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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Kimu Higashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kimu Higashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23238 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processor includes a synthesis processing unit adapted to generate a panoramic image by clipping images from a plurality of captured images and connecting the clipped images together and a processing unit adapted to correct image distortions of a subject in the panoramic image due to varying distances to the subject by modifying the panoramic image on the basis of distance information obtained by measuring the distances to a plurality of positions of the subject.