Patent ID: 6993204

Claim:
A method for high speed enhancement of a video image comprising: inputting a signal containing input data corresponding to a frame of the video image, the input data comprising a plurality of data points on a grid; convolving the input data with each kernel of a plurality of different sized kernels to generate a plurality of convolved data sets; determining a change in data between the input data and each convolved data set of the plurality; comparing the change to a fit criterion; selecting the broadest kernel of the plurality of different sized kernels that satisfies the fit criterion for each portion of the plurality of data points; identifying indices within the grid for the selected kernels corresponding to each portion of data points and assembling a kernel map using the indices; assembling the convolved data according to the kernel map to produce smoothed data; deblurring the smoothed data for form a reconstructed image; and outputting the reconstructed image to a video display device.