Systems and methods for providing enhanced vision imaging

A method for providing images of an environment to the viewpoint of a display, said method comprising:

• providing at least one image source having a field of view and providing an image of the environment;
• defining a mapping surface at a distance from the image source and display that approximates the environment within the field of view of the image source;
• and
• defining a model that relates a geometry of the image source, a geometry of the display, and a geometry of the mapping surface to each other.

A system for providing images of an environment to the viewpoint of a display, said system comprising:

• at least one image source having a field of view and providing an image of the environment;
• and
• a processor in communication with said image source and the display, wherein said processor defines a mapping surface at a distance from said image source,
• wherein the field of view of said image source defines an image projected on the mapping surface, and wherein said processor defines a tile that defines a subset of an area covered by the image projected on the mapping surface by said image source.

A method for providing images of an environment to the viewpoint of a display, said method comprising:

• providing at least one image source having a field of view and providing an image of the environment;
• defining a mapping surface at a distance from said image source, wherein the field of view of the image source defines an image projected on the mapping surface;
• and
• defining a tile that defines a subset of an area covered by the image projected on the mapping surface by said image source.

A system for providing images of an environment to the viewpoint of a display, said system comprising:

• at least two image sources having respective fields of view and providing images of the environment;
• and
• a processor in communication with said image sources and the display, wherein said processor defines a mapping surface at a distance from said image sources,
• wherein the respective fields of view of said image sources define respective images that project on to the mapping surface and have adjacent regions that overlap, and wherein said processor defines blend zones on the mapping surface within the overlap regions and modulates the intensity of the images in the blend zones to hide seams betweens the images.

A method for providing images of an environment to the viewpoint of a display, said method comprising:

• providing at least two image sources having respective fields of view and providing images of the environment;
• defining a mapping surface at a distance from said image sources, wherein the respective fields of view of said image sources define respective images that project on to the mapping surface and have adjacent regions that overlap;
• defining blend zones on the mapping surface within the overlap regions;
• and
• modulating the intensity of the images in the blend zones to hide seams betweens the images.

A system for providing images of an environment to the viewpoint of a display, said system comprising:

• at least two image sources having respective fields of view that at least partially overlap, wherein said image sources provide respective images that each have at least one unique characteristic;
• and
• a processor in communication with said image sources and the display, wherein said processor defines a mapping surface at a distance from said image sources,
• wherein the respective fields of view of said image sources define respective images that project on to the mapping surface and have regions that overlap, and wherein said processor combines the images into a resultant image containing the unique characteristic of each image.