VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT IMAGE GENERATING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent any clearance from being generated in a direction where one-dimensionally arrayed cameras are not arrayed when a virtual viewpoint image is formed from images photographed by those cameras.;SOLUTION: This virtual viewpoint image forming method comprises a step for acquiring the image of a subject photographed by a plurality of cameras arranged along a straight line or a curve on the same plane, a step for acquiring the depth information of a subject, a step for setting the view position (called, visual viewpoint) of the subject and a step for texture-mapping the image of the subject on a projection face, and for forming an image (called, virtual viewpoint image) when the subject is viewed from the virtual viewpoint.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI