Patent ID: 9729803
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G01J,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus for multispectral imaging, comprising: a cyclopean camera arrangement comprising at least two spaced apart imaging sensors operating at a first waveband; an image combiner arranged to combine images from the at least two spaced apart imaging sensors to provide a first cyclopean image of a scene from a first virtual position; a further imaging sensor operating at a second waveband different from the first waveband and arranged to provide a second image of the scene from a second position; image combining means arranged to combine the first cyclopean image and second image of the scene to provide a multispectral image; means for selecting objects of interest within the scene; and depth sensing means configured to determine a depth or distance of objects and surfaces in the scene from differences between the images from the at least two spaced apart imaging sensors operating at the first waveband; wherein the first virtual position of the cyclopean camera arrangement and the second position of the further sensor are arranged to be substantially the same; and wherein either the first waveband is infrared and the first cyclopean image is represented via a false color palette or the second waveband is infrared and the second image is represented via a false color palette; and the false color palette used to represent either the first cyclopean image or the second image extends only over the range of temperatures observable within a range of interest, the range of interest corresponding to depths between a specified minimum depth and a specified maximum depth.