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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Arai, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus comprises: an identification unit configured to identify an object position and/or an occurrence position of an event in an image capturing region; a selection unit configured to select, based on an identified position, one or more sets of cameras among a plurality of sets of cameras associated respectively with a plurality of specific positions in the image capturing region, wherein a set of cameras among the plurality of sets of cameras includes a plurality of cameras for capturing, respectively form different directions, a specific position associated with the set of cameras; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a position and a direction of a virtual viewpoint; and a generation unit configured to generate a virtual viewpoint image according to the indicated virtual viewpoint.