Patent Document ID: 10063774
Application ID: 14914208
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus detecting a plurality of joint positions between a plurality of input images, comprising: a processor configured to: determine a plurality of target images, from a first input image among the input images, to be searched in a region of a second input image among the input images that overlaps the first input image; calculate a characteristic amount for each of the target images from the first input image; and detect a first joint position of a first target image from the first input image among the target images based on a second joint position of a second target image from the first input image, different from the first target image from the first input image, selected from peripheral target images around the first target image from the first input image, the second target image from the first input image having the characteristic amount greater than that of the first target image from the first input image and the second joint position of the second target image from the first input image having already been determined.