IMAGE COMPOSITING VIA MULTI-SPECTRAL DETECTION
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- an imaging component including;
a source configured to illuminate an object with emissions in a first spectrum;
a first image detector operable within the first spectrum and generating a first image;
a second image detector operable within a second spectrum and generating a second image;
a processor, configured to generate a high-contrast image by applying a high-contrast filter to the first image, and further configured to generate a first masked image by masking the second image with the high-contrast image; and
a compositing component creating a composite image from the first masked image and a selected image.
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Abstract
A video image capture component includes a light source operable in a first spectrum, a first image detector operable in the first spectrum, a second light source operable in a second spectrum, and a second image detector operable in the second spectrum. A filtering component generates a combination image by filtering a first image obtained by the first image detector with a high-contrast filter, resulting in a high-contrast image, and masking a second image obtained by the second image detector using the high-contrast image. A compositing component creates a composite image from the combination image and a selected image. A display component displays the composite image.
Alternative systems and methods for creating a combination image include techniques involving thermal imaging, laser detection, and narrow band frequency detection.
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26 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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an imaging component including; a source configured to illuminate an object with emissions in a first spectrum; a first image detector operable within the first spectrum and generating a first image; a second image detector operable within a second spectrum and generating a second image; a processor, configured to generate a high-contrast image by applying a high-contrast filter to the first image, and further configured to generate a first masked image by masking the second image with the high-contrast image; and a compositing component creating a composite image from the first masked image and a selected image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising;
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illuminating an object with emissions in a first spectrum; generating a first image within the first spectrum; generating a second image within a second spectrum; generating a high-contrast image by applying a high-contrast filter to the first image; generating a masked image by masking the second image with the high-contrast image; and creating a composite image from the masked image and a selected image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method, comprising:
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receiving a spectral image captured in a predefined spectrum; directing a laser beam towards the periphery of an object of interest; receiving reflections of the laser beam emissions; forming a boundary indication from the reflections of the laser beam emissions; and applying the boundary indication to the spectral image to isolate an image of the object of interest from the spectral image.
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23. A method, comprising:
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receiving two images from a group comprising;
a spectral image captured in a predefined spectrum, a thermal image, and an echo image created from high-frequency audio signal reflections;applying a high-contrast filter to a first of the two images to create a high-contrast image; and generating a first isolated image by applying the high-contrast image to a second of the two images to isolate the image of an object of interest. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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Specification