Patent ID: 9552533
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a circuit configured to perform a first global registration procedure on a first set of image data and a second set of image data to obtain a first global registration between the first set of image data and the second set of image data, and to perform a second global registration procedure on the same data of the same first set of image data and the same data of the same second set of image data to obtain a second global registration between the same first set of image data and the same second set of image data, wherein the first global registration procedure is different from the second global registration procedure; determine a difference between the first global registration and the second global registration, and to determine a measure of registrability between the first set of image data and the second set of data based on the difference between the first global registration and the second global registration; accept or reject registration of the first set of image data and the second set of image data depending upon the measure of registrability; and provide an indication that registration of the first set of image data and the second set of image data has been rejected and output, without registration, at least one of the first and second sets of image data when the registration is rejected, wherein the first global registration procedure includes obtaining a registration from the first set of image data to the second set of data and the second global registration procedure includes obtaining a registration from the second set of data to the first set of image data, or both.