Patent ID: 9298356
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image processing method comprising: photographing a first still image and a second still image using a digital photographing apparatus; receiving, on the digital photographing apparatus, a user input that defines a selection area in the first still image; defining the selection area according to the user input; searching, based on still image file names or header information in still image files corresponding to images captured using a continuous shooting mode, for the second still image continuously shot with the first still image when the user input that defines a selection area in the first still image is received; extracting image data that correspond to the selection area from the second still image using a gradation mask that has high weight with respect to a center of the selection area and low weight with respect to an edge region of the selection area; combining the image data extracted from the second still image on the selection area of the first still image to create a composite image; and sequentially displaying the first still image and the composite image on a display of the digital photographing apparatus.