Inpho Gmbh

Rainer Wiesenfarth

The invention relates to a method for selecting a seam between two overlapping images of an area of interest. It includes generating a difference value associated with each portion of the overlapping region, wherein the difference value associated with a portion is derived from the difference between at least one property of the portion in the two images It also includes selecting, through the overlapping region, a path between two points located at the edge of the overlapping region based on the sum of the difference values of the portions along the path. The path is set as the seam. The seam may be used for combining the overlapping images into one image. The invention also relates to a unit, an apparatus, a computer program and an image.

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Stuttgart, Germany

Rainer Wiesenfarth