Hybrid imaging with visible and quantum entanglement images
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorFrancisco Imai
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Abstract
A hybrid image of a scene is formed by obtaining a visible light image and a quantum entanglement image of the scene. Light intensity channel information is extracted from the visible light image of the scene, and a ghost image of the scene is constructed by cross-correlating the extracted light intensity channel information with the quantum entanglement image. The visible light image is thereafter fused with the ghost image so as to form a hybrid image of the scene.
Claims21
An image processing method for forming a hybrid image of a scene, comprising:
- obtaining a visible light image of the scene;
- obtaining a quantum entanglement image of the scene;
- extracting light intensity channel information from the visible light image of the scene;
- constructing a ghost image of the scene by cross-correlating the extracted light intensity channel information with the quantum entanglement image;
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- fusing the visible light image with the ghost image to form a hybrid image of the scene.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image capture sensor for capturing a visible light image of a scene;
- a quantum sensor for capturing a quantum entanglement image of the scene;
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- a hybridization module constructed to extract light intensity channel information from the visible light image of the scene, to construct a ghost image of the scene by cross-correlating the extracted light intensity channel information with the quantum entanglement image, and to fuse the visible light image with the ghost image to form a hybrid image of the scene.
A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable process steps stored thereon, wherein said process steps comprise:
- an obtaining step to obtain a visible light image of a scene;
- an obtaining step to obtain a quantum entanglement image of the scene;
- an extracting step to extract light intensity channel information from the visible light image of the scene;
- a constructing step to construct a ghost image of the scene by cross-correlating the extracted light intensity channel information with the quantum entanglement image;
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- a fusing step to fuse the visible light image with the ghost image to form a hybrid image of the scene.
Computer-executable process steps stored on a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the process steps comprise:
- code for an obtaining step to obtain a visible light image of a scene;
- code for an obtaining step to obtain a quantum entanglement image of the scene;
- code for an extracting step to extract light intensity channel information from the visible light image of the scene;
- code for a constructing to construct a ghost image of the scene by cross-correlating the extracted light intensity channel information with the quantum entanglement image;
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- code for a fusing step to fuse the visible light image with the ghost image to form a hybrid image of the scene.
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