Patent ID: 7463305

Claim:
An image processing method comprising: performing continuous shooting by using a camera rotatably supported by a predetermined member at timings of different angles of rotation while said member is rotated, with a direction generally perpendicular to a plane of rotation as a shooting direction, an axis of rotation of the camera being displaced from a line of the shooting direction; accepting a plurality of images obtained by said continuous shooting; extracting images of objects to be parallel with each other from said plurality of images, respectively; detecting the angles of rotation from tilts of said plurality of images, respectively, with reference to the images of said objects; and relatively rotating said plurality of images based on the angles of rotation to obtain images parallel with each other; wherein said predetermined member is a generally annular rotor with its circular surface as the plane of rotation; said camera is supported in a position near an outer periphery of said rotor, and when said rotor is rotated, makes a circular movement with a distance from the center of rotation as a radius; and in the performing continuous shooting, said plurality of images are shot from a plurality of positions in an orbit of said circular movement.