Patent ID: 6459818
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A system for recovering images of high quality from degraded images comprising:means for capturing an image to provide first image data signals representing a degraded image of a scene having at least one object and second image data signals representing a point spread function of an image of a point source associated with said object in the degraded image; means for producing third image data signals representing a recovered image of said object from said degraded image in accordance with said first image data signals and said second image data signals, wherein said capturing means comprises: optics for receiving light representing an image having both said degraded image and said image of said point source; means for separating said light representing said image of said point source image from said light representing said degraded image; means for detecting said light representing said degraded image to provide said first image data signals; and means for detecting said light representing said image of said point source to provide said second image data signals.