Interactive kiosk having document reader
AssigneeSITA Information Networking Computing Canada, Inc.
InventorDaniel ALBINES
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Abstract
An interactive kiosk for reading a document, the kiosk comprising: a transparent platform for supporting a document; a first camera disposed below the transparent platform; a mirror assembly comprising at least one mirror disposed below the transparent platform, the mirror assembly being arranged to reflect light from the underside of the transparent platform to the lens of the first camera; and a control unit connected to the first camera, the control unit being configured to receive content from the first camera and extract data from a document disposed on the transparent platform.
Claims19
An interactive kiosk for reading a document, the kiosk comprising:
- a transparent platform for supporting a document;
- a first camera disposed below the transparent platform;
- a mirror assembly comprising at least one mirror disposed below the transparent platform, the mirror assembly being arranged to reflect light from the underside of the transparent platform to the lens of the first camera;
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- a control unit connected to the first camera, the control unit being configured to receive content from the first camera.
An interactive kiosk for reading a document, the kiosk comprising:
- a transparent platform for supporting a document;
- a first camera disposed below the transparent platform and having a lens configured to view the underside of the transparent platform;
- a second camera disposed above the transparent platform and having a lens configured to view the topside of the transparent platform;
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- a control unit connected to each of the first and second cameras, the control unit being configured to receive content from each of the first and second cameras.
An interactive kiosk according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the control unit is further configured to process the image content captured by the first and second cameras and determine whether the first camera or the second camera is providing extractable content to extract data from a document disposed on the transparent platform.
An interactive kiosk according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the kiosk comprises a housing having a wall and the transparent platform is disposed in a recess formed in the wall of the housing, the platform being accessible through an opening in the wall of the housing.
An interactive kiosk according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the transparent platform is inclined so that the back portion of the platform is positioned lower than the front portion of the platform.
An interactive kiosk according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the kiosk further comprises one or more light screens positioned between the transparent platform and the first camera, the light screen comprising a first portion which is non-transparent and a transparent portion at least partially delimited by the first portion.
An interactive kiosk according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the transparent platform comprises a reading area.
An interactive kiosk according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the kiosk further comprises one or more light sources for illuminating the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.