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The challenges of camera phone picturesThe challenges of camera phone pictures

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Short distance between the camera and the document often creates an out-of-focus blur

De-blurring algorithms restore the original document by estimating and reversing the blur component of the image.

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Camera Phones usually present high noise ratios in low lighting environments

De-noising algorithms enhance the image quality while considerably reducing size.

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Mobile document capture is now a realityMobile document capture is now a realityOver one million users in the mobile scanning market

Usage statistics show business usersC b i d bil f i lCorporate business users and mobile professionalsCreative, communications and education professionals

Students adopting mobile scanning at a quick rate

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Mobile scanning poised to enter the enterprise market as students start working

2 Mega Pixel Camera Phones Sales

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The business perspective: mobile scanningThe business perspective: mobile scanningMobile professionals: increased convenience, productivity

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Corporations: increased productivity, compliance Accelerate circulation of informationInstant sign and send

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Verticals: increased competitiveness, productivityStandard mobile handsets in lieu of dedicated data capture devices

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The consumer perspective: mobile scanningThe consumer perspective: mobile scanningHome: archive, save money, get things done

Replace home scanner and faxRecipes Report Cards Kids artworkRecipes, Report Cards, Kids artworkImportant Documents (Policies, IDs, Certificates)Send contracts, applications and forms

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Class: increased convenience, save time & moneyClass notes and WhiteboardsResearch materials (Libraries and Archives)

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On the go: save information, increased convenienceBook Covers, Wine labels, Price Tags and Product Labels

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A solution for mobile document capture: QipitA solution for mobile document capture: QipitTake a picture of any printed or written information

Send it to Qipit and receive a crisp clear digital copy

Share it via email or fax – instantly or later

Publish it online, on your blog or bookmark it with your favorite social bookmarking service

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Store it in a personal password-protected account, you can even tag it to make it easier to find later.

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Qipit for forms captureQipit for forms captureQipit for forms captureQipit for forms capture

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A solution for mobile document capture: QipitA solution for mobile document capture: QipitTake a picture of any printed or written information

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Summary of Qipit’s underlying Summary of Qipit’s underlying technologytechnologyA fully automatic, integrated (and patented) process designed to overcome the inherent drawbacks in camera phone images through advanced image processing:

De-blurring, de-noising, de-warpingImage segmentationInk extraction (illumination correction, shadow elimination, glare removal)

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Complex mathematical algorithms enable general-public use Qipit is fully automatic and very simple to use: point, shoot, sendQipit is tolerant to diverse “real world” lighting conditions: shadows,

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written: paper ruling, shadows, etc.

Thanks Thanks –– Need any more information?Need any more information?

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Benoit Bergeret - [email protected]

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