Patent ID: 7953268

Claim:
A method for mobile image capture and processing for documents, comprising: capturing a first image of a document using the mobile communication device; automatically detecting the document within the first image using a processor of the communication device, wherein detecting the document within the first image 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 document within the gray-scale icon image; geometrically correcting the first image using the processor of the communication device, resulting in a second image; transmitting the second image to a server; binarizing the second image using a processor of the server, resulting in a third image; correcting the orientation of the third image using the processor of the server, resulting in a fourth image; outputting the fourth image of the document using the processor of the server.