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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Okutani, Kawasaki, JP;
Hajime Kawanishi, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image generating apparatus that generates a virtual viewpoint image that is based on a plurality of images acquired by image capturing with a plurality of cameras from a plurality of directions, comprises a transmission unit which transmits an inquiry to the image generating apparatus that is obtaining a data set for generating a virtual viewpoint image, an obtaining unit which obtains time information regarding a time corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image that can be generated by the image generating apparatus, based on a response to the inquiry transmitted by the transmission unit, and an output unit which outputs, to the image generating apparatus, a generation instruction to generate a virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a time determined based on the time information obtained by the obtaining unit.