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US 10,834,477 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuo Okutani, Hajime Kawanishi
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuo Okutani, Hajime Kawanishi
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An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image generating apparatus that generates a virtual viewpoint image that is based on a plurality of images acquired by image capturing with a plurality of cameras from a plurality of directions, comprises a transmission unit which transmits an inquiry to the image generating apparatus that is obtaining a data set for generating a virtual viewpoint image, an obtaining unit which obtains time information regarding a time corresponding to a virtual viewpoint image that can be generated by the image generating apparatus, based on a response to the inquiry transmitted by the transmission unit, and an output unit which outputs, to the image generating apparatus, a generation instruction to generate a virtual viewpoint image corresponding to a time determined based on the time information obtained by the obtaining unit.
An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image generating apparatus that generates a virtual viewpoint image that is based on a plurality of images acquired by image capturing with a plurality of cameras from a plurality of directions, the information processing apparatus comprising:
A control method of an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with an image generating apparatus that generates a virtual viewpoint image that is based on a plurality of images acquired by image capturing with a plurality of cameras from a plurality of directions, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer that communicates with an image generating apparatus, which generates a virtual viewpoint image that is based on a plurality of images acquired by image capturing with a plurality of cameras from a plurality of directions, to execute a control method comprising:
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