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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A first original image and a second original image are input to create a merged image. A superimpose area, which an operator designates using an input device, is set as a superimpose area. A portion of the first original image to be superimposed is determined. A superimposing process is executed by blending the first original image with the merged image with a weighted average. The setting of the superimpose area is to determine an &agr; value indicative of the degree of blend (weight) between the first original image and the merged image. The &agr; value of a portion independently present to the side of the second original image with respect to a center line is forced to be zero. The first original image is superimposed onto the merged image using the determined &agr; value.