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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Takuya Kotani, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Yahata, Fuchu, JP;
Inventors:
Takuya Kotani, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Yahata, Fuchu, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/205 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus acquires virtual viewpoint information of a plurality of frames contained in a virtual viewpoint video, selects a camera for shooting an image to be used in generating an image at a virtual viewpoint in a frame from a plurality of cameras with respect to each of the plurality of the frames based on a positional relationship between the virtual viewpoint information of each frame and viewpoint information of the plurality of the cameras, and reselects the camera selected for each of the plurality of the frames.