Patent ID: 8279291
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image transforming apparatus comprising: a first feature point deciding device for deciding a plurality of feature points, which indicate the shape features of a subject image, from within a first image, wherein the first image and a second image have been obtained by continuous shooting; a first corresponding point deciding device for deciding corresponding points, which correspond to the feature points decided by said first feature point deciding device, from within the second image; a moving subject image detecting device for detecting moving subject images in respective ones of the first and second images, the moving subject images being subject images contained in the first and second images and representing an object moving from capture of the first image to capture of the second image; a transformation target area setting device for setting transformation target areas in respective ones of the first and second images, the transformation target areas enclosing both the positions of feature points, which are present in the moving subject image detected by said moving subject image detecting device, from among the feature points decided by said first feature point deciding device, and the positions of corresponding points, which are present in the moving subject image detected by said moving subject image detecting device, from among the corresponding points decided by said first corresponding point deciding device; a second feature point deciding device for deciding a plurality of feature points of an image within the transformation target area of the first image set by said transformation target area setting device; a second corresponding point deciding device for deciding corresponding points, which correspond to the feature points decided by said second feature point deciding device, in an image within the transformation target area of the second image set by said transformation target area setting device; and a first image transforming device for transforming the image within the transformation target area of the second image in such a manner that the feature points decided by said second feature point deciding device and the corresponding points decided by said second corresponding point deciding device will coincide.