IMAGE INTEGRATION AND MULTIPLE LASER SOURCE PROJECTION

An apparatus and method for enhancing an image relayed by a central beam of collimated light centered on the optical axis of a lens with an aperture area of A and focused on the focal plane of the lens. The apparatus having an aperture at least n times as big as A centered on the optical axis of the lens to admit a collimated relay beam including the central beam and a diverter means for separating the relay beam into n collimated facet beams equal to the central beam, but exclusive thereof, and redirecting them through the lens aperture to produce n additional images on the same focal plane. The apparatus also including a processor with a separate opto-electronic device for each image that converts it between electronic and photonic states, the electronic images being stored in the processor.