Patent ID: 6804413
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
An image processing device comprising:an input section to input a plurality of images obtained from a separate-pickup of an object performed such that parts of the images are overlapped; a combining section to combine two images adjacent to each other in one of a first manner and a second manner; in said first manner, two images adjacent to each other in a first direction being combined based on overlapping regions of two images adjacent to each other in said first direction, and in said second manner, two images adjacent to each other in a second direction being combined based on overlapping regions of two images adjacent to each other in said second direction; and a controller to control said combining section according to a predetermined condition such that said combining section performs the combining in said first manner and then in said second manner when said two images adjacent to each other in the first direction can be combined and said two images adjacent to each other in the second direction can be combined, and performs the combining in said second manner and then in said first manner when at least one of said two images adjacent to each other in the first direction and said two images adjacent to each other in the second direction cannot be combined.