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Method and device for displaying high-dynamic sonar or radar data

US11328393B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 4, 2019
Grant dateMay 10, 2022
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Expiry dateJul 4, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20221
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for displaying a set of high dynamic range sonar or radar data are provided. The method makes it possible to visualize scalar data tables having a high dynamic range. The method consists in producing a first image in colors of essentially uniform shade hue and saturation for ranges of values exhibiting a low dynamic range, in creating a second image containing only the high-amplitude information that is invisible in the first image, in subjecting the second image to a non-linear low-pass filtering creating a halo that becomes all the greater as the information increases in amplitude, then in rendering this second image according to a color map that is of constant luminance but with strong variations of hue and of saturation. These two images are then combined by a weighted average and renormalized in terms of luminance.

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