Patent Document ID: 9245332
Application ID: 13043625
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus, comprising: digital data storage; and a processor configured to: retrieve color pixel data for a pixel of a visible light image of a scene, the visible light image stored in the digital data storage; retrieve intensity pixel data for a pixel from a corresponding location of an invisible light image of the scene, the invisible light image stored in the digital data storage; and blend the color pixel data and the intensity pixel data to form new pixel data for a new image of the scene; wherein the color pixel data comprises first chrominance data and first intensity data; the intensity pixel data comprises second intensity data; and the new pixel data comprises second chrominance data and third intensity data; wherein the act of blending produces the second chrominance data based on the first chrominance data and produces the third intensity data based on the second intensity data; wherein the first chrominance data and the first intensity data are mixed in the color pixel data to form a first color intensity value and one or more second color intensity values, the first color intensity value representing a first color component and the one or more second color intensity values representing one or more corresponding second color components; and wherein the blending of the color pixel data and the intensity pixel data comprises using a blending function to form a new first color intensity value representing the first color component, the blending function comprising the second intensity data and a ratio between a first expression comprising the first color intensity value and a second expression comprising the first color intensity value and the one or more second color intensity values.