1. A method of recognizing at least one object in a digitized representation of an image, comprising: receiving the digitized representation of the image, the representation having a first resolution; creating a reduced-resolution version of the image responsive to the digitized representation of the image, the reduced-resolution version of the image having a second resolution lower than the first resolution; and identifying a value of each of at least one recognition initial condition responsive to at least a portion of the reduced resolution version of the image; and recognizing the at least one object represented in the digitized representation of the image responsive to the value of each of the at least one recognition initial condition identified.