Multi-frame super resolution using edge directed interpolation and complex wavelet transform

Abstract

In this paper, a multi frame super resolution technique is proposed which uses edge directional interpolation (EDI) and dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DT-CWT). In the proposed technique a super resolution process is applied for each frame to generate the low frequency component. On the other hand, high frequency components are generated by DTCWT decomposition followed by EDI. Finally, the composition of the generated subbands using inverse DTCWT (IDT-CWT) reconstructs the super resolved output frame. Experimental results on a number of benchmark video sequences with respect to their PSNR measures confirm the superiority of the suggested method over the state of the art video resolution enhancement methods.