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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hisayuki Tateno, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To enable a user to image a free viewpoint video picture easily even in a place where it is difficult to install an imaging device at all times. [Solution] A control device of a movable type imaging device according to the present disclosure includes an imaging information acquiring section that acquires imaging information with regard to imaging from a plurality of movable type imaging devices having an imaging function; and an arrangement information calculating section that calculates arrangement information for arranging a plurality of the movable type imaging devices in order to generate a free viewpoint video picture by synthesizing an image imaged by a plurality of the movable type imaging devices on the basis of the imaging information.