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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:
Jun. 11, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2018
Applicant:

VU Systems, Llc, Morrisville, NC (US);

Inventors:

Sidney A. Connor, Columbiana, OH (US);

J. Stedman Stevens, Wilmington, NC (US);

Assignee:

Vu Systems, LLC, Morrisville, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G02B 27/01 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0147 (2013.01);
Abstract

Vehicle navigation methods, systems and computer program products are provided that create a composite video image of a scene from video images of the scene generated by a plurality of video image sensors. The video image from each image sensor includes a respective array of pixels. The composite video image is created by selecting for a composite image pixel at a given position in an array of composite image pixels a pixel at the given position from one of the respective pixel arrays having the highest signal level or highest signal-to-noise ratio. The selecting is repeatedly performed for a plurality of given positions in the array of composite image pixels. The composite video image can be displayed via a display, such as a head-up display utilized in a vehicle.


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