US 11,818,323 B2
Image generation system, method for generating a virtual viewpoint image, and storage medium
Eito Sakakima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/186,738.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-037639 (JP), filed on Mar. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0281812 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 13/117 (2018.01); H04N 13/279 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 13/117 (2018.05) [H04N 13/279 (2018.05)] 16 Claims
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15. A method for generating a virtual viewpoint image in accordance with a predetermined image format, the method comprising:
converting, based on performance of a plurality of rendering modules, virtual viewpoint information indicating a virtual viewpoint, for generating a virtual viewpoint image adapted to the predetermined image format, into a plurality of pieces of virtual viewpoint information which indicate a plurality of virtual viewpoints;
allocating rendering processing that should be executed to at least part of the plurality of rendering modules based on the converted plurality of pieces of virtual viewpoint information; and
generating a virtual viewpoint image adapted to the predetermined image format by using results of rendering processing by the at least part of the rendering modules.