Method of fusion or merging imagery data for improved visual perception using monoscopic and stereographic fusion and retinal decay techniques

• US 20050128584A1
• Filed: 08/09/2004
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: William E. Knight
• Original Assignee: William E. Knight
• Inventors: Shulman, Alan, Snyder, Donald R. III
• Granted Patent: US 7,907,150 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/462
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/33 Transforming infrared radiation cameras or camera modules for generating image signals from infrared radiation H04N23/20; circuitry of SSIS for transforming infrared radiation into image signals H04N25/20

Abstract

A method of presenting multiple image sources of approximately registered images so that the mind can easily fuse the multiple images into one image. Improvement to fusing can be achieved by alternating views between sources at 85 hertz or more. The insertion of a black frame between the succession of frames optimizes the neurological functions of the human optical system (produces retinal decay) such that the perception of a useful fused image is greatly enhanced. Stereographic fusion can also be achieved to allow for fusion of loosely registered datasets.

Claims

1. A method of displaying multiple source images to first and second eyes of a viewer for fusion into a single useful image, the method comprising:

a) acquiring a first image from an imaging source;

b) acquiring a second image from another imaging source that overlaps or is adjacent to the viewing field of the first imaging source; and

c) alternating the visual display of the first and second images with a black field to each first and second eyes sequentially.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein a first eye is presented with a sequential frame of the first visual image while the second eye is presented with the black field, alternating with the second eye being presented with frames of the second visual image of the other imaging source such the each eye alternatively views an imaging source and a black field.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the imaging source is a non-visual imaging source.

4. A method of reducing ghosting between multiple images comprising providing two loosely registered datasets fed to a stereographic display device and fusing said datasets by alternating each image with a blackened display.