Method and apparatus for mosaic image construction
US6075905A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/16
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of constructing an image mosaic comprising the steps of selecting source images, aligning the source images, selecting source segments, enhancing the images, and merging the images to form the image mosaic is disclosed. An apparatus for constructing an image mosaic comprising means for selecting source images, means for aligning the source images, means for selecting source image segments, means for enhancing the images, and means for merging the images to form the image mosaic is also disclosed. The process may be performed automatically by the system or may be guided interactively by a human operator. Applications include the construction of photographic quality prints form video and digital camera images.
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