DIY Book Scanner

Now we established that c was 12 The degrees of the three corners are AB = 90° BC = 30° AC = 60° What will be the correct formula for calculating line a line b Length of 'a' = cos(AC) * c Length of 'b' = sin(AC) * c So with 'c' = 12... a = 0.5 * 12 = 6 b = 0.86025 * 12 = 10.4 Whether your trig f...

To convert degrees to radians you multiply the number of degrees times the value PI/180: radians = degrees * (PI / 180) degrees = radians * (180 / PI) 30 = radians * (180/1.61803399) This is wrong, as you should be using the value of PI (3.1415927) instead of 1.61803399. 30 = radians * (180 / 3.1415...

Use the Excel function RADIANS to convert a value in degrees to radians.


sine of BC (30 deg) should be 0.5.

cosine of BC should be 0.8660254

If you have a right triangle and know the length of one side and one of the other angles, you can find the length of the other sides using sine and cosine functions. Given a right triangle with sides a, b, and c, with c being the hypotenuse, and BC being the angle formed by sides b and c: a = sin(BC...

If you know the length (L) of the green line segment between the red and yellow camera direction vectors in the diagram below, then the vertical distance between those two lines (i.e. the amount you'll need to translate the camera) is simply L / cos(cradle_angle / 2). (The cradle_angle of the standa...

Looks nice and clean. Will have any problems with reflections off all those shiny parts?

You put an HD camera above the book and start recording a video. When you turn the page you press a button. That button isn't connected to the camera, it's just a beeper/zoomer what ever ringing device. The sound is recorded and then you post process the video and extract the frames where the sound...

I've often wondered about the feasibility of using a video camera., which could be set up overhead to film both open pages. This would allow hands free turning of pages. One could pause at each page. Of course this would involve more post-processing to capture the stills from each page, so, not sur...

Does this mean that the camera position should be adjusted over the course of a scanning a thick book?

I wanted to start a thread for folks to list their favorite online websites to order parts for building scanners. While most of the parts you'll need for a simple scanner can be found at your local big box hardware store, more advanced designs that begin to automate the scanning process may need thi...