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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ji Shen, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/195 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/19594 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0096 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0434 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a portable scanner for digitizing books. The scanner has a first leaf and a second leaf joined to each other at a hinge. A first support member is attached to the first leaf and a second support member is attached to the second leaf. The support members maintain the first leaf at an angle of less than ninety degrees relative to a surface supporting the first leaf. At least one scanning mechanism is connected to one of the first or second leafs. A page turning mechanism flips each page of a book to be scanned and maintain each page in a secure position.