A control is performed such that a speed of change of the virtual viewpoint which is changed in accordance with acceptance of an input according to a specific user operation during playback of the virtual viewpoint image at a first playback speed becomes lower than a speed of change of the virtual viewpoint which is changed in accordance with acceptance of an input according to the specific user operation during playback of the virtual viewpoint image at a second playback speed higher than the first playback speed.

An apparatus includes a plurality of output ports and a processor. The output ports may each be configured to connect to a respective trigger device and generate an output signal to activate the respective trigger device. The processor may be configured to determine a number of the trigger devices connected to the output ports, determine a timing between each of the number of the trigger devices connected, convert the timing for each of the trigger devices to fit a standard timing using offset values specific to each of the trigger devices and perform a trigger routine to trigger the output signal for each of the trigger devices connected. The trigger routine may activate each of the trigger devices connected according to an event. The offset values may delay triggering the trigger devices to ensure that the trigger devices are sequentially activated at intervals that correspond consistently with the standard timing.

An apparatus acquires update information indicating a predetermined frame update interval on a moving image at a virtual viewpoint reproduced by updating a virtual viewpoint image at the interval, the virtual viewpoint image being generated using multi-viewpoint images and viewpoint information; acquires frame information of the multi-viewpoint images for use in generating the moving image, the frame information including information of a plurality of frames corresponding to different imaging times; and generates the viewpoint information based on the update information and the frame information, such that the viewpoint information indicating a position of a virtual viewpoint and a direction from the virtual viewpoint updated at an interval longer than the predetermined frame update interval is generated as the viewpoint information for the moving image generated using a smaller number of frames of multi-viewpoint images than frames of virtual viewpoint images forming the moving image.

Provided is an imaging apparatus including at least one or more imaging units, and more particularly, to an imaging apparatus including at least one or more imaging units which includes at least one or more modules to perform modularization so that a time-slice imaging device may be installed, performs a light weight of the imaging units to solve difficulty in a process of connecting multiple heavy digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras to each other in order to realize a time-sliced image at a certain moment, achieves assembly simplicity and storage convenience through a structure that may be stored by separating the modules and a support, and achieves popularization of an imaging apparatus capable of capturing a time slice image.

Provided in the present invention are a method for achieving a bullet time capturing effect and a panoramic camera. The method comprises: acquiring a panoramic video captured when a panoramic camera rotates around a capture target; acquiring from within the panoramic video hemispherical images close to the side of the capture target; splicing the hemispherical images to generate a spliced image; and fixing a viewpoint of the spliced image, thus achieving a bullet time capturing effect. According to the present invention, only one panoramic camera is needed to be able to capture the bullet time capturing effect, so that the capturing cost of the bullet time capturing effect in the present invention is low. Meanwhile, since the bullet time capturing effect is obtained by means of a panoramic video being captured when a panoramic camera rotates around a capture target and processing being carried out on the panoramic video, the precision is high.

Provided is an imaging apparatus including at least one or more imaging units, and more particularly, to an imaging apparatus including at least one or more imaging units which includes at least one or more modules to perform modularization so that a time-slice imaging device may be installed, performs a light weight of the imaging units to solve difficulty in a process of connecting multiple heavy digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras to each other in order to realize a time-sliced image at a certain moment, achieves assembly simplicity and storage convenience through a structure that may be stored by separating the modules and a support, and achieves popularization of an imaging apparatus capable of capturing a time slice image.

An image processing device includes circuitry configured to generate a stroboscopic model including 3D models of a subject arranged in a three-dimensional space, the 3D models being generated from a plurality of viewpoint images captured from a plurality of viewpoints at a plurality of times, and set camerawork of a virtual camera in accordance with a state of the 3D models arranged in the stroboscopic model, the camerawork being set for capturing the stroboscopic model by the virtual camera to generate a stroboscopic image.

Apparatus and methods for displaying an image by a rotating structure are provided. The rotating structure can comprise blades of a fan. The fan can be a cooling fan for an electronics device such as an augmented reality display. In some embodiments, the rotating structure comprises light sources that emit light to generate the image. The light sources can comprises light-field emitters. In other embodiments, the rotating structure is illuminated by an external (e.g., non-rotating) light source.

A method for depicting a three-dimensional object in a real environment, depicted in a final video played back on a monitor, includes the steps of generating at least one object video by filming the object with a camera from different filming directions for generating an object video, wherein the angle of an optical axis of the camera in relation to a central axis of the object is in each case determined for the respective filming direction, so that an angle can be associated with each filming direction. The method also includes generating a live video with at least one live camera and simultaneously inserting the object video into the live video at a defined position in the environment for generating the final video, and changing the position of the live camera in the environment and simultaneously depicting the object in the final video in a desired perspective in the environment.

Apparatus and methods for displaying an image by a rotating structure are provided. The rotating structure can comprise blades of a fan. The fan can be a cooling fan for an electronics device such as an augmented reality display. In some embodiments, the rotating structure comprises light sources that emit light to generate the image. The light sources can comprises light-field emitters. In other embodiments, the rotating structure is illuminated by an external (e.g., non-rotating) light source.