Quite similar, methinks. The other was much older (in Internet years). If I had to guess at a date, I can say I think it was in the 1998 to 2003 region. I can't be more accurate than a five year span, my memory isn't that good.
It was a rig that was made with a metal frame. You could adjust the height of the camera and it had a light attached to it in the pictures. It turned the pages automatically but would sometimes crumple the pages.
I believe the eventual product was to be able to use any camera that supported remote triggering? There was the little tripod mount screw welded onto what looked like aluminum tube framing. That held the camera and it was adjustable for different book heights and widths.
(I am trying to give as many details as I can, as it may trigger a memory better than my own.)
I recall some discussion on the lighting and they were using fluorescent lights that hit the same spectrum as the Sun. There was some discussion on using different spectrums.
I do also recollect them discussing OCR and that it was difficult to do on the images and not very accurate unless it were a more modern book with a common typeset.
I really wish I'd more info. It was a neat sounding project and the guy built it himself as well as worked on the OCR software - though I'm not sure they ever got the OCR working properly.
It was a rig that was made with a metal frame. You could adjust the height of the camera and it had a light attached to it in the pictures. It turned the pages automatically but would sometimes crumple the pages.
I believe the eventual product was to be able to use any camera that supported remote triggering? There was the little tripod mount screw welded onto what looked like aluminum tube framing. That held the camera and it was adjustable for different book heights and widths.
(I am trying to give as many details as I can, as it may trigger a memory better than my own.)
I recall some discussion on the lighting and they were using fluorescent lights that hit the same spectrum as the Sun. There was some discussion on using different spectrums.
I do also recollect them discussing OCR and that it was difficult to do on the images and not very accurate unless it were a more modern book with a common typeset.
I really wish I'd more info. It was a neat sounding project and the guy built it himself as well as worked on the OCR software - though I'm not sure they ever got the OCR working properly.