Patent Document ID: 20150189192
Application ID: 14578256
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of generating an enhanced combined image having an enhanced transition between image areas of a combined image, the image areas each representing a different type of image information, the method comprising: determining a set of pixel coordinates based on a selection rule, wherein the set of pixel coordinates partly overlaps at least one area in the combined image where pixel values represent image information according to a first type of image information, and/or wherein the set of coordinates partly overlaps at least another area in the combined image where pixel values represent image information according to a second type of image information; and generating the enhanced combined image by assigning pixel values to pixels having coordinates comprised in the determined set of pixel coordinates, based on a mixing rule and pixel values of the corresponding coordinates of the combined image, wherein the combined image comprises image information from a first image and a second image depicting a substantially same part of an observed real world scene using a substantially same field of view, wherein the first image comprises a visible representation of the first type of image information comprising one of the following types of image information: i) visible light (VL) image information, ii) infrared (IR) image information, or iii) combined VL/IR image information, wherein the second image comprises a visible representation of the second type of image information comprising one of the types i), ii) or iii) of image information, and wherein the first image and the second image do not comprise the same type of image information.