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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2014
Applicant:

Drs Network & Imaging Systems, Llc, Melbourne, FL (US);

Inventors:

Antonio Vernon Bacarella, Melbourne, FL (US);

Kenneth Pietrasik, Melbourne, FL (US);

Brian Backer, Melbourne, FL (US);

Jon Piatt, Melbourne, FL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 3/00 (2006.01); F41G 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00095 (2013.01); H04N 1/00347 (2013.01); H04N 5/23203 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating optical systems includes forming a stitched image of a field of regard using a first optical device. The stitched image of the field of regard comprises a plurality of sub-images associated with a first field of view. The method also includes receiving an image of a second field of view from a second optical device and determining a location of the image of the second field of view in the stitched image. The method further includes communicating an indicator to the second optical device. The indicator is to the location of the image of the second field of view in the stitched image.


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