Autonomously removing scan marks from digital documents utilizing content-aware filters

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for implementing content-aware filters to autonomously remove scan marks from digital documents. In particular implementations, the disclosed systems utilize a set of targeted scan mark models in a scan mark removal pipeline. For example, each scan mark model includes a corresponding content-aware filter configured to identify document regions that match a designated class of scan marks to filter. Examples of scan mark models include staple scan mark models, punch hole scan mark models, and page turn scan mark models. In certain embodiments, the disclosed systems then use the scan mark models to generate mark-specific masks based on document input features. Additionally, in some embodiments, the disclosed systems combine the mark-specific masks into a final segmentation mask and apply the final segmentation mask to the digital document for correcting the identified regions with scan marks.