US 20040239779A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2004/0239779 Al
Washisu (43) Pub. Date: Dec. 2,2004
(54) IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM
(76) Inventor: Koichi Washisu, Tokyo (JP)
Correspondence Address:
COWAN LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN P.C
JOHN J TORRENTE
1133 AVE OF THE AMERICAS
1133 AVE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10017 (US)
(21) Appl. No.: 10/852,334
(22) Filed: May 24, 2004
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
May 29, 2003 (JP) 153475/2003 (PAT)
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 II04N 5/262
(52) U.S. CI 348/239; 348/222.1
(57) ABSTRACT
An image processing apparatus, which obtains a synthesized image whose exposure is corrected by synthesizing a first image and a second image, is disclosed. The image processing apparatus comprises a detection section which detects an amount of displacement of the second image with respect to the first image which is a reference image, a coordinate conversion section which performs coordinate conversion to the second image so as to conform to the first image, and a synthesis section which synthesizes the second image having been subjected to the coordinate conversion with the first image.
