METHOD FOR SORTING DIGITAL IMAGES FOR QUALITY PRINTING Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC G06T5/00 

FIELD: processing of digital images.

SUBSTANCE: method includes following operations: recording of digital images from, for example, a digital camera, into memory block, which may be a part of a computer or a printer; analysis of digital images, contained in memory block, on basis of properties: image brightness, image blur level, red eye detection; recording of metadata into files of digital images, corresponding to character of found defects; digital images, on basis of analysis results, are classified as belonging to following categories: images which satisfy high quality standards and which are usable for printing, in other words, without defects, images, usable for printing after being edited, in other words, with correctable defects, images, not usable for printing, in other words, with uncorrectable defects; in memory block, separate sections are created for storage of each one of three aforementioned categories of digital images; files of sorted digital images are recorded in memory block together with metadata about the character of found defects.

EFFECT: conservation of processing time and consumables.

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