Image super-resolution reconstruction technology is currently widely used in medical imaging,video surveillance,and industrial quality inspection.It not only enhances image quality but also improves details and visual...Image super-resolution reconstruction technology is currently widely used in medical imaging,video surveillance,and industrial quality inspection.It not only enhances image quality but also improves details and visual perception,significantly increasing the utility of low-resolution images.In this study,an improved image superresolution reconstruction model based on Generative Adversarial Networks(SRGAN)was proposed.This model introduced a channel and spatial attention mechanism(CSAB)in the generator,allowing it to effectively leverage the information from the input image to enhance feature representations and capture important details.The discriminator was designed with an improved PatchGAN architecture,which more accurately captured local details and texture information of the image.With these enhanced generator and discriminator architectures and an optimized loss function design,this method demonstrated superior performance in image quality assessment metrics.Experimental results showed that this model outperforms traditional methods,presenting more detailed and realistic image details in the visual effects.展开更多
A super-resolution reconstruction approach of （SVD） technique was presented, and its performance was radar image using an adaptive-threshold singular value decomposition analyzed, compared and assessed detailedly. F...A super-resolution reconstruction approach of （SVD） technique was presented, and its performance was radar image using an adaptive-threshold singular value decomposition analyzed, compared and assessed detailedly. First, radar imaging model and super-resolution reconstruction mechanism were outlined. Then, the adaptive-threshold SVD super-resolution algorithm, and its two key aspects, namely the determination method of point spread function （PSF） matrix T and the selection scheme of singular value threshold, were presented. Finally, the super-resolution algorithm was demonstrated successfully using the measured synthetic-aperture radar （SAR） images, and a Monte Carlo assessment was carried out to evaluate the performance of the algorithm by using the input/output signal-to-noise ratio （SNR）. Five versions of SVD algorithms, namely 1 ） using all singular values, 2） using the top 80% singular values, 3） using the top 50% singular values, 4） using the top 20% singular values and 5） using singular values s such that S2≥/max（s2）/rinsNR were tested. The experimental results indicate that when the singular value threshold is set as Smax/（rinSNR）1/2, the super-resolution algorithm provides a good compromise between too much noise and too much bias and has good reconstruction results.展开更多
Accurate segmentation of camouflage objects in aerial imagery is vital for improving the efficiency of UAV-based reconnaissance and rescue missions.However,camouflage object segmentation is increasingly challenging du...Accurate segmentation of camouflage objects in aerial imagery is vital for improving the efficiency of UAV-based reconnaissance and rescue missions.However,camouflage object segmentation is increasingly challenging due to advances in both camouflage materials and biological mimicry.Although multispectral-RGB based technology shows promise,conventional dual-aperture multispectral-RGB imaging systems are constrained by imprecise and time-consuming registration and fusion across different modalities,limiting their performance.Here,we propose the Reconstructed Multispectral-RGB Fusion Network(RMRF-Net),which reconstructs RGB images into multispectral ones,enabling efficient multimodal segmentation using only an RGB camera.Specifically,RMRF-Net employs a divergentsimilarity feature correction strategy to minimize reconstruction errors and includes an efficient boundary-aware decoder to enhance object contours.Notably,we establish the first real-world aerial multispectral-RGB semantic segmentation of camouflage objects dataset,including 11 object categories.Experimental results demonstrate that RMRF-Net outperforms existing methods,achieving 17.38 FPS on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin,with only a 0.96%drop in mIoU compared to the RTX 3090,showing its practical applicability in multimodal remote sensing.展开更多
A new method of super-resolution image reconstruction is proposed, which uses a three-step-training error backpropagation neural network （BPNN） to realize the super-resolution reconstruction （SRR） of satellite ima...A new method of super-resolution image reconstruction is proposed, which uses a three-step-training error backpropagation neural network （BPNN） to realize the super-resolution reconstruction （SRR） of satellite image. The method is based on BPNN. First, three groups learning samples with different resolutions are obtained according to image observation model, and then vector mappings are respectively used to those three group learning samples to speed up the convergence of BPNN, at last, three times consecutive training are carried on the BPNN. Training samples used in each step are of higher resolution than those used in the previous steps, so the increasing weights store a great amount of information for SRR, and network performance and generalization ability are improved greatly. Simulation and generalization tests are carried on the well-trained three-step-training NN respectively, and the reconstruction results with higher resolution images verify the effectiveness and validity of this method.展开更多
