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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Shusaku Okamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Masamichi Nakagawa, Hirakata, JP;
Kunio Nobori, Kadoma, JP;
Atsushi Morimura, Nara, JP;
Shusaku Okamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Masamichi Nakagawa, Hirakata, JP;
Kunio Nobori, Kadoma, JP;
Atsushi Morimura, Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image generating apparatus comprising: a camera or a plurality of cameras; space reconstructing means for mapping the input image from said camera, into a predetermined space model of a predetermined three-dimensional space; point-of-view converting means of synthesizing an image viewed from an arbitrary virtual point of view in said predetermined three-dimensional space by referencing to said space data mapped by said space reconstructing means; and displaying means of displaying the image converted by said point-of-view converting means.