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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhisa Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A chronological sequence of a plurality of images is obtained, and one of the plurality of images obtained is set as a reference image while remainders thereof are set as object images. A plurality of parameters for converting each of main subject portions of respective plurality of object images to be aligned so as to be superimposed on a main subject portion of the reference image are calculated. Images are combined such that the main subject portions are superimposed with alignment degrees of the parameters degrading as distance from a predetermined location increases.