A rectangle has width 12 units and height 8 units. Two line segments are drawn inside the rectangle. The first segment connects a point on the left side, 2 units from the top, to a point on the right side, 2 units from the bottom. The second segment connects a point on the top side, 3 units from the left, to a point on the bottom side, 3 units from the right. Find the area of the shaded region, which consists of the four corner triangles formed by these line segments and the sides of the rectangle.