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US 7,397,971 B2Granted
Image generating method and image generating apparatus
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorMasaaki Oka
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Abstract
A first storage unit is a storage area for storing original images. Inputted to an input unit is an operation instruction from a user. An obtaining identifying unit identifies an optimal original image pair. An obtaining processing unit accesses the first storage unit to obtain the optimal original image pair. A converting unit converts scales of respective images included in the optimal original image pair into a designated scale to generate intermediate images. A corresponding point matching unit makes the corresponding areas of the intermediate images coincide. A combining unit combines the intermediate images using a predetermined ratio to generate a target image. The resultant target image is outputted from an output unit to a monitor.
Claims7
An image generating apparatus comprising:
- an input unit inputting an instruction about a shift of a range of an image to be displayed on a screen;
- a determination unit for determining, when said range is successively shifted, a predetermined parameter value related to an image to be displayed based on an altitude of virtual point of view according to a movement speed in a coordinate system in an instructed direction;
- an obtaining unit for identifying a plurality of original images with respective parameters defined based on the parameter value determined by the determination unit, and for obtaining the plurality of original images identified;
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- an image generating unit for performing a predetermined converting process upon the plurality of original images so that the parameter values of the plurality of original images match the parameter value determined by the determination unit, and for outputting a final image obtained by combining the plurality of original images so that their corresponding areas are made to overlap, wherein:
- when the movement speed in the coordinate system in the instructed direction changes, the determination unit updates the parameter value so that an on-screen movement speed of an image currently displayed on the screen is maintained;
- and
- the image generating unit performs a processing so that the parameter value of the final image matches the parameter value updated in the determination unit.
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An image generating method comprising:
- inputting an instruction about a shift of a range of an image to be displayed on a screen;
- determining, when said range is successively shifted, a predetermined parameter value related to an image to be displayed based on an altitude of virtual point of view according to a movement speed in a coordinate system in an instructed direction;
- identifying a plurality of original images with respective parameters defined based on the parameter value determined by the determining, and obtaining the plurality of original images identified;
- and
- performing a predetermined converting process upon the plurality of original images so that the parameter values of the plurality of original images match the parameter value determined by the determining, and outputting a final image obtained by combining the plurality of original images so that their corresponding areas are made to overlap, wherein:
- when the movement speed in the coordinate system in the instructed direction changes, the determining updates the parameter value so that an on-screen movement speed of an image currently displayed on the screen is maintained;
- and
- the performing matches the parameter value of the final image to the parameter value updated in the determining.
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A program embodied on a computer readable medium to control a processor to implement the method of:
- inputting an instruction about a shift of a range of an image to be displayed on a screen;
- and
- determining, when said range is successively shifted, a predetermined parameter value related to an image to be displayed based on an altitude of virtual point of view according to a movement speed in a coordinate system in an instructed direction;
- identifying a plurality of original images with respective parameters defined based on the parameter value determined by the determining, and obtaining the plurality of original images identified;
- and
- performing a predetermined converting process upon the plurality of original images so that the parameter values of the plurality of original images match the parameter value determined by the determining, and outputting a final image obtained by combining the plurality of original images so that their corresponding areas are made to overlap, wherein:
- when the movement speed in the coordinate system in the instructed direction changes, the determining updates the parameter value so that an on-screen movement speed of an image currently displayed on the screen is maintained;
- and
- the performing matches a processing so that the parameter value of the final image to the parameter value updated in the determining.
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A computer-readable recording medium which stores a program executable by a computer, the program including the functions of:
- inputting an instruction about a shift of a range of an image to be displayed on a screen;
- determining, when said range is successively shifted, a predetermined parameter value related to an image to be displayed based on an altitude of virtual point of view according to a movement speed in a coordinate system in an instructed direction;
- identifying a plurality of original images with respective parameters defined based on the parameter value determined by the determining, and obtaining the plurality of original images identified;
- and
- performing a predetermined converting process upon the plurality of original images so that the parameter values of the plurality of original images match the parameter value determined by the determining, and outputting a final image obtained by combining the plurality of original images so that their corresponding areas are made to overlap, wherein:
- when the movement speed in the coordinate system in the instructed direction changes, the determining updates the parameter value so that an on-screen movement speed of an image currently displayed on the screen is maintained;
- and
- the performing matches the parameter value of the final image to the parameter value updated in the determining.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.