Effective document processing starts with good document and image recognition. Unclear photos give unsatisfying Optical Character Recognition (OCR) results, which makes it hard to extract the correct data. If the image is not clear, the output that results from capturing data will also lack accuracy.
To ensure that this matter is avoided, you can employ Klippa’s camera scanner SDK in your data extraction processes. In case you are not entirely sure how the scanner SDK works, keep reading! In this blog, we will explain the technology behind it and present the features and advantages that best suit your business. Let’s start!
Camera Scanner SDK Explained
Imagine a mobile application, from a technical perspective, as a big building of small LEGO blocks. Every little element, every button, every functionality is one block and takes a lot of time to develop. Now, imagine wanting to enhance this mobile application with the functionality of camera scanning. An additional amount of LEGO blocks are required to control the camera, recognize shapes, control the lighting, and so on.
Using all these LEGO blocks would take weeks, maybe months, and even then, it might be that the feature is not compatible with both Android and iOS. You can perceive a camera scanner SDK as one big LEGO cube. Even though it’s built from many blocks, it has the capacity to seamlessly fit in the big block itself. Hence, Klippa’s camera scanner SDK is a useful addition, as it can read and capture data using the camera from a mobile device.
The Benefits of Camera Scanner SDK
Klippa’s document scanner with OCR supports document processing in much more than just digitizing physical files. It brings several important benefits to organizations:
- Accurately scans data within seconds
- It removes the need for manual data entry
- Offers real-time user feedback for a smooth scanning process
- It enhances the image input quality for accurate data extraction
Using Klippa’s camera scanner SDK to extract information has numerous opportunities to enhance and therefore help your own document workflows become more efficient. However, only a well-performing solution, such as Klippa’s document scanning SDK, is truly able to help improve the data extraction process.
How Klippa’s OCR Camera Scanner SDK Works
Klippa’s OCR SDK is powered by OCR and AI technologies, such as computer vision, to enhance the quality and precision of object detection and data extraction for your document processing. In simple terms, it enables a mobile device to work like a document scanner with OCR.
The colors can be modified in a company style and optionally we can include a built-in connection to the OCR API, to save our users even more time. Using our camera scanner SDK is a simple, but effective process:
- Object recognition: The scanner SDK recognizes the object and automatically draws the bounding boxes around it, preparing for data capture.
- Real-time user feedback: Klippa’s OCR camera scanner SDK enables your mobile application to communicate with the users by offering them real-time feedback. For example, users will get notified if the camera is too far away from the object or if there isn’t enough lighting. These factors can impede accuracy in recognition and data capture.
- Image enhancement: Our OCR camera scanner automatically reduces image noise, adjusts the lighting and increases the clarity of the image for the optimal OCR output. In addition, it automatically crops the image, so you don’t have to worry about it.
- Data extraction: With a built-in connection of AI-powered OCR via API, you can extract the required data within seconds, with up to 99% accuracy in the process. Be it a specific data field extraction, or different document types, your time is used as efficiently as possible.
- Data export: After the data is captured with the scanner SDK, Klippa’s AI-powered OCR engine converts it into a machine-readable output, such as TXT, JSON, CSV and many more. Integrate it with your existing applications or download it as it is, for further processing.
What differentiates our OCR camera scanner SDK from other options on the market is the focus we place on details and precision, which thanks to AI technologies, gives the data extraction output a high level of accuracy. Moreover, the detailed SDK documentation we offer makes the integration process seamless on all available platforms or software packages, such as iOS, Android, ReactNative, Flutter, Nativescript and Xamarin.
So how can a camera scanner SDK show its true potential? You might be surprised, but there are a number of use cases associated with document scanning with OCR solutions. Let’s see some examples of where a camera scanner SDK can help your business.
Use Cases of Scanner SDK with OCR
To offer you a better understanding of how valuable a document scanner with OCR software in a mobile device is, we’ve covered only some of the many use cases of our camera scanner SDK:
- Creation of a digital archive: Easily scan paper documents and convert them to a digital format, reducing the paper use in your organization and gaining real-time access to your files.
- Invoice scanning: Transform all physical invoices into business-ready data with our camera scanner SDK. Swiftly scan your invoices and extract relevant data within seconds. Take a look at how invoice scanning looks like with our OCR camera scanner here.
- Menu card scanning: Facilitate market research with efficient menu card scanning. Simply scan the menu card and our scanner SDK makes sure to enhance the image and help extract the data for further processing.
- Cashback and loyalty campaigns: With the camera scanner SDK, retailers can scan the receipt in an instant, verifying the authenticity of the document. This ensures the customers adhere to the rules of the campaigns accordingly and your business keeps fraud at bay. If you want to see it in action, make sure to check our video.
- Identity verification: Whether it is online gaming, opening a bank account or undergoing KYC checks, verifying one’s identity has never been easier. The camera scanner SDK accurately processes identity cards, passports or drivers licenses and extracts the necessary information, while also verifying the authenticity of the document. Check out our video to see how identity verification works with our document scanner SDK with OCR.
- Streamlining inventory management: Scan barcodes and price tags and be in control of your inventory and warehouse management. Moreover, when interacting with vendors, you can easily compare the extracted data from the OCR camera scanner across existing invoices or purchase orders, to avoid vendor fraud.
Getting Started with Klippa OCR SDK
Using Klippa OCR SDK is a smooth and seamless process that doesn’t require much effort. Our solution is available for all mobile platforms and it comes with thorough documentation made by developers, for developers.
At Klippa we offer the right mobile scanning SDKs for all your challenges:
- Document Scanning
- Identity Verification
- Object Detection
- MRZ Scanning
- Utility Meter
- Barcodes
- QR-codes
- Price tags
Simplify document processing even further and capture data using just a mobile device. If you have any questions about our solution, contact our experts or schedule a free demo down below!