摘要 |
The present invention is generally con- cerned with electronic vision devices (1) and methods, and is specifically concerned with image augmentation in combination with nav- igation, position, and attitude devices. In the simplest form, devices (1) of the invention include six major components: a camera, a computer processor, devices to measure the position and attitude of the camera, a data base for storing information associated with various scenes, and a display (1) where an im- age (3) is continuously aligned to a real scene as viewed by a user (2). In the present inven- tion, an image of some real scene is altered by a computer processor to include stored infor- mation of a scene in a storage location iden- tified by real time position and attitude of the vision system (1). The primary function of the invention is to present augmented real images (3), or images that represent a real scene but have deletions, additions, and supplements, and data that is continuously aligned with the real scene as naturally viewed by the user (2) of the system.
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