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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Koki Mitsunami, Yokohama, JP;
Tadayoshi Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/0056 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01);
Abstract
When deducing a homography matrix representing a geometrical relationship between two images, an image processing apparatus obtains a transformation matrix for four feature points in each of the two images based on reference coordinates. More specifically, the apparatus obtains the area of a triangle formed by three out of the four feature points, and calculates projective parameters of transformation matrices from the area ratios. The apparatus calculates the homography matrix between the images by the product of one of the two obtained matrices and an inverse matrix of the other.