Electronic apparatus for playing back a virtual reality video image and control method therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuki Hamada, Seiji Ogawa
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus capable of playing back a VR video image saves, in association with a first VR video image, a first reference direction serving as a reference for determining a range of a part of a first frame image of the first VR video image to be displayed on a screen at the start of playback of the first VR video image; selects a second VR video image different from the first VR video image among a plurality of VR video images; and performs control such that when the second VR video image starts to be played back, a range of a part of a second frame image of the second VR video image to be displayed first is displayed on the screen, the part being based on the first reference direction.
Claims10
An electronic apparatus capable of playing back a VR (virtual reality) video image, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the electronic apparatus to:
- set a first reference direction serving as a reference for determining a part of a frame image of a first VR video image to be displayed on a screen at the start of playback of the first VR video image in response to a user operation;
- save the first reference direction in association with the first VR video image;
- determine whether the first reference direction is used in a second VR video image different from the first VR video image;
- select the second VR video image among a plurality of VR video images;
- and
- perform control such that when the second VR video image starts to be played back, a part of a frame image of the second VR video image to be displayed first is displayed on the screen, the part corresponding to the first reference direction, in a case where the first reference direction is used in the second VR video image as a result of the determination.
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus capable of playing back a VR (virtual reality) video image, comprising the steps of:
- setting a first reference direction serving as a reference for determining a part of a frame image of a first VR video image to be displayed on a screen at the start of playback of the first VR video image in response to a user operation;
- saving the first reference direction in association with the first VR video image;
- determining whether the first reference direction is used in a second VR video image different from the first VR video image;
- selecting the second VR video image among a plurality of VR video images;
- and
- performing control such that when the second VR video image starts to be played back, a part of a frame image of the second VR video image to be displayed first is displayed on the screen, the part corresponding to the first reference direction, in a case where the first reference direction is used in the second VR video image as a result of the determination.
A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program, wherein the program causes an electronic apparatus capable of playing back a VR (virtual reality) video image to execute:
- setting a first reference direction serving as a reference for determining a part of a frame image of a first VR video image to be displayed on a screen at the start of playback of the first VR video image in response to a user operation;
- saving the first reference direction in association with the first VR video image;
- determining whether the first reference direction is used in a second VR video image different from the first VR video image;
- selecting the second VR video image among a plurality of VR video images;
- and
- performing control such that when the second VR video image starts to be played back, a part of a frame image of the second VR video image to be displayed first is displayed on the screen, the part corresponding to the first reference direction, in a case where the first reference direction is used in the second VR video image as a result of the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.