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US 11,627,256 · App. 17/174,863 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Yoshiki Iwakiri (Kanagawa, JP); Hajime Sato (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N5/232941H04N5/247H04N13/111H04N13/243H04N17/002
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Patent No.
US 11,627,256
App. No.
17/174,863
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus obtains a plurality of processing steps concerning a work in installation or operation of a system including a plurality of apparatuses, and progress statuses of the plurality of processing steps, and causes a display unit to display a screen including information representing the plurality of processing steps and the progress statuses of the plurality of processing steps.

Claims (38)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions; and

one or more processors executing the instructions to:

obtain a plurality of processing steps concerning a work in installation or operation of a system including a plurality of apparatuses, and progress statuses of the plurality of processing steps; and

cause a display to display a screen including information representing the plurality of processing steps and the progress statuses of the plurality of processing steps,

wherein the plurality of apparatuses include a plurality of image capturing apparatuses, and

the one or more processors execute the instructions to cause the display to display a screen which displays positions where the plurality of image capturing apparatuses are installed with respect to an image capturing target position and display an image capturing apparatus which ends a work concerning the processing step and an image capturing apparatus which does not end the work in a distinguishable manner.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further execute the instructions to accept a user operation concerning the processing step to be executed.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the information processing apparatus causes a warning to be displayed on the screen if the processing step to be complete at a moment when executing the processing step corresponding to the user operation does not end normally.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus causes information representing a category including at least one of the processing steps and a progress status of the category to be displayed on the screen.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of processing steps include a processing step concerning at least one of connections of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, synchronization of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, adjustment of viewing angles of images captured by the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, adjustment of exposure values of the images captured by the plurality of image capturing apparatuses, and calibration of the image capturing apparatus.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus causes at least one of non-execution, execution in progress, normal end, and abnormal end to be displayed as the progress statuses of the plurality of processing steps.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus causes an area indicating the progress status prepared separately from information of the processing step to be displayed on the screen.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the information processing apparatus causes the progress status to be displayed in a distinguishable manner by using at least one of a color, a size, a pattern, and an animation of an area indicating the progress status.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing apparatus obtains a notification indicating that an abnormality occurs in the plurality of apparatuses, and

the information processing apparatus causes the screen, in which the progress status of the processing step influenced by the abnormality is set as a state in which the processing step is not complete, to be displayed.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further execute the instructions to accept a user operation for changing the progress status.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the system is a system configured to generate a virtual viewpoint image.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the system is a system configured to capture images of an object from a plurality of directions to generate three-dimensional shape data of the object used to generate a virtual viewpoint image.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus causes results of self-checks respectively performed by the plurality of apparatuses to be displayed on the screen.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus causes a progress rate determined based on scheduled time at which the processing step will end to be displayed on the screen.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further execute the instructions to generate a correction plan concerning execution of the plurality of processing steps, and

wherein, in a case where the information processing apparatus generates the correction plan, the information processing apparatus causes the display to display a screen representing the correction plan.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the information processing apparatus generates the correction plan in a case where it is determined based on the progress status that the processing step cannot be complete until scheduled time.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein

the information processing apparatus specifies an apparatus which preferentially performs the processing step among the plurality of apparatuses, and

the information processing apparatus causes the display to display a screen representing a specified apparatus as a screen which displays the correction plan.

18. A method comprising:

obtaining a plurality of processing steps concerning a work in installation or operation of a system including a plurality of apparatuses, and progress statuses of the plurality of processing steps, wherein the plurality of apparatuses include a plurality of image capturing apparatuses;

causing a display to display a screen including information representing the plurality of processing steps and the progress statuses of the plurality of processing steps; and

causing the display to display a screen which displays positions where the plurality of image capturing apparatuses are installed with respect to an image capturing target position and display an image capturing apparatus which ends a work concerning the processing step and an image capturing apparatus which does not end the work in a distinguishable manner.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing a computer to:

obtain a plurality of processing steps concerning a work in installation or operation of a system including a plurality of apparatuses, and progress statuses of the plurality of processing steps; and

cause a display to display a screen including information representing the plurality of processing steps and the progress statuses of the plurality of processing steps,

wherein the plurality of apparatuses include a plurality of image capturing apparatuses, and

the program causes the computer to cause the display to display a screen which displays positions where the plurality of image capturing apparatuses are installed with respect to an image capturing target position and display an image capturing apparatus which ends a work concerning the processing step and an image capturing apparatus which does not end the work in a distinguishable manner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: IWAKIRI, YOSHIKI; SATO, HAJIME
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055485/0831 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-163621 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
JP JP2018-163623 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019032620 · Aug 21, 2019
Related Publication 20210168301A1 · Jun 3, 2021
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