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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2004
Yasunori Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Natsuko Ouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Izuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Yuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ida, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Natsuko Ouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Izuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Yuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ida, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-processing apparatus comprising: an image pickup device for taking pictures of subjects, thereby creating first and second subject images; an image combining unit for overlaying said first subject image with a partially-transparent image set with a transparent region, thereby creating a composite image; a display for displaying the composite image thus created; a memory for storing the second subject image; and a transparent-region setting unit for setting a transparent region in a part of the second subject image stored in the memory, thereby creating the partially-transparent image.