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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
May. 09, 2006
Qipeng Mei, Zhejiang, CN;
Weining Sun, Zhejiang, CN;
Qipeng Mei, Zhejiang, CN;
Weining Sun, Zhejiang, CN;
ArcSoft, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided to automatically arrange scanned images so they can be stitched into a composite image. Initially the scanned images are reduced to low resolution and a gradient filter is applied. One scanned image is selected as a possible first image in a stitching order. The possible first image is rotated to one angle and correlated with remaining scanned images rotated to two corresponding angles. Only four scanned images that best correlate with the possible first image and pass a threshold are saved as possible second images in the order. The steps are repeated for subsequent places in the order and for the possible first image at other angles. The method is repeated for other possible first images to form other orders. At the end, a path through one of the orders that produces the best sum of correlation values is set as the correct stitching order.