Title
Improved Seam-Line Searching Algorithm for UAV Image Mosaic with Optical Flow.
Abstract
Ghosting and seams are two major challenges in creating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) image mosaic. In response to these problems, this paper proposes an improved method for UAV image seam-line searching. First, an image matching algorithm is used to extract and match the features of adjacent images, so that they can be transformed into the same coordinate system. Then, the gray scale difference, the gradient minimum, and the optical flow value of pixels in adjacent image overlapped area in a neighborhood are calculated, which can be applied to creating an energy function for seam-line searching. Based on that, an improved dynamic programming algorithm is proposed to search the optimal seam-lines to complete the UAV image mosaic. This algorithm adopts a more adaptive energy aggregation and traversal strategy, which can find a more ideal splicing path for adjacent UAV images and avoid the ground objects better. The experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively solve the problems of ghosting and seams in the panoramic UAV images.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.3390/s18041214
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
UAV image,dynamic programming,seam-line,optical flow,image mosaic
Coordinate system,Computer vision,Dynamic programming,Tree traversal,Search algorithm,Electronic engineering,Pixel,Artificial intelligence,Engineering,Optical flow,Grayscale,Ghosting
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
4.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
12
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Weilong Zhang1102.97
Bingxuan Guo2227.04
Ming Li35595829.00
Xuan Liao421.06
Wenzhuo Li5315.70