Patent ID: 11900529
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. An image processing method comprising:
obtaining three-dimensional shape data which represents a three-dimensional shape of an object based on images captured in a plurality of directions and which includes a plurality of elements;
determining whether a target element included in the plurality of elements of the obtained three-dimensional shape data is surrounded by other elements included in the plurality of elements of the obtained three-dimensional shape data;
generating three-dimensional shape data based on the determination; and
generating information for specifying which camera captures a region corresponding to an element included in the generated three-dimensional shape data,
whether the target element included in the plurality of elements of the obtained three-dimensional shape data is surrounded by other elements included in the plurality of elements of the obtained three-dimensional shape data is determined by determining whether the target element included in the plurality of elements of the obtained three-dimensional shape data is an element to which all of the positions adjacent are occupied by other elements included in the plurality of elements of the obtained three-dimensional shape data,
in a case where it is determined that all of the positions adjacent to the target element are occupied by other elements included in the plurality of elements of the obtained three-dimensional shape data, the three-dimensional shape data which represents the three-dimensional shape of the object and which does not include the target element is generated,
wherein the number of all of positions is 26.