Research Article
Gradient Domain Image Blending and Implementation on Mobile Devices
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-12607-9_19, author={Yingen Xiong and Kari Pulli}, title={Gradient Domain Image Blending and Implementation on Mobile Devices}, proceedings={Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. First International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, October 26-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBICASE}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-12607-9_19} }- Yingen Xiong
Kari Pulli
Year: 2012
Gradient Domain Image Blending and Implementation on Mobile Devices
MOBICASE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12607-9_19
Abstract
This paper presents an image blending approach which combines optimal seam finding and transition smoothing for merging a set of aligned source images into a composite panoramic image seamlessly. In this approach, graph cut optimization is used for finding optimal seams in overlapping areas of the source images to create a composite image. If the seams in the composite image are still visible, a gradient domain transition smoothing operation is used to reduce color differences between the source images to make them invisible. In the transition smoothing operation, a new gradient vector field is created using the gradients of source images and the seam information. A new composite image can be recovered from the new gradient vector field by solving a Poisson equation with boundary conditions.