ELECTRO-OPTIC VISION SYSTEMS WHICH EXPLOIT POSITION AND ATTITUDE

摘要

The present invention is generally concerned with electronic vision devices (1) and methods, and is specifically concerned with image augmentation in combination with navigation, 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 image (3) is continuously aligned to a real scene as viewed by a user (2). In the present invention, an image of some real scene is altered by a computer processor to include stored information of a scene in a storage location identified 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.