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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Olivier Labois, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Pierre Sabatier, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Jérôme Berger, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Olivier Labois, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Pierre Sabatier, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Jérôme Berger, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Sagemcom Documents SAS, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for detecting blank pages among sheets of a document scanned on a multifunctional machine comprising a scanner, wherein said scanner: scans (S) two pages of at least one sheet of a document to be scanned; carries out a basic detection (S) of a blank page on each scanned sheet; selects (S) each sheet not comprising at least one page detected to be blank during the detection (S); compares (S) the two pages of said selected sheet; and classifies (S) a page as blank when it is similar to the other page of said sheet. The invention also relates to a multifunctional machine, the machine comprising a scanner for implementing a method according to the invention.