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Apparatus and method for providing panoramic images

  • US 6,798,923 B1
  • Filed: 02/04/2000
  • Issued: 09/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2000
  • Status: Expired
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1. A method of merging a different pair of images to form a seamless panoramic image comprising:

  • extracting a set of feature points along the edges of the images, each feature point defining an edge orientations, wherein extracting the set of feature points along the edges of the images includes applying wavelet transforms to the images;

    obtaining a set of registration parameters by determining an initial set of feature points from a first one of the images which matches a set of feature points of a second one of the images; and

    rendering a seamless panoramic image using the first and second images with the set of registration parameters.

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