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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2011
Weston J. Lahr, Sherwood, OR (US);
Peter H. Bold, Portland, OR (US);
Weston J. Lahr, Sherwood, OR (US);
Peter H. Bold, Portland, OR (US);
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
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.