
  • This manipulator-fork assembly can constitute a specific work station of the device that can be called shaping or plating station.
  • This sole is equipped on its lower part with two centering pins and a fixing screw allowing its positioning and its fixing on one or the other of the work stations of the station by eliminating any problem of adjustment.
  • This aspect is dealt with in the factory at the time of mounting the sole on each of the fixing supports of the different means.
  • the first function performed by the device according to the invention is the orientation of the slide. This involves repositioning the wrongly positioned slide on the right side and / or the right side so that it can be grasped properly.
  • the corresponding workstation A has for this a set not shown comprising a cell capturing or not a light source illuminating a corner of the slide and a manipulator allowing rotation and turning to perform this positioning.
  • the slide is then brought to the workstation D which corresponds to the digital capture of the image. It includes the elements already described, light source 17, camera or scanner 3 and support 3 ′ to which must be added the computer resources not shown for the most part (except the graphic screens 4 and 4 ′) which manage the whole.
  • the device according to the invention can comprise up to nine work stations, including the two transfer systems, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the movement of the manipulators 14 and 21 which could for example be located on the central plate 15 with for example an angular difference of the order of 270 ° could further increase the number of workstations as well as increasing the diameter of this central plate 15.
  • a removable magazine which is not rotating but has only two storage elements, one for the supply of slides and the other for the reception of these slides.
  • these two elements are supported on a cylindrical surface and therefore arranged in a circular sector.
  • FIG. 12 shows a configuration comprising a single rotating removable magazine 11, a central rotating plate 15 and two manipulators 14 and 21.
  • the manipulator 14 which unstacks the slides can be driven only in a translational movement and two up and down movements.
  • the manipulator 21 which ensures the stacking must in addition have an orientation movement to correctly reposition the slide in the storage element 12 after the latter has been extracted from its housing 16 (the position of the slide after translation and before rotation is shown in dotted lines at the central plate 15). It should be noted that these stacking and destacking operations could also be carried out by a single manipulator at the cost, however, of a reduction in the transfer speed.
  • One or more workstations can be assigned to a specific marking function. Indeed, it can be interesting to mark the support frame (cache) of the slides with a classification reference, expressed literally or in the form of bar code, as well as with a clear comment on the subject or photographer concerned.
  • a first work station will consist, for example, of a labeling machine capable of depositing on the covers of the slides, in connection with the computer means, said bar codes.
  • Another workstation will include an inkjet printer to write the desired text in plain text.
  • means for reading these bar codes or else these characters may be necessary for automatic identification of a slide or a batch.
  • a workstation with a scanner or optical means will be useful in this case.
  • the station consists of a linear manipulator 150 which allows the grip of the slide on the central plate 15 and its deposit in a first storage element 12 then the entry of a pseudo-slide in a second storage element 12 and its deposit on the central plate in place of the discarded slide. This operation is repeated for each non-compliant slide.
  • the slides set aside in the first storage element 12 are processed manually and then reintegrated into the storage elements of the reception store in place of the corresponding easily identifiable pseudo-slides.
  • the printing and reprinting stations can be placed, for example, at B and E as shown in Figure 1. Finally, it is also interesting to provide a dusting station.
  • FIGS 13 and 14 show another embodiment of the removable magazine 11.
  • the magazine 11 has a hollow cylindrical body 165 rotated about a vertical central axis 166 by a drive motor 167 arranged parallel to the central axis , the connection between the motor and the cylindrical body being produced by a toothed pinion 168 - toothed belt assembly 169.
  • the drive motor and the vertical central axis are fixed on a support 170 integral with the drawer 6 and the rolling bearings 171 mounted on the central axis ensure the degree of freedom of rotation of the cylindrical body 165 relative to this central axis 166.
  • This cylindrical body 165 On this cylindrical body 165 are attached by fixing elements 172 plates 173,174 at the periphery of which are regularly fixed T-shaped parts 175 intended for guiding the storage elements 12.
  • These guide parts 175 are twenty in number. four, in the case of a removable magazine containing twelve storage elements, and are arranged radially on the periphery of an intermediate plate 173 and a lower plate 174 of this magazine 11 in order to cooperate respectively with the upper part and the lower part of the storage element 12.
