Patent ID: 9338429
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06T,G09G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to function as: an acquisition unit which acquires first view-point information relating to a first video, second view-point information relating to a second video, and image information to be used to generate a graphic image corresponding to the first video; a calculation unit which calculates difference information between the first and the second view-point information; a first determination unit which determines whether a direction of a graphic image corresponding to the second video is to be rotated, in a direction different from a direction of the graphic image corresponding to the first video, according to a directional attribute that is information that the graphic image corresponding to the first video has; a generation unit which converts the image information by using the difference information, in a case where the first determination unit determines that the direction of the graphic image corresponding to the second video is to be rotated in the direction different from the direction of the graphic image corresponding to the first video, and generates the graphic image corresponding to the second video based on the converted image information; and a synthesis unit which synthesizes the generated graphic image and an image of the second video, wherein the synthesis unit synthesizes the graphic image corresponding to the first video with the second video as the graphic image corresponding to the second video, in a case where the first determination unit determines that the direction of the graphic image corresponding to the second video is not to be rotated in the direction different from the direction of the graphic image corresponding to the first video, and wherein the directional attribute is binary data indicating whether the direction of the graphic image corresponding to the first video differs in a display format depending on a view-point position or a line-of-sight direction.