JPWO2016208740A1 - Page turning device - Google Patents

Abstract

A pickup (21) having a self-adhesive tip (22) and a drive device (23) for moving the pickup (22) up and down to separate pages, the book being opened on a table (12) A drive device (23) that pulls up after pressing the tip (22) of the pickup against a part of the page and a carrier (25) that transports the page lifted by the pickup (21) are moved along the table (12). A page turning device (10) having a moving device (71) is provided.

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for turning a page of a book (booklet).

  Japanese Patent Publication No. H07-66943 discloses a reading device that can turn over a document one by one and read it reliably. The reading device includes a document table on which a document is placed in a booklet state with a document surface facing upward, and an image scanner disposed above the document table to read the document and having a depth of focus adjustment mechanism. And an up-and-down moving arm that relatively moves the document table and the image scanner so as to be in contact with and away from each other. Suction pad is provided at the tip of the air tube, and when the document on the document table is separated from the image scanner, the page turner that picks up the upper surface of the document and rotates in the page turning direction, and the tip of the air tube When the page turner is at a predetermined rotation position with at least one original document adsorbed to it, it touches the lower surface of the original document and adsorbs the extra original document in the page return direction. A rotating stacking prevention device is provided.

  In the page turning apparatus, if the pages are surely separated, the mechanism becomes complicated and heavy, and the mechanism for moving the mechanism tends to be more complicated and heavy and requires power. Therefore, an apparatus that automatically separates and turns pages is recognized as convenient, but the situation is not widespread.

  One embodiment of the present invention is a pickup device having at least a self-adhesive tip and a drive device that moves a pickup up and down to separate pages, and the pickup is attached to a part of a book page opened on a table. It is a page turning device having a drive device that pulls up after pressing the tip, and a moving device that moves a transport body that transports a page lifted by a pickup along a table. After the self-adhesive tip of the pickup is pressed against the book page by the driving device, the page can be pulled up and separated by the adhesive force of the pickup. As self-adhesive substances, self-adhesive gels (gels), films, and elastomers are available on the market. By adsorbing pages with the self-adhesive power of these substances, it is easy to use with little power. A device that separates and turns pages by a mechanism can be provided.

  The page turning apparatus may have an area control mechanism that reduces the contact area between the front end of the pickup and the page when the pickup is pushed up. By controlling the contact area of the self-adhesive tip, it is possible to control the suction force of the page by the pickup. When pulling up the page for the first time, a strong attractive force can be obtained by increasing the contact area. When the page is lifted and then released from the pickup (remove the pickup), the page can be easily released from the pickup by reducing the contact area and weakening the suction force.

  One of the area control mechanisms is a self-adhesive elastic body that expands a contact area when pressed. When the elastic body is pressed, it expands and the contact area increases. After that, when the elastic body is pulled up, the shape returns due to elasticity, and the contact area decreases. Another area control mechanism is a self-adhesive film that adjusts the contact area by internal pressure or internal mechanism. After the internal pressure is lowered to increase the contact area, the contact area can be reduced by increasing the internal pressure and inflating. It is also possible to provide a mechanical structure that can expand or reduce the area inside.

  The page turning apparatus may include an interference body that comes into contact with a part of the page pulled up by the pickup. The carrier may include an interference body. An example of the interference body included in the transport body is a portion that crosses the corner of the page diagonally at a position where the transport of the page is started. The drive device moves at least a part of the page to the upper side of the crossing portion while being attracted by the pickup, so that the corner of the page hits a diagonally crossing portion of the carrier functioning as an interference body. The page can be separated by the resistance at that time, and the turning over can be suppressed. The carrier may include a portion extending in the vertical direction of the page. The separated page can be widely supported by the vertically extending portion, and the page can be conveyed to the opposite side.

  The page turning apparatus may have a unit for cleaning the self-adhesive tip of the pickup. Many self-adhesive materials can increase the adhesive strength when the adhesive strength is reduced by removing dust from the surface or washing with water or the like.

