Patent ID: 8204339

Claim:
An apparatus for capturing and processing an image comprised of a document, comprising: a base for supporting the document; a stand extending vertically from said base, wherein said stand houses a digital camera positioned to capture an image of the document; and a system means for storing and processing said image coupled to said digital camera, wherein said system means includes: a computer readable storage medium for processing said image, the computer readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the computer-implemented steps of: detecting graphical information in said captured image related to edges of said imaged document; isolating said imaged document from background of said captured image based on the graphical information related to edges of said imaged document; computing deviations of said imaged document from a non-distorted perspective of said imaged document; mapping pixels of said imaged document to a new image of said imaged document using said computed deviations; resampling pixels of said new image; detecting graphical information in said new image of said imaged document related to the orientation of said imaged document in said new image; and rotating said new image based on the graphical information related to the orientation of said imaged document in said new image.