A document image capture (scanning) system and control method are described for
scanning and processing document images received live from a camera. A motion detector
detects image motion between two image frames. When the image is stationary, image
processing (such as OCR) is carried out automatically and made available to the
operator. In one form, when movement is detected, the image processing results
are discarded until the image is newly stationary, whereupon new image processing
is carried out on the new image. In another form, the degree of movement is evaluated;
if the movement is small, then at least some of the previous image processing results
are re-used by re-mapping on to the new image.