  The page turning apparatus may have a transparent flexible film that traverses at least a portion of a book page that is open on the table. If it is a transparent flexible film, you can see the contents of the book through it. By arranging the flexible film so as to cross the book, the page of the book can be surely pressed. By moving the carrier along the table at a position closer to the book than the flexible film, the page can be turned in a state where the transparent flexible film exists above the page of the book. It is desirable for the transport body to move in a state where a part of the transported page is in contact with the flexible film, and the situation where the turned page is restored to the original state (the state before turning) can be prevented.

  The page turning apparatus may include an up-and-down device that moves at least a part of the flexible film to a first position close to the base and a second position away from the base with respect to the first position. Good. In the first position, the moving device can press the page more reliably by the flexible film. In the second position, the resistance by the flexible film at the time of page turning can be set in an appropriate range.

  Another aspect of the present invention is an apparatus (reading apparatus, reader) having the above-described page turning apparatus and a scanner that scans a sheet of a book set in the page turning apparatus. The scanner may be a smartphone, and the reading device may have a frame on which the smartphone is installed so as to face the paper surface of the book set in the page turning device.

Another aspect of the present invention is a method of turning a page using a page turning apparatus. The page turning apparatus includes a pickup having at least a self-adhesive tip, a driving device that moves the pickup up and down, and a conveyance body that conveys the page. The method includes the following steps.
1. Pull up after picking up the tip of the pickup against the part of the book page that is open on the table by the drive.
2. The pages separated by the pickup are transported along the table by the transport body.

  The page turning device may include a part of an interference body, for example, a conveyance body, which obliquely crosses a corner of the page at a position where the conveyance of the page is started, and the above-described lifting operation picks up at least a part of the page. It may also include moving to above the crossing part in the state of being adsorbed by.

  The page turning apparatus may have a strip-like transparent flexible film arranged so as to cross at least a part of a book page opened on the table, and the conveyance is more than the flexible film. May also include moving the carrier along the table at a position close to the book. The method may further include moving the flexible film up and down between a first position close to the table and a second position remote from the table.

The perspective view which shows the outline | summary of a reader. The perspective view which shows the state which set the book to the reader. The perspective view which looked at the reader from the back. The perspective view which shows the outline | summary of a page turning apparatus. The top view in the state where the carriage of a page turning device is on the left side (view from above). Front view of the carriage on the left side (viewed from the front). FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating a state where pages are separated by a pickup, FIG. 7A is a state where the transparent tape is pressed, FIG. 7B is a state where the front end of the pickup is pressed against the page, and FIG. 7D is a state in which the pickup is pulled up, FIG. 7E is a diagram in which the tip is enlarged, and FIG. 7F is a state in which the pickup is further lifted and the page is placed on the transport plate. 7 (g) is an enlarged view of the conveying plate, and FIG. 7 (h) shows a state where the conveying plate is inclined. It is a top view which shows the state which isolate | separates a page, and has cut out and showed the left side of an apparatus. FIG. 8A shows a state in which the page is pulled up by the pickup, and FIG. 8B shows a state in which the page is pulled up onto the transport plate. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which a carriage is moving from left to right and a page is being conveyed. The front view of the state in conveyance. The top view which shows the state after a carriage moves to a right end and conveyance. The perspective view which shows the state after conveyance. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of a page turning apparatus. FIGS. 14A and 14B show different examples of the self-adhesive tip, FIG. 14A shows a state where the tip is separated, FIG. 14B shows a state where the tip is pressed, and FIG. 14C shows the tip. The figure which shows the state which pulls up a page by. It is a figure which shows the further different example of the self-adhesive front-end | tip, FIG. 15 (a) and (b) show the state expanded, and FIG.15 (c) and (d) show the state narrowed. The figure which shows the example from which a reading device differs.

  FIG. 1 shows an outline of a book (booklet) reading device (reader) provided with a page turning device. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the book 50 is set in the reading device 1. FIG. 3 shows the reading device 1 as viewed from the back.

