Image matching method, and image processing apparatus and method using the same

摘要

An image matching method for processing a sequence of image frames is provided. Matching between two adjacent frames such as a pair of the first frame (F1) and the second frame (F2), a pair of the second frame (F2) and the third frame (F3), ... , and a pair of the (n-1)-th frame and the n-th frame (Fn) is sequentially processed. During the matching process, corresponding point files (M1, M2, ..., Mn-1) for the frame pairs are generated and integrated into a single corresponding point file (KM) for a pair of the first frame (F1) and the n-th frame (Fn). The first frame (F1) and the n-th frame (Fn) are stored as key frames together with the single corresponding point file (KM).