Systems and methods for automatic image capture on a mobile device

Abstract

Real-time evaluation and enhancement of image quality prior to capturing an image of a document on a mobile device is provided. An image capture process is initiated on a mobile device during which a user of the mobile device prepares to capture the image of the document, utilizing hardware and software on the mobile device to measure and achieve optimal parameters for image capture. Feedback may be provided to a user of the mobile device to instruct the user on how to manually optimize certain parameters relating to image quality, such as the angle, motion and distance of the mobile device from the document. When the optimal parameters for image capture of the document are achieved, at least one image of the document is automatically captured by the mobile device.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS INFORMATION[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 461,726, filed May 1, 2012, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 561,772, filed Nov. 18, 2011, now pending; and which is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 906,036 filed on Oct. 15, 2010, now pending, which itself is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 778,943 filed on May 12, 2010, now pending, as well as a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 346,026 filed Dec. 30, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,978,900, which in turn claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 022,279 filed Jan. 18, 2008, now expired, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety as if set forth in full. This application is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 717,080 filed Mar. 3, 2010, which is now U.S. Pat. No. 7,778,457, which is incorporated her...

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

However, the quality of images captured varies greatly, and many factors cause images captured using a mobile device to be of poor quality.

Therefore, images captured by mobile devices are often not of sufficiently high quality to be used for electronic processing of documents.

For systems which utilize images of documents captured on the mobile device, the process of evaluating a mobile image to determine if it is of sufficient image quality can be time consuming and cumbersome for the user of the mobile device.

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