Title:
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/146566
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This technique relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and a program whereby higher quality of panorama images can be obtained. In a case where an image processing apparatus uses the first to N-th projection images to generate a panorama image, when the first to n-th projection images are obtained, the image processing apparatus generates a digraph in which the Cx-direction positions of those projection images are nodes, while a detection result of a moving subject between adjacent projection images is an energy between nodes. The image processing apparatus searches for the minimum-cost path, for which the cost from the starting point of the generated digraph to the end point thereof is the minimum, and uses the search result to search for the minimum-cost path of the digraph for the (n + 1)-th projection image. Then, the image processing apparatus couples, on the basis of the minimum-cost path obtained when the N-th projection image is obtained, the projection images, thereby generating the panorama image. This technique can be applied to image processing apparatuses.
Inventors:
SANO KENICHI (JP)
YAMADA HIDESHI (JP)
OHKI MITSUHARU (JP)
YAMADA HIDESHI (JP)
OHKI MITSUHARU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2013/058221
Publication Date:
October 03, 2013
Filing Date:
March 22, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04N5/232; G03B37/00; G06T3/00; H04N5/225
Foreign References:
| JP2011097246A | 2011-05-12 | |||
| JP2004088678A | 2004-03-18 | |||
| JP2008003683A | 2008-01-10 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
INAMOTO Yoshio et al. (JP)
Yoshio Inemoto (JP)
Yoshio Inemoto (JP)
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