Automatic image capture

A method of automatic image capture of a target document using an intelligent mobile device having a camera comprising the steps of:

• showing a view finder on a display of the intelligent mobile device and a secondary view finder of corresponding shape to the view finder;
• lining up the two view finders until the secondary view finder superimposed on the view finder;
• guiding a user to maximize occupancy of the view finder with an image of the target document as a first condition;
• automatically capturing the target document image when the occupancy is maximized to produce a captured image;
• and
• semantically processing the captured image to qualify the captured image for transmission to a remote site, wherein the semantically processing step comprising the steps of:
• providing semantic knowledge of the target document within the mobile device;
• by using symbol character recognition, measuring a confidence level of each symbol in the target document image based upon the semantic knowledge of the target document;
• and
• qualifying the target document image for transmission to a remote site when an average confidence level for all the symbols achieves a specified score.

A method of automatic image capture of a target document using an intelligent mobile device having a camera comprising the steps of:

• showing a trapezoidal view finder on a display of the intelligent mobile device and
• a secondary view finder of corresponding shape to the trapezoidal view finder;
• lining up the trapezoidal view finder and the secondary view finder until the secondary view finder superimposed on the trapezoidal view finder;
• determining the corners of the target document image within the trapezoidal view finder using edge detection and line projection;
• maximizing the target document image within the trapezoidal view finder using the determined corners;
• automatically capturing the target document image for post-processing;
• and
• semantically processing the captured image to qualify the captured image for transmission to a remote site, wherein the semantically processing step comprises the steps of:
• providing semantic knowledge of the target document within the mobile device;
• by using optical symbol recognition, measuring a confidence level of each symbol in the target document image based upon the semantic knowledge of the target document;
• and
• qualifying the target document image for transmission to a remote site when an average confidence level for all the symbols achieves a specified score.