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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2000
Applicants:
Kiyoshi Kusama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kentaro Matsumoto, Higashikurume, JP;
Kunihiro Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Kiyoshi Kusama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kentaro Matsumoto, Higashikurume, JP;
Kunihiro Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image as a basis of a mosaic image is segmented into M×N areas by the process shown in FIG.(S), and the image characteristics of the segmented areas (S), and those of source images (S) are obtained. When the source image is a moving image, the image characteristics of that moving image are obtained from those of a plurality of still images in the moving image (S). Source images corresponding to the segmented areas are determined (S) and pasted (S), thus generating a mosaic image.