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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2004
Yutaka Kunita, Mitaka, JP;
Akihiko Hashimoto, Koganei, JP;
Shiro Suyama, Suginami-ku, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A virtual viewpoint image generation method for generating a virtual viewpoint image that is an image of an object viewed from a virtual viewpoint based on plural images of the object taken by plural cameras. Projection planes having a multi-layered structure are set on the images of the object, corresponding to a projection point of a projection plane. Color information of each projection point is determined based on color information of corresponding points, for each of the projection points overlapping when viewed from a reference viewpoint in a space. A degree of probability that the object exists at a distance corresponding to a position of the projection point is determined based on a degree of correlation of the corresponding points.