Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYuji Saitou, Shuuji Okegawa
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a cut position determination unit determining a cut position at which an annular image is cut in a radial direction to maintain continuity of a subject in the annular image generated by an omnidirectional image capturing apparatus; and an image conversion unit converting the annular image into a long-rectangular-shaped panorama image by cutting the annular image at the cut position determined by the cut position determination unit and developing the cut annular image.
Claims18
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor configured to select a cut position, from among at least first and second possible cut positions capable of being selected, at which an annular image is to be cut in a radial direction, the at least one processor being configured to select the cut position based on image capturing state information indicating a relative position between components of the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus when the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus generates the annular image, wherein the image capturing state information includes information indicating a relative positional relationship between an image capturing direction of the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus when the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus generates the annular image and a display unit of the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to convert the annular image into a long-rectangular-shaped panorama image by cutting the annular image at the selected cut position.
An image processing method comprising acts of:
- with at least one device, selecting a cut position, from among at least first and second possible cut positions capable of being selected by the at least one device, at which an annular image is to be cut in a radial direction, wherein the act of selecting comprises selecting the cut position based on image capturing state information indicating a relative position between components of the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus when the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus generates the annular image, wherein the image capturing state information includes information indicating a relative positional relationship between an image capturing direction of an omnidirectional image capturing apparatus when the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus generates the annular image and a display unit of the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus;
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- converting the annular image into a long-rectangular-shaped panorama image by cutting the annular image at the selected cut position.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to execute a method comprising acts of:
- selecting a cut position, from among at least first and second possible cut positions capable of being selected by the at least one processor, at which an annular image is to be cut in a radial direction, wherein the act of selecting comprises selecting the cut position based on image capturing state information indicating a relative position between components of the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus when the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus generates the annular image, wherein the image capturing state information includes information indicating a relative positional relationship between an image capturing direction of an omnidirectional image capturing apparatus when the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus generates the annular image and a display unit of the omnidirectional image capturing apparatus;
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- converting the annular image into a long-rectangular-shaped panorama image by cutting the annular image at the selected cut position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.