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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Koutaro Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Takiguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tatsushi Katayama, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Hatori, Hatogaya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image synthesizing method for synthesizing a plurality of images partially overlapping with each other, having the steps of inputting a plurality of image data each corresponding to a plurality of images, extracting a matching point of duplicate areas of desired two images partially overlapping with each other among a plurality of images of the plurality of input image data, and sequentially detecting a position relationship between two images in accordance with the extracted matching point, detecting the position relationships of all images in accordance with the position relationship between two images sequentially detected by the position relationship detecting step, and synthesizing the images of the plurality of input image data in accordance with the position relationships of all images detected by the all image position relationship detecting step to form a synthesized image.