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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Timothy R. Beystrum, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael D. Waterman, Chandler, AZ (US);
William R. Boryshuk, Mesa, AZ (US);
Antonio V. Bacarella, Dallas, TX (US);
Timothy B. Hogan, Irving, TX (US);
Rodney L. Doster, Garland, TX (US);
Litton Systems, Inc,, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A system (S) for combining multi-spectral images of a scene includes a channel ( ) for transmitting a scene image ( ) in a first spectral band. A separate, second detector ( ) senses the scene in a second spectral band. The second detector ( ) has an image output that is representative of the scene. A display ( ) displays an image ( ) in the second spectral band. A beam mixer ( ) combines the image output ( ) in the first spectral band with the displayed image ( ), and conveys the combined multi-spectral images to an output ( ) for a user (U).