Patent ID: 8687071
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A composite image creating method for causing an information processing apparatus to execute the steps of: inputting material candidate images which are images composed of frames of a moving image and/or a plurality of still images that were taken by an image-taking apparatus; detecting a movement of the image-taking apparatus at image-taking time points of all or some of the material candidate images or analysis time points that are time points in a neighborhood of the image-taking time points; determining a condition for generating a composite image from among the material candidate images based on the movement of the image-taking apparatus detected; and creating a composite image based on the material candidate images and on the condition determined; and further causing the information processing apparatus to execute the steps of: detecting a moving speed and/or a moving direction of the image-taking apparatus at the image-taking time point of each of the material candidate images; determining a material candidate image that is to be visually enhanced among the material candidate images based on the moving speed and/or the moving direction; and creating a composite image in which a subject contained in the material candidate image to be visually enhanced is visually enhanced based on the material candidate image; wherein the moving speed of the image-taking apparatus at the analysis time points of the material candidate images to be visually enhanced is slower than the moving speed of the image-taking apparatus at the analysis time points of other material candidate images.