Panorama image synthesis method, object detection method, panorama image synthesis system, image shooting apparatus, and panorama image synthesis program

摘要

An overlap image group each having a first overlap region is selected (S 11 ). The overlap image group is composed of N images including a second overlap region other than the first overlap region and a to-be-expanded image not including the second overlap region. A linearization coefficient of the to-be-expanded image is calculated using the images of the overlap image group in the first overlap region (S 12 ), and the to-be-expanded image is expanded in size up to the second overlap region, using the thus calculated linearization coefficient and the N images in the second overlap region (S 14 ). This processing is repeated to generate a panorama image.