1. A method comprising: generating a first binary image of a scene of interest by removing image details from a digital image that are not at a transition of intensity levels; identifying edges in the binary image based on transitions in intensity that exceed an intensity transition threshold; identifying regions of the digital image with luminance intensity below an intensity threshold as low intensity regions; generating a second binary image that represents the digital image with high intensity regions removed; identifying low intensity locations within the second binary image wherein the low intensity locations exhibit a high concentration of low intensity regions; generating a combined image based on the first binary image and the second binary image; and detecting a barcode within the digital image at a corresponding location in the combined image that includes the identified edges and the identified low intensity locations spatially co-instantaneously.