IP Library Granted Patent US 11,087,480
Granted Patent B2
US 11,087,480 · App. 16/319,385 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

Inventor: Yuichi Hasegawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06T7/536G06T7/529G06T7/593G06T11/001G06T19/00
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Patent No.
US 11,087,480
App. No.
16/319,385
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a drawing section that generates a display image from a predetermined viewpoint by using a texture image and a depth image of a first layer and using a texture image and a depth image of a second layer in which a range of information indicated by a pixel value is different from at least one of the texture image or the depth image of the first layer.

Claims (40)

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:

generate a display image from a specific viewpoint based on:

a first texture image and a first depth image of a first layer of a specific surface, and

a second texture image and a second depth image of a second layer of the specific surface, wherein

the first layer includes a third texture image and a third depth image of an omnidirectional image,

the second depth image of the second layer includes a range of a distance parameter different from that of the first depth image of the first layer, and

the second depth image has a pixel value that indicates the range of the distance parameter of the second depth image.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second texture image of the second layer includes a range of an image parameter different from that of the first texture image of the first layer.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the second texture image of the second layer includes a range of luminance information different from that of the first texture image of the first layer, and

the second texture image has a pixel value that indicates the range of the luminance information of the second texture image.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first texture image, the second texture image, the first depth image, and the second depth image are obtained by perspective projection of the third texture image and the third depth image of the omnidirectional image on the specific surface.

5. An image processing method, comprising:

generating a display image from a specific viewpoint based on:

first texture image and a first depth image of a first layer of a specific surface, and

a second texture image and a second depth image of a second layer of the specific surface, wherein

the first layer includes a third texture image and a third depth image of an omnidirectional image,

the second depth image includes a range of a distance parameter different from that of the first depth image of the first layer, and

the second depth image has a pixel value that indicates the range of the distance parameter of the second depth image.

6. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:

generate a first texture image and a first depth image of a first layer of a specific surface, wherein

the first layer includes a third texture image and a third depth image of an omnidirectional image; and

generate a second texture image and a second depth image of a second layer of the specific surface, wherein

the second depth image includes a range of a distance parameter different from that of the first depth image, and

the second depth image has a pixel value that indicates the range of the distance parameter of the second depth image.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the second texture image of the second layer includes a range of an image parameter different from that of the first texture image of the first layer.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the second texture image of the second layer includes a range of luminance information different from that of the first texture image of the first layer, and

the second texture image has a pixel value that indicates the range of the luminance information of the second texture image.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the first texture image, the second texture image, the first depth image, and the second depth image are obtained by perspective projection of the third texture image and the third depth image of the omnidirectional image on the specific surface.

10. An image processing method, comprising:

generating a first texture image and a first depth image of a first layer of a specific surface, wherein

the first layer includes a third texture image and a third depth image of an omnidirectional image; and

generating a second texture image and a second depth image of a second layer of the specific surface, wherein

the second depth image includes a range of a distance parameter different from that of the first depth image of the first layer, and

the second depth image has a pixel value that indicates the range of the distance parameter of the second depth image.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073986/0571 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2019
From: HASEGAWA, YUICHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048067/0481 →