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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2015
Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Rakuten, Inc., Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A volume of an object is constructed from images obtained by imaging the object or the like and depicting the object. The calculatorof the image processing devicecalculates a statistic of each of first material images depicting an object. The initializerconstructs a volume of the object from multiple second material images depicting the object and multiple second imaging directions associated respectively with the multiple second material images. The estimatorestimates the statistic associated with an observation direction from the calculated statistics. The renderrenders an image by observing the constructed volume in the observation direction. The correctorcorrects the rendered image based on the statistic estimated in association with the observation direction. The constructorconstructs a volume of the object from at least the observation direction and corrected image.