MULTI-PERSPECTIVE PANORAMAS OF URBAN SCENES WITHOUT SAMPLING ERRORS

Siyuan Fang, Neill Campbell

2009

Abstract

In this paper we introduce a framework for producing multi-perspective panoramas of urban streets from a dense collection of photographs. The estimated depth information are used to remove sampling errors caused by depth parallax of non-planar scenes. Then, different projections are automatically combined to create the multi-perspective panorama with minimal aspect ratio distortions, which is achieved by a two-phase optimization: firstly, the global optimal configuration of projections is computed and then a local adjustment is applied to eliminate visual artifacts caused by undesirable perspectives.

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Fang S. and Campbell N. (2009). MULTI-PERSPECTIVE PANORAMAS OF URBAN SCENES WITHOUT SAMPLING ERRORS . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-67-8, pages 191-198. DOI: 10.5220/0001785101910198


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@conference{grapp09,
author={Siyuan Fang and Neill Campbell},
title={MULTI-PERSPECTIVE PANORAMAS OF URBAN SCENES WITHOUT SAMPLING ERRORS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={191-198},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001785101910198},
isbn={978-989-8111-67-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)
TI - MULTI-PERSPECTIVE PANORAMAS OF URBAN SCENES WITHOUT SAMPLING ERRORS
SN - 978-989-8111-67-8
AU - Fang S.
AU - Campbell N.
PY - 2009
SP - 191
EP - 198
DO - 10.5220/0001785101910198