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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2012
Kazunori Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Itaru Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Takayasu Kon, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Itaru Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Takayasu Kon, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Kamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method includes the steps of extracting edges from each of a plurality of original images, thereby obtaining edge images; extracting straight lines from the edge images, thereby obtaining line images; assuming extensions of the straight lines constituting the line images and setting vanishing points on the basis of the extensions; and trimming the plurality of original images so that positions of the vanishing points in the respective original images mutually match, thereby obtaining final images.