  The reading device 1 is configured to automatically turn a page turning device 10 for turning a page of a book (booklet) 50 and a paper surface 51 of the book 50 set in the page turning device 10 with a smartphone 65 having a camera function. And a gantry 60 for reading. The gantry 60 includes two arms 61 set on the pedestal 12 of the page turning apparatus 10, and the smartphone 65 is mounted on the gantry 60 so that the camera side faces the paper surface 51 of the book 50. . The smart phone 65 is equipped with an application that automatically reads the paper surface 51 of the book 50 on the table 12 when the page 55 is turned by image recognition.

  The application of the smartphone 65 may operate independently of the page turning device 10 or may operate in conjunction with the page turning device 10 by wire or wireless. For example, the application installed in the smartphone 65 may capture a signal that turns the page 55 from the page turning apparatus 10 and photographs the book 50 on the table 12. The apparatus for reading the contents of the book 50 set on the table 12 may be a scanner, or a contact type scanner or a non-contact type scanner. Further, the page turning device 10 may be for the user himself / herself to read the contents of the book 50 when the page turning device 10 automatically turns the page.

  The page turning apparatus 10 includes a table 12 on which a plurality of pages 55 of the book 50 are opened in a flat (horizontal) state, and a carriage (head, carriage head, carriage block) for turning (separating) the pages 55 and conveying them. ) 20, a page press 30 including a strip-like transparent flexible film (transparent tape, transparent film) 31 arranged so as to cross the page 55 of the book 50, and an up-and-down mechanism 40 that moves the transparent tape 31 up and down. Including. The transparent tape 31 is disposed so as to cross the left and right pages 55 of the book 50 from side to side.

  In FIG. 1, the transparent tape 31 is supported at a second position P <b> 2 away from the table 12 by a vertical mechanism (vertical device) 40. In FIG. 2, after the book 50 is set on the table 12, the transparent tape 31 is supported by the vertical mechanism 40 close to the table 12, that is, the first position P <b> 1 that presses the book 50 on the table 12.

  FIG. 4 shows a schematic configuration of the page turning apparatus 10 excluding the smartphone mount 60. The carriage 20 has a pickup 21 with a self-adhesive tip 22, a drive device (first drive device, separation device) 23 that moves the pickup 21 up and down, a transport plate (transport body) 25 that transports a page 55, and A moving device (pulley) 71 that moves the carriage 20 left and right along the table 12, a second driving device 28 that drives the vertical mechanism 40 via a guide plate 73, and a control unit 75 are included. In this page turning apparatus 10, all electrical components including an actuator for controlling the movement of the page turning apparatus 10 are arranged in a concentrated manner on the carriage 20. Therefore, the other parts of the page turning apparatus 10 can be easily configured with members such as wood and resin, and can be provided to the user in a state of an assembly kit.

  The page turning apparatus 10 includes a drive wire 72 that runs to the left and right below the carriage 20. When the driving pulley 71 of the moving device pulls the driving wire 72, the carriage 20 moves to the left and right along the table 12. The base plate 13 of the base 12 is provided with a pair of guide grooves 14 in the left-right direction, and the carriage 20 moves to the left and right so as to slide between the guide plate 73 that also serves as a coupling mechanism and the guide grooves 14.

  The pickup 21 that moves to the left and right by the carriage 20 (with the carriage 20) includes a curved arm-shaped member (arm) 21a and a self-adhesive suction portion (tip, head) 22 provided at the tip of the arm 21a. In addition, the self-adhesive tip 22 moves up and down as the arm 21 a pivots up and down by the drive device 23 mounted on the carriage 20. The pickup 21 is pulled downward by a spring 24, and the tip 22 of the pickup 21 is pressed against the page 55 of the book 50 on the table 12 by the elastic force of the spring 24. The drive device 23 turns the pickup 21 upward against the force of the spring 24 and moves the pickup 21 upward. The drive device 23 uses the force of the spring 24 to press the tip 22 of the pickup 21 against the surface of the page 55 of the book 50 installed on the table 12 and then pivots the pickup 21 upward to pull it up. be able to.

