Patent ID: 7308154

Claim:
A method of enhancing the quality of a new digital image comprising: receiving reference digital images; receiving a first degraded version of the reference digital image; receiving a second degraded version of the reference digital image; deconvolving the reference digital image with the first degraded version of the reference digital image to form a first enhancement function; deconvolving the reference digital image with the second degraded version of the reference digital image to form a second enhancement function; indexing the first enhancement function according to the degree of degradation of the first degraded version of the reference digital image; indexing the second enhancement function according to the degree of degradation of the second degraded version of the reference digital image; storing the first and second enhancement functions to a storage device; receiving a new digital image; determining a degree of degradation of the new digital image; selecting one of the stored first and second enhancement functions having an index corresponding to the degree of degradation of the new digital image; applying the selected enhancement function to the new digital image to form an enhanced digital image; and making available the enhanced digital image.