Patent ID: 6330001
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An image position adjustment device for enabling a user to adjust alignment between two or more reference images, comprising:a feature extraction section that extracts features which provide the user with clues effective for image position adjustment from each of the reference images and uses the extracted features to generate a feature image associated with each of the reference images;an image selection device operable by a user to select at least one of the reference images as a target of image position adjustment;a display image generation section that generates a composite display image from components including part or the whole of the selected reference image, and at least one other reference image, using a corresponding part or the whole of the feature image associated with the selected reference image;a display unit operative to display the composite image; anda displaying order setting section that sets a layering order for display of the components of the display image on the display unit.