  • the storage elements 12 are kept in the vertical position by these guide elements 175 between which they can slide. Deductions 176 made at the ends of the guide parts prevent ejection of the storage element under the effect of centrifugal force. Stops 177 secured to the lower plate 174 by fixing elements 178 prohibit, by coming into contact with the bottom 122 of the storage elements 12, any vertical movement of these elements 12 under the effect of gravity. After the placement of the storage elements 12 in the removable magazine 11, the blocking of these elements is ensured by a rotation of an upper plate 179 having, in the case of a magazine 11 with twelve elements 12, a dodecagonal shape and the ends 180 of the edges of which are flush with each storage element 12. A vertically movable pusher 190 can penetrate the storage elements 12 through the perforated bottom 122 to allow the slides to be stacked and unstacked.
  • the cylindrical body 165 mainly consists of two parts which fit into each other, an internal part 181 to which the toothed pinion is fixed 168 and which remains in contact with the central axis 166 when the magazine 11 is extracted. of the drawer 6 and an external part 182 which supports the lower 174, intermediate 173 and upper 179 trays and can be removed by acting on a handle 184. Damper pads 183 fixed on the external part 182 of the body 165 at the lower trays 174 and higher 173 limit the shocks during the installation of the removable magazine 11. The correct positioning of the magazine is checked by various sensors or photoelectric cells, for example the electromagnetic sensor 185.
  • the IT resources ensure great flexibility for the whole, allowing in particular the batch processing of the slides, which can be classified or reclassified according to different criteria. So while the slides are brought to the central plate 15 using the manipulator 14, the other manipulator 21 unloads the slides corresponding to the chosen and recognized criterion. This cycle is repeated for the different criteria. When the treatment is finished, all the slides are at the level of the reception assembly 2 ′ and the computer means have a complete knowledge of the content of the storage elements 12 contained in the removable magazine 11 of said assembly 2 ′.
  • the invention allows the implementation of all the possibilities offered by batch processing.
  • Each batch can be identified by a pseudo-slide detectable by photoelectric cell.
  • This pseudo-slide is here constituted by a simple slide frame on which appear annotations relating to the whole set of slides which follows. This pseudo-slide therefore includes a video image. We thus know the end and the beginning of each batch which can trigger particular operations.
  • a pseudo-slide is used to perform batch start operations. Now is the time to manage the data that is common to all the slides in the batch.
  • This data can be duplicated on each slide cover of the batch and / or be automatically integrated into the textual base linked to the batch which one begins to process.
  • the first slide positioned on the central plate 15 is read in order to know the first character or the first monotony.
  • the turntable 9 is positioned accordingly.
  • the system continues to feed the central plate 15 with slides and simultaneously the slides corresponding to the first letter or first monotony are unloaded.
  • the piloting software records all the vacancies to be able to reload them. This phase ends when, on the plate 15, there is no longer any slide belonging to the first character or to the first monotony.
  • the software analyzes the content of the central tray 15 to make the optimal choice which allows the unloading of the greatest number of slides. Once this choice has been made, we return to the treatments in phase 2.
  • the software manages the volume displacements relative to the possibilities of the storage elements 12.

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  1. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven, bestehend aus einer Diapositiv-Zuführeinheit (2), mindestens einem Erfassungs- und Digitalisierungsgerät (D) und einer Aufnahmeeinheit (2′) für die so digitalisierten Diapositive, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Zuführeinheit (2) und Aufnahmeeinheit (2′) mindestens ein Schubfach (6) aufweist, das ein senkrechtes, herausnehmbares Magazin (11) enthält, das mindestens ein herausnehmbares Element (12) zum Einsortieren von Diapositiven aufweist, und daß sie mindestens ein Transportsystem (14, 21) aufweist, um einerseits die Zuführung von Diapositiven von einem herausnehmbaren Einsortierelement (12) des genannten herausnehmbaren Magazins (11) zu einem zentralen Drehteller (15) zu gewährleisten, der die genannten Diapositive nacheinander vor verschiedene Arbeitsplätze befördert, darunter das genannte Erfassungs und Nummerierungsgerät (D), und andererseits nach der Digitalisierung den Transport der Diapositive zwischen dem genannten zentralen Drehteller (15) und einem Einsortierelement (12) eines in der genannten Aufnahmeeinheit (2′) angeordneten herausnehmbaren Magazins (11) zu gewährleisten.
