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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Atsushi Morimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Qinhe Wang, Fukuoka, JP;
Mikio Morioka, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); G06T 3/0062 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 5/2621 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image converter partially enlarges and reduces a panorama image. The image converter inputs a panorama image, enlarges/reduces the panorama image, such that an enlargement ratio changes continuously in a continuous area of the panorama image. In the image enlargement/reduction, the panorama image is enlarged and reduced such that a width, in the longitudinal direction of the panorama image, of the panorama image after the enlargement/reduction fits into the original panorama image.