Multi-Camera Video Stitching
Thomas Haenselmann, Marcel Busse, Stephan Kopf, Thomas S. King, Wolfgang Effelsberg · 2006
We propose a stitching algorithm for multi-camera environments which allows to concatenate views with differing centers of projection into a single panoramic image. A common trajectory is defined in two source images to be merged. It serves as a cut that allows to stitch them together. Usually, the layout of the cuts does not allow to stitch both images together naively. Thus, two convex combinations of a warped and a canonic coordinate are applied so that both source images fit together at the cutting edge while the inevitable distortion decreases towards the borders of the image to obtain a natural appearance. In this work, we will particularly investigate the side effects of using multiple perspectives for moving images.