A document image processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of a document, a detecting unit for detecting focusing and twisting states of the capture image, a display unit for displaying the detected focusing and twisting states, a character recognition unit for recognizing characters written on the capture image, and a storing unit for storing the recognized characters by fields.

Method and apparatus for processing document image captured by camera

A system dynamically improves quality of medical images using at least one processing device including an image analyzer, a correction processor and a message generator The image analyzer automatically parses and analyzes data representing an image of a particular anatomical feature of a patient acquired by a medical image acquisition device to identify defects in the image by examining the data representing the image for predetermined patterns associated with image defects The correction processor uses a predetermined information map associating image defects with corresponding corrective image acquisition parameters to determine corrected image acquisition parameters for use in re-acquiring an image using the image acquisition device in response to an identified defect The message generator generates a message for presentation to a user indicating an identified defect and suggesting use of the corrected image acquisition parameters for re-acquiring an image

System for dynamically improving medical image acquisition quality

Login credentials for at least one website, such as a social networking website, are received from a user purporting to act on behalf of an entity, for example, in the context of registering the entity with a system for electronic bill payment. Social data relating to the entity is retrieved from the websites using the login credentials. The social data comprises a plurality of social connections, each reflecting a respective relationship between the entity and a respective third party. A plurality of relevant social connections comprising at least a subset of the plurality of social connections is determined, each social connection of the plurality of relevant social connections reflecting a relationship to a respective third party that is deemed to be reliable. A reliability rating of the entity is then determined based on the plurality of relevant social connections.

Method and system for using social networks to verify entity affiliations and identities

A internet based method and apparatus is described for automatically processing a captured digital image taken by a smart device at a fixed-location, mobile or virtual event, and synchronizing the combination of that captured primary image with a secondary image, be it a picture frame, or a watermark to create a combined media image. If desired, the combined image may also contain an audio file. Once combined, the image may be stored for later viewing, and/or automatically returned to the user of the smart device or the PC of the user who captured the primary image, forwarded to an online print service website, posted to a photo sharing website, and/or forwarded to a distribution list. The automated post processing of said captured images is handled by a process engine hosted at an Application Provider's website, the process engine containing instructions for the media combining and metadata tagging of said images.

Internet-based synchronized imaging

To set at least the main portion of a read original on an image reading apparatus while avoiding a discontinuous portion, the position of the discontinuous portion of photoelectric conversion element arrays is indicated, or an original holder to be used to set the original while avoiding the discontinuous portion is arranged.

Image reading apparatus

A process and system for automating the image quality inspection and correction for scanned document which previously required a human operator. For every scanned and thresholded image, the process and system performs an automatic evaluation through a binary image quality detection system which generates an image noise index indicative of the amount of image artifacts or image loss. When a poor quality scanned page is detected, for example, too much speckle noise, the gray scale image is retrieved or the image is rescanned. The gray scale image then automatically undergoes an image quality correction process to produce a clean, readable binary image.

Automatic image quality evaluation and correction technique for digitized and thresholded document images

A modular scanning system ( 10 ) consisting of a first scanning unit ( 11 ) and a plurality of tethered scanning ( 13 ) and digital capture elements ( 150, 160 ) providing both sheet-fed, platen, and digitally captured documents and photographs The first scanning unit ( 11 ) includes all the mechanisms necessary to permit sheet-fed scanning of documents The platen scanner ( 13 ) provides a second scanning unit which performs platen scanning of documents on a glass top ( 26 ) of the platen scanner ( 13 ) Since the platen scanner ( 13 ) is detachable, the user has the option to select the platen scanning functionality but with the additional flexibility of selectively mounting or storing the platen element

Document scanning system with tethered platen element providing sheet-fed and platen scanning functions

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scanning system capable of processing different paper sizes with a single device, merging the functions of a platen scanner and a sheet-fed scanner and flexibly attaching the platen scanner to the sheet-fed scanner. SOLUTION: A modular scanning system 10 is constituted of a first scanning unit 11 and a plurality of tethered scanners 13 and provides documents or photographs captured both of sheet-fed scanning and platen scanning. The 1st scanning part 11 includes all the mechanisms necessary to permit sheet-fed scanning of documents. The platen scanner 13 provides a second scanning unit which performs platen scanning of documents on a glass top 26 of the platen scanner 13. Since the platen scanner 13 is detachable, a user has an option to select the platen scanning functionality but with the additional flexibility of selectively mounting or storing a platen element. The platen scanner 13 can receive data also from a digital camera or the like. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Document scanning system

Automatic image quality evaluation and correction technique

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved scanning system and process capable of forming a clear and legible binary image requiring no visual inspection of image quality. SOLUTION: The imaging process for forming a clear and legible binary image of a document being scanned comprises step (a) for taking in the document as a gray scale image in digital system, step (b) for converting the gray scale image into a binary image by performing an image adaptive threshold value process, step (c) for inspecting the binary image and determining an image noise index value indicative of the quantity of undesired artifact or image information loss, step (d) for making a decision whether the image noise index value is equal to or larger than a specified threshold value or not, and step (e) for performing an image correction process when a decision is made that the image noise index value is equal to or larger than a specified threshold value and forming a clear and legible binary image. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

George O. Simmons

Papers

Automatic image quality evaluation and correction technique for digitized and thresholded document images

Document scanning system with tethered platen element providing sheet-fed and platen scanning functions

Document scanning system

Automatic image quality evaluation and correction technique

Imaging process for forming clear and legible binary image