Image stitching with saccade-based control of dynamic seam placement for surround view visualization

Abstract

In various examples, a stitched image may be generated from overlapping image frames using a dynamic seam placement that depends on scene content and/or other factors. Since an optimized seam placement may jump from a previous location from time slice to time slice, one or more constraints may be applied to limit the movement of dynamically placed seams such that any given seam moves gradually over time, limiting potential discontinuities in a visualization of the stitched image on a display. Eye tracking may be used to detect a saccade of a monitored person and/or detect that the monitored person is not looking at the display, and one or more of the constraints used to limit the movement of dynamically placed seams may be relaxed or lifted when the monitored person is experiencing a saccade and/or is looking away from the display.