Patent ID: 8222602

Claim:
An imaging device, comprising: a first sensor operative to receive first sensor input in a first wavelength band from a first sensor imaging field and to generate a corresponding first sensor output signal; a second sensor operative to receive second sensor input in a second wavelength band from a second sensor imaging field and to generate a corresponding second sensor output signal, the second sensor imaging field containing and being larger in extent than the first sensor imaging field, the first and second sensor imaging fields being of known spatial and temporal registration with respect to each other; a motion tracking system operative to track motion of the first sensor and second sensor relative to the first and second imaging field and generate position information signals; and image processing circuitry operative to: (1) receive the first and second sensor output signals in a first time slot when a first scene of interest is viewed, (2) receive the first and second sensor output signals in a second time slot when a second scene of interest is viewed, wherein the second sensor imaging field in the first time slot has a second sensor overlapping region with the second sensor imaging field in the second time slot; (3) based on the position information signals and the known temporal and spatial registration, map the first sensor output signal and the second sensor output signal from the second time slot onto an image representation of a region within the first and second scenes.