Novel technique to deblurring and blur detection techniques for enhanced visual clarity of ancient images

Abstract

Digital image quality often degrades due to various factors such as noise and blur. Many images are affected by these issues, reducing their clarity and accuracy. This degradation is especially problematic for ancient images, significantly hampers the ability to analyze historical documents and artworks. This paper presents a novel approach to both blur detection and deblur ancient images, enhancing their clarity and readability. This research introduces a technique that combines wavelet transform and convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for effective blur identification and deblurring, specifically aimed at restoring blurred ancient images, regardless of the type of blur degradation. This novel approach demonstrated an average accuracy of 98.3% in blur detection on ancient image datasets. The performance of deblurring algorithms is typically evaluated using metrics such as peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), mean squared error (MSE), and structural similarity index (SSIM) which quantify fidelity and quality of the deblurred images. In the deblurring, this approach produced PSNR values of 55.5 to 68.3 dB, MSE values of 2.99 to 11.1, and an SSIM of 0.9 across different types of blurs. These results show significant promise for the restoration of ancient images, providing researchers, historians, and archaeologists with valuable tool for conservation cultural heritage.