Patent ID: 7076116
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image input section which inputs two adjacent images, wherein the images partially overlap with each other; an overlap region determining section which determines an overlap region of the images; a region determining section which determines first and second regions within the overlap region based on differences in pixel values between the two images; a first pixel value determining section which determines a pixel value in the first region based on a pixel value of only one of the two adjacent images; a second pixel value determining section which determines a pixel value in the second region within the overlap region based on respective pixel values of the two adjacent images, wherein the second region is a region of the overlap region other than the first region; and an image joining section which joins the two adjacent images with each other by utilizing the determined pixel values in the first region and the determined pixel values in the second region as pixel values in respective regions of the overlap region.