阅读说明：本技术 一种红外图像的显示方法及系统 (Infrared image display method and system ) 是由 陈志刚 林桢 黄晟 于 2021-07-26 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种红外图像的显示方法及系统,所述方法包括：步骤1,接收光学图像并形成宽视场红外图像；步骤2,在显示设备上显示所述宽视场红外图像；步骤3,接收显示画中画图像的指令,基于所述指令,从宽视场红外图像中获取包含目标对象的第一图像,将第一图像放大,并叠加显示于所述宽视场红外图像上,从而实现在显示设备上同时显示宽视场红外图像和放大的第一图像；其中,所述宽视场红外图像包括指示瞄准的第一分划线,所述第一图像包括指示瞄准的且不同于第一分划线的第二分划线。本发明可对目标对象进行光学放大,并以画中画的方式进行显示,提供更多的目标对象的细节信息,可广泛应用于枪瞄类产品、如望远镜、相机、摄像机等光学设备。(A method and a system for displaying an infrared image are provided, the method comprises the following steps: step 1, receiving an optical image and forming a wide-field infrared image; step 2, displaying the wide-field infrared image on a display device; step 3, receiving an instruction for displaying a picture-in-picture image, acquiring a first image containing a target object from the wide-view-field infrared image based on the instruction, amplifying the first image, and displaying the first image on the wide-view-field infrared image in an overlapping manner, thereby simultaneously displaying the wide-view-field infrared image and the amplified first image on a display device; wherein the wide field of view infrared image includes a first scribe line indicative of aim, the first image including a second scribe line indicative of aim and different from the first scribe line. The invention can optically amplify the target object and display the target object in a picture-in-picture mode, provides more detailed information of the target object, and can be widely applied to aiming products, such as optical equipment of telescopes, cameras, video cameras and the like.)

1. A method for displaying an infrared image, the method comprising:

step 1, receiving an optical image and forming a wide-field infrared image;

step 2, displaying the wide-field infrared image on a display device;

step 3, receiving an instruction for displaying a picture-in-picture image, acquiring a first image containing a target object from the wide-field infrared image based on the instruction, and displaying the first image on the wide-field infrared image in a picture-in-picture mode;

wherein the wide field of view infrared image includes a first scribe line indicative of aim, the first image including a second scribe line indicative of aim and different from the first scribe line.

2. The method of displaying an infrared image according to claim 1, wherein the first division line and the second division line are different in shape.

3. The method of displaying an infrared image according to claim 2, wherein the second division line is formed by superimposing the first division line and a prescribed figure.

4. The method for displaying an infrared image according to claim 1, further comprising: displaying the first image at an initial position; and moving the amplified first image to different positions by moving a cursor or touching the first image.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein temperature information, color information, and brightness information of a target object are displayed in association with the first image.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the instruction includes a target object selected by a user from the wide-field infrared image, and in step 3, the first image including the target object is acquired based on the target object selected by the user included in the instruction.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the target selected by the user from the wide field infrared image is determined by the following method, and the instruction to display the picture-in-picture image is triggered after the target selected by the user from the wide field infrared image is determined:

determining a target selected by a user based on a target object touched by the user on a display device;

or, determining a target selected by the user based on a certain target object to which the cursor moves and stays in the target object for more than a preset time;

still alternatively, the target selected by the user is determined based on the target object at which the isocenter is aimed.

8. A system for displaying infrared images, the system comprising a computer memory, a hardware processor and a display device;

the computer memory is used for receiving and storing an optical image;

the hardware processor is used for forming a wide-view-field infrared image based on an optical image, displaying the wide-view-field infrared image through a display device, acquiring a first image containing a target object from the wide-view-field infrared image based on an instruction for displaying a picture-in-picture image, amplifying the first image, and displaying the first image on the wide-view-field infrared image in an overlapping mode;

wherein the wide field of view infrared image includes a first scribe line indicative of aim, the first image including a second scribe line indicative of aim and different from the first scribe line.

9. The infrared image display system according to claim 8, wherein a first division line has a cross shape or a T shape, and a second division line is formed by superimposing the first division line and the designated image.

10. The infrared image display system according to claim 8, wherein temperature information, color information, and brightness information of a target object are displayed in association in the first image.

Technical Field

The invention relates to an image display technology, in particular to a method and a system for displaying an infrared image.

