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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a process of coding multi-viewpoint images, the process is performed at a high speed while the amount of data is suppressed. A distance estimating unit that estimates a distance from a camera array including a plurality of camera units up to a subject, a determination unit that determines the number of first camera units independently coding image data among the plurality of camera units and an arrangement of the first camera units in the camera array based on the distance estimated by the distance estimating unit, and a control unit that operates each of the camera units as the first camera unit or as a second camera unit coding image data of the own camera unit by referring to image data of the first camera unit based on the number and the arrangement of the first camera units determined by the determination unit are included.