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Novel seamless image mosaicing algorithm for virtual environment

Pages 219-229 | Received 09 Sep 2005, Published online: 21 May 2007
 

Abstract

The image mosaic method is an image-based rendering method which is based on the ability to align different views of a scene (overlapped) into a large image and then to blend the image together seamlessly. A smooth image mosaic algorithm for stitching multiple source images together to produce a single output image is proposed. It can effectively eliminate the impact of light and colour difference on the matching of two images, and reduce the possibility of mismatch, without involving intensive computing. It works well for almost all pictures with common characteristics. The algorithm can be easily and efficiently implemented.

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank Professor Choi-Hong Lai, University of Greenwich, UK, for his support and encouragements in this research. Erjun Zhao, Jiangyin Maritime Bureau, contributed to this work while he was a master student at Dalian Maritime University. This work was supported by the Fok Ying-tong Educational Foundation (91077).

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