Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 7, 20210611(2022)

Research on the stitching method of massive aerial far-infrared images with an inconsistent overlap rate

Yan Gao, Xiaoyue Xiao*, Xiaohu Li, Hong Zhu, Jin Tang, and Fan Guo
Author Affiliations
  • School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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    Figures & Tables(18)
    Principle of perspective results in inconsistent transverse overlap of image
    Comparison of the effect of uniform distribution of features on alignment ability
    Registration schematic diagram of non-uniform overlap rate
    Diagram of regional division
    Overlapping and alternating phenomenon
    Schematic diagram of grid transformation recursion and inter column splicing
    Flow chart of stitching
    Comparison of sequential image stitching
    Comparison of stitching results of single column image stitching and inter column image
    Far-infrared image pair for contrast experiment
    Comparison of registration results
    Influence of different distribution functions on edge distortion
    Comparison of gray correction map
    Comparison of the first far-infrared image mosaic results
    Comparison of the sceond far-infrared image mosaic results
    • Table 1. Weight distribution of homography matrix

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      Table 1. Weight distribution of homography matrix

      Position of grid kProportion of local homography matrix Proportion of linearizated local homography matrix Proportion of regional similarity homography matrix
      ${x_{\min }} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_{lc}}$0%0%100%
      ${x_{lc}} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_l}$0% -100%0% - 100%0% -100%
      ${x_l} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_r}$0%100%0%
      ${x_r} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_{rc}}$0% - 100%0% - 100%0% - 100%
      ${x_{rc}} < {x^{(k)}} < {x_{\max }}$0%0%100%
    • Table 2. Number comparison of multi-column image mosaic with various methods

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      Table 2. Number comparison of multi-column image mosaic with various methods

      Stitching methodAPAPAANAPGSPOurs
      Stitching rows4191341
    • Table 3. Comparison of far-infrared image stitching speed

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      Table 3. Comparison of far-infrared image stitching speed

      SoftwareAutoStitchPTGuiICEProposed
      TimeFailedAbout 15 min About 130 min 7 min and 42 s
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    Paper Information

    Category: Image processing

    Received: Aug. 26, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 20, 2022

    The Author Email: Xiaoyue Xiao (sflsxiaoxiaoyue@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210611

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