ScanRobot

Automatic Book Scanner

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AUTOMATIC BOOK SCANNER

FOR MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY
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SYSTEM OVERVIEW
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ScanRobot 2.0 MDS

High quality - Automatic Book Scanner

„ Fast - up to 2,500 pages per hour

„ Distortion free & gentle scanning (prism technology)
„ Unique 60° V-shape book cradle
„ Single scan technology (for covers, folded maps, loose pages, ...)
„ Self standing unit on wheels for easy relocating
„ Ergonomic design

Unique hardware features

Wooden 60° V-shape book cradle

* Adjustable between 60° and 100°
* Minimum load/unload time
* Suitable for valuable old & new books
* Applicable for hard & soft covers

Patented capturing technology

* Unique 60° prism
* One central capturing unit
* Equal and constant focus
* No mechanical shutter

Only one mechanical moving part

* Robust and simple design
* Built for 24h shift operation
* Low maintenace
* Very long life cycle
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ADVANTAGES
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ScanRobot 2.0 MDS

Page turning technology

„ Most gentle & touch free page turning by air flow
„ Automatic (up to 2,500 pph)
„ Process monitoring & double sheet control
„ Semi-automatic / weightless mode
„ No clamps
„ No fingers
„ No glass plates

Patented capturing system

Closed capturing unit (optical 400 dpi)

* Indepenent from ambient light
* Minimum calibration (static white balance)
* Constant distance between object and focal plane

Inside LED illumination

* Perfect homogenous page illumination
* High color reproduction index value (CRI)
* No radiation of heat, infrared or UV light
* Long life cycle LED technology

High quality 60° prism technology

* Distortion free scanning
* Smallest book opening angle - unique 60° V-shape

®
The ScanRobot can scan every page with the exact,
constant and maximum resolution independent of the
book size, thickness and the paper quality.
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UNIVERSAL, GENTLE & ROBUST

®
ScanRobot 2.0 MDS

Universal - suitable for any bound material

Gentle - suitable for historic books (from the 14th century on)

„ Book opening angle 60° Opening angle

Scannable only with

„ No overstretching of the book binding 180° Planetary scanners ScanRobot®
„ Pressure free scanning
„ Touch free page turning by air flow 120° Other scanners

„ LED illumination without any radiation of 60° ScanRobot®

Documents
heat, infrared or UV scannable in %

Developed for Mass-Digitization

„ Robust - Designed for 24/7 shift operation

„ Reliable - Only one active moving part
„ High quality industrial components (low downtime)
„ Very long system life cycle
„ Worldwide customer proven
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SCAN QUALITY - 1/3

ScanRobot® 2.0 MDS

ScanRobot® - unique 60° scanning

„ No distortions
„ No curvature
„ No waves
„ Exact page margin scan
„ Perfect illumination

60°

Compared to
Planetary scanners (with 180° opening angle)

„ Distortions
„ Curves
„ No exact page margin
„ Inhomogeneous illumination
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SCAN QUALITY - 2/3

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ScanRobot 2.0 MDS

ScanRobot® - prism technology

„ Exact size & resolution

„ Exact colour
„ Exact focus & sharpness
„ Exact white point

Advantage
No corrections needed!

1 capturing unit = 1 scan result

Compared to
Systems with camera devices

„ Varying sizes
„ Varying resolutions
„ Varying colours
„ Varying white point

Upcoming challenges
„ Resolution correction
„ Colour correction
„ Focus & sharpness correction

2 cameras* = 2 different scan results

* Effects are amplified for demonstration reasons
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SCAN QUALITY - 3/3

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ScanRobot 2.0 MDS

ScanRobot® - - prism technology

„ Single page image

„ Easy page edge detection
„ Easy cropping

„ Artefact free
„ No clamps / fingers
„ Perfect scan of the page

Compared to
Other scanners

Disturbing book block Image artefacts

„ Page edge detecting challenge

„ Cropping & deskewing challenge

„ Artefacts like clamps or fingers

„ Clamp/finger removing challenge
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ScanGate® RT - CAPTURING SOFTWARE

