METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A DOCUMENT SUITABILITY FOR OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) PROCESSING

There is disclosed a method of determining a digital document suitability for OCR processing, the method executable by a user electronic device, the user electronic device configured for capturing a digital image of a document. The method comprises: acquiring by the user electronic device, the digital image of the document; determining, by a classifier executed by the user electronic device, an OCR suitability parameter associated with the digital image, the OCR suitability parameter indicative of whether the digital image is suitable for producing an output of the OCR processing of an acceptable quality, the classifier having been trained to determine the OCR suitability parameter at least partially based on a level of noise associated with the digital image; in response to the OCR suitability parameter being below a pre-determined threshold, causing the user electronic device to re-acquire the digital image.