[bksvol-discuss] Re: High-Speed Book Scanner being developed
- From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:54:54 -0700
That does sound very overwhelming!
On 9/16/10, EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's 500 scans per second, not per minute. That's over 16 times the rate of
> a 30 frames per second full motion video data rate. Even if you allow for
> batch mode and compression, that's a heck of a lot. Not to mention the
> processing of all that data which the PC has to do once it gets all of those
> images that I pointed out before. It has to analyze all those images for
> text recognition. Even if some of that is done by the scanner, and the worst
> scans discarded, I have a feeling that that would still overwhelm the
> fastest PC you can get today.
>
> Evan
>
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> From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> Hi Evan. Technically, the scanning device doesn't have to transmit all of
>> the 500 scans in a minute. It is very common for devices to snap pictures
>> rapidly and then send them to a computer at a slower, more even pace. Most
>> digital cameras used for scanning have internal memory, so the transfer
>> rate
>> to a computer or even to a wiriness network could be done more slowly.
>> Think
>> of it as a batch mode scan on steroids. (grin)
>>
>>
>> Monica Willyard
>> "The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs...
>> one step at a time."
>> ~ Joe Girard
>>
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>> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:43 PM
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>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: High-Speed Book Scanner being developed
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>> Hmmm, I don't think any PC made right now could keep up with the flood of
>> data that taking 500 images per second would generate. There's not even
>> any
>> communications protocol that I know of that would deliver that much data
>> to
>> the PC for processing, even if the computer could do it. In a few years,
>> though, who knows? They might have to build a scaled-down version for PC's
>> that would be more manageable, but would still be much better and faster
>> than what we have now.
>>
>> Evan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:24 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: High-Speed Book Scanner being developed
>>
>>
>>> Wonder if it will work with K1000 and other software like Openbook.
>>>
>>> On 9/16/10, Julia <julia.kulak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> This scanner sounds awesome. Too bad I just bought another opticbook,
>>>> sigh.
>>>> It seems like every time I fall in love with a piece of technology,
>>>> along
>>>> comes another one in short order that is even more delectable than the
>>>> last.
>>>> Alas, a sign of the times.
>>>> Julia
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:08 PM
>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: High-Speed Book Scanner being developed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It's way cool the way they're doing it! Thanks for posting about this,
>>>>> Melissa.
>>>>>
>>>>> Judy
>>>>>
>>>>> Melissa Smith wrote:
>>>>>> I saw this article and thought some of you might be interested in it
>>>>>> too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like it will be a few years before it's available, but sure
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> help us get more books up when it does become available.
>>>>>>
>> http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ghwX0gzowfGb1Pb6CrDzYkRDC
>> NhA
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