  2. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das genannte Einsortierelement (12) sich als ein senkrechten Profilteil darstellt, das an seiner Oberseite mit viereckigem, für die zu digitalisierenden Diapositive passendem Querschnitt offen ist und in der Höhe an das gewünschte Aufnahmevolumen angepaßt ist, wobei die eine der Längsseiten des Profilteils über ihre gesamte Höhe eine Öffnung (121) von beschränkter Breite aufweist, und daß das genannte Binsortierelement (12) einen Boden (122) aufweist, in dem eine Öffnung (123) mit einem geringeren Querschnitt als der der Diapositive ausgeführt ist, so daß diese mittels eines Schiebers (190), der in die genannte Öffnung eindringt, aufgestapelt und abgestapelt werden können.
  3. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das genannte Einsortierelement (12) ein unteres Profilende (125) und ein oberes Ende (127) aufweist, das eine der Längaseiten des Einsortierelements (12) verlängert und durch das ein Loch (126) gebohrt ist, wobei die genannten Enden, das untere Ende (125) und das obere Ende (127), mit Positioniermitteln zusammenwirken, die in dem genannten herausnehmbaren Magazin (11) ausgebildet sind.
  4. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach einem der Ansprüche 2 und 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das genannte Einsortierelement (12) ein U-Profil (129) umfaßt, das durch Scharniere (130) mit zwei L-Profilen (131) verbunden ist, wobei ein Bügel (132) um Befestigungslöcher (133), die in dem U-Profil (129) ausgeführt sind, schwenkbar angebracht ist, um in Verriegelungslöchern (134) in den L-Profilen (131) einzurasten und auf diese Weise das genannte Einsortierelement (12) zu schließen, das mit den genannten Scharnieren (130) geöffnet werden kann, wenn der Bügel (132) hochgeklappt ist.
  5. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 4,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das genannte Einsortierelement (12) ferner eine längliche, geradlinige Zunge (124) aufweist, die an einer seiner Innenseiten ausgebildet ist und dazu bestimmt ist, mit einer in dem Rand der Diapositive gebildeten Vertiefung zusammenzuwirken.
  6. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das genannte Einsortierelement (12) nach verschiedenen Mustern durchbrochen ist und insbesondere eine diagonale Öffnung (128) aufweist, die in einer Längsseite ausgebildet ist, um eine optische Kontrolle der Sortierung der Diapositive zu ermöglichen.
  7. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das herausnehmbare Magazin (11) eine senkrechte zentrale Achse (165) aufweist, die die Zwischenplatte (173) und die untere Platte (174), die gegenüber der genannten senkrechten Achse (165) feststehend sind, miteinander verbindet, wobei jede Platte (173, 174) an ihrer Außenlinie mit Führungsteilen (175) versehen ist, die radial befestigt sind und zwischen denen die Einsortierelemente (12) verschiebbar sind.
  8. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das herausnehmbare Magazin (11) eine zentrale Achse (110) aufweist, die die Zwischenplatte (112) und untere Platte (113) miteinander verbindet, die gegenüber der genannten zentralen Achse (110) feststehend sind und aufeinander ausgerichtete Offnungen (116) und (115) aufweisen, um ein Einsortierelement (12) aufzunehmen.
  9. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach den Ansprüchen 3 und 8,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die in der unteren Platte (113) ausgeführte Öffnung (115) eine komplementäre Form zu der des unteren Profilendes (125) eines Einsortierelements (12) aufweist, um dessen Positionierung in der Höhe zu gewahrleisten.
  10. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach den Ansprüchen 7 oder 8,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das herausnehmbare Magazin (11) ferner eine obere Platte (111, 179) aufweist, die mit einem Handgriff (114, 184) versehen ist und gegenüber der genannten zentralen Achse (110, 165) drehbar ist, und daß die genannte obere Platte (111, 179) Umfangsenden (118, 180) aufweist, die über jedem Einsortierelement (12) fluchten.
