Microsoft patents method for aligning images from different sensors
Microsoft describes a system that aligns images captured by two different sensors by testing various motion models. It compares small sections of the images to find the best fit and uses that model to create a single, aligned output image.
In the filing’s own words
A system for selecting motion models for aligning scene content captured by different image sensors, is configurable to (i) access a first image captured by a first image sensor and a second image captured by a second image sensor; (ii) access a set of motion models; (iii) define a reference patch within the second image; (iv) generate a respective match patch for each motion model of the set of motion models; (v) determine a similarity between each respective match patch and the reference patch within the second image; (vi) select a final motion model from the set of motion models based upon the similarity between each respective match patch and the reference patch within the second image; and (vii) utilize the final motion model to generate an output image for display to a user.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A system for selecting motion models for aligning scene content captured by different image sensors, the system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more hardware storage devices that store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to configure the system to: access a first image captured by a first image sensor and a second image captured by a second image sensor; access a set of motion models, wherein the set of motion models comprises a preceding motion model generated based on features extracted from a preceding image pair captured by the first image sensor and the second image sensor and that temporally precedes the first image and the second image; define a reference patch within the second image; generate a respective match patch for each motion model of the set of motion models; determine a similarity between each respective match patch and the reference patch within the second image; select a final motion model from the set of motion models based upon the similarity between each respective match patch and the reference patch within the second image; and utilize the final motion model to generate an output image for display to a user.
Facts
- Company
- Microsoft (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
- Official title
- Systems and methods for selecting motion models for aligning scene content captured by different image sensors
- Patent number
- US12731372B2
- Application number
- 18306671
- Filed
- Apr 25, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06V 10/761 Physics & computingG06V 10/25 Physics & computingG06V 10/44 Physics & computingMore from Microsoft in Cameras & imaging
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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