A content-aware image stitching algorithm for mobile multimedia devices

Hyo Kak Kim; Kwang Wook Lee; June Young Jung; Seung Won Jung; Sung Jea Ko

doi:10.1109/TCE.2011.6131166

A content-aware image stitching algorithm for mobile multimedia devices

Hyo Kak Kim, Kwang Wook Lee, June Young Jung, Seung Won Jung, Sung Jea Ko

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Abstract

This paper presents a new image stitching algorithm for mobile multimedia devices. In general, the stitched image obtained by optimal seam finding can avoid the ghost effects but sometimes experience the unconformity of the image structure and color differences near the transition region between images. To solve these problems, the proposed algorithm adopts the seam carving/inserting operator and exploits an adaptive color blending algorithm. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can produce a stitched image without visible artifacts including the ghost effects, the unconformity of the structure, and the visible color differences. With respect to the visual quality of the stitched images, the proposed algorithm significantly outperforms simple conventional stitching algorithms and is comparable to the computationally demanding Poisson image editing algorithm ¹.

Original language	English
Article number	6131166
Pages (from-to)	1875-1882
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
Volume	57
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2011.6131166
Publication status	Published - 2011 Nov

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Funding Information:
1This research was supported by Mid-career Researcher Program through NRF grant funded by the MEST (No. 2011-0000200) and by Business for Cooperative R&D between Industry, Academy, and Research Institute funded Korea Small and Medium Business Administration in 2011 (Grants No. 00048009).

Keywords

content-aware image stitching
image blending
optimal seam
seam carving
seam inserting

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Media Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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