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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuro Koizumi, York, GB;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining unit configured to obtain images of an image capturing target area from a plurality of directions; an information obtaining unit configured to obtain viewpoint information; a determination unit configured to determine a pixel value of a particular area in a virtual viewpoint image according to a virtual viewpoint at a first time indicated by the viewpoint information, based on a pixel value of an obtained image based on image capturing by a first image capturing apparatus at a second time, and a pixel value of an obtained image based on image capturing by a second image capturing apparatus at the first time, wherein the particular area is not captured by the first image capturing apparatus at the first time; and a generation unit configured to generate a virtual viewpoint image in accordance with the determination of the pixel value.