System and method for characterizing a scanned image artifact and modifying a scanned image based thereon
AssigneeBancTec, Inc.
InventorNancy J. Scanlan
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Abstract
A scanned image processing system, a method of processing scanned images and a document conversion system incorporating the scanned image processing system or the method. In one embodiment, the scanned image processing system includes: (1) an artifact characterizer configured to provide a characterization of at least one artifact on at least one of obverse and reverse scanned images of a page and (2) an image modifier associated with the artifact characterizer and configured to modify at least one of the obverse and reverse scanned images based on the characterization and at least one operating parameter.
Claims30
A scanned image processing system, comprising:
- an artifact characterizer configured to provide a characterization of at least one artifact on at least one of obverse and reverse scanned images of a page based on a comparison between said obverse and reverse scanned images;
- and
- an image modifier associated with said artifact characterizer and configured to modify at least one of said obverse and reverse scanned images based on said characterization and at least one operating parameter.
A method of processing scanned images, comprising:
- providing a characterization of at least one artifact on at least one of obverse and reverse scanned images of a page based on a comparison between said obverse and reverse scanned images;
- and
- modifying at least one of said obverse and reverse scanned images based on said characterization and at least one operating parameter.
A document conversion system, comprising:
- an image scanner configured to derive a sequence of obverse and reverse scanned images from a corresponding sequence of source documents;
- an artifact characterizer configured to provide characterizations of artifacts on said obverse and reverse scanned images based on a comparison between said obverse and reverse scanned images;
- an image modifier associated with said artifact characterizer and configured to modify at least one of said obverse and reverse scanned images based on said characterization and at least one operating parameter;
- a scanned images database associated with said image scanner and configured to store at least some of said obverse and reverse scanned images;
- and
- a network interface associated with said scanned images database and configured to transmit at least some of said obverse and reverse scanned images to a network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.