Arrangement determination apparatus, system, arrangement determination method, and recording medium

An arrangement determination method comprising:

• obtaining first information representing an imaging target region captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses used to generate a virtual viewpoint image;
• obtaining second information regarding a plurality of groups corresponding to a plurality of directions in which the imaging target region is to be captured;
• and
• determining 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, the imaging target region is captured from a second direction different from the first direction by different 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.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute an arrangement determination method comprising:

• obtaining first information representing an imaging target region captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses used to generate a virtual viewpoint image;
• obtaining second information regarding a plurality of groups corresponding to a plurality of directions in which the imaging target region is to be captured;
• and
• determining 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, the imaging target region is captured from a second direction different from the first direction by different 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.