METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FUSION OF IMAGES
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A method and an apparatus for improving a main image by fusing the richer information contained in a secondary image are described. A 3D structure of objects contained in the secondary image is retrieved and a parallax-corrected version of the secondary image is generated using the 3D structure. For this purpose a camera pose for which a projection of the 3D structure of the objects contained in the secondary image best resembles the perspective in the main image is determined and the parallax-corrected version of the secondary image is synthesized based on the determined camera pose. The parallax-corrected version of the secondary image is then fused with the main image.
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8. A method for fusing a secondary image with a main image, the method comprising:
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retrieving a 3D structure of objects contained in the secondary image; generating a parallax-corrected version of the secondary image using the 3D structure by determining a camera pose for which a projection of the 3D structure of the objects contained in the secondary image best resembles the perspective in the main image and synthesizing the parallax-corrected version of the secondary image based on the determined camera pose; and fusing the parallax-corrected version of the secondary image with the main image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for fusing a secondary image with a main image, the apparatus comprising:
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a 3D structure retrieval stage configured to retrieve a 3D structure of objects contained in the secondary image; a parallax correction stage configured to generate a parallax-corrected version of the secondary image using the 3D structure by determining a camera pose for which a projection of the 3D structure of the objects contained in the secondary image best resembles the perspective in the main image and to synthesize the parallax-corrected version of the secondary image based on the determined camera pose; and an image fusion stage configured to fuse the parallax-corrected version of the secondary image with the main image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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