Background

At present, when optical equipment such as a telescope and a sighting telescope with a wide view field is used for aiming, because the distance is relatively long, the observation view field is relatively large, so that a target can be very small in the whole image observed by the telescope and the sighting telescope, the target detail can not be effectively observed, and even the remote target can not be easily aimed.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the technical defects and technical drawbacks in the prior art, embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a system for displaying an infrared image, which overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems, and the specific scheme is as follows:

as a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying an infrared image, the method including:

step 1, receiving an optical image and forming a wide-field infrared image;

step 2, displaying the wide-field infrared image on a display device;

step 3, receiving an instruction for displaying a picture-in-picture image, acquiring a first image containing a target object from the wide-field infrared image based on the instruction, amplifying the first image, and displaying the first image on the wide-field infrared image in an overlapping manner;

wherein the wide field of view infrared image includes a first scribe line indicative of aim, the first image including a second scribe line indicative of aim and different from the first scribe line.

Further, the first division line and the second division line are not the same in shape.

Further, the second division line is formed by overlapping the first division line and a designated figure.

Further, the method further comprises: displaying the first image at an initial position; and moving the amplified first image to different positions by moving a cursor or touching the first image.

Further, temperature information, color information and brightness information of the target object are displayed in the first image in a correlated manner.

Further, the instruction includes a target object selected by the user from the wide-field infrared image, and in step 3, a first image including the target object is acquired based on the target object selected by the user included in the instruction.

Further, determining a target selected by the user from the wide field of view infrared image, and triggering an instruction to display the picture-in-picture image after determining the target selected by the user from the wide field of view infrared image by:

determining a target selected by a user based on a target object touched by the user on a display device;

or, determining a target selected by the user based on a certain target object to which the cursor moves and stays in the target object for more than a preset time;

still alternatively, the target selected by the user is determined based on the target object at which the isocenter is aimed.

As a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display system of infrared images, the system comprising a computer memory, a hardware processor and a display device;

the computer memory is used for receiving and storing an optical image;

the hardware processor is used for forming a wide-view-field infrared image based on an optical image, displaying the wide-view-field infrared image through a display device, acquiring a first image containing a target object from the wide-view-field infrared image based on an instruction for displaying a picture-in-picture image, amplifying the first image, and displaying the first image on the wide-view-field infrared image in an overlapping mode;

wherein the wide field of view infrared image includes a first scribe line indicative of aim, the first image including a second scribe line indicative of aim and different from the first scribe line.

Further, the shape of the first division line is a cross or T shape, and the shape of the second division line is a superimposed image of the first division line and a circle.

Further, the temperature information, the color information and the brightness information of the target object in the first image are displayed in the first image in a correlated manner.

The invention has the following beneficial effects:

1) the invention selects any area needing important observation from the wide view field infrared image as a first image, amplifies the first image, and simultaneously displays the wide view field infrared image and the amplified first image needing important observation on the display equipment, namely, the whole wide view field image is observed, and the locally amplified picture-in-picture image can be observed, so that the detail information of the target object is obtained, thereby greatly enhancing the perception capability of the target object.

2) According to the invention, the temperature information, the color information and the brightness information of the target object in the first image are displayed in the first image in a correlated manner, so that a user can conveniently know the temperature, the color, the brightness and other information of the target object in the detection target range in real time.

3) The invention does not need complex operation and calculation, and can be widely applied to gun aiming products, such as optical equipment of telescopes, cameras, video cameras and the like.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts;

fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for displaying an infrared image according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a wide field-of-view infrared image and an enlarged first image provided by an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, as a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying an infrared image, the method including:

step 1, receiving an optical image and forming a wide-field infrared image;

in step 1, when the thermal infrared camera or the telescope is a wide-view-field thermal infrared camera or a telescope, the taken or observed image is a wide-view-field infrared image, and when the thermal infrared camera or the telescope is a non-wide-view-field thermal infrared camera, the taken or observed images at different viewing angles can be subjected to image splicing to form a wide-view-field infrared image, for example, infrared images at different viewing angles, which are taken by two 60-degree-view-field thermal infrared cameras, are spliced to form a 120-degree wide-view-field infrared image.

