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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2007
Hiroshi Shimizu, Akishima, JP;
Hiroshi Shimizu, Akishima, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image synthesis device selects frame images in an order stored in a DRAM, and calculates the characteristic amount of the selected frame image. The image synthesis device searches a block having the calculated characteristic amount in a next frame, and calculates a moving vector. The image synthesis device sets an extraction width which is a width of a partial image to be extracted based on the calculated moving vector, and extracts an image at the extraction width from the central line in a current frame image. The image synthesis device combines and synthesizes the extracted partial image with the end portion, opposite to the moving vector, of a panorama synthetic image synthesized at this point, i.e., the end portion of the moving direction of an electronic camera.