US Patent Application 18449608. INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM simplified abstract

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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Organization Name

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Mitsuru Maeda of Tokyo (JP)]]

[[Category:KOJI Okabe of Tokyo (JP)]]

[[Category:HIDEKAZU Kamei of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:HINAKO Funaki of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:YUYA Ota of Kanagawa (JP)]]

[[Category:TAKU Ogasawara of Tokyo (JP)]]

[[Category:KAZUFUMI Onuma of Kanagawa (JP)]]

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18449608 titled 'INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

Simplified Explanation

- The patent application describes an information processing apparatus that can generate a virtual viewpoint image using material data acquired from multiple cameras. - The apparatus includes a management unit that collects material data from the captured images, which includes different types of material data. - It also includes a transmission/reception unit that can output selected material data to a device based on the device's capability to process the material data format. - The purpose of this invention is to efficiently process and transmit material data for generating virtual viewpoint images.


Original Abstract Submitted

An information processing apparatus includes a management unit configured to acquire a plurality of material data for use in generation of a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of images captured with a plurality of cameras by imaging an object, the plurality of material data including first material data and second material data different from the first material data, and a transmission/reception unit configured to output, to a device, material data that has been selected from among the plurality of acquired material data based on information for identifying a format of material data processable by the device.

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