Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKeiichi Fukuzawa
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Abstract
There is provided an image processing apparatus for processing at least two still images that are picked up in such a manner that two still images successively picked up have shared portions, the apparatus comprising: a synthesis unit which generates a synthesized image from the at least two still images by synthesizing the shared portions; a capturing unit which captures a plurality of frame images from a plurality of areas in the synthesized image so that a frame image is captured from an area straddling two adjacent still images across the shared portions; and a generation unit which generates a moving image in which the synthesized image is scrolled and displayed, from the plurality of frame images captured by the capturing unit.
Claims12
An image processing apparatus for processing at least two still images that are picked up in such a manner that two still images successively picked up have shared portions, the apparatus comprising:
- a synthesis unit which generates a synthesized image from the at least two still images by synthesizing the shared portions;
- a capturing unit which captures a plurality of frame images from a plurality of areas in the synthesized image so that a frame image is captured from an area straddling two adjacent still images across the shared portions;
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- a generation unit which generates a moving image in which the synthesized image is scrolled and displayed, from the plurality of frame images captured by the capturing unit.
A method for controlling an image processing apparatus which processes at least two still images that are picked up in such a manner that two still images successively picked up have shared portions, the method comprising:
- generating a synthesized image from the at least two still images by synthesizing the shared portions;
- capturing a plurality of frame images from a plurality of areas in the synthesized image so that a frame image is captured from an area straddling two adjacent still images across the shared portions;
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- generating a moving image in which the synthesized image is scrolled and displayed, from the plurality of frame images captured by the capturing.
A computer program stored in a computer-readable storage medium, the program causes an image processing apparatus which processes at least two still images that are picked up in such a manner that two still images successively picked up have shared portions, to function as:
- a synthesis unit which generates a synthesized image from the at least two still images by synthesizing the shared portions;
- a capturing unit which captures a plurality of frame images from a plurality of areas in the synthesized image so that a frame image is captured from an area straddling two adjacent still images across the shared portions;
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- a generation unit which generates a moving image in which the synthesized image is scrolled and displayed, from the plurality of frame images captured by the capturing unit.
An image processing apparatus for capturing a plurality of frame images from at least two still images that are picked up in such a manner that two still images successively picked up have shared portions, the apparatus comprising:
- a temporary storage unit which stores the at least two still images;
- a capturing unit which, for each of combinations of two adjacent still images across the shared portions, of the at least two still images, captures a plurality of frame images from a plurality of areas in the two adjacent still images so that a frame image is captured from an area straddling the two adjacent still images across the shared portions of the two adjacent still images;
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- a generation unit which generates a moving image in which the two adjacent still images are scrolled and displayed, from the plurality of frame images captured by the capturing unit.
A method for controlling an image processing apparatus for capturing a plurality of frame images from at least two still images that are picked up in such a manner that two still images successively picked up have shared portions, the method comprising:
- storing temporarily the at least two still images;
- for each of combinations of two adjacent still images across the shared portions, of the at least two still images, capturing a plurality of frame images from a plurality of areas in the two adjacent still images so that a frame image is captured from an area straddling the two adjacent still images across the shared portions of the two adjacent still images;
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- generating a moving image in which the two adjacent still images are scrolled and displayed, from the plurality of frame images captured by the capturing.
A computer program stored in a computer-readable storage medium for causing an image processing apparatus for capturing a plurality of frame images from at least two still images that are picked up in such a manner that two still images successively picked up have shared portions, to function as:
- a temporary storage unit which stores the at least two still images;
- a capturing unit which, for each of combinations of two adjacent still images across the shared portions, of the at least two still images, captures a plurality of frame images from a plurality of areas in the two adjacent still images so that a frame image is captured from an area straddling the two adjacent still images across the shared portions of the two adjacent still images;
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- a generation unit which generates a moving image in which the two adjacent still images are scrolled and displayed, from the plurality of frame images captured by the capturing unit.
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