Image frame fusion by velocity estimation using region merging
US5909251A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/537
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A process for performing image frame fusion on a pixel-by-pixel basis by estimating velocities and occlusions between at least two image frames of a sequence of frames. For each pixel, the possible matchings are those that minimize changes in a selected parameter of the image (generally the grey-level). The process uses a region-growing procedure to reduce the number of possible matchings for each pixel. The output is a decomposition of the images into regions in which pixels move with the same model of velocity or are all occluded. The process includes a multi-scale description of velocities between two images, a multi-scale segmentation of the images into regions having different motion, a correcting term for sampling errors, sub-pixel motion errors and an occlusion estimation step. A preferred embodiment employs pyramidal calculations.
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