Integrated Scanning of America introduces new capture strategies

Simplified capture and scalable throughput for massive on site conversions

Newbury Park, Calif. – August 20, 2007 – Integrated Scanning of America, Inc. introduced at AIIM in Boston last April, its RIS-Capture (Reduced Instruction Set Capture) suite of products and services for on-site capture projects.

The suite is based on ISA’s Capture Raw Strategy (CRS) methodology, which dramatically reduces labor costs and risks during on site projects. It consists of hardware, software and methodologies to facilitate safe and cost-effective capture of color paper, large format drawings, bound books, X-rays, microfilm, microfiche and aperture cards.

“Conventional products attempt too much too soon when perfecting images on-the-fly during scanning. They limit the sophistication of their algorithms to prevent slowing down scanning and to contain costs. Our approach is to defer all that to post-processing, using a scalable grid of as many PCs as needed to meet any throughput challenge. Each PC runs sophisticate, CPU-intensive processes under workflow control ”, said Manuel Bulwa, President of I.S.A.

Paper, drawings, books and newspapers may be scanned all color/grayscale, all duplex, all maximum size. Microfiche, microfilm, aperture cards are scanned all grayscale, all maximum size, using multiple overlapping frame strips.

For on-site projects, raw images are robotically recorded on encrypted DVDs and sent to post-processing. On-site processes are remotely monitored for preventive and corrective QC. An optional video camera allows remote surveillance of operators and environmental factors. Capture and/or post-processing equipment can be deployed at one or more sites.

Some of the benefits achieved include:

Simplified capture implies less skillful labor required, less human errors, less costly scanning resources..
Challenging originals can be dealt with while post processing images, with more skillful, better managed QC staff and more tools.
The original raw grayscale or color can always be accessed to resolve quality disputes or to resolve issues on challenging poor originals.
Rescans from originals are virtually eliminated.

Post processing functionalities include: Color and grayscale detection and conversion to bitonal, title box parsing, scaling, frame segmentation, barcode recognition, searchable PDF, hierarchical bookmarks and TOCs, content/metadata extraction, OCR, ICR, formatting for third party importation, autoredaction, forms ID and image enhancement.

These innovative methodologies have already been successfully proven in processing tens of millions of images, including on-site scanning projects managed by CDG and ISA at the Everett, WA facility of The Boeing Company. ISA recently initiated a new joint project with CDG for on-site scanning services on behalf of Mirant Services LLC. The project includes capturing and processing of over 1.5 million engineering drawings on-site at 11 nuclear and coal power plants across the US.

Corporate end users and Service Providers interested in undertaking on site capture projects themselves, will be able to license products, training and support from ISA once the products are released in December 2007.

The technology is built on Visual Studio 2005™, SQL Server 2005™, IIS, Dot.Net 2.0 and other Microsoft™ platforms. Multiple OCR and Image enhancement engines are included for user selection. A sturdy mil-specs shock absorbent case hosts all equipment to endure shipment and harsh environments.

I.S.A. started their service bureau operation in 1993 by developers of imaging software since 1985. This combination of vast production expertise with creative software development knowledge synergized to produce technological breakthroughs.