Patent ID: 7978900

Claim:
A mobile image capture and processing system for checks, comprising: a mobile communication device including: an image capturing device configured to capture an image of a check; a processor configured to execute program instructions to perform the operations of: capturing a first image of a check using the image capture device; automatically detecting the check within the first image, wherein automatically detecting the check further comprises converting the first image to a color icon image, wherein the first image is in color, reducing color within the color icon image, resulting in a gray-scale icon image, and determining a plurality of corners belonging to the check within the grey-scale icon image; geometrically correcting the first image, resulting in a second image; wherein the mobile communication device further comprises a transmitter for transmitting the second image to a server; a server configured to receive the second image from the mobile communication device, wherein a processor of the server is configured to execute program instructions to perform the operations of: binarizing the second image, resulting in a third image; correcting the orientation of the third image, resulting in a fourth image; and correcting the size of the fourth image, resulting in a fifth image; and outputting the fifth image of the check.