Color targets come in different designs, sizes and surface finishes. A high quality color target such as the Next Generation Target (NGT)1, designed for the Library of Congress, has a glossy finish that makes it sensitive to the light-setup geometry. When the NGT color target is to be captured orthogonally, i.e. both the camera and the light share the same plane and lie on the normal of the target’s surface, even with cross-polarization in place it is not possible to completely eliminate the high reflections caused by the camera/light geometry – unlike for less glossy color targets such as the X-Rite SG CC- not even if the camera/light setup were to be tilted at different angles. We are demonstrating in this paper that it is possible, however, to deploy a mosaic approach to capture the NGT color target at a tilted angle, masking out the reflections, and composing a rectified mosaic image out of only the clear parts of the target. The resultant ICC color correction profile for the mosaic image is proved to be viable to put in use and it satisfies all the necessary metrics for ISO level ”A” when it comes to color calibration and color accuracy.
A method for image stitching is presented. The approach focuses on images with parallax (depth variation) to create panoramic views with high fidelity. The approach creates the stitching seam at a virtual depth to convert hard stitching problems to simple ones. The virtual depth is created by applying local distortions to the input images at the stitching seam so that the contents visually appear to be located at the same depth. The presented approach targets a wide variety of applications that require generating high (or super) resolution, wide-view images. These applications include tele-presence (or tele-reality) applications such as shopping, touring, conferencing, planning or architecting, learning, inspection, and surveillance. Our results show that the proposed approach provides promising results compared to commercial products that rely on stitching solutions.