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Image processing apparatus for panoramic synthesis of a plurality of sub-images

US9053556B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 2009
Grant dateJun 9, 2015
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T3/4038
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus synthesizing a plurality of sub-images in a panoramic way to create a panoramic image includes a face recognizing unit recognizing a person's face from a plurality of the sub-images, a sampling image selecting unit selecting a sub-image which has a face recognized by the face recognizing unit, out of a plurality of the sub-images as a sampling image, a sampling unit sampling a plurality of pixels from the selected sampling image.

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