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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:
Aug. 08, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Weston J. Lahr, Sherwood, OR (US);

Peter H. Bold, Portland, OR (US);

Inventors:

Weston J. Lahr, Sherwood, OR (US);

Peter H. Bold, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01C 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/00 (2013.01); G01B 11/022 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for providing a video merged from two independent video sources to a display is disclosed. The system and method includes receiving an enhanced vision video from an enhanced vision system, receiving a synthetic vision video from a synthetic vision system and selecting an enhanced frame in the enhanced vision video. The system and method also includes selecting a synthetic frame from the synthetic vision video corresponding to the selected enhanced frame, analyzing the enhanced frame to detect objects according to a first algorithm, analyzing the synthetic frame to detect default frame segments, merging the enhanced frame and the synthetic frame to provide a merged frame that includes detected objects and detected default frame segments and displaying the merged frame on a display.


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