Patent ID: 8724176

Claim:
A method for fusing unassociated images into an original document image comprising: with a processor, receiving an annotated unassociated image into a set of annotated unassociated images in computer memory by an associated scanning device; determining a size for each annotated unassociated image; comparing the size of each annotated unassociated image with respect to at least one other known image size; retrieving a matching related annotated unassociated image from the set of annotated unassociated images corresponding to each annotated unassociated image based at least in part on an output of the comparison; determining a contextual relationship for each of the annotated unassociated images; and assigning a confidence threshold rating to identify the matches of related images in the set of annotated unassociated images responsive to the determined contextual relationship corresponding thereto; aligning the matches of related images; and fusing the matches of related images to form an original document image.