Systems and methods for mobile image capture and processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10146795-B2
Application number	US-201514804281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2015
Priority date	Jan 12, 2012
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing digital images captured by a mobile device are disclosed. The exemplary image processing techniques are coupled with inbound and outbound communications protocols and workflows configured to facilitate closed-loop processing, such that a method includes initiating a workflow; providing one or more of case information and raw data to the workflow; processing one or more of the case information and the raw data to generate a processing result; storing at least some of the case information in association with the processing result, wherein the associated case information acts as an identifier of the processing result; transmitting at least the processing result and the identifier; receiving, in response to the transmitting, a reply comprising the identifier; and retrieving at least the processing result using the identifier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
initiating a workflow;
providing one or more of case information and raw data to the workflow;
processing one or more of the case information and the raw data to generate a processing result;
storing at least some of the case information in association with the processing result, wherein the associated case information acts as an identifier of the processing result;
transmitting at least the processing result and the identifier;
receiving, in response to the transmitting, a reply comprising the identifier;
retrieving at least the processing result using the identifier;
wherein the processing comprises performing a lookup operation using some or all of the case information as a query;
wherein the processing result comprises identifying information retrieved via the lookup operation;
wherein the reply comprises a request for additional information, and the method further comprising: performing a second lookup operation using a different portion of the case information as a different query; and
wherein the additional information comprises identifying information retrieved via the second lookup operation.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the reply further comprises identifying information retrieved using the lookup operation, and
wherein the lookup operation further utilizes the processing result as a query.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein the reply further comprises a request for user authentication of the identifying information retrieved using the lookup operation.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 , wherein the user authentication comprises:
capturing a user signature;
associating the user signature with the identifier; and
transmitting the user signature in association with the identifier.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the lookup operation utilizes a third party service or a third party data source to retrieve the identifying information.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the raw data comprises image data depicting a digital representation of a document,
wherein processing the raw data comprises performing one or more image processing operations on the image data; and
wherein the processing result comprises the processed image and image processing parameters employed in the processing.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , wherein the reply comprises a request to perform one or more additional image processing operations.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein performing the one or more additional image processing operations comprises:
retrieving one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image using the identifier;
determining additional image processing parameters for the additional image processing operation(s) based on one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image; and
performing the additional image processing operations using the additional image processing parameters.

9. A system, comprising a processor configured to execute logic; and logic configured to cause the processor to:
initiate a workflow;
provide one or more of case information and raw data to the workflow;
process one or more of the case information and the raw data to generate a processing result;
store at least some of the case information in association with the processing result, wherein the associated case information acts as an identifier of the processing result;
transmit at least the processing result and the identifier;
receive, in response to the transmitting, a reply comprising the identifier;
retrieve at least the processing result using the identifier;
wherein the processing comprises performing a lookup operation using some or all of the case information as a query;
wherein the processing result comprises identifying information retrieved via the lookup operation;
wherein the reply comprises a request for additional information, and the logic is configured to cause the processor to: perform a second lookup operation using a different portion of the case information as a different query; and
wherein the additional information comprises identifying information retrieved via the second lookup operation.

10. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the reply further comprises identifying information retrieved using a lookup operation, and
wherein the lookup operation utilizes the processing result as a query.

11. The system as recited in claim 10 , wherein the reply further comprises a request for user authentication of the identifying information retrieved using the lookup operation, and wherein the user authentication comprises:
capturing a user signature;
associating the user signature with the identifier; and
transmitting the user signature in association with the identifier.

12. The system as recited in claim 9 , wherein the raw data comprises image data depicting a digital representation of a document,
wherein processing the raw data comprises performing one or more image processing operations on the image data; and
wherein the processing result comprises processed image and image processing parameters employed in the processing.

13. The system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the reply comprises a request to perform one or more additional image processing operations selected from:
retrieving one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image using the identifier;
determining additional image processing parameters for the additional image processing operation(s) based on one or more of the image processing parameters and the processed image; and
performing the additional image processing operations using the additional image processing parameters.

14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer readable program instructions configured to cause a processor to:
initiate a workflow;
provide one or more of case information and raw data to the workflow;
process one or more of the case information and the raw data to generate a processing result;
store at least some of the case information in association with the processing result, wherein the associated case information acts as an identifier of the processing result;
transmit at least the processing result and the identifier;
receive, in response to the transmitting, a reply comprising the identifier;
retrieve at least the processing result using the identifier;
wherein processing the one or more of the case information and the raw data comprises performing a lookup operation using some or all of the case information as a query;
wherein the processing result comprises identifying information retrieved via the lookup operation;
wherein the reply comprises a request for additional information, and the computer readable program instructions are further configured to cause the processor to: perform a second lookup operation using a different portion of the case information as a different query; and
wherein the additional information comprises identifying information retrieved via the second lookup operation.

15. The computer program product as recited in claim 14 , wherein the raw data comprises image data depicting a digital representation of a document,
wherein processing the raw data comprises performing one or more image processing operations on the image data; and
wherein the processing result comprises a processed image and image processing parameters employed in the processing.

16. The computer program product as recited in claim 15 , whe

Assignees

• Kofax Inc

Inventors

• Macciola Anthony
• Amtrup Jan W

Classifications

• H04N1/3872

  Repositioning or masking · CPC title

• H04N1/3878

  Skew detection or correction · CPC title

• G06T7/12

  Edge-based segmentation · CPC title

• G06F16/583 Primary

  using metadata automatically derived from the content · CPC title

• H04N1/40

  Picture signal circuits (H04N1/387 takes precedence) · CPC title