US 12,219,122 B2
Information processing apparatus, image processing system, and information processing method
Sho Ogura, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/907,854
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/005519
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/199735, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-061248 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0128305 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 13/351 (2018.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 13/351 (2018.05) [G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a section identification processing unit configured to perform processing, for a plurality of captured images simultaneously captured by a plurality of image capturing devices, for identifying a generation target image section for which a free-viewpoint image is generated;
a target image transmission control unit configured to perform control to transmit image data for the generation target image section in each of the plurality of captured images as image data used for generation of a free-viewpoint image in another information processing apparatus; and
an output image generation unit configured to generate an output image including the free-viewpoint image received from the another information processing apparatus,
wherein the free-viewpoint image is generated based on viewpoint movement path information determined from among a plurality of pieces of viewpoint movement path information stored in advance according to content of a start image and an end image of a scene including the plurality of captured images, and
wherein the section identification processing unit, the target image transmission control unit, and the output image generation unit are each implemented via at least one processor.