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Research on image stitching method based on fuzzy inference

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This paper concern the problem of ghosting caused by parallax and moving objects in image stitching. Previous approaches have used local homography or optimal seam lines to avoid ghosting. In this work, we propose an image stitching method based on fuzzy inference. At first, our use of the contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) increase the matching points of the object surface in the low-contrast images. Then, to reduce the number of mismatching points, we combine the orientation of feature points to improve the zero-mean normalized cross-correlation (ZNCC) for filter matching points. Furthermore, by viewing the distance weight and gray difference of pixels in overlapping region as the first input and the second input of fuzzy inference respectively, and regarding the output of the fuzzy inference as the weight of image fusion. We generate high-quality stitching images. The experimental results show that our approach can reduce the ghosting phenomenon and improve the quality of the stitching.

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This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (61,603,319, 61,601,385).

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Lu, J., Huo, G. & Cheng, J. Research on image stitching method based on fuzzy inference. Multimed Tools Appl 81, 23991–24002 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-12748-9

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