Superresolution image reconstruction from a sequence of aliased imagery

We present a superresolution image reconstruction from a sequence of aliased imagery. The subpixel shifts (displacement) among the images are unknown due to the uncontrolled natural jitter of the imager. A correlation method is utilized to estimate subpixel shifts between each low-resolution aliased...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied Optics 2006-07, Vol.45 (21), p.5073-5085
Hauptverfasser: Young, S Susan, Driggers, Ronald G
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We present a superresolution image reconstruction from a sequence of aliased imagery. The subpixel shifts (displacement) among the images are unknown due to the uncontrolled natural jitter of the imager. A correlation method is utilized to estimate subpixel shifts between each low-resolution aliased image with respect to a reference image. An error-energy reduction algorithm is derived to reconstruct the high-resolution alias-free output image. The main feature of this proposed error-energy reduction algorithm is that we treat the spatial samples from low-resolution images that possess unknown and irregular (uncontrolled) subpixel shifts as a set of constraints to populate an oversampled (sampled above the desired output bandwidth) processing array. The estimated subpixel locations of these samples and their values constitute a spatial domain constraint. Furthermore, the bandwidth of the alias-free image (or the sensor imposed bandwidth) is the criterion used as a spatial frequency domain constraint on the oversampled processing array. The results of testing the proposed algorithm on the simulated low- resolution forward-looking infrared (FLIR) images, real-world FLIR images, and visible images are provided. A comparison of the proposed algorithm with a standard interpolation algorithm for processing the simulated low-resolution FLIR images is also provided.
ISSN:1559-128X
0003-6935
1539-4522
DOI:10.1364/AO.45.005073