  The page turning apparatus 10 includes a pickup 21 including a combination of two arms 21a and a tip 22 so that both a right-turned book and a left-turned book can be handled. Arms 21 a are provided on both sides of the carriage 20, and the tip 22 of the pickup 21 is disposed on both sides of the conveyance plate 25 attached to the center of the carriage 20. The inside of the conveyance plate 25 (the right turning is the right side, the left turning is It is configured to pick up page 55 on the left side).

  A cleaning unit 19 for cleaning the self-adhesive tip 22 of the pickup 21 is provided on the left and right ends of the table 12. When the carriage 20 moves to the left end, the tip 22 of the left pickup 21 arrives on the left cleaning unit 19, and the page 55 is turned (separated) by the right pickup 21. The tip 22 can be cleaned. The same applies to the right side. When the carriage 20 moves to the right end, the front end 22 of the right pickup 21 arrives on the right cleaning unit 19, and the page 55 is turned (separated) by the left pickup 21. The tip 22 of the right pickup 21 can be cleaned.

  An example of the cleaning unit 19 is a cleaning sponge containing a cleaning liquid. The cleaning unit 19 may be a unit that includes a wiper and performs mechanical cleaning.

  The vertical mechanism 40 that moves the transparent tape 31 of the page press 30 up and down includes a lift arm 41 that moves up and down via a guide plate 73 and a spring 42 that applies a force to pull the lift arm 41 to the base 12. When the elevating arm 41 is turned upward via the guide plate 73, the transparent tape 31 moves to the second position P2 away from the table 12. The second position P <b> 2 is a position suitable for setting the book 50 or conveying the page 55. When the elevating arm 41 is pivoted downward via the guide plate 73, the transparent tape 31 is moved to the first position P1 close to the table 12 and in close contact with the page 55 of the book 50. The first position P1 is a position that prevents the page 55 from being read by pressing the page 55 and the page 55 from returning.

  FIG. 5 shows a state in which the book 50 is set in the page turning apparatus 10 and the page 55 is pressed by the transparent tape 31 as viewed from above. FIG. 6 shows the state as viewed from the front (front).

  The transparent tape 31 is a transparent and flexible film (thin film) as long as it has sufficient strength and dimensions to suppress the movement of the page 55 of the book 50. For example, the transparent tape 31 is a thin film having a thickness of several μm (for example, 5 μm, 10 μm) to several mm (for example, 1 mm, 3 mm, 5 mm) made of a transparent resin such as vinyl, polyethylene, fluorine, or polyester. It is a strip-like film having a width of several mm (for example, 5 mm) to several cm (for example, 2 cm, 5 cm, 10 cm).

  As shown in FIG. 5, even if the page 55 is pressed with the transparent tape 31, the content of the paper surface 51 can be read through the transparent tape 31, and the transparent tape 31 is on the paper surface 51. 65. It does not become an obstacle for reading by a scanner or human eyes. Therefore, by arranging the transparent tape 31 so as to cross the left and right pages 55 that are double-opened from the left to the right and pressing the transparent tape 31 against the page 55, the page can be configured with a simple configuration without causing an obstacle to reading. 55 can be securely pressed.

  The transparent tape 31 only needs to have a transmittance (translucency, transparency) such that the content of the paper surface 51 of the book 50 can be seen through the transparent tape 31. Even if the transparent tape 31 is colored, if the image can be read through the transparent tape 31, the image processing after the reading is performed by the application installed in the smartphone 65, and the difference in color is easily removed. be able to. When the book 50 set in the page turning apparatus 10 is read directly, if the content of the paper surface 51 of the book 50 is visible through the transparent tape 31, there is no obstacle.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the carriage 20 is moved to the left end, the transport plate 25 mounted on the carriage 20 is also moved to the left end, and is located at the substantially left end of the book 50. The transport plate 25 is a transport body for transporting the turned (separated) page 55. When the transport plate 25 is installed at the left end where the transport of the page 55 is started, the transport plate 25 includes a base portion 25 a that obliquely crosses a corner of the page 55 and a front end portion 25 b that extends in the vertical direction of the page 55. The transport plate 25 has a structure capable of feeding pages to both the left and right sides, and the base portion 25a is an interference body that contacts a part of the page 55 pulled up by the pickup 21 to prevent repeated feeding. It is a triangle so that it can correspond to. The front end portion 25b of the transport plate 25 extends in the vertical direction (front-rear direction) from the apex portion of the triangular base portion 25a, and includes a function of transporting the separated page 55 to the opposite side.

