Panoramic Video from Unstructured Camera Arrays

dc.contributor.authorPerazzi, Federicoen_US
dc.contributor.authorSorkine-Hornung, Alexanderen_US
dc.contributor.authorZimmer, Henningen_US
dc.contributor.authorKaufmann, Peteren_US
dc.contributor.authorWang, Oliveren_US
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Scotten_US
dc.contributor.authorGross, Markusen_US
dc.contributor.editorOlga Sorkine-Hornung and Michael Wimmeren_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-16T07:43:19Z
dc.date.available2015-04-16T07:43:19Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractWe describe an algorithm for generating panoramic video from unstructured camera arrays. Artifact-free panorama stitching is impeded by parallax between input views. Common strategies such as multi-level blending or minimum energy seams produce seamless results on quasi-static input. However, on video input these approaches introduce noticeable visual artifacts due to lack of global temporal and spatial coherence. In this paper we extend the basic concept of local warping for parallax removal. Firstly, we introduce an error measure with increased sensitivity to stitching artifacts in regions with pronounced structure. Using this measure, our method efficiently finds an optimal ordering of pair-wise warps for robust stitching with minimal parallax artifacts. Weighted extrapolation of warps in non-overlap regions ensures temporal stability, while at the same time avoiding visual discontinuities around transitions between views. Remaining global deformation introduced by the warps is spread over the entire panorama domain using constrained relaxation, while staying as close as possible to the original input views. In combination, these contributions form the first system for spatiotemporally stable panoramic video stitching from unstructured camera array input.en_US
dc.description.number2en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersImage and Video Processingen_US
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forumen_US
dc.description.volume34en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cgf.12541en_US
dc.identifier.pages057-068en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12541en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectI.3.3 [Computer Graphics]en_US
dc.subjectPicture/Image Generationen_US
dc.subjectViewing Algorithmsen_US
dc.titlePanoramic Video from Unstructured Camera Arraysen_US
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