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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Tohru Nakanishi, Sakai, JP;
Zenken Kin, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00827 (2013.01); H04N 1/02815 (2013.01);
Abstract
A book digitization apparatus includes: a table capable of storing a type of paper and a physical property of an energy ray, which the paper is able to absorb, in association with each other; an acquisition unit that acquires, from the table, a physical property of an energy ray, which corresponds to a type of paper that is input; and an image capturing unit that acquires three-dimensional data of a book by capturing an image of the book with an energy ray having the acquired physical property.