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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1995
Akihiro Katayama, Yokosuka, JP;
Hiroaki Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichiro Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Eita Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Urisaka, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention has the following steps: the multi-viewpoint image input step for inputting images obtained from a plurality of viewpoint positions arranged on different straight lines, the detection step ( ) for detecting a viewpoint position and its view direction in which a user is seeing at the viewpoint position, and the image generation step ( ) for generating a virtual image viewed from the predetermined viewpoint by using the images input in the multi-viewpoint image input step on the basis of the detected predetermined viewpoint position and the view direction. In the image generation step, optimal corresponding points are obtained by detecting a straight line having a width on an epipolar plane image corresponding to the input images, thereby generating an image.