Patent ID: 7773115

Claim:
A method of digital camera operation, comprising: (a) capturing a plurality of images, I 1 , I 2 , . . . , I N , of a scene where N is an integer greater than 1 and image I n has an integration time of T n for n=1, 2, . . . , N, wherein each integration time T n is short enough that image I n is blur-free and noise is a single quality limiting factor; (b) capturing an image I long of said scene with an integration time T long where T long is greater than or equal to 5T n for n=1, 2, . . . , N, wherein said image I long is blurred due to said integration time T long ; (c) using said plurality of images to estimate motion occurring during said capturing of I long ; and (d) using said estimated motion to deblur I long .