Image processing device that generates a composite image

Abstract

An image capture device ( 1 ) includes an image acquiring unit ( 71 ), image specifying unit ( 72 ), image selecting unit ( 73 ), and combined image generating unit ( 74 ). The image acquiring unit ( 71 ) acquires data of a plurality of images indicative of a sequence of actions of an object. The image specifying unit ( 72 ) specifies a partial predetermined action in the sequence of the actions of the object from the plurality of images acquired by the image acquiring unit ( 71 ). The image selecting unit ( 73 ) selects data of a plurality of images corresponding to the predetermined action from among the data of the plurality of images based on a specifying result by the image specifying unit ( 72 ). The composite image generating unit ( 74 ) generates one composite image from the data of a plurality of images selected by the image selecting unit ( 73 ).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An image processing device comprising:
 an image acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of images indicative of a sequence of actions of an object;   an image specifying unit that specifies a predetermined partial action in the sequence of the actions of the object from the plurality of images acquired by the image acquiring unit;   an image selecting unit that selects a plurality of images corresponding to the predetermined partial action from among the plurality of images, based on a specifying result by the image specifying unit; and   a composite image generating unit that generates a composite image from the plurality of images selected by the image selecting unit.   
     
     
         2 . The image processing device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the image selecting unit selects images corresponding to either of an action before or after the predetermined action, in addition to images corresponding to the predetermined action.   
     
     
         3 . The image processing device according to  claim 1 , wherein the image acquiring unit acquires images in which a golf swing is captured as the sequence of the actions of the object. 
     
     
         4 . The image processing device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the image acquiring unit acquires the plurality of images as a moving image.   
     
     
         5 . An image processing method executed by an image processing device, the method comprising the steps of:
 acquiring a plurality of images indicative of a sequence of actions of an object;   specifying a predetermined action in the sequence of the actions of the object from the plurality of images acquired by the image acquiring unit;   selecting a plurality of images corresponding to the predetermined partial action from among the plurality of images, based on a specifying result by the image specifying unit; and   generating a composite image from the plurality of images selected by the image selecting unit.   
     
     
         6 . A storage medium encoded with a computer-readable program that enables a computer to execute functions as:
 an image acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of images indicative of a sequence of actions of an object;   an image specifying unit that specifies a predetermined partial action in the sequence of the actions of the object from the plurality of images acquired by the image acquiring unit;   an image selecting unit that selects a plurality of images corresponding to the predetermined partial action from among the plurality of images, based on a specifying result by the image specifying unit; and   a composite image generating unit that generates a composite image from the plurality of images selected by the image selecting unit.