System and Method for Video Image Registration and/or Providing Supplemental Data in a Heads Up Display

Abstract

Video sources and inertial sensors are attached to a weapon and to goggles. A computer receives video images from the weapon- and goggles-mounted sources and inertial data from the sensors. The computer calculates a location for an image from the weapon-mounted source within an image from the goggles-mounted source using the inertial sensor data. The sensor-based location is checked (and possibly adjusted) based on a comparison of the images. A database contains information about real-world objects in a field of view of the goggles-mounted source, and is used to generate icons or other graphics concerning such objects.

1 . A video processing method for use with a system integrating a first video camera configured to be mounted to a helmet and a second video camera configured to be mounted to a weapon, the method comprising:
 receiving a first video signal from a first video camera;   receiving a second video signal from a second video camera;   identifying, as a function of information received in the second video signal, a region in an image from the first video camera;   outputting, based on the identified region in the image from the first video camera, a combined image reflecting a combination formed from information received from the first video camera and the second video camera.