Removing camera shake from a single photograph using statistics of a natural image
US7616826B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20016
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer method and system for deblurring an image is provided. The invention method and system of deblurring employs statistics on distribution of intensity gradients of a known model. The known model is based on a natural image which may be unrelated to the subject image to be deblurred by the system. Given a subject image having blur, the invention method/system estimates a blur kernel and a solution image portion corresponding to a sample area of the subject image, by applying the statistics to intensity gradients of the sample area and solving for most probable solution image. The estimation process is carried out at multiple scales and results in a blur kernel. In a last step, the subject image is deconvolved image using the resulting blur kernel. The deconvolution generates a deblurred image corresponding to the subject image.
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