A page-turning device for turning a page of an opened book, page-turning device including an adhesive part which adheres to the page of the book; an arm part with the adhesive part provided on a top end, the arm part making the adhesive part go to and fro between a departure position and a destination position such that the adhesive part adheres to the page at the departure position and separates from the page at the destination position; and a drive unit which rotates the adhesive part in relation to the arm part. The drive unit rotates the adhesive part before the adhesive part reaches the destination position so that an adhering portion of the adhesive part is changed, and stops rotation of the adhesive part when the adhesive part adheres to the page.

A page-turning device for turning a page of an opened book, page-turning device including an adhesive part which adheres to the page of the book; an arm part with the adhesive part provided on a top end, the arm part making the adhesive part go to and fro between a departure position and a destination position such that the adhesive part adheres to the page at the departure position and separates from the page at the destination position; and a drive unit which rotates the adhesive part in relation to the arm part. The drive unit rotates the adhesive part before the adhesive part reaches the destination position so that an adhering portion of the adhesive part is changed, and stops rotation of the adhesive part when the adhesive part adheres to the page.

An image reading apparatus for bound media includes a placement table, on which a bound medium is placed, a first arm that is opposite to a bound portion of the bound medium, a second arm, a lifting unit that lifts up a turned medium of the bound medium, a second arm moving mechanism that moves the second arm, so that the turned medium lifted by the lifting unit is sandwiched between the first arm and the second arm, an arm moving mechanism that moves the first arm and the second arm, so that the turned medium turns over, a first imaging unit that performs imaging of a side of the turned medium opposite to the first arm, and a second imaging unit that performs imaging of the a side of the turned medium opposite to the second arm.

An image reading apparatus for bound media includes a placement table, on which a bound medium is placed, a first arm that is opposite to a bound portion of the bound medium, a second arm, a lifting unit that lifts up a turned medium of the bound medium, a second arm moving mechanism that moves the second arm, so that the turned medium lifted by the lifting unit is sandwiched between the first arm and the second arm, an arm moving mechanism that moves the first arm and the second arm, so that the turned medium turns over, a first imaging unit that performs imaging of a side of the turned medium opposite to the first arm, and a second imaging unit that performs imaging of the a side of the turned medium opposite to the second arm.

A user is allowed to set contents of imaging work for digitization of a book using a page turning device to turn over each page of the book in a spread state from an original position to a destination position and settings of the imaging work are stored in advance. When a user commands initiation of the imaging work, the stored settings are confirmed and an imaging operation screen to present, to the user, guidance information related to an imaging procedure corresponding to the settings is separately displayed.

The book page turning operation of an automatic page turning apparatus is controlled by a tablet. Every time the automatic page turning apparatus completes a page turning operation, the tablet photographs the page and stores its image. During this processing, the tablet stops the series of page turning operations of the automatic page turning apparatus every time a sequential page-turning count m reaches a preset interruption page count M. Then, the tablet restarts the series of page turning operations in response to a photographing restart instruction from the user. As a result of this configuration, the user is freed from an operation of stopping a page turning operation during image photographing.

A page-turning apparatus includes a page-lifting reduction device for reducing lifting of each of pages P of a book B at an original position. The page-lifting reduction device includes a page fixing unit to push the pages P at the original position, and an adjusting unit to adjust the position of the page fixing unit in a thickness direction of the book B depending on a thickness of the book B. The page fixing unit includes a page handling portion to handle the pages P in an overlapped state while the pages P are being pushed at the original position. The page-lifting reduction device prevents the pages from being turned in an overlapped state at once.

A page-turning apparatus includes a page-lifting reduction device for reducing lifting of each of pages P of a book B at an original position. The page-lifting reduction device includes a page fixing unit to push the pages P at the original position, and an adjusting unit to adjust the position of the page fixing unit in a thickness direction of the book B depending on a thickness of the book B. The page fixing unit includes a page handling portion to handle the pages P in an overlapped state while the pages P are being pushed at the original position. The page-lifting reduction device prevents the pages from being turned in an overlapped state at once.

The Hands Free Music Sheet Turner will allow a musician to flip a page of music by means of a mechanical foot pedal. Thus removing the need for having to flip the sheets with his/her hand and allowing the flow of music to be uninterrupted.

The Hands Free Music Sheet Turner will allow a musician to flip a page of music by means of a mechanical foot pedal. Thus removing the need for having to flip the sheets with his/her hand and allowing the flow of music to be uninterrupted.