Image stitching method and apparatus
US8345961B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/16
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image processing technology, and discloses an image stitching method and apparatus to solve the problem of severe ghosting of an image stitched in the prior art. In the embodiments of the present invention, the overlap region of two images is found, a depth image of the overlap region is obtained, and the two images are stitched together according to the depth image. In the stitching process, the 3-dimensional information of the images is obtained by using the depth image to deghost the image. The method and apparatus under the present invention are applicable to multi-scene videoconferences and the occasions of making wide-view images or videos.
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