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A method and apparatus that determines the topology of a sequence of images and then globally aligns the images with respect to each image's neighboring images. The apparatus includes a topology determination module, a local coarse registration module, a local fine registration module, a global cons

A method and apparatus that determines the topology of a sequence of images and then globally aligns the images with respect to each image's neighboring images. The apparatus includes a topology determination module, a local coarse registration module, a local fine registration module, a global consistency module, and a color matching/blending module. To accurately render a mosaic image from a sequence of images the topology determination and global alignment processes are iterated to progressively produce accurately aligned images. The apparatus efficiently and accurately combines a plurality of source images into a seamless panoramic mosaic representation of a scene, of arbitrarily wide spatial and angular extent, regardless of the order of image acquisition.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of registering a plurality of images comprising the steps of:(a) determining a topology of the plurality of images that identifies the images in the plurality of images that are neighbors as neighboring images;(b) locally registering the neighboring images to one

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of registering a plurality of images comprising the steps of:(a) determining a topology of the plurality of images that identifies the images in the plurality of images that are neighbors as neighboring images;(b) locally registering the neighboring images to one another to produce parameters that define the relationship of the neighboring images to one another; and(c) performing a global consistency computation to optimize the parameters with respect to a reference surface.