Conventional Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) rely on image intensifier tubes or active illumination (infrared), which suffer from limited dynamic range, blooming under bright light, and inability to perceive color in low light. We introduce (Enhanced Low-Light Imaging via Neural-Optical Variational Adaptation), a hybrid hardware-software system that redefines NVG performance. The system combines a custom low-noise single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array, a liquid-crystal tunable filter for spectral modulation, and a real-time recurrent variational autoencoder (rVAE) trained on a novel photonic distribution dataset. Our method achieves a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvement of 18.3 dB over Gen-3 image intensifiers at 0.001 lux, recovers natural color under starlight, and eliminates halo artifacts. We present the first complete theoretical and engineering treatment of a fully digital, AI-optimized NVG system—enabling pilots, soldiers, and astronomers to see near-daylight quality at night.
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We have presented ELLI-NOVA NVG, the first complete neural-optical variational system for photon-starved night vision. By combining a time-gated SPAD array, spectral filtering, and a recurrent variational autoencoder with a learned flow prior, we achieve color, high dynamic range, and near-daylight SNR at 0.001 lux – surpassing all existing analog and digital night vision technologies.