Patent ID: 11954777
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a virtual camera setting unit configured to make settings for each virtual camera of a plurality of virtual cameras;
a virtual viewpoint image generation unit configured to generate a plurality of virtual viewpoint images including a virtual viewpoint image that is an image of a 3D object viewed from a viewpoint of each virtual camera;
a composition unit configured to generate a composite image based on the plurality of the virtual viewpoint images; and
a moving image generation unit configured to generate a moving image including a frame based on at least one virtual viewpoint image or the composite image,
wherein after arranging the plurality of the virtual cameras, the virtual camera setting unit is further configured to move at least one of the plurality of virtual cameras to integrate the plurality of virtual cameras into a single virtual camera, and
wherein the virtual camera setting unit, the virtual viewpoint image generation unit, the composition unit, and the moving image generation unit are each implemented via at least one processor.