  FIG. 7 shows a state in which the page 55 is turned (separated) by the pickup 21 and the page 55 is conveyed, as viewed from the side of the apparatus 10. As shown in FIG. 7A, in a state where the page 55 is pressed by the transparent tape 31, the pickup 21 is lowered by the driving device 23 as shown in FIG. The self-adhesive tip 22 is pressed against the page 55.

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 7 (c), a self-adhesive resin 22 a is attached to the tip 22 that is the suction portion of the pickup 21, and the pressure by which the resin 22 a is pressed against the page 55 by the pickup 21. As a result, the resin 22a is elastically deformed, and the contact area with the page 55 is increased. For this reason, the front end 22 of the pickup 21 is attracted to the page 55, and thereafter, as shown in FIG. It can be separated from page 55e. At this time, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 7 (e), the shape of the resin 22a that is elastically deformed and expanded by being pressed gradually returns to its original shape due to the elastic force. Will decline. Accordingly, the pickup 21 has a configuration in which an area control mechanism (area control function) using the elastic force is incorporated by using a self-adhesive elastic resin (elastomer) 22a at the tip 22 thereof.

  The self-adhesive resin 22a is also called an elastomer, and is a resin that is flexible and has high adhesion (self-adsorption) and removability. The self-adhesive resin 22a is a resin having an adhesive property that can be adsorbed and attached to paper or the like without using an adhesive such as glue, and can be reapplied many times. There is no adhesive residue after peeling, and it can be applied as many times as possible. If the surface becomes dirty and the adhesive strength decreases, the adhesive strength can be removed by removing the stain or performing a cleaning process such as wiping with water. Can be returned. Resins having self-adhesive properties are provided by various companies, and examples thereof include rubber-based, polyolefin resin-based, and thermoplastic elastomer-based resins. Furthermore, another resin type such as a silicon resin type or a polyvinyl chloride resin type may be used.

  The page turning apparatus 10 that separates the page 55 using the pickup 21 having the self-adhesive tip 22 does not require a fan or a vacuum pump, as compared with a system that separates pages using vacuum or negative pressure. Yes, it can be provided with an extremely simple configuration. Furthermore, since no electric power for driving a fan, a vacuum pump, or the like is required, a handy mobile type page turning apparatus 10 that uses a battery as a power source can be provided.

  In this page turning apparatus 10, when the page 55 is picked up by the self-adhesive tip 22 as shown in FIG. 7D, the corner portion of the page 55 interferes with the base portion 25a of the transport plate 25. In this case, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of overturning due to the resistance force at that time.

  As shown in FIG. 8A, the pickup 21 picks up and raises the vicinity of the corner portion 55 a of the page 55. When the corner portion 55a of the page 55 contacts the base portion 25a of the transport plate 25 and gets over the base portion 25a, as shown in FIG. 8B, the transport plate 25 enters the lower side of the separated page 55. Further, the page 55 is detached from the front end 22 of the pickup 21 by the resistance force caused by the contact with the base portion 25 a, and is placed on the transport plate 25. For this reason, the separated page 55 can be transported by the transport plate 25.

  FIGS. 7F and 7G show a state in which the separated page 55 is placed on the transport plate 25. FIG. As shown in FIG. 7D, the opposite side of the page 55 is pressed by the transparent tape 31 when the pickup 21 sucks and raises the vicinity of the corner portion 55 a of the page 55. Therefore, when the page 55 is pulled up by the pickup 21, the page 55 is curved with the transparent tape 31 as a fulcrum. For this reason, first, the page that is pulled up by the balance between the adsorption force of the self-adhesive tip 22 of the pickup 21 and the resistance force of the paper 55 (stiffness) of the page 55 that is pressed by the transparent tape 31. The amount of 55 can be reduced.

