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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2024
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Jianquan Liu, Tokyo, JP;
Junnan Li, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus () including a detection unit () that detects a plurality of predetermined points of a body of each of a plurality of persons from an image in an image circle of a fisheye image, a gravity direction determination unit () that determines a gravity direction in a position of each of the plurality of persons from the plurality of predetermined points, a reference point decision unit () that decides a reference point, based on the gravity direction in the position of each of the plurality of persons, a complementary circular image generation unit () that generates a complementary circular image that is a circular image acquired by adding a complementary image to the image in the image circle of the fisheye image, and that has, as a center, the reference point different from a center of the image in the image circle, and an expansion unit () that panoramically expands the complementary circular image, based on the reference point, and generates a panoramic image.