A method and procedure is presented to reconstruct three-dimensional(3D) positions of scattering centers from multiple synthetic aperture radar(SAR) images. Firstly, two-dimensional(2D) attribute scattering centers of...A method and procedure is presented to reconstruct three-dimensional(3D) positions of scattering centers from multiple synthetic aperture radar(SAR) images. Firstly, two-dimensional(2D) attribute scattering centers of targets are extracted from 2D SAR images. Secondly, similarity measure is developed based on 2D attributed scatter centers' location, type, and radargrammetry principle between multiple SAR images. By this similarity, we can associate 2D scatter centers and then obtain candidate 3D scattering centers. Thirdly, these candidate scattering centers are clustered in 3D space to reconstruct final 3D positions. Compared with presented methods, the proposed method has a capability of describing distributed scattering center, reduces false and missing 3D scattering centers, and has fewer restrictionson modeling data. Finally, results of experiments have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.展开更多
Color image super-resolution reconstruction based on the sparse representation model usually adopts the regularization norm(e.g.,L1 or L2).These methods have limited ability to keep image texture detail to some extent...Color image super-resolution reconstruction based on the sparse representation model usually adopts the regularization norm(e.g.,L1 or L2).These methods have limited ability to keep image texture detail to some extent and are easy to cause the problem of blurring details and color artifacts in color reconstructed images.This paper presents a color super-resolution reconstruction method combining the L2/3 sparse regularization model with color channel constraints.The method converts the low-resolution color image from RGB to YCbCr.The L2/3 sparse regularization model is designed to reconstruct the brightness channel of the input low-resolution color image.Then the color channel-constraint method is adopted to remove artifacts of the reconstructed highresolution image.The method not only ensures the reconstruction quality of the color image details,but also improves the removal ability of color artifacts.The experimental results on natural images validate that our method has improved both subjective and objective evaluation.展开更多
Sparse representation has attracted extensive attention and performed well on image super-resolution（SR） in the last decade. However, many current image SR methods face the contradiction of detail recovery and artif...Sparse representation has attracted extensive attention and performed well on image super-resolution（SR） in the last decade. However, many current image SR methods face the contradiction of detail recovery and artifact suppression. We propose a multi-resolution dictionary learning（MRDL） model to solve this contradiction, and give a fast single image SR method based on the MRDL model. To obtain the MRDL model, we first extract multi-scale patches by using our proposed adaptive patch partition method（APPM）. The APPM divides images into patches of different sizes according to their detail richness. Then, the multiresolution dictionary pairs, which contain structural primitives of various resolutions, can be trained from these multi-scale patches.Owing to the MRDL strategy, our SR algorithm not only recovers details well, with less jag and noise, but also significantly improves the computational efficiency. Experimental results validate that our algorithm performs better than other SR methods in evaluation metrics and visual perception.展开更多
This paper designs a 3 mm radiometer and validate with experiments based on the principle of passive millimeter wave （PMMW） imaging. The poor spatial resolution, which is limited by antenna size, should be improved ...This paper designs a 3 mm radiometer and validate with experiments based on the principle of passive millimeter wave （PMMW） imaging. The poor spatial resolution, which is limited by antenna size, should be improved by post data processing. A conjugate-gradient （CG） algorithm is adopted to circumvent this drawback. Simulation and real data collected in laboratory environment are given, and the results show that the CG algorithm improves the spatial resolution and convergent rate. Further, it can reduce the ringing effects which are caused by regularizing the image restoration. Thus, the CG algorithm is easily implemented for PMMW imaging.展开更多
Passive millimeter wave （PMMW） images inherently have the problem of poor resolution owing to limited aperture dimension. Thus, efficient post-processing is necessary to achieve resolution improvement. An adaptive p...Passive millimeter wave （PMMW） images inherently have the problem of poor resolution owing to limited aperture dimension. Thus, efficient post-processing is necessary to achieve resolution improvement. An adaptive projected Landweber （APL） super-resolution algorithm using a spectral correction procedure, which attempts to combine the strong points of all of the projected Landweber （PL） iteration and the adaptive relaxation parameter adjustment and the spectral correction method, is proposed. In the algorithm, the PL iterations are implemented as the main image restoration scheme and a spectral correction method is included in which the calculated spectrum within the passband is replaced by the known low frequency component. Then, the algorithm updates the relaxation parameter adaptively at each iteration. A qualitative evaluation of this algorithm is performed with simulated data as well as actual radiometer image captured by 91.5 GHz mechanically scanned radiometer. From experiments, it is found that the super-resolution algorithm obtains better results and enhances the resolution and has lower mean square error （MSE）. These constraints and adaptive character and spectral correction procedures speed up the convergence of the Landweber algorithm and reduce the ringing effects that are caused by regularizing the image restoration problem.展开更多
