TWM480220U - Book scanner - Google Patents

Description

Book scanner

The present invention relates to a book scanner, and more particularly to a technique for flipping a sheet of paper by a mechanism, which can automatically scan a book continuously.

The automatic book scanner can automatically turn pages during scanning of images, and the image of the entire book can be retrieved into digital information by page sequence without manual intervention. The structure generally includes a paper taking structure, a book structure, and a book structure. And an image capture system.

The existing automatic book scanners, because of the large size of the book-turning structure, occupy a large space and cost, and cannot be popularized to the general public, so that the automatic book scanners are mostly limited to a few libraries or schools. .

Due to advances in technology, as long as there is a digital terminal, the digital information required by the individual can be taken away at any time and can be easily accessed, including e-books.

In general, people often have many old books or handwritten notebooks, which are quite valuable to individuals. If you can digitize this, it will be easier to save and more effective through digital management. application.

In view of this, in order to make the automatic book scanner popular, miniaturization and cost reduction are the goals that need to be worked out. Therefore, the present invention proposes a book scanner in which the structure of the book turning is light and the book is scanned. The volume of the device is reduced and the cost is saved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to disclose a book scanner in view of the deficiencies of the prior art, wherein the book-turning structure is lightweight, which reduces the size and cost of the book scanner.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention discloses a book scanner for carrying and scanning a book page, comprising: a paper carrying module for carrying a book; and a paper taking module disposed on the paper loading One side of the module is used to arch the page of the book; a paper-pulling module is disposed on one side of the paper-carrying module, has a swing arm and a take-up arm, and the support arm uses the swing arm as a fulcrum to the paper-carrying die The group direction reciprocally rotates, so that the support arm can be screwed into a gap formed by the page arch, the swing arm rotatably turns the arched page, and the swing plane of the swing arm is substantially perpendicular to the page of the book; , opposite to the paper carrying module; an image capturing module, opposite to the paper carrying module.

The paper picking module further includes a movable mechanism, and the movable mechanism is coupled to the swing arm, and the movable mechanism can move along the unfolding direction of the book.

The book pressing module includes at least one pressing book arm for pressing the edge of the surface of the book page to flatten the book page, and the first book pressing arm is disposed between the first carrier plate and the second carrier plate.

The first book pressing arm includes a movable portion, a transmission portion, a resilient portion and a pair of lead sliders, and the elastic abutting portion is disposed under the movable portion for pressing the book page, and the guide slider is set On the left side and the right side of the movable part, the transmission part is disposed above the movable part to control the movable part and the elastic part to move along the lead slider.

The movable portion is substantially a rectangular body, a sliding bar is disposed on the left side and the right side, a convex plate is disposed on the upper surface, a sliding slot is formed on the convex plate, and a groove corresponding to the convex plate is formed at the bottom of the transmission portion, and the transmission portion forms a process. a guide hole, the convex plate is slidably disposed in the groove, and the machine The mounting surface and the guiding surface are disposed on the shell, the mounting surface is horizontal and the guiding surfaces are vertically connected to each other, and the mounting surface is provided with an opening penetrating the surface, the guiding surface is provided with at least one guiding rod, and the transmission portion passes through Opening and guiding the guide rod into the process guide hole, the elastic abutting portion has a connecting portion fixed to the bottom of the movable portion, and a bottom of the connecting portion extends leftward and rightward with a pair of platen arms, between the two platen arms A roller is disposed, and the pair of lead sliders are disposed on the left side and the right side of the movable portion and are fixed on the casing, and have a track, and the sliding rod of the movable portion penetrates into the track.

Further, the book scanner includes a casing, a paper carrying module, a paper picking module, a paper picking module, a book pressing module and an image capturing module disposed inside the casing.

The casing includes a body and a pumping seat. The body has a pumping port. The pumping seat is disposed in the drawing port. The paper picking module, the paper picking module, the book pressing module and the image capturing module are disposed on the casing. In the body, the paper carrying module is disposed in the pumping seat.

A slidable hanger is disposed in the casing, and the image capturing module is disposed on the hanger.

The paper carrier module includes an adjustment structure, a first carrier plate and a second carrier plate. The first carrier plate and the second carrier plate are disposed on the adjustment structure, and the first carrier plate and the second carrier plate are disposed The at least one sensing paper guide has a picking mechanism and a displacement mechanism, and the picking mechanism is connected to the displacement structure.

