In the present invention, omnidirectional video images shot by a plurality
of cameras are so distributed that the video images can be changed
seamlessly on a receiver side. A panorama image, which is composed of the
video frames obtained originally from the plural cameras and arranged on
a cylindrical lateral plane, is divided into equal halves, and the
second-half frame portion thus divided is placed under the first-half
frame portion. Further, rearrangement is performed in such a manner that
an extra video frame of the adjacent camera is pasted to one edge of the
divided portion, and in the vicinities of both edges of the
omnidirectional video image, the video frames of the adjacent cameras
thus pasted together are duplicated, whereby any region astride the video
frames of the adjacent cameras can be changed seamlessly.