Step 2, displaying the wide-field infrared image on a display device;

step 3, receiving an instruction for displaying a picture-in-picture image, selecting any area needing key observation from the wide view field infrared image as a first image based on the instruction, amplifying the first image, and displaying the amplified first image on a display device, thereby realizing that the wide view field infrared image and the amplified first image needing key observation are simultaneously displayed on the display device, and further observing the locally amplified picture-in-picture image while not reducing the effective view field of the wide view field image, obtaining the detail information of a target object, and greatly enhancing the perception capability of the target object;

wherein the wide field of view infrared image includes a first scribe line indicative of aim, the first image including a second scribe line indicative of aim and different from the first scribe line.

The instruction for displaying the pip image may be triggered based on a target object touched by a user on the display device, for example, when the user touches a certain target object, the instruction for displaying the pip image is triggered, the display device is controlled to acquire a first image containing the target object, and the first image is enlarged and displayed on the wide-field infrared image in an overlapping manner; or based on the target object moved by the cursor, when the cursor stays at a certain target for more than the preset time, acquiring a first image containing the target object and displaying the first image in picture; and then or based on the target triggering of the sighting, when the sighting is at a certain target or the sighting target exceeds the preset time, acquiring a first image containing the target object and displaying the first image in a picture-in-picture mode.

The invention provides a display method of infrared images, which can optically amplify a target object and display the target object in a picture-in-picture mode, can acquire the detail information of the target object without reducing the image field of view, does not need complicated operation and calculation, and can be widely applied to gun aiming products, such as optical equipment of telescopes, cameras, video cameras and the like.

Preferably, the first division line and the second division line have different shapes, for example, the first division line may have a cross shape, a T-shape, or the like, the second division line may have a circular shape, and the first division line and the second division line may be aimed at a target object or at the center of a corresponding image,

preferably, the first division line and the second division line are associated, and the second division line is formed by overlapping the first division line and a designated figure, for example, the designated figure may be a circle, and the second division line has a shape of an overlapped image of the first division line and the circle. In other embodiments, the designated image may also be square, oval, or triangular.

Further, in order to ensure the accuracy of aiming, the intersection point of the first division line is coincident with the center of the designated graph. For example, if the first division line is a cross or T shape, and the designated pattern is a circle, the intersection point of the cross or T shape coincides with the center of the circle. Preferably, the first score line has a larger dimension than the second score line.

As shown in fig. 2, a schematic diagram of a wide-field infrared image and an enlarged first image is shown, where the enlarged first image is displayed on the wide-field infrared image, an initial position of the enlarged first image may be set, and the enlarged first image is displayed at a corresponding position according to the initial setting, the initial position may be above, above right, below left, below right, or the like of the wide-field infrared image, and in actual use, the enlarged first image may be moved to a different position by moving a cursor or by touching the cursor or the enlarged first image.

Preferably, a magnification factor of the first image including the target object may be preset, the first image may be magnified according to the preset magnification factor, and the magnification factor of the first image may be adaptively adjusted according to the size of the target object.

Preferably, the temperature information, the color information and the brightness information of the target object in the first image are displayed in the first image in a correlated manner.

In the above embodiment, the target information is provided in the picture-in-picture, which is convenient for the user to know the temperature, color, brightness and other information of the target object in the detection target range in real time.

In a specific application scenario, a plurality of identical target objects may exist in the wide-field infrared image, and after receiving an instruction for displaying a picture-in-picture image, a plurality of first images including the target objects are all displayed on the wide-field infrared image in a picture-in-picture manner.

As a second embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an infrared image display system, including a computer memory, a hardware processor, and a display device;

the computer memory is used for receiving and storing an optical image;

the hardware processor is used for forming a wide-view-field infrared image based on an optical image, displaying the wide-view-field infrared image through a display device, acquiring a first image containing a target object from the wide-view-field infrared image based on an instruction for displaying a picture-in-picture image, amplifying the first image, and displaying the first image on the wide-view-field infrared image in an overlapping mode;

wherein, the first division line and the second division line have different shapes, for example, the first division line may have a cross shape or a T-shape, the second division line may have a circular shape, the first division line and the second division line may aim at a target object or aim at the center of a corresponding image,

the first division line and the second division line are associated, the second division line is formed by overlapping the first division line and a designated figure, for example, the designated figure can be a circle, and the second division line is in a shape of an overlapped image of the first division line and the circle. In other embodiments, the designated image may also be square, oval, or triangular.

Wherein, the temperature information, the color information and the brightness information of the target object in the first image are displayed in the first image in a correlated manner.

The specific display method of the display system is described with reference to fig. 1 and 2 and the related text.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the invention has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.