Patent ID: 8437557

Claim:
A computer based method of determining whether an image is a true image or a not found image comprising: accepting the image from a vendor; submitting the image to an image analysis system wherein the image analysis system determines whether the image is a not found image or a true image; receiving from the image analysis system a determination of whether the image is a not found image or a true image, the determination including: calculating an intensity value and a color value of an entire image of the image; calculating a standard deviation of intensity values of pixels of a pixel sample window of entire image, the pixel sample window a portion of the entire image; calculating a standard deviation of intensity values for pixels of the entire image; calculating a standard deviation of a color value of the pixels of the pixel sample window; calculating a standard deviation of a color value of the pixels of the pixels in the entire image; determining an intensity difference wherein the intensity difference comprises a difference between the standard deviation of the intensity values for the pixels in the pixel sample window and for the pixels in the entire image; determining a color difference wherein the color difference comprises a difference between the standard deviation of the color value of the pixels in the pixel sample window and for the pixels in the entire image; determining a classification value comprising applying weights to image attributes; and upon the classification value being under a threshold, classifying the image as the true image; upon the image being determined to be a true image, displaying the image; and upon the image being determined to be a not found image, refraining from displaying the image.