Dany qumsiyeh book scanner

Opensource book scanner uses a household vacuum to turn. Professor mazin qumsiyeh teaches and does research at bethlehem and birzeit universities. Linear book scanner the opensource automatic book scanner. Many people have built prototypes, and information about each design is shown below. Google tech talk may 3, 2012 presented by dany qumsiyeh abstract see a hardware prototype of an automatic, nondestructive book scanner. Based on the original dany qumsiyeh diy vacuum book scanner s. Google books engineer dany qumsiyeh of has come up with an automatic book scanning device that could make digitizing physical books more cost. The machine turns pages automatically, and captures hi. Qumsiyeh called me a year ago and we talked for several hours. It can chew through a page odyssey in about 90 minutes, and youre welcome to build your own since qumsiyeh has made his linear book scanner open source. Google engineer dany qumsiyeh recently built a binderfriendly scanner that can digitize a 1,000page book in about 90 minutes, and it cost him. The device moves a book facedown over linear sensors to. Our style of book scanner is intended for use on bound books that can be sufficiently flattened by pushing the book up to the platen glass. Google linear book scanner if you want to see just how fast.

Qumsiyeh being arrested in alwalaja 6 may 2010 and below on 15 may 2011 what you can do about the webpage and the list contact us. Google tech talk may 3, 2012 presented by dany qumsiyeh abstract see a hardware prototype of an automatic, nondestructive book. Google books engineer creates open source book scanner. Linear book scanner prototype design this is an outline of the design for a prototype automatic book scanner. Google books engineer dany qumsiyeh presents the prototype design that he and other teammates. Copenhagen institute of interaction design dany qumsiyeh. But i say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for. It can chew through a 1,000 page odyssey in about 90 minutes, and youre welcome to build your own since qumsiyeh has made his linear book scanner open source. Google engineer builds automatic pageturning scanner. Google books engineer dany qumsiyeh of has come up with an automatic bookscanning device that could make digitizing physical books more cost.

The basic concept of our bookscanner was invented by dany qumsiyeh who first published his idea august 2012. The machine turns pages automatically, and captures high. Active, expires 20320807 application number us267,820 inventor dany qumsiyeh. Google engineer builds automatic pageturning scanner, uses. Dany is an engineer in san francisco working on independent projects and developing the linear book scanner, an automatic pageturning book scanner. Opensource book scanner uses a household vacuum to turn the. Vimeo is being stupid and i cant figure out how to embed the video. Dany also provides details on the design, motor control, and electronics involved, as well as list the technical challenges, limitation, and areas for improvement moving forward. The linear book scanner is a lowcost pageturning book scanner. About qumsiyeh a brief biography used from an introduction at one of my invited talks given. Diy book scanner, a community of people who build their own book scanners. Google engineers open source book scanner design slashdot. There will be a live demo and a short technical presentation, describing the design process. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.

Articles by qumsiyeh activist manual example letters to the editor interviews and miscellaneous invited talks given reports and testimonials links photographs you have heard that it was said, love your neighbor and hate your enemy. Google turns vacuum cleaner into book scanner wired. Presented by dany qumsiyeh abstract see a hardware prototype of an automatic, nondestructive book scanner. The original concept was invented by dany qumsiyeh in august 20. Although the process requires turning each page by hand, one page at a time, the book is not damaged by process. He previously served on the faculties of the university of tennessee, duke, and yale universities. The featherweight book scanner open hardware by dany qumsiyeh this is an open source book scanner, which is cool. Dany qumsiyeh dany is an engineer in san francisco working on independent projects and developing the linear book scanner, an automatic pageturning book scanner. The machine turns pages automatically, and captures highresolution images of each page. We decided to design our own bookscanner based on danys concept. A 90 degree apex angle gentler page turning channel design for manufacture on cnc waterjet can be disassembled to fit in a suitcase opensource motor controller and driver. Studio mango linear fully automatic book scanner diy.

Librarians collaborate with students to make an impact um. The device moves a book facedown over linear sensors to capture page images, and uses vacuum pressure to turn pages automatically as the book moves. A 90 degree apex angle gentler page turning channel design for manufacture on cnc waterjet. Google engineer releases design for an automated vacuum. How businesses can get the most out of a desktop scanner it pro. We were able to fullfill all of our given requirements. Nov 14, 2012 opensource book scanner uses a household vacuum to turn the page. This prototype was designed by dany qumsiyeh in the summer of 20, and improved on prototype 1. He mostly wanted to know everything about selling kits and if i thought selling a kit of his machine would be successful and drive adoption. Studio mango linear fully automatic book scanner post by toka. Based on the original dany qumsiyeh diy vacuum book. Google engineer dany qumsiyeh recently built a binderfriendly scanner that can digitize a 1,000page book in about 90 minutes, and it cost. The first is that dany used a vacuum cleaner to energize the page turning mechanism with vacuum.

Anywho, open source ecology ose is an awesome project that is trying to create an open source version of the infrastructure that the modern world depends on. Studio mango linear fully automatic book scanner diy book. Affordable automated book scanners are being developed by dany qumsiyeh. With improvements and refinements made to the design and the hardware, the linear book scanner has the potential to run much faster. But those designs are based on sheet metal which we want to avoid because of the required equipment. He enjoys experimenting with computer interfaces and has built haptic input devices, electronic art, and unusual frameworks for programming. Linear book scanner, a lowcost opensource pageturning book scanner. Automatic book scanner to bring knowledge to ethiopian. Dany is an engineer in san francisco working on independent projects and developing the linear book scanner, an automatic pageturning. Dany qumsiyeh started working on this design because he wanted to find a cheaper replacement for the multithousand dollar rigs often found in major universities which was at the same time less labor intensive than other diy designs.