Electro-optic vision systems

An image processing system for producing an augmented image of a real world scene using an image capturing device that captures a digital image of the real world scene and using a database of real world scene information, the image processing system comprising:

• a data processor operatively connected to a 3D graphic processor;
• first communication resources that deliver the digital image of the real world scene from the image capturing device to the data processor;
• storage resources that retrieve from the database selected real world scene information that relates to the real world scene wherein the storage resources locate the selected real world scene information in the database using information from at least one of a position determining device for determining a real world position, an attitude determining device for determining a real world attitude, and the image capturing device;
• second communication resources that deliver the selected real world scene information from the database to the data processor, wherein the second communication resources includes a video interface chipset for receiving data from the image capturing device and transforming said receiver data to a format used by the data processor, and wherein the data processor processes the digital image of the real world scene and the selected real world scene information to form processed data that represents an augmented image of the real world scene;
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• a display system that receives the processed data and displays the augmented image.