System and method for characterizing a scanned image artifact and modifying a scanned image based thereon

摘要

A scanned image processing system, a method of processing scanned images and a document conversion system incorporating the scanned image processing system or the method. In one embodiment, the scanned image processing system includes: (1) an artifact characterizer configured to provide a characterization of at least one artifact on at least one of obverse and reverse scanned images of a page and (2) an image modifier associated with the artifact characterizer and configured to modify at least one of the obverse and reverse scanned images based on the characterization and at least one operating parameter.