Patent ID: 6661931
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method of processing a plurality of batches of object-part-image data representing a plurality of object-part images which are taken by at least one image-taking device from a plurality of parts of an object, respectively, and thereby obtaining at least one optical characteristic value of the object,the object-part images imaging the parts of the object such that at least one first object-part image images at least one first part and at least one second object-part image images at least one second part adjacent to said at least one first part in the object and includes at least one overlapping portion imaging a portion of said at least one first part, each of said plurality of batches of object-part-image data comprising a plurality of optical characteristic values respectively associated with a plurality of physical positions, and thereby defining a corresponding one of a plurality of physical screens, the method comprising the steps of designating at least one virtual position on a virtual screen corresponding to the parts of the object, modifying, based on predetermined modifying data, said at least one virtual position on the virtual screen, and thereby determining at least one physical position corresponding to said at least one virtual position, on one of the physical screens, and obtaining at least one optical characteristic value associated with said at least one physical position on said one physical screen, as at least one optical characteristic value associated with said at least one virtual position on the virtual screen and as said at least one optical characteristic value of the object.