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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2012
Applicants:

Steven Griffin, Kihei, HI (US);

Brandoch Calef, Kihei, HI (US);

David R. Gerwe, West Hills, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steven Griffin, Kihei, HI (US);

Brandoch Calef, Kihei, HI (US);

David R. Gerwe, West Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G02B 27/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for reducing blur in an image generated by an imaging system is provided. A blur model for the image is identified with respect to an exposure time for the image using a sequence of reference images of an artificial reference point object generated during the exposure time for the image. A source of the artificial reference point object is inertially stabilized over the exposure time. The image is deconvolved with the blur model identified for the image to form a modified image having a desired reduction in blur relative to the image generated by the imaging system.


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