Patent Document ID: 9196020
Application ID: 14031787
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An imaging method for an optical imaging system having an optical train, the method comprising: generating, based on an optical prescription of the optical imaging system, an initial estimate of an optical point spread function of the optical imaging system, the optical imaging system including a plane parallel plate positioned in the optical train, and the optical prescription defining a structure and arrangement of the optical train; capturing a first image of a scene using the optical imaging system; and applying a blind deconvolution process to the first image using the initial estimate of the optical point spread function to: produce a refined estimate of the optical point spread function; and remove blur from the first image to produce a second image having reduced blur relative to the first image; wherein the blind deconvolution process includes a process for removing the blur where a mathematical kernel describing the optical point spread function of the optical imaging system causing the blur is unknown.