Intelligent stitcher for panoramic image-based virtual worlds

Details Intelligent stitcher for panoramic image-based virtual worlds Intelligent stitcher for panoramic image-based virtual worlds

1997-09-23

2000-01-04

Powell, Mark R.

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics processing

Graph generating

345421, 382294, G06T 1100

Patent

active

060115580

ABSTRACT:
A pair of images are stitched together by warping the pair of images into an environment map representative of a panoramic image. A first edge and a corresponding second edge for each of the first and second images, respectively, are detected. A set of edge position coordinates along the edge of the first warped image is determined. A set of possible matched solutions from the edge position coordinates of the first and second edge are generated. An optimum matched offset from the set of possible matched solutions is determined. Because the set of possible matched solutions is small and compact, the optimum matched offset can be determined efficiently from the set of solutions.

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