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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1999
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an image connecting method, an image connecting apparatus, and a storage medium on which an image connecting program is stored, for connecting a first image and a second image such that particular connecting areas are determined for the first image and the second image and the first and second images in the connecting areas are combined together thereby connecting the first and second images into a single image including no unnatural parts. The first image and the second image are decomposed into frequency components. The connecting area is determined for each frequency component such that the connecting area becomes narrower with the increase in the frequency of the frequency component, and the first and second images are combined in the connecting area for each frequency component. After that, particular partial images in the first and second images are designated. The designated partial images are extracted from the first or second image, and extracted partial images are overwritten on the connecting part.