  Next, since the base portion 25a of the transport plate 25 and the corner portion 55a of the page 55 interfere with each other, the page that is further pulled up by the balance between the resistance force and the suction force of the self-adhesive tip 22 of the pickup 21 is further raised. The amount of 55 can be reduced, and the uppermost page 55 can be separated into one sheet almost certainly. Further, when the pickup 21 is pulled upward, the page 55 is pressed by the transparent tape 31. Therefore, the page 55 is peeled from the tip 22 having the function of re-peeling due to the self-adsorption property of the pickup 21, and FIG. The separated page 55 is placed on the transport plate 25 as shown in FIG.

  In order to reliably separate the page 55 by the pickup 21 having the self-adhesive tip 22, it is important to be able to reliably adsorb the page 55 and to prevent the page turning. For this reason, in this page turning apparatus 10, by utilizing the fact that the self-adhesive resin 22a is elastically deformed as an elastic body, when adsorbing the page 55, the self-adhesive tip 22 is pressed by the pickup 21 to contact the area. To obtain sufficient adsorption power. For example, the spherical resin 22a is transformed into a football shape to increase the contact area with the page 55.

  On the other hand, in order to transport the turned page 55 by the transport plate 25, it is necessary to separate the pickup 21 from the page 55. The self-adhesive resin 22a returns to its original shape as time elapses due to elastic deformation, so that the contact area is reduced and the adsorption force with the page 55 is reduced. Therefore, the page 55 can be reliably peeled from the tip 22 of the pickup 21 by the resistance when passing through the base portion 25a of the transport plate 25 and the resistance due to the page 55 being pressed by the transparent tape 31.

  In this state, as shown in FIG. 7 (h), the transport plate 25 is tilted upward, and the transparent tape 31 is pulled up to the second upper position P2, thereby turning the separated (separated) page 55 to another position. The page 55e can be peeled off, and the page 55 can be conveyed to the opposite side without dragging the other page 55e. The carriage 20 includes a mechanism 26 that tilts the transport plate 25. Since the conveyance plate 25 includes the tip end portion 25b extending from the base portion 25a, the page 55 separated by tilting the conveyance plate 25 can be reliably separated from the other pages 55e with a distance.

  The carriage 20 includes a mechanism 71 that moves the carriage 20 left and right, a driving device (first driving device) 23 that moves the pickup 21 up and down, and a second that moves the transparent tape 31 up and down via a guide plate 73. A driving device 28 and a mechanism 26 that tilts the conveying plate 25 by moving it up and down are included. These mechanisms and devices can be realized individually using motors, and can also be realized using one or a plurality of common motors using a gear train and a changeover switch.

  FIG. 9 shows a state in which the transport plate 25 is moved from the left side to the right side by the carriage 20 and the page 55 mounted on the transport plate 25 is transported, as viewed from above. FIG. 10 shows a state in which the page 55 is being conveyed by the conveyance plate 25 as viewed from the front. When transporting the page 55, the transparent tape 31 moves to the second upper position P2, and the transport plate 25 is moved together with the carriage 20 by the moving device 71 to the lower side of the transparent tape 31, that is, a position close to the book 50 To do. When the transparent tape 31 escapes upward, the contact area between the page 55 being conveyed and the transparent tape 31 can be reduced, and the resistance can be reduced. On the other hand, in the page 55 having a large waist (rigidity), the page 55 being transported and the page that moves along with the page 55 are in contact with the transparent tape 31, and the page that moves along is separated by the resistance due to the contact with the transparent tape 31. . Therefore, it is possible to prevent overlap feeding.