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Real-Time image processing for ScanRobot 2.0 MDS

Advantages
AUTOMATION IN REAL-TIME
„ Capturing & image processing in real-time
„ Automated creation of best practice outputs for
„ Archiving, Presentation and Reprint
„ Live view of processed images
„ Efficient job management

Specifications
Professional real-time image capturing & processing
The ScanGate® RT software enables real-time image processing during the scanning process.
Ready-to-use output is created in one single and automated step without loss of speed.

Pre-defined output options

Best practice outputs for Archiving, Presentation and Reprint are included (details see next page).

Live view of scanned & processed images

The fast live view of the scanned & processed images with the pre-defined output options allows real-time quality control.

Efficient job management

The profile administration allows to store settings as basis for new jobs. This ensures e.g. fast book changeovers and to
process repetitive jobs (similar books) highly efficiently.

Powerful recognition & evaluation functions

Automatic border & page color recognition, text base line detection, border evaluation (e.g. page size, margins etc.)

Real-time image processing tools

Deskewing, cropping, rotation, extrapolation, ICC profile rendering, background homogenization / normalization,
achromatism reducing, binarization (dynamic threshold), brightness / contrast adaption, unsharp masking, image scaling

High quality color management - According to ICC profile standards.

Dublin Core metadata interface - For the creation of fixed metadata xml-files based on the Dublin Core standard.

Multi language user interface - Software available in over 15 languages.

External interface - Intuitive interface for the included flatbed scanner (e.g. for scanning of folded maps, covers, etc.).

Flexible storage in multiple file formats - JPEG, JPG2000*, TIFF, TIFF G4, PNG, GIF, BMP, PDF*, PDF/a*
* Formats may be generated within a separate process.
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REAL-TIME OUTPUT OPTIONS

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ScanRobot 2.0 MDS (with ScanGate ®
RT)

Original

Option ARCHIVING PRESENTATION REPRINT

Output

Goal As close to the original as Good looking images for Optimal quality for printer
possible (facsimile) presentation

Use cases „Digital heritage „Digital library „Print on demand

„Digital master files „Web (downloadable content) „Reprint of books

Guidelines „No image processing allowed „Good contrast & readability „White background
(applied real-time (except rotation by multiples of „Background homogenization with black text
functions) 90° and cropping) „Deskewed & cropped „Binarized
„Uncompressed file storage (only page should be visible „Despeckled
(except lossless compression) but no outside margins) „Deskewed & cropped
„Rather small file size for (no borders visible)
easy access and handling
(e.g. via internet)

Specifications
Resolution 300 / 400 DPI 300 / 400 DPI 300 / 400 DPI
Color depth 24 bit (color with ICC profile) 24 bit or 8 bit (color or grayscale) 1 bit (black and white)
Output format TIFF JPEG (optional: PDF) TIFF (optional: PDF)
Compression None JPEG (lossy) CCITT4 (lossless)
File size (one page) Large Small Very small
300 DPI, A4: ca. 26 MB 300 DPI, A4: ca. 1,5 MB 300 DPI, A4: ca. 0,2 MB
400 DPI, A4: ca. 46 MB 400 DPI, A4: ca. 2,5 MB 400 DPI, A4: ca. 0,5 MB
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ScanGate® RT - CAPTURING SOFTWARE

User interface & Software add-ons

Graphical user interface (GUI available in over 15 languages)

Scan interfaces Control panel Scan status

Processing panels Thumbnails Main window / Live view

Software add-ons* for ScanGate® RT (optionally available)

TM
OCR Enterprise solution - UNLIMITED
Text recognition software for automated processing of OCR-jobs for over 130 languages.

RT-Batch workflows for Automated Batch ProcessingTM

Individual solutions for automated (overnight) batch processing of a customized set of functions.

