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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shugo Higuchi, Inagi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an image obtaining unit configured to obtain images based on image capturing by a plurality of cameras capturing an imaging area in a plurality of directions; an information obtaining unit configured to obtain viewpoint information that indicates a virtual viewpoint; and a generation unit configured to generate a virtual viewpoint image based on the images obtained by the image obtaining unit and the viewpoint information obtained by the information obtaining unit, so that in the virtual viewpoint image, transparency of an object at a position that shields an object of interest determined among a plurality of objects positioned in the imaging area is higher than transparency of an object at a position that does not shield the object of interest.