1. A digital image acquisition device, comprising: an optoelectronic system for acquiring a digital image; a processor; a plurality of object detection templates, wherein each object detection template of the plurality of object detection templates is: tuned for high detection, low rejection ratios, and trained to detect a corresponding object that has certain characteristics that are reflected in the template; a plurality of high-quality object detection templates tuned for low detection, high rejection ratios; and a template matching module configured to: apply the plurality of object detection templates in parallel to data of the digital image to determine one or more particular characteristics of either the digital image or an object in the digital image; wherein the one or more particular characteristics of the digital image comprise one or more of: an object type, a configuration, an orientation, a pose, a blur, an exposure, or an illumination condition; based on the one or more particular characteristics, select one or more high-quality object detection templates from the plurality of high-quality object detection templates; wherein the one or more high-quality object detection templates are different from the plurality of object detection templates; a filtering module configured to: use the one or more high-quality object detection templates to determine whether any of the one or more particular characteristics has been falsely identified: and filter out, from the one or more particular characteristics, any characteristics that were determined to have been falsely identified.