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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2003
Donghui Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Yushan Huang, Zhejiang, CN;
Donghui Wu, Fremont, CA (US);
Yushan Huang, Zhejiang, CN;
ArcSoft, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for aligning images includes (1) selecting a pair of overlapping pixels when two second image are aligned with a camera motion; (2) if both pixels are edge pixels, incrementing a correlation value between the two images for the camera motion; (3) if only one of pixels is an edge pixel, decrementing the correlation value between the two images for the camera motion; (4) repeating steps (1) to (3) for other pairs of overlapping pixels in the two images to determine the correlation value for the camera motion. The method further includes (5) repeating steps (1) to (4) for other camera motions; (6) selecting camera motions having large correlation values; (7) determining matched edge counts for members of the group; (8) selecting the camera motion with the largest matched edge count; and (8) aligning the two images with the selected camera motion.