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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1992
Kunio Yoshihara, Sagamihara, JP;
Kazuhiko Hirooka, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Keiju Kuboki, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuo Nimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Ritsushi Tanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting images, and storage units for storing the images input from the input unit. The storage units store a plurality of images having common partial images. The apparatus further includes a determination unit for determining positions of the respective overlapped common partial images of the plurality of images stored in the storage units, a synthesis unit for forming an image by synthesizing the plurality of images according to a result of the determination by the determination unit, and an output unit for outputting the image synthesized by the synthesis unit.