The picking mechanism includes a take-up shaft, a deployment shaft and a bottom plate. The unfolding shaft is opposite to the take-up shaft, and the bottom plate and the take-up shaft and the unfolding shaft are disposed at different levels.

In summary, the book scanner flips the pages of the book by using the paper picking module and the paper picking module. Since the processes of the paper picking module and the paper picking module are relatively short, the volume of the structure can be reduced, and Lower cost, book scanners can achieve a smaller overall size and lower costs the goal of.

1‧‧‧Book Scanner

10‧‧‧paper module

11‧‧‧First board

110‧‧‧Sense paper guide

12‧‧‧Second Board

13‧‧‧Adjusted structure

20‧‧‧Paper module

21‧‧‧ swing arm

210‧‧‧Regulatory Department

22‧‧‧ Arms

23‧‧‧ Activities

30‧‧‧Picking module

31‧‧‧ picking institutions

310‧‧‧Adsorption surface

311‧‧‧Axis collection

312‧‧‧Expanding axis

313‧‧‧floor

32‧‧‧displacement mechanism

40‧‧‧Control Module

50‧‧‧Book Press Module

51‧‧‧First book arm

510‧‧‧ Activities Department

5100‧‧‧ Slider

5101‧‧‧ convex plate

5102‧‧‧Chute

511‧‧‧Transmission Department

5110‧‧‧ trench

5111‧‧‧Process guide hole

5112‧‧‧Sliding rod

5113‧‧‧ rodents

512‧‧‧Bouncer

5120‧‧‧Connecting Department

5121‧‧‧Press arm

5122‧‧‧Roller

513‧‧‧ lead slider

5130‧‧‧ Track

514‧‧‧ Gears

52‧‧‧Second book arm

60‧‧‧Image capture module

61‧‧‧Lighting unit

62‧‧‧ camera

70‧‧‧Chassis

71‧‧‧Limited film

710‧‧‧Installation surface

711‧‧‧ lead surface

712‧‧‧ openings

713‧‧‧guides

72‧‧‧ body

720‧‧‧ 抽口

73‧‧‧ Pulling seat

74‧‧‧ hanger

T‧‧‧ Tape Roll

The first picture is a perspective view of the author book scanner.

The second figure is a perspective view of the paper carrying module of the first figure.

The third figure is a perspective view of the paper picking module of the first figure.

The fourth figure is a perspective view of the paper take-up module of the first figure.

The fifth figure is a perspective view of the pickup mechanism of the author book scanner in an embodiment.

The sixth figure is a perspective view of the book pressing module of the first figure.

The seventh figure is an exploded perspective view of the book pressing module of the first figure.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the casing of the book reader of the present invention in an embodiment.

In order to explain in detail the technical content, structural features, goals and effects of the present invention, the following is a detailed description with reference to the drawings.

Referring to the first figure, the novel book scanner 1 is configured to receive and scan a book page, including a paper carrying module 10, a paper picking module 20, a paper picking module 30, and a control module. 40. A book pressing module 50, an image capturing module 60 and a casing 70.

The paper-receiving module 20 and the paper-removing module 30 are disposed on the side of the paper-carrying module 10, and the book-pressing module 50 and the image capturing module 60 are disposed opposite to the paper-carrying module 10. The control module 40 is electrically connected. The paper module 10, the paper picking module 20, the paper picking module 30, the book pressing module 50 and the image capturing module 60 are provided.

The paper carrying module 10, the paper picking module 20, the paper picking module 30, the book pressing module 50 and the image capturing module 60 are disposed inside the casing 70, and the casing 70 is used as each element. The bracket of the piece.

Referring to the second drawing, the paper carrying module 10 is configured to receive a book, including a first carrier 11 , a second carrier 12 , and an adjustment structure 13 , and the first carrier 11 and the second carrier 12 . In a spaced apart distance, the opposite sides of the first carrier 11 and the second carrier 12 are inclined downward so that the two surfaces form an obtuse V shape, the surface of which is used as a book receiving place, and the first carrier 11 And the second guide plate 12 is provided with at least one sensing paper guide 110 on the surface thereof, and the sensing paper guide 110 is electrically connected to the control module 40, and the book is placed on the first carrier 11 and the second carrier 12 to sense When the paper guide 110 is adjusted to the size of the book, the sensing paper guide 110 can provide a signal to cause the control module 40 to determine the size of the book.

