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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Akira Yoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukita Gotohda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Mino, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Yoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukita Gotohda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Mino, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image generating apparatus for generating a visual field image seen from a photographed person who is photographed in at least one part of plural two-dimensional images, based on the plural two-dimensional images captured by plural image capturing apparatuses, comprises a photographed person's position detector for detecting a position of the photographed person, based on at least two of the plural two-dimensional images; a photographed person's direction detector for detecting a face direction of the photographed person; a three-dimensional information generating section for generating three-dimensional information of space that is photographed, based on at least two of the two-dimensional images; and an image generating section for generating the visual field image seen from the position of the photographed person along the face direction, based on the three-dimensional information, the position of the photographed person, and the face direction of the photographed person.