Patent ID: 11867908
Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method for producing a digital image containing non-visible elements superimposed on a direct image containing visible elements, comprising:
providing an optical element configured to allow visible light to pass therethrough to a user's eye and to redirect, prior to reaching the user's eye, light of non-visible wavelength away from said user's eye;
disposing a display between said user's eye and an object within a field of view of the optical element;
redirecting said light of non-visible wavelength to a digital camera mounted outside a field of view of said user's eye;
obtaining with said digital camera imaging data from said light of non-visible wavelength;
processing said imaging data from said digital camera using an image processor; and
outputting said data to said display such that an image generated from said imaging data from said digital camera overlays an image produced by the impingement of visible light on the user's eye following the visible light's passing through the optical element, wherein the image generated from said imaging data comprises visible light passing through the optical element and non-visible light captured by the image capture unit.