Patent attributes
An apparatus comprises: an identification unit configured to identify an object position and/or an occurrence position of an event in an image capturing region; a selection unit configured to select, based on an identified position, one or more sets of cameras among a plurality of sets of cameras associated respectively with a plurality of specific positions in the image capturing region, wherein a set of cameras among the plurality of sets of cameras includes a plurality of cameras for capturing, respectively form different directions, a specific position associated with the set of cameras; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a position and a direction of a virtual viewpoint; and a generation unit configured to generate a virtual viewpoint image according to the indicated virtual viewpoint.
