Patent ID: 7034861

Claim:
A picture composing apparatus comprising: a plurality of image pickup means; image pickup situation detecting means for detecting an image pickup situation of said image pickup means; first projecting means for projecting a plurality of images taken by said image pickup means onto a projection section in accordance with the image pickup situation detected by said image pickup situation detecting means to generate a plurality of first projected images; second projecting means for projecting said plurality of first projected images to a three-dimensional projection model to generate a second projected image; virtual image pickup means for virtually picking up said second projected image; three-dimensional projection model determining means for determining a position of said three-dimensional projection model and a shape thereof; and pickup situation determining means for determining an image pickup situation of said virtual image pickup means, said second projected image being picked up by said virtual image pickup means in the image pickup situation determined by said pickup situation determining means to combine the plurality of images taken by said plurality of image pickup means.