Patent ID: 7952593

Claim:
An image morphing method, suitable for generating an intermediate image sequence, comprising: computing an edge gradient parameter (I se ({right arrow over (x)}), I de ({right arrow over (x)}′) by a computer according to a source image I s ({right arrow over (x)}) and a destination image I d ({right arrow over (x)}′); computing a total objective function E(D f ,D b ) by a computer according to the edge gradient parameter (I se ({right arrow over (x)}), I de ({right arrow over (x)}′)), wherein the total objective function E(D f ,D b ) comprises: a forward objective function E f (D f ), wherein the forward objective function E f (D f ) is the objective of a forward morphing function D f (({right arrow over (x)}); a backward objective function E b (D b ) , wherein the backward objective function E b (D b ) is the objective of a backward morphing function D b ({right arrow over (x)}′); and an objective function of deviation values Dis (D b ,D f ), wherein the objective function of deviation values Dis (D b , D f ) is a distance between the forward morphing function D f ({right arrow over (x)}) and the backward morphing function D b ({right arrow over (x)}′); and generating the intermediate image sequence by the computer according to the total objective function E(D f ,D b ).