Patent ID: 7184062

Claim:
A method for blending a plurality of digital sub-images together into a single pasted image, comprising utilizing a statistically-based image blending technique to blend pixel intensities of at least two digital sub-images together to create a single pasted image thereof; wherein the statistically-based image blending technique comprises utilizing the following relationship: pixel pasted ⁡ ( x , y ) = p 1 ⁡ ( x , y ) * pixel 1 ⁡ ( x , y ) [ p 1 ⁡ ( x , y ) + p 2 ⁡ ( x , y ) ] + p 2 ⁡ ( x , y ) * pixel 2 ⁡ ( x , y ) [ p 1 ⁡ ( x , y ) + p 2 ⁡ ( x , y ) ] wherein pixel pasted (x,y) is the blended pixel intensity of the pasted sub-images, p 1 (x,y) is the probability that a pixel 1 (x,y) contains information, and p 2 (x,y) is the probability that a pixel 2 (x,y) contains information; wherein pixel 1 (x,y) is a pixel intensity on a first sub-image at predetermined (x,y) coordinates and pixel 2 (x,y) is a pixel intensity on a second sub-image at predetermined (x,y) coordinates; and wherein the plurality of digital sub-images are original, non-processed images pasted together into the single pasted image; and displaying the single pasted image to a user.