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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2011
Jonathan Lee Jesneck, Enfield, CT (US);
Long N. Phan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sanjay Sarma, Lexington, MA (US);
Jonathan Lee Jesneck, Enfield, CT (US);
Long N. Phan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sanjay Sarma, Lexington, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and a computer program product for deriving a super-resolution image of a physical object, the super-resolution image characterized by a resolution exceeding a 'camera imaging resolution' associated with each of a sequence of lower-resolution images of the physical object. The sequence of images of the physical object is obtained at a plurality of relative displacements with respect to the object. An offset is passively associated with each of the plurality of images to derive effective camera movement, allowing for calculation of a kinetic point spread function on the basis of the effective camera movement. The image sequence is deconvolved, using the kinetic point spread function, to solve for a high-resolution image. Various applications such as portable cameras and infrared imaging for energy conservation are described.