Method and apparatus for relating and combining multiple images

Details Method and apparatus for relating and combining multiple images Method and apparatus for relating and combining multiple images

1995-11-13

1998-01-06

Nguyen, Phu K.

G06F 1500

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057064164

ABSTRACT:
Digitally encoded images having common subject matter are spatially related to one another and combined utilizing a projective coordinate transformation, the parameters of which are estimated featurelessly. For a given input image frame, the universe of possible changes in each image point consistent with the projective coordinate transformation is defined and used to find the projective-transformation parameters which, when applied to the input image, make it look most like a target image. The projective model correctly relates images of common (static) subject matter taken by a single camera at a fixed location, free to rotate about its center of projection (e.g., free to rotate about its optical axis, and to pan and tilt) and having a lens free to zoom; and planar scenes recorded by a camera free to move arbitrarily (including translation or other movements of the center of projection itself).

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