INVERSE TEXTURE MAPPING USING WEIGHTED PYRAMID BLENDING

A system and method for inverse texture mapping in which given a 3D model and several images from different viewpoints, a texture map is extracted for each planar surface in the 3D model. The system and method employs a unique weighted pyramid feathering scheme for blending multiple images to form the texture map, even where the images are taken from different viewpoints, at different scales, and with different exposures. This scheme also makes it possible to blend images with cut-out regions which may be present due to occlusions or moving objects. It further advantageously employs weight maps to improve the quality of the blended image.