Systems and methods for providing enhanced vision imaging with decreased latency
First Claim
1. A system for providing vision imaging comprising:
- at least one image source having a plurality of pixels;
at least one display having a plurality of pixels for displaying images provided by said image source, wherein at least one image source pixel of said image source corresponds to a pixel of said display, said display further having a display coordinate system;
a serial processing element in communication with said display, said serial processing element capable of calculating transformations for said display that relate the coordinates of said display to a primary coordinate system; and
a parallel processing element, in electrical communication with said serial processing element and said display, said parallel processing element capable of receiving image data from the image source and using the transformations calculated by said serial processing element for said display to transform the image source pixel corresponding to the display pixel into the display coordinate system for display at the display pixel location.
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Abstract
The systems and methods of the present invention provide an image processor that displays enhanced vision images based on a plurality images sources. The image processor comprises both serial and parallel processors. The serial processor performs low data volume calculations needed by the parallel processor for image display. The serial processor precalculates transformations needed to convert source data from each source to a primary coordinate system. The parallel processor uses these transforms and correlates source data with the display on a pixel by pixel basis as each frame from the sources is received to thereby provide display data with decreased latency. The image processor reduces parallax effect and is capable of: 1) stitching images of different fields of view to provide a mosaic image; 2) fusing images taken of the same field of view by different types of sources into a fused image; and 3) correcting anomalies in the displayed image.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for providing vision imaging comprising:
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at least one image source having a plurality of pixels;
at least one display having a plurality of pixels for displaying images provided by said image source, wherein at least one image source pixel of said image source corresponds to a pixel of said display, said display further having a display coordinate system;
a serial processing element in communication with said display, said serial processing element capable of calculating transformations for said display that relate the coordinates of said display to a primary coordinate system; and
a parallel processing element, in electrical communication with said serial processing element and said display, said parallel processing element capable of receiving image data from the image source and using the transformations calculated by said serial processing element for said display to transform the image source pixel corresponding to the display pixel into the display coordinate system for display at the display pixel location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing vision imaging comprising:
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at least one display having a plurality of display pixels;
at least one image source having a plurality of image source pixels, said image source providing images from a field of view for display on said display; and
an image processor in communication with said display and said image source, wherein said image processor defines a mapping surface at a distance from said display and said image source such that pixels of said display and image source have respective line of sights that intercept the mapping surface, wherein for a given display pixel, said image processor determines which of said image source pixels correspond to a location where the line of sight of said display pixel intercepts the mapping surface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for providing vision imaging comprising:
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providing at least one display having a plurality of display pixels and at least one image source having a plurality of image source pixels, the image source providing images from a field of view for display on the display;
defining a mapping surface at a distance from the display and the image source such that pixels of the display and image source have respective line of sights that intercept the mapping surface, determining for a given display pixel which of the image source pixels correspond to a location where the line of sight of the display pixel intercepts the mapping surface. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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