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System and method for simultaneously viewing a scene and an obscured object

  • US 5,491,510 A
  • Filed: 12/03/1993
  • Issued: 02/13/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An imaging system comprising:

  • a sensor for producing an output representative of the distance between a viewer and a first object and of the relative position and perspective of the viewer with respect to the first object in real-time;

    facilities for storing information representative of an image of a second object including nonobservable portions thereof;

    a processor responsive to said output for manipulating said information and for generating signals representing the image of the second object as having a distance from the viewer and a relative position and perspective to the viewer which is the same as the distance, relative position, and perspective applicable to the first object; and

    a display device for converting said signals into a virtual image and for permitting the viewer to simultaneously observe the first object and the virtual image.

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