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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald W Nimblett, Cedar Hill, TX (US);
Bruno J Evans, Arlington, TX (US);
Gary K Jenkins, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Vought Systems Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356-504 ; 342181 ; 342179 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a range image and an intensity image of a target field is disclosed. The range image and the intensity image are fused into a single image that contains range and intensity information. In one embodiment, only a single range band is illuminated with colors in the fused image. This range band can be scrolled throughout the fused image to detect three dimensional features more clearly.