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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1999
Yasuomi Shimada, Ikoma, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image and sound reproduction system which can perform reproduction while replacing a predetermined portion of a background image with another still picture is provided. Still picture synthesizing means combines an arbitrary first still picture with plural second still pictures serving as a background, and synthesis and reproduction controlling means controls the still picture synthesizing means, whereby the first still picture is combined with the plural second still pictures in accordance with position information for combining the first still picture with the second still pictures. The synthetic images are sequentially reproduced. In this case, the position of a partial region (dummy object) of a dummy still picture serving as a reference is determined, and a synthesizing position of a part (user object) of the first still picture is determined in accordance with the position coordinates of the dummy still picture.