The determination of disparity in a stereo pair of images is a key fac
tor in obtaining three-dimensional information about a scene. The auth
ors describe how phase correlation can be used to aid stereo disparity
analysis. An algorithm has been developed that identifies high-confid
ence candidate disparity vectors which are evaluated blockwise over th
e image. The vectors can be used as input to a subsequent area-matchin
g process applied element by element.