Image generating apparatus, image generating method and image generating program

Abstract

An image generating apparatus for generating a visual field image seen from a photographed person who is photographed in at least one part of plural two-dimensional images, based on the plural two-dimensional images captured by plural image capturing apparatuses, comprises a photographed person's position detector for detecting a position of the photographed person, based on at least two of the plural two-dimensional images; a photographed person's direction detector for detecting a face direction of the photographed person; a three-dimensional information generating section for generating three-dimensional information of space that is photographed, based on at least two of the two-dimensional images; and an image generating section for generating the visual field image seen from the position of the photographed person along the face direction, based on the three-dimensional information, the position of the photographed person, and the face direction of the photographed person.

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[0001]This is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 932,308, filed Sep. 2, 2004, which claims priorities on Japanese Patent Applications, 2003-310430 filed on Sep. 2, 2003, and 2004-236129 filed on Aug. 13, 2004, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to an image generating apparatus, an image generating method and an image generating program. More particularly, the present invention relates to an image generating apparatus, an image generating method and an image generating program for generating a visual field image seen from a photographed person who is photographed in at least one part of the plural two-dimensional images, based on plural two-dimensional images captured by plural image capturing apparatuses, or generating an image including a photographed person in at least one part of the plural two-dimensional images, based on plural two-dimensional images w...

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Problems solved by technology

However, in order to achieve this purpose using the conventional method, it is needed for a player to wear an apparatus such as a visual input apparatus, therefore, it is difficult to achieve that purpose in active sports.

However, since the image capturing apparatus such as a camera is fixed at a predetermined position, it is difficult to obtain a player's picture from an anterior view.

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