Patent Document ID: 9554119
Application ID: 13870517
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image generation method for generating a stereoscopic panorama image, comprising: acquiring panorama images respectively captured by three or more panorama cameras located in a real space; and generating a left-eye image and a right-eye image for stereoscopic display by synthesizing parts of the acquired panorama images, wherein generating the left-eye image and the right-eye image comprises: dividing each of the acquired panorama images into divided images in accordance with image-capturing directions, selecting an image to be used for a left-eye image and an image to be used for a right-eye image for each of the image-capturing directions from the divided images, and synthesizing the selected divided images, thereby generating the left-eye image and the right-eye image for stereoscopic display, wherein in generating the left-eye image and the right-eye image, for selecting the divided images for the image-capturing directions, a pair of panorama cameras closest to each of the image-capturing directions are selected among the three or more panorama cameras, the divided image of the image-capturing direction captured by the panorama camera located on the left as facing the image-capturing direction among the pair of panorama cameras is used for the left-eye image, and the divided image of the image-capturing direction captured by the panorama camera located on the right as facing the image-capturing direction among the pair of panorama cameras is used for the right-eye image.