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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
Noboru Katta, Itami, JP;
Hirotsugu Kawata, Sakai, JP;
Susumu Ibaraki, Sakai, JP;
Takahisa Sakai, Amagasaki, JP;
Toshiaki Mori, Mino, JP;
Akihiro Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiko Kurosaki, Kobe, JP;
Yuji Mizuguchi, Hirakata, JP;
Noboru Katta, Itami, JP;
Hirotsugu Kawata, Sakai, JP;
Susumu Ibaraki, Sakai, JP;
Takahisa Sakai, Amagasaki, JP;
Toshiaki Mori, Mino, JP;
Akihiro Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiko Kurosaki, Kobe, JP;
Yuji Mizuguchi, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-Fu, JP;
Abstract
A control device determines whether an image generated by merging several concurrently picked-up images has consistent image quality on a display device. If determined No, image quality parameters set in each image pickup device are so controlled as to make the image quality of the merged image consistent. Therefore, the merged image can assuredly have consistent image quality. Further, a signal processing device detects, based on positions of nodes and attributes of cameras, a connection indicating which node is connected to which camera and with what attribute. The signal processing device in advance stores every detectable connection and a plurality of image processing programs corresponding to each connection, and selects and carries out one of the image processing programs corresponding to the detected connection.