Well, people have been suggesting different ways of making frames to support the iPhone since we first started having success with Prizmo. Until the StandScan Pro came out, nobody suggested a box. The obvious fact of the matter is nobody actually built it. Some people experimented with wire vegetable racks and such to hold the iPhone with mixed success.
Those who are blind cannot tell when lighting is good enough that additional lighting isn't necessary. At the same time, those who are blind cannot tell if the lighting is too direct or too bright. So, one of the obvious flaws with your design is the need to provide constant lighting that doesn't cast shadows or glare on the paper. Also, if you want to sell said device commercially, how will you produce it in quantity at an affordable price. If you come up with a viable alternative to the StandScan which retails for a similar price, can be shipped to NZ, is portable, and so forth, I may purchase one. I do not have the time or inclination to design and manufacture my own; especially now that a viable model exists at an affordable price. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 06/04/2013, at 21:52, "Bill Gallik" <wfgal...@charter.net> wrote: > I've been giving the design of Scan Stand a lot of thought and am now > wondering; can anybody explain why the concept must be a box? > > What I'm getting at is this, suppose a very stable framework was designed > that could hold a smartphone above a sheet of text at the optimal 6-8 inches. > Wouldn't that work just as effectively as the "Shoe Box Design?" If the > product were an open design no lighting would be necessary thus eliminating > the cost for electrical components. This framework would be of some very > light, yet sturdy material such as angle aluminum. The base could > accommodate a standard sheet of letter sized paper and the top frame could be > designed to hold an iPhone only one way -- using the vertical edges of the > angle aluminum as a "bed" to lie the iPhone in snugly. > > OK, so what I'm proposing is: > - a rectangular angle aluminum frame sized to snugly hold an iPhone > - another angle aluminum frame (maybe only 3 angle aluminum pieces) sized to > accommodate a piece of paper (or allow for a book) > - angle aluminum "risers" that would robustly hold the top rectangular frame > the 6 to 8 inches above the bottom rectangular frame > - fasteners that would sturdily hold these pieces together while affording > convenient assembly/disassembly (again, winged sheet metal screws) > > That this design would be an "open design" would take advantage of ambient > lighting so would not require any electrical components. Although I suppose > a "Deluxe Model" could include such components. Heck anybody who has ever > played with Tinker Toys would find this a very feasible solution (I think)! > ;-) > > ---- > Holland's Person, Bill > E-Mail: wfgal...@charter.net > - "Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their > guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." > - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