  FIG. 11 shows a state in which the carriage 20 has moved to the right end as viewed from above. FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a state where the carriage 20 has moved to the right end. When the carriage 20 moves to the right end and the page turning ends, the vertical mechanism 40 lowers the transparent tape 31 to the first position P1 close to the book 50, presses the page 55, and reads by the smartphone 65. At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, when the pickup 21 is lowered, the tip 22 of the right pickup 21 is pressed against the cleaning unit 19, and the self-adhesive resin 22a at the tip 22 is cleaned. When the adhesive strength of the resin 22a is reduced by use, the self-adhesive performance can be recovered by cleaning.

  When the reading by the smartphone 65 is completed, the carriage 20 is moved to the left end as shown in FIG. 5, and the process of turning pages by the process shown in FIG. 7 is repeated.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing each process in which the CPU mounted on the control unit 75 controls each mechanism (function) of the page turning apparatus 10 to perform the turning operation. These operations (control methods) can be provided by being recorded on a recording medium such as a memory as a program (program product) for controlling computer resources such as a CPU and a memory (not shown) mounted on the control unit 75.

  In step 81, the carriage 20 is moved to the left side, and the self-adhesive tip 22 of the pickup 21 is pressed against the page 55 by the driving device 23 and then lifted to separate and pick up the page 55. When the pickup 21 pulls up the page 55, the page 55 is attracted by the tip 22 and then lifted (moved) onto the base (interference body) 25 a of the transport plate 25 located at the corner 55 a. By this operation, the page 55 is mounted on the transport plate 25, and the page 55 is applied to the base portion 25a of the transport plate 25 that is an interference member, and the other pages that are pulled up by using the resistance force are separated.

  In step 82, the transparent tape 31 serving as a page presser is released to the upper second position P2. In step 83, the carriage 20 that also serves as a moving device is moved from the left side to the right side to move the conveyance plate 25 to the right side, and the separated page 55 is moved to the right side by the conveyance plate 25. In step 84, the transparent tape 31 is lowered to the first position P <b> 1 where the transparent tape 31 is in close contact with the book 50, and the page 55 is pressed by the transparent tape 31. In step 85, the contents of the page 55 are read by the smartphone 65, and in step 86, it is determined whether or not to end the page turning. When the page is further turned, the process returns to step 81 and the above processing is repeated.

  FIGS. 14 and 15 show different examples of the self-adhesive tip 22 of the pickup 21. FIG. 14 shows an example in which a self-adhesive resin film 22b is attached to the tip 22 of the pickup 21 in a form that can be easily elastically deformed. In this example, as shown in FIG. 14 (a), a bag-like or ring-shaped resin film 22b is attached to the tip 22, and as shown in FIG. When pressed with pressure, the ring-shaped resin film 22b spreads along the page 55 and the contact area increases. For this reason, the suction force of the tip 22 of the pickup 21 is increased. As shown in FIG. 14C, when the pickup 21 is pulled up by the driving device 23, the pressure decreases, so the resin film 22 b returns to its original shape with time, and the contact area with the page 55 decreases. For this reason, the suction force of the tip 22 of the pickup 21 is reduced. Therefore, the front end 22 of the pickup 21 has an area control mechanism (self-area control function) that reduces the contact area when the pickup 21 is pulled up against the page 55.

  In order to accelerate such elastic deformation of the resin film 22b, the internal pressure of the resin film 22b is decreased in FIG. 14B, and the internal pressure of the resin film 22b is increased in FIG. 14C. Good.

  FIG. 15 is an example including an area control mechanism 22c that mechanically deforms the resin film 22b. The area control mechanism 22c includes two comb-like members 22d and 22e, which are combined so that the teeth of the two members 22d and 22e are alternately engaged, and the contact area is controlled by controlling the distance between the members 22d and 22e. Control. 15A and 15B are examples in which the contact area S is increased (widened) by increasing the distance between the members 22d and 22e. FIGS. 15C and 15D are examples in which the contact area S is reduced by narrowing the distance between the members 22d and 22e.

