Resolution enhancement of video sequences using motion compensation

Improving the spatial resolution of an image sequence critically depends upon the accuracy of the motion estimator. The problem is complicated by the fact that the motion field is prone to significant errors since original high resolution images are not available. In earlier work, bilinearly interpolated images were used as initial conditions for the proposed algorithm. In this paper, the use of other initial conditions, such as previously estimated images, is experimentally investigated. Furthermore, various forms of the iterative video resolution enhancement algorithm are studied experimentally.

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