Patent ID: 6392658
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A panorama picture synthesis apparatus for synthesizing a panorama picture from a plurality of picture data obtained by capturing a plurality of parts of an object such that they overlap one another, said panorama picture synthesis apparatus comprising:a whole picture display section configured to display a whole picture including all pictures constituting the panorama picture; a partial picture designating section configured to designate a plurality of partial pictures within a predetermined range of the whole picture; an automatic synthesizing section configured to synthesize the partial pictures designated by the partial picture designating section by automatically joining them to construct an automatically synthesized picture; a manual synthesizing section configured to divide the automatically synthesized picture into divided pictures in accordance with a predetermined operation, and synthesize the divided pictures by manually joining them to construct a manually synthesized picture; and a partial picture display section configured to display the pictures synthesized by the automatic synthesizing section or the manual synthesizing section in an enlarged size on a screen simultaneously with the whole picture.