The first carrier 11 and the second carrier 12 are respectively disposed on the adjustment structure 13 for adjusting the distance between the first carrier 11 and the second carrier 12 to conform to the size of the book.

Referring to the third figure, the paper-feeding module 20 has a swing arm 21, a pick-up arm 22 and a movable mechanism 23. The swing arm 21 can be driven by a motor or pneumatically driven to swing the end of the swing arm 21 back and forth along a point. One end is connected to the support arm 22 through a regulating portion 210, and the regulating portion 210 is used to control the arm 22 to reciprocate the arm 22 with the swing arm 21 as a fulcrum in the direction of the paper carrying module 10, and the movable mechanism 23 and The swing arm 21 is coupled to the motor drive or pneumatically driven, and the swing arm 21 drives the support arm 22 to move on the side edge of the paper carrying module 10.

Referring to the fourth figure, the paper taking module 30 is used to arch the page of the book, and has a picking mechanism 31 and a displacement mechanism 32. The picking mechanism 31 has an adsorption surface 310 for adsorbing the book page and the picking mechanism. 31 is connected to the displacement mechanism 32, The displacement mechanism 32 is used to control the movement of the pickup mechanism 31.

The withdrawing arm 22 can be screwed into a gap formed by the page arch, and the rotating plane of the swing arm 21 is substantially perpendicular to the page of the book, so that the swing arm 21 can rotatably turn the arched page.

In this embodiment, the adsorption surface 310 is a page for adsorbing the book through the adhesive. Referring to the fifth figure, in order to keep the adsorption surface 310 viscous, the pick-up mechanism 31 includes a take-up shaft 311, a deployment shaft 312, and a bottom plate 313. The pick-up mechanism 31 is for mounting a tape roll T, the unwinding shaft 312 is opposite to the take-up shaft 311, and the bottom plate 313 is disposed at a different level from the take-up shaft 311 and the unwinding shaft 312.

The tape roll T is mounted on the unwinding shaft 312 and is mounted on the take-up shaft 311 after bypassing the bottom plate 313. At this time, the side of the bottom plate 313 is exposed with a tape roll T, which is used as the suction surface 310 of the pick-up mechanism 31. The shaft 311 and the unwinding shaft 312 can roll the adhesive tape roll T to the lower side of the bottom plate 313 to keep the adsorption surface 310 sticky, and the picking mechanism 31 picks up the book page by pasting, thereby avoiding paper failure and picking up. The mechanism 31 is not limited thereto. In other implementations, the pickup mechanism 31 may be selected as an electrostatic adsorption device.

Referring to the first figure, the bookbinding module 50 includes a first binder arm 51 and a second binder arm 52 opposite to the first binder arm 51. The first binder arm 51 and the second binder arm 52 are 52. It is disposed between the first carrier 11 and the second carrier 12 and opposite to the two sides of the book receiving place, and is used for pressing the edge of the surface of the book page to make the book page flat when scanning the book.

Referring to the sixth and seventh figures, the first press arm 51 and the second press arm 52 respectively include a movable portion 510, a transmission portion 511, a resilient portion 512 and a pair. Lead slider 513. The ejector portion 512 is disposed under the movable portion 510 for pressing against the book page, the guide slider 513 is disposed on the left side and the right side of the movable portion 510, and the transmission portion 511 is disposed above the movable portion 510 for controlling the movable portion 510 and The resilient portion 512 moves along the lead slider 513.

Specifically, the movable portion 510 is substantially a rectangular body, and a sliding bar 5100 is disposed on the left side and the right side, and a convex plate 5101 is disposed on the upper surface. The convex plate 5101 extends in the front-rear direction, and the convex plate 5101 has a sliding groove extending through the left and right surfaces. 5102.

