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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain virtual viewpoint information indicating a position and/or a direction of a virtual viewpoint corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image generated based on images captured by a plurality of cameras which capture images of a subject from different directions, and a display controller configured to display, while a first virtual viewpoint image corresponding to the virtual viewpoint information obtained by the obtaining unit is displayed on a display unit, a second virtual viewpoint image having an angle of view larger than an angle of view of the first virtual viewpoint image being displayed on the display unit, when an instruction for switching to a virtual viewpoint having a position and/or a direction which are/is not set by a user is received.