Patent ID: 7440595

Claim:
A method for processing images comprising the steps of: obtaining image data units; selecting a first image data unit as a reference for measuring a similarity index; specifying a region for measuring the similarity index in the first image data unit; determining, among attribute information of remaining image data units other than the first image data unit, whether attribute information in terms of pan angles, tilt angles, and zoom angles of a camera being used during capturing the remaining image data units is identical to the attribute information of the first image data unit in terms of pan angles, tilt angles, and zoom angles of a camera being used during capturing the first image data unit; deciding, among remaining image data units other than the first image data unit, images having the attribute information identical to the attribute information of the first image data units determined, as a second image data unit to be compared with the first image data unit in the measuring similarity index; specifying a corresponding region in the second image data unit corresponding to the specified region in the first image data unit; and measuring the similarity index between the specified region in the first image data unit and the specified corresponding region in the second image data unit.