Image combining apparatus, image combining method and storage medium
First Claim
1. An image combining apparatus which combines a plurality of images photographed by a photographic device, the image combining apparatus comprising:
- a frame display unit which generates a virtual three-dimensional space on a display on which an image is displayed, the frame display unit displaying a spherical surface or a frame expressing a spherical surface in the virtual three-dimensional space;
an image selection unit which selects images;
an image arrangement unit which arranges the images selected by the image selection unit on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface;
a visual point moving unit which moves a visual point from which the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface is observed;
an operating unit which, in accordance with an operation instruction, carries out a rotating operation, or a parallel moving operation onto the images arranged on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface by the image arrangement unit; and
a combining unit which combines the plural images operated by the operating unit into one image.
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Abstract
The invention provides an image combining method of an image processing apparatus for processing a plurality of images photographed by a photographic device, the method includes generating a virtual three-dimensional space on a display on which an image is displayed, and displaying a spherical surface or a frame expressing a spherical surface in the virtual three-dimensional space, selecting images, arranging the selected images on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface, moving a visual point from which the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface is observed, carrying out a rotating operation, or a parallel moving operation onto the images arranged on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface, in accordance with an operation instruction, and combining the plural operated images into one image.
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12 Claims
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1. An image combining apparatus which combines a plurality of images photographed by a photographic device, the image combining apparatus comprising:
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a frame display unit which generates a virtual three-dimensional space on a display on which an image is displayed, the frame display unit displaying a spherical surface or a frame expressing a spherical surface in the virtual three-dimensional space; an image selection unit which selects images; an image arrangement unit which arranges the images selected by the image selection unit on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface; a visual point moving unit which moves a visual point from which the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface is observed; an operating unit which, in accordance with an operation instruction, carries out a rotating operation, or a parallel moving operation onto the images arranged on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface by the image arrangement unit; and a combining unit which combines the plural images operated by the operating unit into one image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An image combining method of an image processing apparatus for processing a plurality of images photographed by a photographic device, the method comprising:
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generating a virtual three-dimensional space on a display on which an image is displayed, and displaying a spherical surface or a frame expressing a spherical surface in the virtual three-dimensional space; selecting images; arranging the selected images on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface; moving a visual point from which the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface is observed; carrying out a rotating operation, or a parallel moving operation onto the images arranged on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface, in accordance with an operation instruction; and combining the plural operated images into one image. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A storage medium having stored therein a program to be executed by an image processing apparatus for processing a plurality of images photographed by a photographic device, the program comprising:
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a frame display step of generating a virtual three-dimensional space on a display on which an image is displayed, and of displaying a spherical surface or a frame expressing a spherical surface in the virtual three-dimensional space; an image selecting step of selecting images; an image arranging step of arranging the images selected in the image selecting step on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface; a visual point moving step of moving a visual point from which the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface is observed; an operating step of, in accordance with an operation instruction, carrying out a rotating operation, or a parallel moving operation onto the images arranged on the spherical surface or the frame expressing a spherical surface in the image arranging step; and a combining step of combining the plural images operated in the operating step into one image. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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