System and method for automatic descreening of digital images

摘要

A system and method for automatic descreening of a digital image is disclosed. The method comprises automatically detecting, prior to a final scan of the document, the presence of a predefined visual artifact in a sample region of an image of the document being scanned; performing the final scan of the document to obtain the digital image; and automatically descreening the digital image to obtain a final digital image of the document in response to the automatic detection of the predefined visual artifact.