Composition processing system, composition processing apparatus, and composition processing method

1. A composition processing system comprising an image capturing apparatus, a first computer, and a second computer, wherein

the first computer comprises

at least one processor configured to:

acquire a plurality of separate images of a structure to be inspected, the plurality of images obtained by imaging the structure in a divided manner with the image capturing apparatus;

acquire on the basis of the plurality of separate images, composition supplementary information for composing a first large-area image that corresponds to a large inspection area of the structure;

generate minified separate images acquired by reducing image sizes of the separate images;

composite the minified separate images on the basis of the composition supplementary information to generate a second large-area image; and

displays the second large-area image on a display, and the second computer comprises

at least one processor configured to:

acquire from the first computer the plurality of separate images to which the composition supplementary information is added; and

composite the plurality of separate images on the basis of the composition supplementary information to generate the first large-area image.

2. The composition processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first computer further acquires a separate image captured by the image capturing apparatus after the second large-area image has been displayed on the display of the first computer.

3. The composition processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first computer examines image quality of the separate images.

4. The composition processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the first computer superimposes a result of the examination, on the second large-area image on the display.

5. The composition processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first computer acquires a projective transformation matrix for performing panorama composition for the separate images.

6. The composition processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second computer outputs the generated first large-area image via a network.

7. The composition processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second computer is a cloud server.

8. The composition processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first computer and the second computer are capable of communicating with each other over a network, and

the first computer transmits to the second computer the plurality of separate images to which the composition supplementary information is added in a case where a condition of connection to the network is good.

9. The composition processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second computer detects damage from the first large-area image.

10. The composition processing system according to claim 9 , wherein the second computer estimates an extent of the detected damage and quantitatively evaluates the extent of the detected damage.

11. The composition processing system according to claim 9 , wherein the second computer accepts a correction to the detected damage.

12. The composition processing system according to claim 9 , wherein the second computer outputs a result of detection of the damage.

13. A composition processing apparatus comprising

at least one processor configured to:

acquire a plurality of separate images of a structure to be inspected, the plurality of images obtained by imaging the structure in a divided manner with the image capturing apparatus;

acquire on the basis of the plurality of separate images, composition supplementary information for composing a first large-area image that corresponds to a large inspection area of the structure;

generate minified separate images acquired by reducing image sizes of the separate images;

composite the minified separate images on the basis of the composition supplementary information to generate a second large-area image;

display the second large-area image on a display; and

output the plurality of separate images to which the composition supplementary information is added.

14. A composition processing method to be performed by an image capturing apparatus, a first computer, and a second computer, comprising:

acquiring, by the first computer, a plurality of separate images of a structure to be inspected, the plurality of images obtained by imaging the structure in a divided manner with the image capturing apparatus;

acquiring, by the first computer, on the basis of the plurality of separate images, composition supplementary information for composing a first large-area image that corresponds to a large inspection area of the structure;

generating, by the first computer, minified separate images acquired by reducing image sizes of the separate images;

compositing, by the first computer, the minified separate images on the basis of the composition supplementary information to generate a second large-area image;

displaying, by the first computer, the second large-area image on a display;

acquiring, by the second computer, from the first computer the plurality of separate images to which the composition supplementary information is added; and

compositing, by the second computer, the plurality of separate images on the basis of the composition supplementary information to generate the first large-area image

are performed.