Patent ID: 8903173

Claim:
A method for providing an image of a rectangular target object, comprising the steps of: determining only a first dimension of a rectangular target object in an initial image, wherein the determining the first dimension further includes displaying a scanned image of the target object on a user display on a user interface, and via the user interface, providing a user with an option to select a first and adjacent corner point of the target object in the initial image; and subsequently determining a line between the first and adjacent corner points, a length of said line indicating the first dimension; subsequently determining only a second dimension of the target object; subsequently providing a cropped and de-skewed final image of the target object responsive to the determined first and second dimension; and determining a de-skew angle θ according to θ = tan - 1 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ y Δ ⁢ ⁢ x ) = tan - 1 ⁡ ( y 1 - y 0 x 1 - x 0 ) where y 1 is a y co-ordinate at the first corner point, y 0 is a y co-ordinate at an adjacent corner point, x 1 is an x co-ordinate at the first corner point and x 0 is an x co-ordinate at the adjacent corner point.