Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

An image processing method comprising:

• specifying a captured image to be used for obtaining color information of an object, based on a designated virtual viewpoint, from among a plurality of captured images obtained by a plurality of image capturing units that capture the object from different positions;
• determining color information of the object in a virtual viewpoint image, based on the color information of the object obtained from the specified captured image;
• and
• generating the virtual viewpoint image, based on the determined color information of the object,
• wherein, in the specifying, in a case where a structure occluding the object is included in the specified captured image, a captured image that is different from the specified captured image is specified as the captured image to be used for obtaining the color information of the object, based on color information of the structure.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an image processing method,

• the image processing method comprising:
• specifying a captured image to be used for obtaining color information of an object, based on a designated virtual viewpoint, from among a plurality of captured images obtained by a plurality of image capturing units that capture the object from different positions;
• determining color information of the object in a virtual viewpoint image, based on the color information of the object obtained from the specified captured image;
• and
• generating the virtual viewpoint image, based on the determined color information of the object,
• wherein, in the specifying, in a case where a structure occluding the object is included in the specified captured image, a captured image that is different from the specified captured image is specified as the captured image to be used for obtaining the color information of the object, based on color information of the structure.