The specific problem which I'm working on right now is stitching. Also known as
"making panoramas from several independent shots". I'm having a simplified
version of the problem - I control the environment where pictures are taken. In
my case the pictures are taken with a camera which images samples under an
optical system, and the camera shifts linearly between shots - but of course I
wouldn't mind a more general solution.
I don't think it's very unusual task in the image processing area... and I
don't think, for example, that this is the only task which enlarges images -
making from two nice rectangles, for example, a convex octagon.
Unfortunately, averaging is just a simple option... I'd like to be able to
"fade out" one image and "fade in" another along, say, a gaussian curve. But
let's not have this as a requirement know.
My problems seems to me to be geometrical - making a combined array. It's not
about "merging" individual points per se. For example, let's have 3 4$1 and
then 5 6$3 and then "combine" them, overlaying the second array with shift 2 _3
on top of the first with averaging...
1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 "operation" 3 3 3 3 3 3 -> 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0
3 3 3 3 3 3 0
3 3 3 3 3 3 0
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