Light-field image generation system, image display system, shape information acquisition server, image generation server, display device, light-field image generation method, and image display method
A light-field image generation system including a shape information acquisition server that acquires shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of an object, and an image generation server that is provided with a shape reconstruction unit that reconstructs the three-dimensional shape of the object as a virtual three-dimensional shape in a virtual space based on the shape information and a light-field image generation unit that generates a light-field image of the virtual three-dimensional shape at a predetermined viewing point in the virtual space.
1. An image display system, comprising:
a light-field image generation system, comprising:
a shape information acquisition server including first circuitry configured to acquire shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of an object; and
an image generation server including second circuitry configured to
reconstruct the three-dimensional shape of the object as a virtual three-dimensional shape in a virtual space based on the shape information, and
generate a light-field image of the virtual three-dimensional shape at a predetermined viewing point in the virtual space;
an image generation server including third circuitry configured to generate a display image from a light-field image; and
a display device,
wherein the display device includes a display in which a plurality of displays, including at least a front transparent display and a rear display, are positioned such that corresponding pixels overlap in a plan view, and
the third circuitry of the image generation server is further configured to generate each displayed image that is displayed on each of the displays, each of the displayed images including gradation information of the pixels in the light-field image, the gradation information being compressed.
2. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein the second circuitry of the image generation server is further configured to
capture an image of the virtual three-dimensional shape using a virtual imaging device based on an arbitrary viewing point and viewing direction in the virtual space, and
generate the light-field image based on the arbitrary viewing point and viewing direction.
3. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuitry of the shape information acquisition server is further configured to generate the shape information of the object based on a captured image of the object captured by an imaging device.
4. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein the shape information is gradation information and depth information in each pixel of a captured image of the object.
5. Image display system according to claim 1 , wherein the shape information is three-dimensional point group information including feature points of the object and gradation information at each feature point.
6. The image display system according to claim 4 , wherein the gradation information is color information of gradations for each of an R color component, a G color component, and a B color component.
7. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein the shape information includes information that is extracted from a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of imaging devices positioned at different viewing points and in different viewing directions.
8. An image display method, comprising:
acquiring shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of an object;
reconstructing the three-dimensional shape of the object as a virtual three-dimensional shape in a virtual space, based on the shape information;
generating a light-field image of the virtual three-dimensional shape at a predetermined viewing point in the virtual space; and
generating displayed images on a display in which a plurality of displays including at least a front transparent display and a rear display are positioned such that corresponding pixels overlap in a plan view, each of the displayed images being displayed on respective displays, and gradation information of the pixels in the light-field image being compressed.
9. The light-field image generation system according to claim 2 , wherein the first circuitry of the shape information acquisition server is further configured to generate the shape information of the object based on the captured image of the object captured by the imaging device.
10. The light-field image generation system according to claim 2 , wherein the shape information is gradation information and depth information in each pixel of the captured image of the object.
11. The light-field image generation system according to claim 2 , wherein the shape information is three-dimensional point group information including feature points of the object and gradation information at each feature point.
12. The light-field image generation system according to claim 10 , wherein the gradation information is color information of gradations for each of an R color component, a G color component, and a B color component.
13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the shape information is gradation information and depth information in each pixel of a captured image of the object.
14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the shape information is three-dimensional point group information including feature points of the object and gradation information at each feature point.
15. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the gradation information is color information of gradations for each of an R color component, a G color component, and a B color component.