Patent Document ID: 9336452
Application ID: 13979671
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of identifying a printed matter in an image, comprising: capturing a first image of a first printed matter, said first printed matter including a first reference form; storing characteristics of a first plurality of pre-defined areas in said first printed matter in said first image, wherein each area of said first plurality of predefined areas is at a known location relative to said first reference form, capturing a second image, said second image including a second printed matter; rectifying a portion of said second image, said portion of said second image including at least a first portion of said second printed matter; identifying in said first portion of said second printed matter in said second image a second reference form and a second plurality of pre-defined areas, each area of said second plurality of pre-defined areas at a known location in said second printed matter relative to said second reference form; comparing a characteristic of a first pre-defined area of said second plurality of pre-defined areas of said second printed matter in said second image to the stored characteristics of a first pre-defined area of said first plurality of pre-defined areas in said first printed matter in said first image, where the location of said first pre-defined area of said second plurality of pre-defined areas in said second printed matter relative to said second reference form in said second printed matter, corresponds to said location of said first pre-defined area of said first plurality of pre-defined areas in said first printed matter in said first image relative to said first reference form in said first image.