The transmission portion 511 is substantially elongated, and extends upward and downward. The bottom portion defines a groove 5110 corresponding to the convex plate 5101. The groove 5110 extends through the front and rear surfaces of the transmission portion 511, and the transmission portion 511 forms an upper and lower extension and forms a left and right surface. The guide hole 5111 of the opening, the convex plate 5101 is slidably disposed in the groove 5110, the transmission portion 511 is provided with at least one sliding rod 5112 at the groove 5110, and the sliding rod 5112 passes through the sliding groove 5102 to fix the movable portion 510 On the groove 5110, the rear surface of the transmission portion 511 has a plurality of rods 5113 side by side and a rod 5113 is rolled through a gear 514.

Continuing to refer to the sixth figure, a limiting piece 71 is disposed on the casing 70. The limiting piece 71 has a mounting surface 710 and a guiding surface 711. The mounting surface 710 is horizontal and the guiding surface 711 is vertically connected to each other. The surface 710 is provided with an opening 712 extending through the surface. The guiding surface 711 is provided with at least one guiding rod 713. The transmission portion 511 passes through the opening 712 and penetrates the guiding rod 713 into the process guiding hole 5111, and is driven by the gear 514. The portion 511 can reciprocate along the extending direction of the process guide hole 5111.

The ejector portion 512 has a connecting portion 5120 fixed to the bottom of the movable portion 510. A bottom portion of the connecting portion 5120 extends leftward and rightward to form a pair of elastic pressing arms 5121. The elastic roller 5122 is used to press the book page.

The pair of lead sliders 513 are disposed on the left side and the right side of the movable portion 510 and are fixed on the casing 70. The pair of guide rollers 513 have a track 5130 extending through the left and right surfaces. The track 5130 extends downward by a distance, and the movable portion 510 slides. The rod 5100 penetrates the rail 5130 to slide the movable portion 510 along the rail 5130.

The first press arm 51 and the second press arm 52 are biased by the convex plate 5101, the groove 5110, the slide bar 5100 and the rail 5130 when the transmission portion 511 is driven downward or upward by the gear 514. 512 can move through the process of track 5130.

Referring to the first embodiment, the image capturing module 60 includes at least one light emitting unit 61 and at least one camera 62. The light emitting unit 61 is disposed in the casing 70 for illuminating the paper carrying module 10, and the camera 62 is disposed in the casing 70. The paper carrying modules 10 are oppositely disposed.

Referring to the eighth embodiment, the housing 70 has a hollow body 72 and a pumping seat 73. The body 72 has a pumping port 720. The pumping seat 73 is disposed in the pumping port 720. 20, the paper take-up module 30, the book-pressing module 50 and the image capturing module 60 are disposed in the body 72, and the paper-carrying module 10 is disposed in the pumping seat 73, thereby extracting the pumping seat 73 Place the book.

Referring to the first figure, in order to match the position of the camera 62 and the bookbinding module 50 to the book size, a slidable hanger 74 is disposed in the casing 70, and the second book pressing arm 52 and the The image capturing module 60 is disposed on the hanger 7 4, the first book pressing arm 51 is disposed on the inner surface of the body 72, and the hanger 74 is driven by the motor and electrically connected to the control module 40.

When the book scanner 1 is used, the book is placed in the paper carrying module 10, and then the sensing paper guide 110 is moved to conform to the book size. After the book is placed and positioned, the control module 40 can pass through the sensing guide. The signal provided by the paper machine 110 controls the hanger 74 to move into position to match the size of the book.

The looping operation of the book scanner 1 is as follows. First, the book pressing module 50 presses down the book, and the camera 62 captures the book screen at this time. After the drawing is completed, the book pressing module 50 is lifted. The displacement mechanism 32 moves the pick-up mechanism 31 to bring the adsorption surface 310 into contact with the book page, and then moves the pick-up mechanism 31 to a distance from the center of the page. At this time, the pasted page will be curled and formed with the next page. The gap, then, the swing arm 21 is rotated to an appropriate angle and extends out of the arm 22 so that the arm 22 extends into the slot. Finally, the movable mechanism 23 and the swing arm 21 are moved in the page turning direction to turn the page over.

In summary, the book scanner 1 flips the pages of the book by the paper picking module 20 and the paper picking module 30. Since the processes of the paper picking module 20 and the paper picking module 30 are relatively short, the structure is The volume can be reduced, and the cost is low, and the book scanner 1 can achieve the object of reducing the overall volume and reducing the cost.

