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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for generating an image of an arbitrary viewpoint using a plurality of input images obtains image information of a projection position at which a point along a first straight line passing through the arbitrary viewpoint and a pixel position on the image of the arbitrary viewpoint is projected onto each of the plurality of input images, defines parallax information of the plurality of input images at the pixel position, using the image information obtained for the point along the first straight line, and generates the image of the arbitrary viewpoint, by defining the image information of the pixel position from the plurality of input images using the parallax information for the pixel position.