Advanced image processing tools package

E.g. color replacing, blurring, tiff tag changing, etc.
* For details see next pages.
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ScanGate® RT - SOFTWARE ADD-ONS

TM
OCR Enterprise solution - UNLIMITED
(optionally available)

Automated text recognition

SEARCHABLE PDF JPEG / TIFF TEXT EXTRACTION

IMAGE

OCRSolutions
TM
Functions / Features OCR Enterprise solution - UNLIMITED

OCR page contingent

Unlimited (no page limitation)

Customization options / Flexibility

Pre-configured OCR workflows
(workflows are fixed / hard-coded; OCR languages can be set)

Performance
Batch processing of multiple OCR-jobs

Output formats (by default / standard)

PDF (PDF/a, multi- and single pages)
TXT (multi- and single page)
XML (hOCR, single pages only)

OCR languages
Over 130 available languages
(excerpt: Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Cyrillic,
Danish, German, Greek, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Persian, Finnish, French,
Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Georgian, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali,
Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
Swedish, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, etc.)
Gothic font (Fraktur) / Korean / Chinese / Arabic / Vietnamese
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ScanGate® RT - SOFTWARE ADD-ONS

TM
RT-Batch workflows for Automated Batch Processing
(optionally available)

Advantages & Benefits

The customized RT-Batch workflows enable automated batch processing* in scan-free periods
(e.g. overnight, weekends, longer scanning breaks etc.). Within this a customized set of system
functions like creating another output format, copying files to e.g. another storage place, executing
of additional image processing functions etc. will be processed fully automated (e.g. overnight).

Automatic execution of several tasks in the batch-processing

Tasks can be combined (according to the individual customer request) to a batch, which is
executed sequentially and automatically until the last task.

Scanning of the images in the format ”RT Output: Archiving”

Rename all pages systematically
Execute time consuming image treatment functions

Create different output formats

Copy the created output safely to its destination

Reduce data size to a minimum for a backup copy

Empty the disk space after a certain period

Queuing of several jobs for the batch-processing

During the day the jobs* are pushed to the batch-processing queue, which is executed e.g. overnight.

* Jobs can have different tasks, processing stages, priorities, batch-processing-workflows etc.
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ScanGate® RT - SOFTWARE ADD-ONS

Advanced image processing tools
(optionally available)

Included advanced features

„ Color depth conversion, color replacing, background removing

„ Moiré effect removing, blurring, black margin coloring
„ Image file resolution setting, Tiff tag changing, watermark / ruler / trim mark adding
„ Split line detection, page splitting / combination / zip merge & unzip merge
„ Grouping of pages (group naming), page renaming

Example: Color replacing

This function enables you to replace a color by another one.

Original

Red rectangles removed

Blue pen removed

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SPECIFICATIONS & SCOPE OF DELIVERY

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ScanRobot 2.0 MDS

Technical specifications
„Speed up to 2,500 pages/hour* (automatic mode)
„Page turning automatic with process monitoring (incl. double sheet control),
semi-automatic / weightless mode and single scan technology
„Opening angle (book cradle) 60 degrees (steplessly adjustable between 60 and 100 degrees)
„Illumination user- and book-friendly LED illumination
(without any exposure to heat, IR or UV)
„Resolution 400 dpi (optical)
with constant resolution independent of the page format
„Colour depth 36-bit
„Image types colour, greyscale, b&w
„Page format (scanning area) minimum (2 times - automatic mode): 5 x 5 cm (1.97 x 1.97 in)
maximum (2 times - automatic mode): 32 x 32 cm (12.6 x 12.6 in)
single scan area: 30 x 43.2 cm (11.8 x 17 in)
„Book size (maximum) 35.5 x 34.0 cm (13.98 x 13.39 in)
„Book thickness up to 15 cm (5.91 in)
„Paper thickness no restrictions
(recommended spectrum: 40 g/m² to 260 g/m²)
„Paper quality all pages, also acid damaged and wavy pages
„Covers all covers (soft and rigid)
„Book age 14th century up to now
„Storage formats jpg, jpg2000, tiff, tiff G4, png, gif, bmp, pdf
„Dimensions l/w/h (without monitor): 0,78 x 0,78 x 1,90 m (30.7 x 30.7 x 74.8 in)
„Weight 260 kg (573 lbs)

* The speed can vary depending on paper quality, book size and the general book condition.

