Document imaging apparatus
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorMichael D. Carpenter
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Abstract
Document imaging apparatuses, systems, and methods. An apparatus includes a base having a platen on a top surface. The apparatus includes a boom having a first end and a second end. The first end is rotatably connected to the base, and the is boom movable between a first position where the second end is above the platen and a second position wherein the boom is stored within the base. The apparatus includes a camera mount located at the second end of the boom. The camera mount is configured to removably attach to a camera so that the camera is located above the platen and positioned to capture an image of the platen.
Claims15
A document imaging apparatus, comprising:
- a base having a platen on a top surface;
- a boom having a first end and a second end, the first end rotatably connected to the base, the boom movable between at least a first position wherein the second end is above the platen and a second position wherein the boom is stored within the base;
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- a camera mount located at the second end of the boom, the camera mount configured to removably attach to a camera so that the camera is located above the platen and positioned to capture an image of the platen.
A document imaging system, comprising:
- a data processing system;
- a digital camera in communication with and controlled by the data processing system;
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- an apparatus having a base with a platen on a top surface;
- a boom having a first end and a second end, the first end rotatably connected to the base, the boom movable between at least a first position wherein the second end is above the platen and a second position wherein the boom is stored within the base;
- and a camera mount located at the second end of the boom, the camera mount configured to removably attach to the camera so that the camera is located above the platen and positioned to capture an image of the platen,
- wherein the digital camera is mounted on the camera mount and positioned to capture an image of a test pattern printed on the platen.
A method, comprising:
- capturing a test pattern image by a data processing system using a digital camera mounted on a document imaging apparatus, the test pattern image printed on a platen of the document imaging apparatus;
- comparing, by the data processing system, the captured test pattern image to a reference image stored in the data processing system;
- determining, by the data processing system, a set of image adjustments based on the comparison;
- capturing a document image by the data processing system using the digital camera mounted on the document imaging apparatus;
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- applying the set of image adjustments to the captured document image to produce a corrected document image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.