IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA STORAGE Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC G06T15/20 H04N13/00 

FIELD: image forming devices.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the technology for forming an image from a virtual viewpoint. System comprises an image acquisition unit configured to acquire images based on a multi-direction capturing multiple cameras, information obtaining unit configured to obtain viewpoint information indicating a virtual viewpoint and a shaping unit configured to generate images from a virtual viewpoint based on images obtained by the image acquisition unit, and viewpoint information obtained by the information acquisition unit, wherein the generating unit is configured to generate a first image from the virtual viewpoint output to the display device, which displays a user image for specifying a virtual viewpoint, and is also configured to generate a second image from the virtual viewpoint output to the output destination other than the display device, by using at least one of data formed during formation of a first image from a virtual viewpoint by image processing using a plurality of images obtained by the image acquisition unit and a first image from the virtual viewpoint, wherein the second image from the virtual viewpoint has a higher image quality than the first image from the virtual viewpoint.

EFFECT: forming an image from a virtual viewpoint in accordance with a plurality of different image quality requirements.

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