US 12,137,198 B2
Providing apparatus, providing method and computer readable storage medium for performing processing relating to a virtual viewpoint image
Takashi Hanamoto, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/220,589.
Application 18/220,589 is a continuation of application No. 17/517,055, filed on Nov. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,750,786.
Application 17/517,055 is a continuation of application No. 16/928,503, filed on Jul. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,196,973, issued on Dec. 7, 2021.
Application 16/928,503 is a continuation of application No. 16/130,402, filed on Sep. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,757,388, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-179010 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0353716 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 13/111 (2018.01); A63F 13/355 (2014.01); A63F 13/52 (2014.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/05 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 13/111 (2018.05) [A63F 13/355 (2014.09); A63F 13/52 (2014.09); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 17/05 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6615 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image generating apparatus comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and
one or more memories storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more hardware processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;
receiving three-dimensional shape data representing a three-dimensional shape of a specific object and three-dimensional shape data representing a three-dimensional shape of a background object different from the specific object, wherein the three-dimensional shape data representing the three-dimensional shape of the specific object and the three-dimensional shape data representing the three-dimensional shape of the background object are used for generating a virtual viewpoint image that is based on a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of imagining apparatuses, and the three-dimensional shape data representing the three-dimensional shape of the specific object is determined from a plurality of three-dimensional shape data including three-dimensional shape data represented by point clouds or voxels and three-dimensional shape data represented by meshes; and
generating a virtual viewpoint image based on the three-dimensional shape data representing the three-dimensional shape of the specific object and the three-dimensional shape data representing the three-dimensional shape of the background object.