Appeal No. 1998-3023 Application No. 08/339,731 fingerprints - ten rolled and ten plain fingerprints. An operator inputs the entire tenprint card image, temporarily stores the image and displays it. The operator views the image and identifies cutout regions containing individual fingerprint images and the location of each fingerprint image within each cutout region. The operator then has the option of modifying the cutout information to select cutout regions other than those previously selected or outputting the selected cutout regions containing the fingerprint images. Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows: 1. A fingerprint image cutout processing device for a tenprint card comprising: image input means for inputting, on a card-by-card basis, image data provided on a tenprint card containing rolled fingerprints and plain fingerprints of ten fingers; image storage means for storing said image data input by said image input means; cutout information input means for accepting input of fingerprint cutout information for each of said ten fingers, said cutout information input means displaying said tenprint 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007