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Hive13 Project
BookScanner
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Status: Active
Start Date: 06/15/2010

Overview

This is a project by User:DaveMenninger to build a device for digitizing books. The device itself is based on designs found at http://bkrpr.org/ and http://diybookscanner.org/

Technical Details

Hardware

<flickr>4704525999|right|s</flickr> Frame:

• 16" cube - wood, plexiglass
• 1/4" bolts - 2 of
• 1/4" nuts - 4 of
• 1/4" washers - 6 of

<flickr>4704528709|right|s</flickr> Stand:

• corrugated plastic sheet, cut into interlocking triangles

Cameras:

• Canon PowerShot A530 - 2 of

<flickr>4712676411|right|s</flickr> Trigger:

• PVC tube
• two-port USB port
• momentary switch
• wire
• springs
• 3xAAA battery pack from flashlight
• tape, glue
• mini-USB cords - 2 of

<flickr>4713315894|right|s</flickr> Video Switch:

• 3-port RCA module
• DPDT switch
• scrap of plexi-glass
• wire, screws

Firmware

• StereoDataMaker: http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/sdm/index.htm

Software

• Ant Renamer
• ScanTailor / BookLiberator
• Cuneiform / tesseract
• iText

Next Steps

• Producing better images -> better OCR
  • will be upgrading cameras from A530's (5MP) to A590's (8MP)
• Sturdier book cradle / stand
  • sliding on rails
• Halogen lighting
• Vertical stand
  • sliding, spring-loaded platten
• Attach trigger to frame as handle
• More articulate camera mounts

Images

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_menninger/sets/72157624160466751/

Resources

• http://www.diybookscanner.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
• http://bookliberator.com/doku.php
• http://diybookscanner.org/
• http://sites.google.com/site/decapodproject/
• http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1422 - Makerbottable camera mounting clamp
• http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/sdm/index.htm - StereoDataMaker