Patent Document ID: 7925114
Application ID: 12462563
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of mosaicing two overlapping digital input images together to form an output image, comprising the steps of: providing a reference image, comprising a number of green-dominant pixels having certain average color intensity and average elevation; providing a secondary image, comprising a number of green-dominant pixels having certain average color intensity and average elevation, that overlaps the reference image in an overlap area; scaling pixel values of the secondary image within the overlap area such that the color intensity of the secondary image green-dominant pixels within the overlap area is equivalent to the average color intensity of the reference image green-dominant pixels within the overlap area; selecting an initial seam line within the overlap area; determining a position of an elevated feature in a small segment of the overlapping area from a digital elevation model; and establishing the seam line within the overlap area, wherein the route of the seam line is altered based upon the position of an elevated feature.