A new optimal seam method for seamless image stitching
Jiale Xue, Shengyong Chen, Xu Cheng, Ying Han, Meng Ya Zhao · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2017
A novel optimal seam method which aims to stitch those images with overlapping area more seamlessly has been propos ed. Considering the traditional gradient domain optimal seam method and fusion algorithm result in bad color difference measurement and taking a long time respectively, the input images would be converted to HSV space and a new energy function is designed to seek optimal stitching path. To smooth the optimal stitching path, a simplified pixel correction and weighted average method are utilized individually. The proposed methods exhibit performance in eliminating the stitching seam compared with the traditional gradient optimal seam and high efficiency with multi-band blending algorithm.