  11. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach Anspruch 10,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die obere Platte (111) des herausnehmbaren Magazins (11) eine Kugel-Feder-Anordnung (119) trägt, die dazu bestimmt ist, mit dem genannten Loch (126) zusammenzuwirken, das am oberen Ende (127) eines Einsortierelements (12) ausgebildet ist, um dessen Verriegelung zu gewährleisten.
  12. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach Anspruch 10,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die untere Platte (174) des herausnehmbaren Magazins (11) einen Anschlag (177) trägt, der dazu bestimmt ist, mit dem Boden (122) des Einsortierelements (12) zusammenzuwirken, um jedes senkrechte Verschieben des letzteren nach unten zu verhindern.
  13. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der genannte zentrale Drehteller (15) aus einer Scheibe besteht, in die an ihrem Umfang Aufnahmen (16) gebohrt sind, die dazu bestimmt sind, die Diapositive aufzunehmen, wobei die genannten Diapositive in den genannten Aufnahmen über einer Öffnung (152) ruhen, die, indem sie das Licht einer Lichtquelle hindurchstrahlen läßt, die Erfassung und Digitalisierung der genannten Diapositive ermöglicht.
  14. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach Anspruch 13,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Diapositiv an seinem Platz über der Aufnahme (16) durch einen Schieber (146) gehalten wird, der dieses Diapositiv unter Einwirkung einer Feder (187) gegen Positionierelemente (145) drückt, die an den Seiten angeordnet sind, die jenen gegenüberliegen, auf die der Schieber (146) direkt einwirkt.
  15. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Diapositiv-Zuführeinheit (2) und die Aufnahmeeinheit (2′) für Diapositive diesseits und jenseits des zentralen Drehtellers (15) in einer Linie angeordnet sind, wobei das erste und zweite Transportsystem (14, 21) diesseits und jenseits des zentralen Drehtellers (15) einander diametral gegenüber angeordnet sind.
  16. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 14,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Diapositiv-Zuführeinheit (2) und die Aufnahmeeinheit (2′) für Diapositive in einer einzigen Einheit zusammengefaßt sind, die ein einziges herausnehmbares Magazin (11) aufweist.
  17. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach Anspruch 16,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das erste und das zweite Transportsystem (14, 21) in einem einzigen Transportsystem (14) zusammengefaßt sind, das einerseits die Zuführung von Diapositiven aus einem ersten Einsortierelement (12) des herausnehmbaren Magazins (11) der einzigen Zuführ- und Aufnahmeeinheit (2) zu dem zentralen Drehteller (15) und andererseits nach der Digitalisierung den Transport der Diapositive zwischen dem zentralen Drehteller (15) und einem zweiten Einsortierelement (12) des genannten herausnehmbaren Magazins (11) gewährleistet.
  18. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach Anspruch 16 oder Anspruch 17,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das einzige herausnehmbare Magazin (11) feststehend ist und aus zwei Einsortierelementen (12) besteht, die zwischen drei Paaren von Führungsteilen (175) verschiebbar sind, wobei diese Führungsteile und Einsortierelemente in Anlage an einer zylindrischen Fläche kommen.
  19. Station zur automatischen Digitalisierung von Diapositiven nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 18,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der zentrale Drehteller (15) eine numerisch gesteuerte drehbare Platte ist, die neben einem Erfassungs- und Digitalisierungsgerät (D) mindestens noch eine der folgenden zusätzlichen Vorrichtungen aufweist: ein Sichtgerät für den Rahmen eines Diapositivs, eine Vorrichtung zum erneuten Positionieren eines Diapositivs mittels eines Manipulators, eine Vorrichtung zum Überziehen eines Diapositivs mittels eines Manipulators, eine Vorrichtung zum Lesen der Zeichen auf dem Rahmen eines Diapositivs, eine Vorrichtung zum Löschen von Beschriftungen auf dem Rahmen eines Diapositivs, eine Vorrichtung zum alphanumerischen Markieren für das Einschreiben von alphanumerischen Zeichen auf dem Rahmen eines Diapositivs, eine Vorrichtung zum Markieren von Strichkodes für das Einschreiben von Strichkodes auf dem Rahmer eines Diapositivs, eine Vorrichtung zum Zurückweisen von nicht passenden Diapositiven, eine Entstaubungsvorrichtung.
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