Patent ID: 8379934
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a combined motion estimate between digital images captured at different capture times, comprising: using an electronic image capture device to capture at least two digital images of a scene at different capture times; designating one of the digital images as a reference digital image, and the rest of the digital images to be non-reference digital images; designating a plurality of image regions within the digital images, wherein each image region includes at least a subset of image pixels in the digital images; determining a motion estimate for each image region by: determining the combined motion estimate by combining the motion estimates for the plurality of image regions, wherein the combined motion estimate is determined by forming a weighted combination of the motion estimates for the plurality of image regions, each motion estimate being weighted with a weighting coefficient, and wherein the weighting coefficient for each image region is determined responsive to the shape of the corresponding fitting function; and storing an indication of the combined motion estimate in a processor-accessible memory.