US 12,010,437 B2
Arrangement determination apparatus, system, arrangement determination method, and recording medium
Michio Aizawa, Kanagawa (JP); Yasushi Shikata, Port Washington, NY (US); Shinichiro Uno, Tokyo (JP); and Atsushi Date, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/518,444.
Application 17/518,444 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/018779, filed on May 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-092773 (JP), filed on May 16, 2019; and application No. 2019-172187 (JP), filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060638 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/90 (2023.01) [H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arrangement determination apparatus comprising:
one or more memories storing instructions; and
one or more processors executing the instructions to:
obtain first information representing an imaging target region captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses used to generate a virtual viewpoint image;
obtain second information regarding a plurality of groups corresponding to a plurality of directions in which the imaging target region is to be captured; and
determine an arrangement of the plurality of imaging apparatuses based on the obtained first information and the obtained second information, wherein the imaging target region is captured from a first direction by two or more imaging apparatuses of the plurality of imaging apparatuses that is arranged according to the determined arrangement, the two or more imaging apparatuses belonging to a first group corresponding to the first direction among the plurality of groups, and the imaging target region is captured from a second direction different from the first direction by other two or more imaging apparatuses of the plurality of imaging apparatuses that are different from the two or more imaging apparatuses, the other two or more imaging apparatuses belonging to a second group corresponding to the second direction among the plurality of groups.