Patent ID: 8179421

Claim:
An image synthesizing device for generating one or more synthesized images from input images using the image layout information prepared in advance for each of the one or more synthesized images, comprising: a connection unit configured to connect to another image synthesizing device; a layout storage configured to store the image layout information of one or more synthesized images where a plurality of input images input into the image synthesizing device and the another image synthesizing device are laid out in desired positions; an image storage configured to temporarily store the plurality of input images; a first reading request unit configured to perform a first reading request by specifying the input images to be read from the image storage using the image layout information in the layout storage; a second reading request unit configured to perform a second reading request by specifying the input images to be read from an image storage in the another image synthesizing device using the image layout information in the layout storage; a request sending unit configured to send the second reading request by the second reading request unit to the another image synthesizing device; a reading control unit configured to read the input images specified by the first reading request of the first reading request unit from the image storage, as image information; an image information receiving unit configured to receive the image information sent from an image information sending unit in the another image synthesizing device; and one or more synthesized image generating units configured to generate the one or more synthesized images using the image information read by the reading control unit and the image information received by the image information receiving unit.