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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2013
Applicants:

Hanwha Techwin Co.,ltd., Changwon-Si, KR;

Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Jeong-min Bae, Seoul, KR;

Han-Seok Ko, Seoul, KR;

Bon-Hwa Ku, Seoul, KR;

Du-Bok Park, Seoul, KR;

Min-Jae Kim, Seoul, KR;

Jae-Yong Ju, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/243 (2006.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/243 (2013.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a method of merging or fusing a visible image captured by a visible camera and an infrared (IR) image captured by an IR camera. The method includes: providing a first image of a subject captured by a first camera and a second image of the subject captured by a second camera; converting brightness of the second image based on brightness of the first image; and merging the first image and the second image having the converted brightness.


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