Facilitating detection, processing and display of combination of visible and near non-visible light

• US 9,992,427 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2017
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Reid, Dylan C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Allen
• Application Number:
  US15/412,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134633A1
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 348162
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/11 for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/74 by influencing the scene brightness using illuminating means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/743 Bracketing, i.e. taking a series of images with varying exposure conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/30 Transforming light or analogous information into electric information scanning details H04N3/00; cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00; circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS] or control thereof H04N25/00

Abstract

A digital camera accesses, processes and displays a combination image composed of visible light and near non-visible (“NNV”) light. A method can include accessing, by a digital camera, raw data having first information associated with a first electromagnetic spectrum range and second information associated with a second electromagnetic spectrum range. The first electromagnetic spectrum range is substantially within the visible spectrum and the second electromagnetic spectrum range is substantially within the NNV spectrum. The method can also include optimizing the raw data for the visible spectrum, thereby generating a first visual image representation, and optimizing the raw data for the NNV spectrum, thereby generating a second visual image representation. The method can also include combining the first visual image representation and the second visual image representation to generate a combination image. The digital camera can then initiate the display of the combination image.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

accessing data comprising first information associated with a first electromagnetic spectrum range and second information associated with a second electromagnetic spectrum range, wherein the first electromagnetic spectrum range is substantially within a visible spectrum and the second electromagnetic spectrum range is substantially within a near non-visible spectrum; and

generating an indication of an alert indicating detection of the second electromagnetic spectrum range substantially within the near non-visible spectrum.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first electromagnetic spectrum range comprises a range between approximately 390 nanometers and approximately 700 nanometers.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second electromagnetic spectrum range comprises a range of wavelengths between approximately 389 nanometers and approximately 365 nanometers.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the second electromagnetic spectrum range comprises a range of wavelengths between approximately 701 nanometers and approximately 725 nanometers.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

adjusting the data for the visible spectrum, thereby generating a first visual image representation; and

adjusting the data for the near non-visible spectrum, thereby generating a second visual image representation.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise:

combining the first visual image representation and the second visual image representation to generate a combination image.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the second visual image representation comprises a color corresponding to a wavelength within the first electromagnetic spectrum range.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 5, wherein the adjusting the data for the near non-visible spectrum is performed in response to detection of a selection of a mode of a digital camera.

9. A method, comprising:

adjusting, by a digital camera comprising a processor, data for a visible spectrum, thereby generating a first visual image representation; and

adjusting, by the digital camera, the data for a near non-visible spectrum, thereby generating a second visual image representation, wherein the adjusting the data for the near non-visible spectrum is performed in response to detection of a selection of a mode of the digital camera.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

initiating, by the digital camera, display of a combination image that results from combining the first visual image representation and the second visual image representation.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the data comprises first information in a first electromagnetic spectrum range within a range between approximately 390 nanometers and approximately 700 nanometers.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data further comprises second information in a second electromagnetic spectrum range within a range of wavelengths between approximately 389 nanometers and approximately 365 nanometers.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the data further comprises second information in a second electromagnetic spectrum range within a range of wavelengths between approximately 701 nanometers and approximately 725 nanometers.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the second visual image representation comprises a color corresponding to a wavelength within the first electromagnetic spectrum range.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first visual image representation comprises a monochromatic image representation.

16. A digital camera, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

adjusting raw data for a visible spectrum, thereby generating a first visual image representation; and

adjusting the raw data for a near non-visible spectrum, thereby generating a second visual image representation, wherein the adjusting the raw data for the near non-visible spectrum is performed in response to detection of a selection of a mode of the digital camera.

17. The digital camera of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise:

initiating display of a combination image that results from combining the first visual image representation and the second visual image representation.

18. The digital camera of claim 16, wherein the raw data comprises first information in a first electromagnetic spectrum range within a range between approximately 390 nanometers and approximately 700 nanometers.

19. The digital camera of claim 18, wherein the raw data further comprises second information in a second electromagnetic spectrum range within a range of wavelengths between approximately 389 nanometers and approximately 365 nanometers.

20. The digital camera of claim 18, wherein the second visual image representation comprises a color corresponding to a wavelength within the first electromagnetic spectrum range.