BookDrive DIY

World’s #1 Book Scanner

Atiz Fast Facts

  • Over 600 installations deployed around the world.
  • Helped scan over 3 million books.
  • Used by many national libraries and clients such as Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton University, etc.

What is BookDrive DIY?

BookDrive DIY is a cost-effective book digitization solution that combines the power of digital SLR cameras and the ingenuity of a unique v-shaped, auto-adjusting book cradle and platen to capture sharp images at up to 700 pages an hour.

The Evolution of Scanners

We’ve come a long way from flatbed and planetary scanners. Thanks to advances in digital cameras, today the v-shaped book scanners from Atiz are-empowering libraries around the world to scan millions of books.

 

Book Drive Capture

BookDrive Capture is the application that controls the cameras. It supports a wide range of Canon EOS SLR cameras and allows you to change camera settings from directly within the software. Press one button and the twin cameras will shoot left and right pages and render them on screen immediately. You will have a true left page and a true right page just like the originals.

 

Fast shooting

The cameras capture both left and right pages at the same time.
Each shot takes less than a second to photograph.
This allows you to capture up to 800 pages an hour

In-software camera settings

You can easily change camera settings such as shutter speed, aperture and ISO values within the software.

Timed Lapse Capture

The timed lapse capture is available so that the cameras can be triggered to shoot automatically at every pre-defined intervalsof 1-10 seconds. Users simply flick through the pages

RAW support

BookDrive supports the RAW format or the uncompressed,unprocessed pixel information straight from the camera’s image sensor. A full RAW workflow lets you capture, post-process and convert RAW files to other lossless formats such as TIFF.

Easy insert and replace

You can easily insert missing pages which have been skipped or if some shots look bad, you can replace them with new ones. No need to worry about file names because the software will name the inserted files and rename all the effected files correctly

Metadata
The metadata of the books such as title, author’s name and year published can be recorded in a standard compliant XML file for future use in search and record keeping.

 

 

 

 

BASE

  • The platform
  • Adjustable camera mount x 2
  • V-shaped book cradle
  • V-shaped transparent platen
  • Glare-prevention shade
  • Lighting set (fluorescent bulbs
  • USB hub
  • USB numeric keypad
  • Software Installation CD
    – 1 license of BookDrive Capture software
    – 1 license of BookDrive Editor Pro software
  • Printed and electronic documentation
OPTIONAL

  • Digital SLR cameras x 2
  • Recommended lenses x 2
  • AC Adapters x 2
  • AutoSwitch