Patent ID: 6788828
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An image combining apparatus for generating a combined image by combining a plurality of images of an object sensed so that frames partially overlap each other, comprising:detection means for detecting an image sensing condition upon sensing the plurality of images; storage means for storing the plurality of images, and the image sensing condition detected by said detection means in correspondence with the images; image combining means for generating a combined image by combining a series of images stored in said storage means, said image combining means having a plurality of combining means corresponding to individual image sensing conditions; and control means for controlling said image combining means to select one of said plurality of combining means and to combine the series of images into a single image on the basis of an image sensing condition corresponding to the series of images, wherein said image combining means comprises: corresponding point detection means for detecting a set of corresponding points in an overlapping area of the series of images; coordinate transforming means for generating the combined image by performing coordinate transforming processing for the series of images; and parameter generation means for generating an image sensing parameter on the basis of the set of corresponding points detected by said corresponding point detection means, wherein said coordinate transforming means performs the coordinate transforming processing using the image sensing parameter generated by said parameter generation means.