Making copies of Docs was: --H/Z89--

From: Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com <(Philip.Belben_at_pgen.com)>
Date: Tue May 18 07:38:08 1999

>> Proposal for copying really OLD documents (I get a royalty if someone
>> does this and it works!)
>>
>> 1) Develop a machine that performs a CAT scan of the document
>> without opening it at very high resolution.
>>
>> 2) process the high resolution 3D images captured to determine
>> the ink patterns on each page.
>>
>> 3) OCR the individual pages to recreate the original text
>>
>> Simple, Right?
>>
>> clint
>
> Hi
> Most documents can be opened to about 90 degrees. What does
> them in is flattening them on a copier. One could build a
> lens assembly that would go on top of the copier that would
> allow one to place the original on top with only a 90 degree
> bend. The size of the optics is the main issue here.


I saw a photocopier demonstrated on TV well over 10 years ago which copied books
without opening them more than about 80 degrees. I seem to recall it was the
British Library who were sponsoring the development, but I may be confusing this
with something else.

Philip.
Received on Tue May 18 1999 - 07:38:08 BST