Image management system for reducing effects of laser beams
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMark Joseph Clemen, Jr., James A. Grossnickle
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for countering an attack on a platform. Images are received from cameras associated with the platform, and the images are identified from a group of the cameras that have a desired level of information when a group of light sources is directed at a camera system. A fused image is generated from a combination of the images from the group of the cameras and displayed on a display system for the platform. The fused image enables performing an operation using the platform.
Claims23
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of cameras in a camera system associated with a platform, wherein the plurality of cameras generate a plurality of images, and wherein each camera in the plurality of cameras generates an image in the plurality of images;
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- an image manager in communication with the camera system, wherein the image manager identifies one or more first cameras in the plurality of cameras that are illuminated by a laser beam directed at the one or more first cameras and creates a fused image comprising images in the plurality of images from second cameras in the plurality of cameras that are not identified as being illuminated by the laser beam and excluding images in the plurality of images from the one or more first cameras in the plurality of cameras that are identified as being illuminated by the laser beam directed at the one or more first cameras.
An aircraft display system comprising:
- a display system;
- a plurality of cameras in a camera system associated with the aircraft, wherein the plurality of cameras have different fields of view, wherein the plurality of cameras generate a plurality of images, and wherein each camera in the plurality of cameras generates an image in the plurality of images;
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- an image manager in communication with the display system and the camera system, wherein the image manager identifies one or more first cameras in the plurality of cameras that are illuminated by a laser beam directed at the one or more first cameras, creates a fused image comprising images in the plurality of images from one or more second cameras in the plurality of cameras that are not identified as being illuminated by the laser beam and excluding images in the plurality of images from the one or more first cameras in the plurality of cameras that are identified as being illuminated by the laser beam directed at the one or more first cameras, and displays the fused image on the display system s.
A method for countering an attack on a platform comprising:
- receiving a plurality of images from a plurality of cameras associated with the platform, wherein each camera in the plurality of cameras generates an image in the plurality of images;
- identifying one or more first cameras in the plurality of cameras that are being illuminated by a laser beam directed at the one or more first cameras;
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- generating a fused image from a combination of images in the plurality of images from one or more second cameras in the plurality of cameras that are not identified as being illuminated by the laser beam and excluding images in the plurality of images from the one or more first cameras in the plurality of cameras that are identified as being illuminated by the laser beam directed at the one or more first cameras;
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- displaying the fused image on a display system for the platform, wherein the fused image enables performing an operation using the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.