A method for viewing a first object that is obstructed by a second object.
In such a method, the first object has a contrasting color to the second
object and the second object is constructed from a material that allows
visible light to pass therethrough. The amount of visible light that
passes through the second object is not enough such that the first object
is visible to the human eye. The method involves taking a digital image
of the first and second object using a visible light sensor, such as a
CCD camera sensor. The digital image data that is received into a
computer system contains both first object data and second object data.
It should be understood that the first object data and the second object
data include color information. The amount of contrast between the first
and the second object should be approximately 10% of the total scale such
that on a 256 color scale the difference is approximately 25 levels. The
computer system substantially filters out the second object data and then
the values associated with the first object data are increased until the
data is visibly displayable.