A system capable of efficiently fusing image information from multiple
sensors operating in different formats into a single composite image and
simultaneously display all of the pertinent information of the original
images as a single image. The disclosed invention accomplishes this by
receiving image information from multiple sensors; identifying small
structure or object information in each image by setting a predefined
object/background threshold; separating the object or small structure from
the background or large structure in each image; blending the object
information from each image into a single composite object image; blending
the background information from each image into a single composite
background image; combining the composite object image with the composite
background image to produce a composite image containing all of the
pertinent information of each of the original images, and displaying a
single composite image containing all of the pertinent information
contained in each of the original images.
