Patent Document ID: 20090185228
Application ID: 12418419
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: providing grayscale image data corresponding to an original document inside a scan area; locating grayscale image data corresponding to at least a lead edge of said original document inside said scan area; identifying a subset of the grayscale image data that excludes substantially all of said grayscale image data not corresponding to said lead edge; locating grayscale image data corresponding to at least a second edge of said original document inside said scan area; converting said grayscale image data to an output device format; identifying spatial coordinates for at least a corner of said original document based upon a location of said lead edge and at least one second original document edge; eliminating at least a portion of said output device formatted image data not corresponding to data displayed on said original document; and displaying said modified image data in a viewable format.