Patent Document ID: 9430813
Application ID: 14235993
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining image information from one or more image sources, wherein the image information comprises a plurality of input images A 1 , A 2 ,. .. , A L ; storing the image information in a memory; constructing, with a processor, a functional based on a set of functions ƒ 1 (A 1 ), ƒ 2 (A 2 ),. .. , ƒ L (A L ) each comprising a function of pixels from a corresponding one of the input images A 1 , A 2 ,. .. A L , wherein the functional comprises a functional F(X) that is a function of the set of functions ƒ 1 (A 1 ), ƒ 2 (A 2 ),. .. , ƒ L (A L ), wherein the functional F(X) is at least one of F ⁡ ( X ) = ⁢ ∑ k = 1 L ⁢ ( f k ⁡ ( X ) - f k ⁡ ( A k ) ) 2 , F ⁡ ( X ) = ⁢ ∑ k = 1 L ⁢ w k ⁡ ( f k ⁡ ( X ) - f k ⁡ ( A k ) ) 2 , or F ⁡ ( X ) = ⁢ ∑ k = 1 L ⁢ w k ⁢ p k ⁡ ( f k ⁡ ( X ) - f k ⁡ ( A k ) ) 2 , where w k denotes a weight, p k denotes a probability, and where w k >0 and 0≦p k ≦1 for all k=1. .. L; and generating, with a processor, a target image utilizing the constructed functional, wherein the target image comprises target image X of size M×N pixels to be reconstructed using the plurality of input images A 1 , A 2 ,. .. , A L .