Patent ID: 8063941

Claim:
A method for enhancing large-format digital images, the method comprising; receiving primary image data from at least one primary optical system; receiving secondary image data from at least one secondary optical system, the secondary image data including image data from two disparate locations received substantially simultaneously by a single electro-optical detector array, the secondary image data being filtered through at least one polarization filter that is configured to filter image data from a first location of the two disparate locations to a right side of the single electro-optical detector array and not to a left side thereof, and to filter image data from a second location of the two disparate locations to the left side of the single electro-optical detector array and not to the right side thereof, wherein the right and left sides of the single electro-optical detector array do not overlap one another; and arranging the secondary image data with respect to the primary image data such that a field-of-view of the primary image data is enhanced by the secondary image data.