Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kazuna Maruyama

Koji Mito

Yasushi Shikata

Kazuhiro Matsubayashi

Hirofumi Urabe

Yoshikazu Shibamiya

Shuntaro Aratani

Eito Sakakima

Satoshi Hanamitsu

Satoshi Ukawa

Osamu Yonishi

Norihisa Suzuki

Yuuka Fujinaka

Tomoaki Arai

An information processing apparatus comprises an identification unit configured to identify a position and an orientation of an image capturing apparatus; a reception unit configured to receive an input associated with a switching operation for switching an image to be output between a captured image acquired by the image capturing apparatus and a virtual viewpoint image generated based on a plurality of captured images captured from different directions; and a determination unit configured to determine a position and an orientation of a virtual viewpoint corresponding to the virtual viewpoint image such that, in a specific period after the input associated with the switching operation is received, the position and the orientation of the virtual viewpoint and the identified position and the identified orientation of the image capturing apparatus match each other.

Information processing apparatus, method of controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus for determining a position of a virtual viewpoint for a virtual viewpoint image generated based on a plurality of images captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire position information indicating a position existing within a predetermined range from a field to be captured by the plurality of imaging apparatuses, and a determination unit configured to determine, as the position of the virtual viewpoint for the virtual viewpoint image, a position different from the position indicated by the position information, based on the position information acquired by the first acquisition unit.

Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and recording medium

An information processing device decides a viewpoint position and generates a virtual viewpoint image based on the decided viewpoint position by using a plurality of images shot by a plurality of imaging apparatuses. The information processing device includes a determining unit configured to determine a scene related to the virtual viewpoint image to be generated, and a deciding unit configured to decide the viewpoint position related to the virtual viewpoint image in the scene determined by the determining unit, based on the scene determined by the determining unit.

Information processing device, control method of information processing device, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire viewpoint information for identifying a movement path of a virtual viewpoint relating to generation of a virtual viewpoint image, the virtual viewpoint image being generated based on captured images obtained by a plurality of cameras that performs imaging from a plurality of directions, and a control unit configured to determine a display area of a virtual object to be inserted into the virtual viewpoint image, wherein the control unit determines the display area of the virtual object in the virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a virtual viewpoint at a first point in time on the movement path identified from the acquired viewpoint information, based on the virtual viewpoint at the first point in time, and a virtual viewpoint at a second point in time on the movement path.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for generating a virtual viewpoint image

An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a type of event in a imaging target region, and a restriction unit configured to restrict generation of a virtual viewpoint image, by referring to a restriction content related to generation of a virtual viewpoint image and determined for an imaging target region, and a restriction content related to generation of a virtual viewpoint image and determined for a type of event of an imaging target.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

A broadcast receiving apparatus and method for controlling the apparatus includes selecting a channel from a plurality of channels included in a broadcast signal, an outputting channel selection information specifying a selected channel, outputting video of the selected channel to a display device, outputting channel information related to the selected channel to the display device, and controlling selection of the channel and outputting of the channel information based on the outputted channel selection information specifying a selected channel and a predetermined condition.

Broadcast receiving apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

A television apparatus includes a plurality of receiving units. The television apparatus includes a first receiving unit configured to receive a channel which broadcasts a program whose video image is displayed on a display unit, a second receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of channels while the video image is being displayed, a program information management unit configured to store genre information about programs broadcasted on the plurality of channels, and a control unit configured to determine a periodic check order of receiving the plurality of channels based on the genre information about the programs read by the program information management unit and to control the second receiving unit to periodically check and receive the plurality of channels according to the periodic check order.

Television apparatus and control method thereof

A web information processing apparatus () displays a screen for designating a program to be associated with a web page and registered if, for example, a registration request is input from a user when the web page is being displayed. Then, information specifying the designated program and information specifying the web page being displayed are linked and registered (). The registered information is used to detect a web page linked to the program being viewed and (if necessary) to display the web page.

Web information processing apparatus and web information processing method, and information processing apparatus and information processing apparatus control method

A choice specifying unitspecifies, as displayable subtitles, standard subtitles which a subtitle processing unitcan decode using a standard function, and expanded subtitles which the subtitle processing unitcan decode by an application processing unitexecuting character expansion applications that can be obtained from data broadcasting. A user interface unitdisplays a subtitle switching screen on a monitoras a user interface which can present the specified displayable subtitles as choices of switchable subtitles when a user presses a 'Subtitle' button, and in the subtitle switching screen the user can select one subtitle out of the presented choices as a subtitle to be superimposed on an image.

Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus and method for controlling the same

The content switching apparatus includes at least a position identifying unit () and a play control unit (). In switching from a first content (broadcast program) to a second content (VOD content), the position identifying unit identifies the position of the image in the second content, the image being the same as the first image of the first content. The play control unit determines a play starting position in the second content based on the position identified by the position identifying unit. By determining the play starting position of the second content in this way, the image can be properly switched even in the case where the time length or the content configuration is different.

Content switching apparatus and content switching method

In the case where the receiving apparatusobtains, from a content archive, and reproduces a first video content having the same content as a program being broadcast, the difference of the ending time between the first video content being played and the program being broadcast is detected (S). In the case where there is a difference in the ending time (YES in step S), the receiving apparatusobtains, from the content archive, a second video content having the same content as the next program started following the program being broadcast (S, S), and reproduces the second video content following the first video content being played (Sto S).

Receiving apparatus and control method thereof

An object of the present invention is to propose viewer-desired search words in searching for related programs. A view determining unit identifies viewed programs based on a view history including channel information and time information about the viewed programs, and based on program supplement data held in a program information holding unit. A search word extracting unitextracts search words from the program supplement data about the programs identified by the view determining unit. A program search unit searches for related programs related to the search words by using the extracted search words and the program supplement data held in the program information holding unit.

Program search apparatus and program search method for same

If there are program-related associated Web pages, a TV receiveracquires the content information of the associated Web pages from a Web serverand stores it in a Web page storage unit. The correspondence between the stored content information and recorded program is stored in a correspondence information holding unit. The data of the program is outputted to a TV program recorder, where it is recorded. The user can configure the timing, at which the storage of the associated Web pages is carried out.

Content storage control apparatus and control method therefor

In an EPG generating apparatus, a controller specifies a program which meet a predetermined condition and extends the display area of the specified program as a popup portion. When extending the display area of a specified program, the controller changes the configuration of the display area of the specified program so that the display area of the specified program does not overlap the display area of another specified program positioned close to the display area of the specified program.

Apparatus for generating electronic program guides and control method therefor

An electronic program guide (EPG) generation apparatus that generates an EPG, the apparatus comprising: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding each program to be displayed in the EPG; a first determination unit configured to determine the size of a first display area representing the broadcast times of each program in the EPG, based on information regarding the broadcast times of each program included in the information regarding each program; a second determination unit configured to determine the size of a second display area for displaying, in the EPG, information regarding details of each program included in the information regarding each program, based on the information regarding each program; and a display controller configured to control the display, on a display means, of the EPG based on the sizes of the first and second display areas, determined by the first and second determination means.

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