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Image-registration method, medium, and apparatus

US8300985B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2008
Grant dateOct 30, 2012
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20076
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image-registration method, medium, and apparatus obtaining first and second images, generating first and second image pyramids based on the first and second images, respectively, by performing sub-sampling which reduces the length and width of each of the first and second images by half, and determining one of five directions as an optimal movement direction for a current level of the first and second image pyramids based on two images belonging to a corresponding level, updating a motion vector for the current level based on the optimal movement direction for the current level and updating a first image belonging to a level directly below the current level based on the updated motion vector for the current level, wherein the updating comprises updating a motion vector for each of a plurality of levels of the first and second image pyramids in an order from an uppermost level to a lowermost level.

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