DUPLICATE CHECK IMAGE RESOLUTION
First Claim
1. A method for comparing images, comprising:
- receiving a first image and a second image;
processing the first image and the second image using a program executable by a processor communicating with a computer, the processing of the first and the second image including scaling the first image and the second image to a common resolution;
selecting one or more pel regions of the scaled first image and of the scaled second image;
subtracting the one or more selected pel regions of the scaled first image from the one or more selected pel regions of the scaled second image, respectively; and
determining whether the first image and the second image depict substantially identical subjects based on the results of the subtraction.
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Abstract
A system and method for comparing digital images, such as checks images used by banks, includes receiving and processing the images to be compared, including scaling the images to a common resolution, as well as filtering them to remove spot noise, background pels, and other non-information carrying elements. One or more regions of each image are selected for comparison. The selected regions are compared to one another by subtracting the pels of one image from the other'"'"'s pels. A determination is made of whether the two or more images are duplicates of one another, or depict a substantially identical subject, based on the results of the subtractions. Furthermore, the amount of filtering and scaling may be adjusted to enhance the effects of the system to take advantage of common characteristics that may be known or detected in a particular set of images to be compared.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for comparing images, comprising:
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receiving a first image and a second image; processing the first image and the second image using a program executable by a processor communicating with a computer, the processing of the first and the second image including scaling the first image and the second image to a common resolution; selecting one or more pel regions of the scaled first image and of the scaled second image; subtracting the one or more selected pel regions of the scaled first image from the one or more selected pel regions of the scaled second image, respectively; and determining whether the first image and the second image depict substantially identical subjects based on the results of the subtraction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for comparing images, comprising:
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a computer having a processor, and a computer-readable storage device; a program embodied on the storage device for execution by the processor, the program having a plurality of program instructions, including instructions for; receiving a first image and a second image; processing the first image and the second image, wherein the processing includes scaling the first image and the second image to a common resolution; selecting one or more pel regions of the scaled first image and of the scaled second image; subtracting the one or more selected pel regions of the scaled first image from the one or more selected pel regions of the scaled second image, respectively; and determining whether the first image and the second image depict substantially identical subjects based on the results of the subtracting module. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product for comparing images, the computer program product comprising a computer readable non-transitory storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable/executable by a processor to perform a method, comprising:
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receiving a first image and a second image, by the processor; processing the first image and the second image, by the processor, wherein the processing includes scaling the first image and the second image to a common resolution; selecting one or more pel regions of the scaled first image and of the scaled second image, by the processor; subtracting the one or more selected pel regions of the scaled first image from the one or more selected pel regions of the scaled second image, respectively, by the processor; and determining whether the first image and the second image depict substantially identical subjects, by the processor, based on the results of the subtraction. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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