A model of motion blur based on a physical analysis of a CCD video camera is presented. This model is tested using real video collected in the laboratory and the blur predicted by the model is shown to agree with groundtruth. A system for the prevention of motion blur in video frames is presented. This system is based on a mechanism called a shifter circuit that is itself based on models of the early vision portion of the human visual system. This system is compared to deblurring methodologies based on image processing techniques and is shown to possess several desirable properties. Additionally, the system is compared to standard high speed shutter deblurring practices and is shown to compare favorably with regard to signal to noise ratio. The effectiveness of the system in preventing motion blur is demonstrated, and areas of future work are suggested. Finally, comments regarding the system's impact on the field of vision research are made