  FIG. 16 shows a different example of the reading device 1. The reading device 1 includes a page turning device 10 that automatically turns pages of a set book (booklet) 50 and a scanner 90 that reads a paper surface 51 of the book 50 set in the page turning device 10. The scanner 90 is a non-contact type capable of reading a paper surface (original) at a position away from the paper surface 51, but the scanner may be a contact type. The page turning device 10 is not limited to a smartphone, and can provide a device 1 that reads the book 50 in combination with various types of scanners.

  The page turning apparatus 10 described above is an example of an apparatus that separates a page 55 using a pickup 21 having a self-adhesive tip 22 and conveys the page 55 by a conveyance plate 25 that is a conveyance body. It is not limited to. In the page turning device 10 described above, various drive mechanisms are built in the carriage 20 to simplify the configuration. However, a moving device is arranged on the base 12 and the carriage 20 is moved to a rail using a timing belt. It may be a type that travels along. In addition, a driving device (second driving device) for moving the transparent tape 31 up and down may be arranged on both sides of the transparent tape 31 in a fixed state. The pickup 21 includes two self-adhesive tips 22, but may be one or three or more. The transparent and flexible film (transparent tape) 31 is suitable as a page press, but other mechanical page presses may be adopted.

Claims (18)

At least the tip is self-adhesive pickup,
A drive device for moving the pickup up and down to separate pages, the drive device pulling up after pushing the tip of the pickup against a part of a book page opened on a table; and
A page turning apparatus comprising: a moving device that moves a conveyance body that conveys a page pulled up by the pickup along the table. In claim 1,
The pick-up device includes a page turning device including an area control mechanism that reduces a contact area of the tip with the page when the tip is pressed against the page. In claim 2,
The area control mechanism is a page turning apparatus including a self-adhesive elastic body that expands a contact area when pressed. In claim 2,
The area control mechanism is a page turning apparatus including a self-adhesive film that adjusts a contact area by an internal pressure or an internal mechanism. In any of claims 1 to 4,
A page turning apparatus having an interfering member in contact with a part of a page pulled up by the pickup. In claim 5,
A page turning apparatus in which the carrier includes the interference body. In any of claims 1 to 4,
The transport body includes a portion that obliquely crosses a corner of the page at a position where the transport of the page starts.
The page turning device, wherein the driving device moves at least a part of the page to above the crossing portion while being attracted by the pickup. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7,
A page turning apparatus having a unit for cleaning the self-adhesive tip of the pickup. In any of claims 1 to 8,
A transparent flexible film that traverses at least a portion of a book page open on the table;
The moving device is a page turning device that moves the carrier at a position closer to the book than the flexible film. In claim 9,
The said moving apparatus is a page turning apparatus which moves the said conveyance body in the state in which a part of page which the said conveyance body conveys contacts the said flexible film. In claim 9 or 10,
A page turning apparatus, comprising: an upper and lower device that moves at least a part of the flexible film to a first position close to the table and a second position remote from the table with respect to the first position. A page turning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
And a scanner that scans a sheet of a book set in the page turning apparatus. A page turning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
The apparatus which has the mount frame which installs a smart phone so that it may oppose the paper surface of the book set in the said page turning apparatus. A method of turning a page using a page turning device,
The page turning device has at least a self-adhesive pickup at the tip, a drive device that moves the pickup up and down, and a transport body that transports the page,
The method is
With the drive device, the front end of the pickup is pressed against a part of the page of the book opened on the table, and then lifted;
Transporting the pages separated by the pickup along the platform by the transport body. In claim 14,
The page turning apparatus has an interference body that contacts a part of the page pulled up by the pickup,
The pulling up includes moving at least a part of the page up to above the interference body while being attracted by the pickup. In claim 14,
The transport body includes a portion that obliquely crosses a corner of the page at a position where the transport of the page starts.
The pulling up includes moving at least a part of the page up to above the crossing portion while being attracted by the pickup. In any of claims 14 to 16,
The page turning apparatus has a strip-like transparent flexible film arranged to traverse at least a part of a page of a book opened on a table,
The conveying includes moving the conveying body along the table at a position closer to the book than the flexible film. In claim 17,
The method further comprises raising and lowering the flexible film to a first position close to the table and a second position remote from the table.

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