De Villiers, JCronje, J2013-10-232013-10-232013-04De Villiers, J and Cronje, J. 2013. Improved real-time photogrammetric stitching. In: SPIE Defense Security and Sensing 2013, Baltimore, MAryland, USA, 29 April 2013http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1690728http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7014SPIE Defense Security and Sensing 2013, Baltimore, MAryland, USA, 29 April 2013. Published in Proc. SPIE 8744, Automatic Target Recognition XXIII, 874406 doi:10.1117/12.2015581This work extends earlier work on the real-time photogrammetric stitching of staring arrays of high resolution videos on commercial off the shelf hardware. The blending is both further optimised for Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) implementation and extended from one to two dimensions to allow for multiple layers or arbitrary arrangements of cameras. The incorporation of stabilisation inputs allows the stitching algorithm to provide space stabilised panoramas. The final contribution is to decrease the sensitivity to depth of the stitching procedure, especially for wide aperture baselines. Finally timing tests and some resultant stitched panoramas are presented and discussedenPhotogrammetryStitchingStabilisationReal-timeGraphics Processor UnitGPUConference PresentationDe Villiers, J., & Cronje, J. (2013). Improved real-time photogrammetric stitching. SPIE Digital library. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7014De Villiers, J, and J Cronje. "Improved real-time photogrammetric stitching." (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7014De Villiers J, Cronje J, Improved real-time photogrammetric stitching; SPIE Digital library; 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7014 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - De Villiers, J AU - Cronje, J AB - This work extends earlier work on the real-time photogrammetric stitching of staring arrays of high resolution videos on commercial off the shelf hardware. The blending is both further optimised for Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) implementation and extended from one to two dimensions to allow for multiple layers or arbitrary arrangements of cameras. The incorporation of stabilisation inputs allows the stitching algorithm to provide space stabilised panoramas. The final contribution is to decrease the sensitivity to depth of the stitching procedure, especially for wide aperture baselines. Finally timing tests and some resultant stitched panoramas are presented and discussed DA - 2013-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Photogrammetry KW - Stitching KW - Stabilisation KW - Real-time KW - Graphics Processor Unit KW - GPU LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 T1 - Improved real-time photogrammetric stitching TI - Improved real-time photogrammetric stitching UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7014 ER -