Stabilization and Registration of Sequential Video Images

A computational process converts a sequence of digitized video images of the same scene into stabilized, coregistered images of an area of interest within the scene. The process corrects for motion of the area of interest or of the camera (as manifested by rotation, translation, and/or dilation of the raw images). Thus, there is minimal translation, rotation, or dilation in the sequence of output images of the area of interest. The stabilization and coregistration of images can facilitate scientific, engineering, or forensic analysis of the area of interest. Alternatively or in addition, the output images can be used to synthesize a single video image with reduced noise.