Method and apparatus to obtain a high-resolution still images using multiple images of different focal lengths or different viewing area

摘要

PURPOSE: To attain a method and a device capable of obtaining a still picture having high resolution. ;CONSTITUTION: The method for generating plural still pictures (images) has a step for generating plural pictures 201 to 300. The method has also a step for generating each picture at a focal distance different from those of other pictures and scaling the picture by a common focal distance and a step for combining each scaled picture with the final image of one focal distance and the final image part has relatively high resolution as compared with its original sequence. The method has also a step for combining the sequence of still pictures in a visual field to be changed with a panoramic picture in overall visual areas. In addition to the combination of pictures generated in respectively different visual areas, the method can be used for combiniting pictures generated in different visual areas of an overall scene such as a panoramic scene with the combined panoramic visual area. The characteristic can be coupled with a picture of a focal distance to be changed.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1993,JPO