PANORAMIC VIDEO DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a panoramic video where viewpoint/glance direction are continuously changed in accordance with the designation of a user. SOLUTION: A panoramic picture synthesis means 105 synthesizes the panoramic pictures for respective viewpoints based on picture data of a picture which a picture storage means 104 holds and which is obtained by photographing the periphery of a point moving in a space by drawing an arbitrary track with the point as the viewpoint. A viewpoint position information setting means 106 sets continuous viewpoint position information in the respective panoramic pictures. At the time of reproduction, a picture position calculation means 110 calculates the position in the space of a display picture and a picture synthesis means 112 synthesizes the display pictures from information on the viewpoint position and the glance direction of the display picture which a display picture history storage means 109 holds and from information of the viewpoint/glance direction which are inputted by an indication input means 108 by the user.