1‧‧‧Book Scanner

10‧‧‧paper module

11‧‧‧First board

12‧‧‧Second Board

20‧‧‧Paper module

30‧‧‧Picking module

40‧‧‧Control Module

50‧‧‧Book Press Module

51‧‧‧First book arm

52‧‧‧Second book arm

60‧‧‧Image capture module

61‧‧‧Lighting unit

62‧‧‧ camera

70‧‧‧Chassis

74‧‧‧ hanger

Claims (10)

A book scanner for loading and scanning a book page, comprising: a paper carrying module for carrying a book; and a paper taking module disposed on one side of the paper carrying module for arching a page of the book; a paper-setting module disposed on one side of the paper-carrying module, having a swing arm and a take-up arm, and the support arm reciprocally rotates in the direction of the paper-carrying module with the swing arm as a fulcrum, so that the support arm can be Rotating into a gap formed by the arch of the page, the swing arm rotatably turns the page of the arch, and the plane of rotation of the swing arm is substantially perpendicular to the page of the book; a book pressing module is disposed opposite to the paper carrying module; And an image capturing module disposed opposite to the paper carrying module. The book scanner of claim 1, wherein the paper-receiving module further comprises a movable mechanism, the movable mechanism is coupled to the swing arm, and the movable mechanism is movable along the unfolding direction of the book. The book scanner of claim 2, wherein the book pressing module comprises at least one book pressing arm for pressing the edge of the surface of the book page to flatten the book page, and the book pressing arm is disposed at Between the first carrier and the second carrier. The book scanner of claim 3, wherein the book pressing arm comprises a movable portion, a transmission portion, a resilient portion and a pair of lead sliders, and the elastic abutting portion is disposed under the movable portion For pressing the book page, the guide slider is disposed on the left side and the right side of the movable part, and the transmission part is disposed above the movable part for controlling the movable part and the elastic part to move along the lead slider. The book scanner of claim 4, wherein the book scanner further comprises A casing, a paper carrying module, a paper picking module, a paper picking module, a book pressing module and an image capturing module are disposed inside the casing. The book scanner of claim 5, wherein the casing comprises a body and a pumping seat, the body has a pumping port, the pumping seat is disposed in the pumping port, and the paper picking module is taken The paper module, the book pressing module and the image capturing module are disposed in the body, and the paper loading module is disposed in the drawing seat. The book scanner of claim 6, wherein a slidable hanger is disposed in the casing, and the image capturing module is disposed on the hanger. The book scanner of claim 5, wherein the movable portion is substantially rectangular, a slide bar is disposed on each of the left side and the right side, a convex plate is disposed on the upper surface, and a sliding slot is provided on the convex plate. A groove corresponding to the convex plate is formed at the bottom of the portion, the transmission portion forms a process guide hole, the convex plate is slidably disposed in the groove, and the mounting surface and the guide surface are disposed on the casing, and the mounting surface is horizontal and the lead is horizontal The surface is vertically connected to each other, and the mounting surface is provided with an opening penetrating through the surface, and at least one guiding rod is disposed on the guiding surface, the transmission portion passes through the opening and the guiding rod penetrates into the guiding hole of the process, and the elastic abutting portion has a connecting portion Fixing on the bottom of the movable portion, a pair of platen arms extending leftward and rightward from the bottom of the connecting portion, and a roller disposed between the two platen arms, the pair of lead sliders being disposed on the left side of the movable portion and The right side is fixed on the casing, and has a track, and the sliding rod of the movable part penetrates into the track. The book scanner of claim 2, wherein the paper carrying module comprises an adjustment structure, a first carrier plate and a second carrier plate, wherein the first carrier plate and the second carrier plate are disposed on In the adaptive structure, at least one sensing paper guide is disposed on the first carrier plate and the second carrier plate, and the paper taking module has a picking mechanism and a displacement mechanism, and the picking mechanism is connected to the displacement structure. The book scanner of claim 9, wherein the picking mechanism package The utility model comprises a collecting shaft, a unwinding shaft and a bottom plate, wherein the unfolding shaft is opposite to the collecting shaft, and the bottom plate and the collecting shaft and the unwinding shaft are disposed at different levels.