Abstract:
In connection with a method for automatically inserting documents to be displayed on a display device and/or copied in a digitizing device, such as microfiches, microfilm jackets or the like, in which process one document at a time is transported from a stack of documents to be processed to a document support and from there to a deposit magazine for the processed documents, provision is made according to the invention that the top document of a stack of documents contained in the holding magazine is pulled up by suction to about the level of the document support and the remaining stack is subsequently retained by suction acting in the opposite direction; the document pulled up by suction is transported sideways to the document support, and deposited on said support by terminating the suction effect, and the document is then picked up by suction again after it has been processed, and is transported to the deposit magazine.
Abstract:
A microfilm reader scanner for projecting an image on a microfilm onto a screen and also reading it through an image sensor, subjecting it to an editing process such as trimming or masking and thereafter outputting it to a laser beam printer or the like. An image editing area is specified using a touch panel disposed on the screen, and the editing area and an attribute thereof are inputted to a memory while observing the image projected on the screen. The image on the microfilm is read by the image sensor, converted to a digital signal, edited in accordance with the image editing area and the attribute thereof both stored in the memory, and then outputted to a laser printer or the like.
Abstract:
A microfilm display device is responsive to a film address signal and controlled by a microprocessor to locate a desired film and select a film image for display on a cathode-ray terminal. The film image is converted to a video signal for display on the terminal. The video signal is used for fine positioning of the raster on a flying spot scanner which illuminates the film.
Abstract:
A film card for use in an automatic microfilm display apparatus has a plurality of image frames, each bearing a marker image. One of the frames is a reference frame and includes only the marker image. The reference frame can be used for accurate positioning of a raster pattern on the remaining frames.
Abstract:
A film card retrieval device for use in an automatic microfilm display apparatus is provided with a switch for sensing that a film card has been retrieved. In the event the device fails to retrieve a film card, the absence of a switch output signal causes the control apparatus to repeat the card retrieval routine.
Abstract:
A digital microform imaging apparatus, comprising a chassis, a fold mirror supported by the chassis and including a reflecting surface for directing light from a first substantially vertical optical axis to a second substantially horizontal optical axis, a microform media support structure supported at a location intersected by the first optical axis, a first carriage supported for movement along a trajectory that is substantially parallel to the second optical axis, an area sensor supported for movement along the second optical axis, the area sensor further supported by the first carriage for rotation about an axis parallel to the second optical axis and a lens supported for movement along the second optical axis, the lens positioned between the area sensor and the fold mirror, a first motor mounted to the first carriage and linked to the area sensor for rotating the area sensor between at least two positions for obtaining portrait and landscape images of a microform media.
Abstract:
Apparatus for, and methods of, capturing and storing images in a self-contained digital microfilm scanning system without requiring a personal computer or software. A digital microfilm scanner captures an image from microfilm and sends the captured image directly from the digital scanner to a viewing device for displaying the captured image. The digital microfilm scanner also sends the captured image directly to a memory storage device, such as a memory card of the SD type with a USB connector. The captured images may then be transferred to a personal computer with a compatible port or printed by a printer with a compatible port.
Abstract:
A digital microform imaging apparatus which includes an approximately monochromatic illumination source transmitting an incident light through a diffuse window along a first optical axis of the apparatus. A microform media support is configured to support a microform media after the diffuse window and along the first optical axis. An approximately 45 degree fold mirror reflects the incident light transmitted through the microform media approximately 90 degrees along a second optical axis. An imaging subsystem includes a lens connected to a first carriage which is linearly adjustable approximately parallel with the second optical axis, and an area sensor connected to a second carriage which is linearly adjustable approximately parallel with the second optical axis.
Abstract:
A system and a method for the conversion of archived documents to a digital format and storage of the data extracted in repositories which may be easily extracted and searched by a user over a network such as the Internet. The data is preferably stored in the form of microfilm, although optionally the present invention could be operative with other types of physical media, such as microfiche, paper and any type of printed material. The microfilm data is preferably divided and/or grouped into at least one file. Optionally and preferably, each file undergoes the following automatic processing stages: combining files; analyzing image layout; segmentation; OCR; optional segmentation improvement; and output to XML, or another suitable output data format and/or language. In the last stage, the data contained in the files is preferably extracted and then more preferably transmitted to the relevant repository unit.