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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image processing apparatus that combines a first photographed image including a first foreground object and a background with a second photographed image including a second foreground object and the background, and generates an output image including the first foreground object, the second foreground object, and the background, the image processing apparatus including a seam candidate region determining unit that determines a seam candidate region obtained by removing regions of the first foreground object and the second foreground object from the first photographed image or the second photographed image, a seam determining unit that determines a seam which passes through a top edge and a bottom edge of the seam candidate region and divides the seam candidate region, and a combining unit that combines the first photographed image and the second photographed image at the seam to generate the output image.