Systems and methods for mobile image capture and processing
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for processing insurance claims, the method comprising:
- capturing image data using a mobile device, the image data depicting a document; and
using at least one processor;
defining, based on the image data, a plurality of candidate edge points corresponding to the document;
defining four sides of a tetragon based on at least some of the plurality of candidate edge points; and
determining whether the document is relevant to an insurance claim; and
in response to determining the document is relevant to the insurance claim, submitting the image data, information extracted from the image data, or both to a remote server for claims processing; and
associating the image data, the information extracted from the image data, or both with a claim number prior to submitting the image data, the information extracted from the image data, or both to the remote server.
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Abstract
In several embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing digital images captured by a mobile device are disclosed. The techniques include detecting medical documents and/or documents relevant to an insurance claim by defining candidate edge points based on the captured image data and defining four sides of a tetragon based on at least some of the candidate edge points. In the case of an insurance claim process, the techniques also include determining whether the document is relevant to an insurance claim; and in response to determining the document is relevant to the insurance claim, submitting the image data, information extracted from the image data, or both to a remote server for claims processing. The image capture and processing techniques further facilitate processing of medical documents and/or insurance claims with a plurality of additional features that may be used individually or in combination in various embodiments.
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1. A computer-implemented method for processing insurance claims, the method comprising:
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capturing image data using a mobile device, the image data depicting a document; and using at least one processor; defining, based on the image data, a plurality of candidate edge points corresponding to the document; defining four sides of a tetragon based on at least some of the plurality of candidate edge points; and determining whether the document is relevant to an insurance claim; and in response to determining the document is relevant to the insurance claim, submitting the image data, information extracted from the image data, or both to a remote server for claims processing; and associating the image data, the information extracted from the image data, or both with a claim number prior to submitting the image data, the information extracted from the image data, or both to the remote server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method for processing medical documents, the method comprising:
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receiving or capturing image data using a mobile device, the image data depicting one or more medical documents; and using at least one processor; defining, based on the image data, a plurality of candidate edge points corresponding to at least one of the medical documents; defining four sides of a tetragon based on at least some of the plurality of candidate edge points; wherein defining the plurality of candidate edge points comprises; defining one or more large analysis windows within a digital image; defining a plurality of small analysis windows within the digital image; estimating one or more distributions of statistics for each large analysis window; calculating one or more statistics for each small analysis window; determining whether a statistically significant difference exists between one or more of the statistics calculated for one of the small analysis windows and a corresponding distribution of statistics estimated for one of the large analysis windows; and designating a point in the small analysis window as a candidate edge point upon determining the statistically significant difference exists. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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