Patent ID: 7440634

Claim:
A method for deblurring images of a scene that includes a moving object, the method comprising, obtaining a blurred primary image I of the scene that includes the moving object at a first resolution; obtaining at least two secondary image of the scene at a second resolution in addition to the blurred primary image of the scene at the first resolution; analyzing the at least two secondary images of the scene at the second resolution for information on the movement of the object; and estimating a point spread function S that models the movement of the moving object based on information on the movement of the object in the at least two secondary images of the scene; obtaining a background image B of the scene; obtaining a shape of the moving object; computing a mask M from the shape of the moving object and the point spread function from the secondary images; applying the mask to the background image B to isolate a static background component not associated with the moving object; isolating a moving object component of the primary image I; deblurring the moving object component by image deconvolution with the point spread function; and superimposing the deblurred moving object component and a background component to obtain a deblurred primary image of the scene.