Intelligent stitcher for panoramic image-based virtual worlds

摘要

A pair of images are stitched together by warping the pair of images into an environment map representative of a panoramic image. A first edge and a corresponding second edge for each of the first and second images, respectively, are detected. A set of edge position coordinates along the edge of the first warped image is determined. A set of possible matched solutions from the edge position coordinates of the first and second edge are generated. An optimum matched offset from the set of possible matched solutions is determined. Because the set of possible matched solutions is small and compact, the optimum matched offset can be determined efficiently from the set of solutions.