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US 7,746,551 B2Granted
Vision system with eye dominance forced to fusion channel
AssigneeL-3 Insight Technology Incorporated
InventorsSheldon Schwartz, II, Matthew W. Reed
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Abstract
A fusion vision system has a first eyepiece through which a fused viewable image is larger than an image viewed through a second eyepiece to help the operator more easily view the fused image in their brain. The fusion vision system may employ image intensification and infrared imaging capabilities.
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A binocular vision system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a first channel coupled to the housing and configured to image a scene in a first range of wavelengths;
- a second channel coupled to the housing and configured to image a scene in a second range of wavelengths;
- a combiner configured to generate a fused image from information from the first channel with information from the second channel;
- a first display aligned with a first eyepiece for projecting the fused image;
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- a second display aligned with a second eyepiece for projecting an image from the information from the second channel, wherein the fused image when viewed through the first eyepiece is larger than the image from the second channel when viewed through the second eyepiece.
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A binocular vision system, comprising:
- a housing;
- an image intensification channel coupled to the housing and configured to image a scene in the visible spectrum;
- an infrared channel coupled to the housing and configured to image a scene in the infrared spectrum;
- a combiner configured to generate a fused image from the image intensification channel and the infrared channel;
- a first display aligned with a first eyepiece for projecting the fused image;
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- a second display aligned with a second eyepiece for projecting an image from the second channel, wherein the fused image when viewed through the first eyepiece is larger than the image from the second channel when viewed through the second eyepiece.
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A method of viewing a scene, comprising the steps of:
- imaging a scene in a first range of wavelengths in a first channel;
- imaging the scene in a second range of wavelengths in a second channel;
- directing an image from the first channel to a first display aligned with a first eyepiece;
- combining the image from the first channel with an image for the second channel to form a fused image;
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- manipulating the fused image and directing it to a second display aligned with a second eyepiece so that the fused image when viewed through the second eyepiece is 2-4% larger than the image from the first channel when viewed through the first eyepiece.
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