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Capturing and viewing gigapixel images

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Matt Uyttendaele,

Oliver Deussen,

Michael F. CohenAuthors Info & Claims

SIGGRAPH '07: ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 papers

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1275808.1276494

Published: 29 July 2007 Publication History

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We present a system to capture and view "Gigapixel images": very high resolution, high dynamic range, and wide angle imagery consisting of several billion pixels each. A specialized camera mount, in combination with an automated pipeline for alignment, exposure compensation, and stitching, provide the means to acquire Gigapixel images with a standard camera and lens. More importantly, our novel viewer enables exploration of such images at interactive rates over a network, while dynamically and smoothly interpolating the projection between perspective and curved projections, and simultaneously modifying the tone-mapping to ensure an optimal view of the portion of the scene being viewed.

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Capturing and viewing gigapixel images
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Computer vision problems
      2. Image and video acquisition
  2. Computer graphics
    1. Image manipulation
    2. Rendering

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