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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Aseem O. Agarwala, Seattle, WA (US);
Maneesh Agrawala, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael F. Cohen, Seattle, WA (US);
David H. Salesin, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Szeliski, Bellevue, WA (US);
Aseem O. Agarwala, Seattle, WA (US);
Maneesh Agrawala, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael F. Cohen, Seattle, WA (US);
David H. Salesin, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Szeliski, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The subject application provides an architecture that facilitates producing a single image that can visualize a scene too large to depict from any single perspective view. These images can be stitched together on a 2-dimensional picture surface to form a multi-perspective image of the entire extent of the scene depicted by the input images. Where the respective images overlap, an objective function can be employed to determine where to make a transition between one image and the next. The objective function can employ a data cost and a seam cost to make this determination.