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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2020
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Chi Wang, Singapore, SG;
Pongsak Lasang, Singapore, SG;
Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;
Toru Matsunobu, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Yoshikawa, Hyogo, JP;
Tatsuya Koyama, Kyoto, JP;
Yoichi Sugino, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
This image generation method is for generating a virtual image by a processor using at least one of images obtained by cameras disposed in different positions and attitudes capturing the same target space in a three-dimensional (3D) space. The virtual image is a two-dimensional (2D) image of the target space viewed from a virtual viewpoint in the 3D space. When generating the virtual image using one or more second images captured by one or more second cameras, at least one of which is different from one or more first cameras that capture one or more first images serving as a basis among the images, a second process which includes at least one of luminance and color adjustments and is different from a first process performed to generate the virtual image using the one or more first images is performed on the one or more second images.