In this study, the authors present quantitative quality assessment indices for measuring
geometric and photometric qualities of stitched panoramic images, since both geometric and …

The large amount of SIFT descriptors in an image and the high dimensionality of SIFT
descriptor have made problems for the large-scale image database in terms of speed and …

Video fusion aims to synthesize video footage from different sources into a unified, coherent
output. It plays a key role in areas such as video editing and special effects production. The …

Image stitching (Mosaicing) is a technique of combining multiple underwater images to
generate a composite image with a much larger field of view. With its advancement in …

Automatic color balancing approaches for different applications have been studied by
different research communities in the past decade. However, in this paper we address color …

Image stitching has developed rapidly in recent years. Seam elimination plays a critical role
in image stitching. Therefore, an improved seam elimination method of image stitching is …

Matched-Texture Coding is a novel image coder that utilizes the self-similarity of natural
images that include textures, in order to achieve structurally lossless compression. The key …

Poisson Image Editing (PIE) is one of the most well known methods for seamless image
interpolation. However, direct application of PIE to large scale images (eg satellite image …

In recent years, 3D surround view systems started to gain more attention as advanced driver
assistance systems (ADAS) become more capable and intelligent. A 3D surround view …

In this chapter the main state-of-the-art techniques are presented and described. There are
three main groups of blending algorithms, each of them showing some benefits and …