Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yasushi Shikata

Yoshikazu Shibamiya

Kazuna Maruyama

Hirofumi Urabe

Teruki Kikkawa

Koji Mito

Kazuhiro Matsubayashi

Osamu Yonishi

Daisuke Takayanagi

Chika Masuda

Tomoyasu Yoshikawa

Katsuhiro Miyamoto

Tomoya Asanuma

Satoshi Hanamitsu

Michihiro Izumi

Yoshiki Iwakiri

Norihisa Suzuki

Takashi Yamamoto

Tomoaki Arai

Katsuhiro Ito

Masaki Tamura

Masatsugu Sasaki

Kiyohiro Uemura

Tomoki Kuroda

Kinshirou Suzawa

A control apparatus configured to control an image-capturing apparatus executes focus adjustment of the image-capturing apparatus in response to detection of a specific marker pattern from an image of an area to be focused by the image-capturing apparatus in an image acquired by image-capturing of the image-capturing apparatus.

Control apparatus, control method, and recording medium

A display control apparatus configured to perform display control so as to display information on a plurality of image capturing apparatuses configured to capture images for generating a virtual viewpoint image includes acquisition means configured to acquire information on the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, and display control means configured to cause a display unit to display information on a communication connection of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses for transmitting an image captured by each of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses based on the information acquired by the acquisition means.

Display control apparatus, display control method, 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 apparatus determines a position on an object, based on a distance between a set position and an imaging apparatus configured to capture an image of a predetermined position on an object and be used for generating a virtual viewpoint image, the set position being located on a line segment connecting the imaging apparatus and the predetermined position, and being a position of a focus point closer than the predetermined position when viewed from the imaging apparatus, and sets, for a plurality of imaging apparatuses, the determined position as a focus point of the imaging apparatus.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

A system for generating a virtual viewpoint image based a plurality of captured images obtained by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses includes a separation unit configured to separate an image of an object from one or more captured images among the plurality of captured images obtained by the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, and a display control unit configured to display on a display screen the separated image of the object.

System and method for generating a virtual viewpoint apparatus

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.

An image-processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire moving image data including a first frame obtained by imaging and a second frame obtained by imaging with a shorter exposure time than the first frame; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire reproduction information that is information related to a reproduction speed of the moving image data; and a combining unit configured to combine the first frame and the second frame with each other based on the reproduction information, wherein the combining unit changes a combination ratio between the first frame and the second frame in accordance with a reproduction speed of the moving image data.

Image-processing apparatus and image-processing method

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 recorder control apparatus which controls execution of broadcast program recording in a plurality of recorders connected thereto, comprises an acceptance unit configured to accept a request to execute broadcast program recording, an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from each recorder, reservation information related to reserved program recording to be executed by the recorder after a point at which the execution request is accepted, a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of recorders, a recorder capable of executing broadcast program recording corresponding to the execution request for a longest duration, based on the reservation information, and a request unit configured to request the recorder selected by the selection unit to execute broadcast program recording corresponding to the execution request.

Recorder control apparatus and control method

In a television device (audio output device), audio output performance information of the television device is pre-stored in an EDID-ROM. When an AV amplifier is connected to the television device, a control unit rewrites '2ch' audio output performance information of the television device stored in the EDID-ROM of an HDMI port which is different from the HDMI port to which the AV amplifier is connected, to '5.1ch' audio output performance information of the AV amplifier.

Audio output device connectable with plurality of devices and method of controlling the same

When a video output apparatus () is connected, a video display apparatus () obtains information of content data stored in the video output apparatus (). Then, based on the obtained information, the video display apparatus () determines whether the content data is decodable with respect to itself. If it is not decodable, it requests the video output apparatus () to decode the content data before transferring the content data using a data transfer method specified. By doing this, an appropriate transfer protocol is selected automatically when transferring content data between the video display apparatus () and the video output apparatus ().

Video display apparatus and control method thereof, and video output apparatus and control method thereof

When an image processing apparatus capable of connecting to a digital camera is to perform image-correction processing on irreversible-compression encoded image data acquired from the digital camera, it is determined whether the image-correction processing can be executed by the connected digital camera. When the processing can be executed, it is confirmed whether or not RAW data that corresponds to the irreversible-compression encoded image data is present in the digital camera. If the corresponding RAW data is present in the digital camera, the digital camera is requested to execute the image-correction processing based on the RAW data. This makes it possible to suppress degradation in the image quality more than when directly correcting an irreversible-compression encoded image.

Image processing apparatus and control method thereof

A recording control apparatus is connected to and in communication with a recording apparatus capable of recording a broadcasting video image on a storage unit and has two or more operating state levels that differ in power consumption. The recording control apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire program information about a program currently being viewed, a determination unit configured to determine a user's recording tendency level as to a program currently being viewed based on the program information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a control unit configured to issue a command to control the operating state level of the recording apparatus based on the recording tendency level determined by the determination unit.

Recording control apparatus and method for controlling recording control apparatus

In an AV system in which a television apparatus and a recorder are individually connected to an AV amplifier through an HDMI, in the case where sound is output from the AV amplifier, if insertion of headphones into the television apparatus is detected, control information to switch the destination of the audio data is transmitted from the television apparatus to the AV amplifier. The AV amplifier switches the destination of the audio data that is input from the recorder from a speaker output section to the television apparatus in accordance with the control information. Thus, even if the headphones are inserted into the television apparatus while the AV amplifier is outputting sound reproduced by the recorder, the sound can be output from the headphones.

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Tama, Japan

Yasushi Shikata