Patent ID: 7277586

Claim:
An images combination processing system for executing combination processing of split images, comprising: split-image compressing means for compressing image data of each area out of a plurality of areas into which a picked-up image is split; restart marker inserting means for inserting plural types of restart markers into compressed data, which are compressed by the split-image compressing means, from a head of the compressed data in a circulatory order of the plural types, and inserting a special restart marker into a rearmost portion of the compressed data; data length counting means for counting a data length of the compressed data into which the restart markers and the special restart marker are inserted by the restart marker inserting means; compressed data storing means for storing the compressed data of each split image into which the restart markers are inserted; special restart marker detecting means for detecting the special restart marker from areas in the compressed data storing means, which are identified based on the data length counted by the data length counting means; and restart marker replacing means for reading compressed data that extend from the restart marker, which is inserted into the head of the compressed data, to the special restart marker from the compressed data storing means to replace the special restart marker with a last restart marker contained in the restart markers, wherein the split-image compressing means, the restart marker inserting means, and the data length counting means execute each process for each split image of the picked-up image, and the special restart marker detecting means and the restart marker replacing means execute each process for all split images of the picked-up image.