Efficient Real-Time Video Stabilization with a Novel Least Squares Formulation

We present a novel video stabilization algorithm (LSstab) that removes unwanted motions in real-time. LSstab is based on a novel least squares formulation of the smoothing cost function to alleviate the undesirable camera jitter. A recursive least square solver is derived to minimize the smoothing cost function with an O(N) computation complexity. LSstab is evaluated using a suite of publicly available videos against the state of the art video stabilization methods. Results show LSstab reaches comparable or better performance, achieving real-time processing speed when a GPU is used.