Selecting elements from an electronic document
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1. A method of selecting elements from an electronic document, the method comprising steps of:
- identifying a largest sized graphics element in a page of the electronic document;
creating a graphics region in the page, the graphics region including an expandable area in the page including at least the largest graphics element;
determining whether at least one other graphics element is related to a graphics element in the graphics region; and
automatically growing the graphics region to further include the at least one other graphics element.
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Abstract
A computing device comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is operable to select a plurality of related graphics elements for extraction from an electronic document. The selection of the plurality of related graphics elements includes creating a graphics region in the electronic document, and the graphics region includes an expandable area in the document encompassing the plurality of related graphics elements. The memory stores the electronic document from which the plurality of related graphics elements are extracted.
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1. A method of selecting elements from an electronic document, the method comprising steps of:
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identifying a largest sized graphics element in a page of the electronic document; creating a graphics region in the page, the graphics region including an expandable area in the page including at least the largest graphics element; determining whether at least one other graphics element is related to a graphics element in the graphics region; and automatically growing the graphics region to further include the at least one other graphics element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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18. An apparatus configured to select elements from an electronic document, the apparatus comprising:
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means for identifying a largest sized graphics element in a page of the electronic document; means for creating a graphics region that includes the largest graphics element; means for determining whether at least one other graphics element is related to a graphics element in the graphics region; and means for automatically growing the graphics region to farther include the at least one other graphics element. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computing device comprising:
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a processor operable to identify and select a plurality of related graphics elements for extraction from a portable document format (pdf) electronic document, wherein selecting the plurality of related graphics elements includes automatically growing a graphics region in the electronic document to include the plurality of related graphics elements, the graphics region including an expandable area in the document;
the processor being further operable to identify at least one non-graphics element related to a graphics element in the graphics region and automatically grow the graphics region to include the at least one related non-graphics element; anda memory storing the electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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33. Computer software embedded on a computer readable medium, the computer software when executed on a computing system comprising instructions performing:
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identifying a largest sized graphics element in a page of the electronic document; creating a graphics region in the page, the graphics region including an expandable area wherein at least the largest graphics element is in the expandable area; determining whether at least one other graphics element is related to a graphics element in the graphics region; and automatically growing the graphics region to further include the at least one other graphics element. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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