Patent ID: 7633528

Claim:
A multi-viewpoint image generation apparatus for generating a multi-viewpoint image for displaying an object on a three-dimensional image display device, the apparatus comprising: a generation screen display unit that controls a two-dimensional image display device to display a two-dimensional image indicating an arrangement of the object in a three-dimensional image displayed on a the three-dimensional image display device; a modification command acquisition unit that acquires a modification command for modifying an arrangement of the object in the two-dimensional image; a camera control unit that modifies a camera condition including a number of cameras corresponding to the multi-viewpoint image, a placement position of each of the cameras, a size of the projection plane of each of the cameras, a point of regard, and a projection method, based on the modification command acquired by the modification command acquisition unit; and a multi-viewpoint image generation unit that generates the multi-viewpoint image acquired by the cameras being configured according to the camera condition modified by the camera control unit.