Patent ID: 6459819
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image input system for synthesizing a composite image of an object from a plurality of divisional images which are acquired from the object by a camera by displacing the camera; the image input system comprising:a position detector for detecting a present position of the camera; a supporting means for supporting the camera to be movable on the object maintaining a fixed distance to the object, and unitizing the position detector and the camera; an image acquisition indicating means for generating an image acquisition indication referring to the present position of the camera detected by the position detector, each of the divisional images being acquired according to the image acquisition indication automatically at fixed intervals so as to have an overlap with another of the divisional images; and an image acquiring means for acquiring each of the divisional images according to the image acquisition indication generated by the image acquisition indicating means, and storing the divisional images together with attribution information of the divisional images.