Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Taku Ogasawara

Mitsuru Maeda

Hitoshi Imai

Kazufumi Onuma

Koji Okabe

Yuji Naya

Yuya Ota

Hisayuki Yamauchi

Keisui Okuma

Hinako Funaki

Hidekazu Kamei

An information processing apparatus includes a management unit configured to acquire a plurality of material data for use in generation of a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of images captured with a plurality of cameras by imaging an object, the plurality of material data including first material data and second material data different from the first material data, and a transmission/reception unit configured to output, to a device, material data that has been selected from among the plurality of acquired material data based on information for identifying a format of material data processable by the device.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

There is provided an image display apparatus. The image display apparatus accepts a user operation for determining a first parameter which designates at least one of an orientation of view from virtual viewpoint and a position of a target point in a virtual viewpoint image; obtains a second parameter that is set in advance and that designates at least one of an orientation of view from virtual viewpoint and a position of a target point in a virtual viewpoint image; and displays, on a display unit, the virtual viewpoint image generated based on at least one of the first parameter and the second parameter.

Image display apparatus, control method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for generating a virtual viewpoint image

An information processing apparatus has an identification unit, an obtaining unit, and an output unit. The identification unit identifies, in a virtual viewpoint image generated using shape data representing a three-dimensional shape of an object, a target for which to generate data for modeling a three-dimensional object, based on time information related to the virtual viewpoint image as well as a position of a virtual viewpoint and a direction of a line of sight from the virtual viewpoint related to the virtual viewpoint image. The obtaining unit obtains shape data on a first object in the virtual viewpoint image, the first object corresponding to the identified target. The output unit outputs data for modeling a three-dimensional object generated based on the obtained shape data.

The information processing system obtains a plurality of images based on image capturing by a plurality of imaging devices; obtains viewpoint information for specifying a position of a virtual viewpoint and a view direction from the virtual viewpoint; and generates a plurality of virtual viewpoint contents each of which corresponds to one of a plurality of image formats based on the common plurality of obtained images and the obtained viewpoint information, and the plurality of image formats is image formats whose numbers of virtual viewpoints specified by the viewpoint information used for generation of the virtual viewpoint contents are different from one another.

Information processing system, information processing method, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus obtains information corresponding to a scene in a virtual viewpoint image to be generated. The information is information based on a captured image including a product generated based on the scene in the virtual viewpoint image. The information processing apparatus outputs, based on the obtained captured image, a virtual viewpoint image of the scene corresponding to the product.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium

An image processing apparatus comprises an image obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of images based on image capturing performed by a plurality of image capture apparatuses that perform image capturing of an imaging region from directions that are different to each other, and a panoramic image generating unit that generates a panoramic image with a specific position in the imaging region being a reference, based on a plurality of images obtained by the image obtaining unit.

Image processing apparatus and control method thereof, computer-readable storage medium

An image processing apparatus acquires information about a three-dimensional display apparatus, acquires a plurality of images based on imaging by a plurality of imaging apparatuses that images a target area from different directions, sets a position of and a direction from a virtual viewpoint in a space associated with the target area, sets positions of and directions from virtual viewpoints of a number corresponding to a configuration of the three-dimensional display apparatus, with the position of and the direction from the virtual viewpoint as a reference, and generates display image data for the three-dimensional display apparatus, based on the plurality of images and the set positions of and the set directions from the virtual viewpoints.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for improved visibility in 3D display

An image processing apparatus comprises an image obtaining unit that obtains image data based on image capturing by a plurality of image capture apparatuses configured to capture images in an imaging area from different positions, and a panoramic image generation unit that generates, based on the image data obtained by the image obtaining unit, a panoramic image including images in directions within a predetermined range based on a specific position in the imaging area, the panoramic image having an enlargement rate of an image in a specific direction included in the predetermined range which is larger than the enlargement rates of images in other directions.

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

An image display apparatus includes a first display control unit configured to enlarge and display a target object on a screen among a plurality of objects included in an image, and, based on receiving an instruction to display on the screen an object other than the target object being displayed on the screen from a user, to display a next object to be displayed, a second display control unit configured to display the image on the screen, and, in a case where the instruction from the user is received while display of the screen is controlled by the first display control unit, display an image on the screen with respect to each of the plurality of objects, the image indicating display order, and a changing unit configured to change the display order by receiving the user's operation for which display is controlled by the second display control unit.

Image display apparatus, image display method, and storage medium

An image display apparatus enlarges a display target object to be displayed among a plurality of objects included in an image and displays the enlarged display target object on a screen one by one in order. In addition, the image display apparatus detects whether there is a person in a predetermined range from the image display apparatus and decides a next display target object to be displayed on the screen based on a result of the detection.

Provided is an image display apparatus that includes an automatic recognition unit configured to automatically recognize a plurality of objects included in an image; a management unit configured to manage information related to the automatically recognized object as management information; a display control unit configured to display the object of the image on the screen based on the management information; and a specification unit configured to specify an object included in the image, wherein the management unit adds information related to the object specified by the specification unit to the management information, and the display control unit displays the object of the image based on the management information to which the information related to the specified object is added.

A printing control apparatus according to one aspect of this invention controls to print images on sheets based on image data of a plurality of pages, generate a bookbinding product by executing folding processing for the image-printed sheets, and output the bookbinding product. The printing control apparatus further accepts the position of an insertion sheet to be inserted into the sheets for which the folding processing is executed, and controls to output a plurality of bookbinding products by using, as a reference, the accepted position of the insertion sheet.

Printing control apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

An information processing system determines a relationship between an observer and an observation target person based on personal information of the observer and personal information of the observation target person, and displays content information generated based on the determined relationship together with an image of the observation target person in a display area of a display unit.

Information processing system, information processing system control method, information processing apparatus, and storage medium

An image processing apparatus which is capable of solving a problem that printing cannot be performed due to a shortage of a storage area for image data after rendering of a secure print job, and reducing a wait time from authentication to start of printing. A first storage unit performs rendering on a received secure print job, and stores image data in a storage area. A first transition unit makes the secure print job transit to waiting-for-authentication state. A first suspending unit suspends rendering when a stored image data amount reaches a full capacity during rendering in the waiting-for-authentication state. A second transition unit makes the secure print job transit to a successfully-authenticated state. A second storage unit performs printing on the stored image data, erases the printed image data, starts rendering on a subsequent page, and stores image data obtained by converting the subsequent page.

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Taku Ogasawara