Image scanning and object storage
AssigneeScanner Bin, LLC
InventorJasper S. GIBBONS
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Abstract
An enclosure that can be utilized with an image capture device for digitizing documents can include a bin having a platform panel, an aperture panel, and side support panels. The aperture panel comprises an aperture passing through it. Documents or objects may be gathered and/or stored within the bin. When a user desires to digitally capture the documents or objects, the user may turn the bin on its side so that the aperture panel is on top and the platform panel is on bottom, place a document on the platform with the document facing the aperture, place an image capture device on the aperture panel with the image capture sensor aligned with the aperture and therefore facing the document, and capture an image of the document.
Claims20
An enclosure for use with an image capture device to digitize an object comprising:
- a bin comprising:
- an aperture panel comprising an aperture passing therethrough.
A method for digitizing a document having printed matter thereon, comprising:
- placing the document in an enclosure comprising:
- a bin comprising:
- an aperture panel comprising an aperture passing therethrough;
- removing the document from the bin;
- placing the bin on a side with the platform panel on bottom and the aperture panel on top;
- placing the document on the platform panel with the printed matter facing the aperture panel;
- placing an image capture device on top of the aperture panel, with an image capture sensor of the image capture device aligned with the aperture;
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- capturing an image of the document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.