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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Hirokazu Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Fukaya, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuji Anai, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Fukaya, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuji Anai, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon, , JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises an inputting section for inputting a plurality of continuous images which were photographed by a photographing section progressively moving relative to a photographed object; an extracting section for extracting characteristic points from images input by the inputting section; a tracking section for tracking the points corresponding to the characteristic points in the plurality of continuous images; an embedding section for embedding tracking data, which includes data of extracted and tracked points by the extracting section and the tracking section, into each image; and an outputting section for outputting the plurality of continuous images sequentially in which the tracking data was embedded by the embedding section.