Claims
- 1. In a method of producing a panorama image by joining at least portions of a plurality of images formed from an image signal produced by imaging a subject, the improvement wherein:
- the position at and/or the width with which portions of each two adjacent images are joined with each other are variable, and the respective portion of each of said images joined to produce the panorama image corresponds to that portion in said panorama image in which the respective portion is located such that right-side portions of selected images are joined to produce a right-side portion of the panorama image, middle portions of selected images are joined to produce a middle portion of the panorama image, and left-side portions of selected images are joined to produce a left-side portion of the panorama image.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the widths of the portions of the plurality of images that are joined are not all the same.
- 3. An apparatus for producing a panorama image from an input image signal produced by imaging a subject, comprising:
- image storage means for storing the input image signal for a plurality of images;
- read means for reading the image signal from said image storage means;
- joining means for joining at least portions of the images of the image signal read out from said storage means to form a panorama image; and
- control means for controlling the timing to enable storage of the input image signal into said image storage means thereby to control the position at and/or the width with which portions of each two adjacent images are joined with each other, said control means being further operable to control said joining means so that the respective portion of each of said images joined corresponds to that portion in said panorama image in which the respective portion is located such that right-side portions of selected images are joined to produce a right-side portion of the panorama image, middle portions of selected images are joined to produce a middle portion of the panorama image, and left-side portions of selected images are joined to produce a left-side portion of the panorama image.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the widths of the portions of the plurality of images that are joined are not all the same.
Priority Claims (5)
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4-297771 |
Oct 1992 |
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4-297772 |
Oct 1992 |
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4-297773 |
Oct 1992 |
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4-297774 |
Oct 1992 |
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4-309451 |
Oct 1992 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/395,753, filed Feb. 27, 1995, abandoned, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/133,377 filed Oct. 8, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,548,409.
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Divisions (1)
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