Patent Document ID: 7532759
Application ID: 11285850

Base Claim:
1. A method of selecting a sub-set of image elements of a digital image based on a visual attribute of the image elements, the method including the steps of: using a database for providing a set of lexical classifiers that characterize said visual attribute; using a processor for selecting a lexical classifier from said set of lexical classifiers as a reference lexical classifier; determining a lexical classifier for each of said image elements; comparing the lexical classifier associated with each of said image elements with the reference lexical classifier; and selecting an image element as part of said sub-set of image elements if the lexical classifier of said image element corresponds to the reference lexical classifier.

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Claim 12:
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said lexical classifier of an image element is determined to correspond to said reference lexical classifier when said lexical classifier of said image element matches said reference lexical classifier.