Scope of delivery
„1 pc Automatic book scanner ScanRobot® 2.0 (400 dpi optical)
„1 pc Single-scan book scanner (flatbed A3)
„1 pc Control Computer System (high-end PC-workstation)
„1 pc EIZO 23“ widescreen monitor (colour calibrated)
„1 pc Integrated holder for monitor, keyboard and mouse
„1 pc Capturing software with real-time processing - ScanGate® RT

TM
Add-ons (optionally available): OCR Enterprise solution - UNLIMITED (text recognition)
RT-Batch workflows for Automated Batch ProcessingTM
Advanced image processing tools package
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World Wide References

National University, AUSTRALIA King Fahd Private Library, SAUDIA ARABIA

University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA National Library, SLOVAKIA
Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying, AUSTRIA Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SPAIN
National Library, AUSTRIA National Library, SWEDEN
University of Graz Library, AUSTRIA Stockholm University Library, SWEDEN
University Library of Liege, BELGIUM Umeå University Library, SWEDEN
Brazilian Institute of Agronomic Research, BRAZIL ETH Library of Zürich, SWITZERLAND
University of Prince Edward Island, CANADA Ankara Social University, TURKEY
National Archive, COLOMBIA National Library, TURKEY
National Library, CZECH REPUBLIC Ukrainian Institute of Industrial Property, UKRAINE
University of Jyväskylä, FINLAND The Getty Research Institute, UNITED STATES
Bavarian State Library, GERMANY Utah State University, UNITED STATES
State Library of Berlin, GERMANY Vietnam National University, VIETNAM
University Library Regensburg, GERMANY
NUEPA National University, INDIA ... and many more ...
Trinity College Library, IRELAND ®
“The ScanRobot can scan almost any types of book, binding
Meteo Operation Center, JAPAN or paper (e.g. Leather-covered wooden bindings, flexible
Nazarbaev University, KAZAKHSTAN bindings, cardboard bindings, thick, thin or rigid paper).”
National Library, KUWAIT The Bavarian State Library, GERMANY
National Library, LATVIA
University, LUXEMBOURG “Treventus Mechatronics GmbH submitted a tender that offers
some very clear advantages. [...] The evaluation group’s
Universidad Autonoma Metropilitana, MEXICO assessment is that no other supplier can match the tender from
National Library, MONGOLIA Treventus Mechatronics GmbH.”
GMS Service Provider, NETHERLANDS Specialists evaluation committee, SWEDEN
National Library, NORWAY
National Library, POLAND “The unique image-taking and page-turning technique of the
ScanRobot® shows its benefits in particular with thick books.
Siberian Federal University, RUSSIA [...] the pages can be scanned [...] absolutely distortion-free
Moscow State University, RUSSIA and without any shadows [...] up to just a few mm into the fold.”
National Library, RUSSIA Digitization Center Regensburg, GERMANY

Excerpt (alphabetical order by countries)

 Design, specifications and given prices are subject to change without prior notice. All used images within the folder are copyright free or the rights are owned by TREVENTUS.
August 2019
REFERENCES (excerpt)

TREVENTUS Mechatronics GmbH

Awards of Treventus Siebenbrunnengasse 17 / Top 2
1050 Vienna - AUSTRIA - Europe
Winner of the European ICT Grand Prize Tel: +43 1 890 35 10-02
Fax: +43 1 890 35 10-15
Innovation prize of the Theodor Kery foundation
st E-Mail: solutions@treventus.com
1 place in Genius Innovation Award www.treventus.com