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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masakazu Matsugu, Chiba, JP;
Katsumi Iijima, Hachiouji, JP;
Kotaro Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Sunao Kurahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiaki Kondo, Fujisawa, JP;
Motohiro Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ; G06K 9/66 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus in which a plurality of images obtained by photographing a three-dimensional object from a plurality of viewpoints are integrated by using image-pickup parameters such as position, pose, focal lengths, and aberration information of a camera at these viewpoints, thereby integrating shapes at arbitrary viewpoints of the three-dimensional object.