Patent Document ID: 7734100
Application ID: 11520417

Base Claim:
1. A method of locating and selecting a portion of a digital image to be excised from said image comprising: utilizing an imaging device having a processor associated therein to create said digital image; utilizing said processor to determine a location of at least two reference points within said digital image; utilizing said processor to select at least one of said reference points; utilizing said processor to scan said digital image in a preselected direction between said selected reference points to detect at least one horizontal line; utilizing said processor to locate a lower boundary point below said detected horizontal line; utilizing said processor to identify an excise region of the digital image bounded by a lower horizontal boundary which intersects said lower boundary point, an upper horizontal boundary which is located at a preselected distance above said lower horizontal boundary and the horizontal dimensions of the digital image; utilizing said processor to excise said excise region from said digital image.

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Claim 2:
2. A method of locating and selecting a portion of a digital image of claim 1 , wherein said location of said two reference points is determined by utilizing said processor to section said digital image into regions bounded by intersecting lines, the reference points being isolated at the intersection of said intersecting lines.