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Project Overview
The Fujitsu ScanSnap iX100 is an ultra-portable document scanner with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity and battery. It allows mobile workers to capture documents directly to smartphones, tablets, PCs and Macs via Wi-Fi and to share the data via cloud services.
Organisation
Team
PFU Technoconsul Limited – Inhouse Design Team
Toshi Satoji Design – External Design Team
Project Brief
The ScanSnap has been designed with the user in mind taking into account space and time constraints as well as the desire for instant access and availability of information. The iX100 is an ideal solution for anyone who has a need to capture documents on an ad hoc or regular basis in a range of environments and then either store locally or distribute to a colleague, workflow, cloud service or application. Whether you have business cards, receipts, bank statements, contracts, courier delivery slips, written notes, newspaper clippings, postcards or even A3 documents the iX100 can comfortably cope with a wealth of material. Instantly digitise at the touch of a button and increase the efficiency of your everyday routines.
The iX100 is perfectly suited to scanning in any environment due to its built in Wi-Fi capability. You only need to set it up once after which any regularly visited network will be detected automatically so that you can seamlessly switch between home access points, secure office networks and direct connection modes.
Project Innovation/Need
The iX100 offers a wealth of functions to unleash productivity in a robust casing weighing just 400g that will sit unobtrusively with your other devices. It is powered by a lithium-ion battery which can deliver up to 260 scans on a single full charge. Another time saving mechanism should you have multiple small documents to scan is the ability of the iX100 to simultaneously scan two or more small items (Dual Scan) such as business cards or receipts, just have a 10 mm gap between them. The displayed separated images will be automatically rotated, deskewed and cropped regardless of how the original documents entered the scanner’s feeder. Due to its truly mobile functionality the scanner lets you be productive in the office, agile on the move and organised at home. The ScanSnap one button concept and the intuitive software concept allows users to reap the benefits of increased productivity from the start.
Design Challenge
Modern knowledge workers are becoming more and more mobile. This new found mobility has placed new expectations on the way we handle data and documents. The mobile workforce wants to have direct access to important documents - preferably via mobile devices like a smartphone or a tablet. Hence all the information has to exist in electronic format. The new mobile Fujitsu scanner accomplishes just that. Weighing just 400g and scanning at a speed of 5.2 seconds per page, the ScanSnap iX100 is the fastest in its class. It fits in any laptop bag and scans directly to mobile devices and PC, taking business professionals to new levels of productivity when digitising paper documents.
Sustainability
Going green by introducing comprehensive and innovative solutions in business saves companies a significant amount of money each year and further protects the environment. One of the best and easiest decisions an organization can make as a contribution with significant impact on the environment is to save paper. An intelligent and easy to handle mobile scanner is key to avoiding unnecessary and uneconomical printing and copying.
Product Design - Technology
This award celebrates creative and innovative design for either a component or overall product. Consideration given to aspects that relate to human usage, aesthetics, selection of components and materials, and the resolution of assembly, manufacturing and the overall function.
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