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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Hanamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image processing apparatus, for displaying image data in accordance with a line-of-sight direction of a viewer, that includes: storage means for storing a plurality of environment maps having different resolutions; obtaining means for obtaining as motion information of the viewer; retaining means for retaining a current area that is being displayed; target area determination means for determining a target area on the basis of the current area and the motion information; path area determination means for determining as a path area an area that includes a path, from the current area to the target area, along which the line-of-sight direction changes; setting means for setting resolutions that respectively correspond to the path area and the target area; and generation means for reading pieces of image data that respectively correspond to the path area and the target area from environment maps having the resolutions set by the setting means, and for generating image data for display in the path area and image data for display in the target area.