US 11,816,785 B2
Image processing device and image processing method
Kouji Ogawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/596,143
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/021543
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/250726, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-110795 (JP), filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0245887 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 15/20 (2013.01) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20092 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. An image processing device, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
determine, corresponding to a user operation, a virtual-viewpoint data group including respective pieces of data of a plurality of virtual viewpoints to a specific 3D object;
generate, for the plurality of virtual viewpoints, a plurality of virtual viewpoint images of the specific 3D object,
wherein each of the plurality of virtual viewpoint images corresponds to an image of the specific 3D object viewed from a corresponding virtual viewpoint of the plurality of virtual viewpoints; and
combine the plurality of virtual viewpoint images generated for the plurality of virtual viewpoints.