Patent Document ID: 20040264806
Application ID: 10606002
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for automatically constructing an image mosaic from a set of images of a scene, said computer executable instructions comprising: inputting a set of images of a scene; registering the set of images; comparing the set of images to identify areas of difference between the images for all images, said areas of difference representing regions of potential occlusion in each image; determining, for each image, whether regions of potential occlusion in each image represent actual regions of occlusion, or whether the regions of potential occlusion in each image represent regions of non-occlusion, by determining a level of discontinuity along an exterior border of each region of potential occlusion in each image; and creating a mosaic image by replacing at least one actual region of occlusion in one image from the set of images with corresponding regions of non-occlusion from at least one other image from the set of images of the scene.