Invention Grant
US08953046B2 Information processing apparatus for selecting a camera to be used to generate a virtual viewpoint video from images shot by a plurality of cameras
有权
信息处理装置,用于从由多个照相机拍摄的图像中选择要用于生成虚拟视点视频的相机
- Patent Title: Information processing apparatus for selecting a camera to be used to generate a virtual viewpoint video from images shot by a plurality of cameras
- Patent Title (中): 信息处理装置,用于从由多个照相机拍摄的图像中选择要用于生成虚拟视点视频的相机
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Application No.: US13082739Application Date: 2011-04-08
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Publication No.: US08953046B2Publication Date: 2015-02-10
- Inventor: Takuya Kotani , Kazuhiro Yahata
- Applicant: Takuya Kotani , Kazuhiro Yahata
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2010-095094 20100416
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06T15/20

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus acquires virtual viewpoint information of a plurality of frames contained in a virtual viewpoint video, selects a camera for shooting an image to be used in generating an image at a virtual viewpoint in a frame from a plurality of cameras with respect to each of the plurality of the frames based on a positional relationship between the virtual viewpoint information of each frame and viewpoint information of the plurality of the cameras, and reselects the camera selected for each of the plurality of the frames.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110254958A1 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING Public/Granted day:2011-10-20
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