ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,514, issued on Dec. 23.
"System and method to fade blended image edges" was invented by David Hiskens (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Mark Gehrke (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Brian Bennie (Sterling Heights, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to enhance image quality is disclosed. The method may include obtaining an infrared image from a vehicle infrared camera. The method may further include multiplying the infrared image with a fade mask, and generating a masked infrared image based on the multiplication. The method may additionally include obtaining a colored image from a vehicle colored camera. Responsive to obtaining the colored image, ...