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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image processing device, an image transformation unit performs coordinate conversion on image data acquired by an image acquisition unit to perform a transformation process. A depth MAP generation unit generates information on a depth MAP from the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit. When an image is generated at an arbitrary viewpoint from images photographed at a plurality of viewpoints, a depth MAP transformation unit performs coordinate conversion on the depth MAP and performs a viewpoint changing process on the depth MAP. An αMAP generation unit generates an αMAP which is combination information using the depth MAP after the viewpoint changing process. An image combination unit sequentially performs processes of combining a plurality of images based on the αMAP to generate image data at the arbitrary viewpoint.