Microwave diffraction tomography is a process to infer the internal structure of an objectfrom multiple angle views of microwave diffraction shadow. Being sensitive to variations in refractive index of the object, the...Microwave diffraction tomography is a process to infer the internal structure of an objectfrom multiple angle views of microwave diffraction shadow. Being sensitive to variations in refractive index of the object, the procedure can be used to measure permittivity distributions within dielectric objects and to image soft tissues for biomedical applications. The optimal resolution distance obtainable is half a wavelength, but this can rarely be achieved because of practical limitations. Some procedures, however, are available to improve the practical resolution. One, which is suitable for microwave tomography, is to use multiple angle views data and to combine the resulting images. The other, which is suitable for improving the image reconstruction resolution, is to use the digital filtering technique and the filtered backpropagation algorithm. A system operating over the X-band microwave frequency is described and some experimental results for objects in air are given.展开更多
Three-dimensional(3D)reconstruction based on aerial images has broad prospects,and feature matching is an important step of it.However,for high-resolution aerial images,there are usually problems such as long time,mis...Three-dimensional(3D)reconstruction based on aerial images has broad prospects,and feature matching is an important step of it.However,for high-resolution aerial images,there are usually problems such as long time,mismatching and sparse feature pairs using traditional algorithms.Therefore,an algorithm is proposed to realize fast,accurate and dense feature matching.The algorithm consists of four steps.Firstly,we achieve a balance between the feature matching time and the number of matching pairs by appropriately reducing the image resolution.Secondly,to realize further screening of the mismatches,a feature screening algorithm based on similarity judgment or local optimization is proposed.Thirdly,to make the algorithm more widely applicable,we combine the results of different algorithms to get dense results.Finally,all matching feature pairs in the low-resolution images are restored to the original images.Comparisons between the original algorithms and our algorithm show that the proposed algorithm can effectively reduce the matching time,screen out the mismatches,and improve the number of matches.展开更多
Optical micro-scanning technology can be used to increase spatial resolution of many optical imaging systems,especially thermal imaging system. One of its key issues is relevant image processing algorithm. A fast reco...Optical micro-scanning technology can be used to increase spatial resolution of many optical imaging systems,especially thermal imaging system. One of its key issues is relevant image processing algorithm. A fast reconstruction algorithm is proposed for two dimensional 2×2 micro-scanning based on the sub-pixel imaging and reconstruction principle of two-dimensional staring focal plane arrays (FPA). Specifically,three initialization methods are presented and implemented with the simulated data,their performances are compared according to image quality index.Experiment results show that,by the first initialization approach,timely over-sampled image can be accurately recovered,although special field diaphragm is needed. In the second initialization,the extrapolation approximation in obtaining reconstruction results is better than either bilinear interpolation or over-sampling reconstruction,without requiring any special process on system. The proposed algorithm has simple structure,low computational cost and can be realized in real-time. A high-resolution image can be obtained by low-resolution detectors. So,the algorithm has potential applications in visible light and infrared imaging area.展开更多
With the advances of display technology, three-dimensional(3-D) imaging systems are becoming increasingly popular. One way of stimulating 3-D perception is to use stereo pairs, a pair of images of the same scene acqui...With the advances of display technology, three-dimensional(3-D) imaging systems are becoming increasingly popular. One way of stimulating 3-D perception is to use stereo pairs, a pair of images of the same scene acquired from different perspectives. Since there is an inherent redundancy between the images of a stereo pairs, data compression algorithms should be employed to represent stereo pairs efficiently. The proposed techniques generally use block-based disparity compensation. In order to get the higher compression ratio, this paper employs the wavelet-based mixed-resolution coding technique to incorporate with SPT-based disparity-compensation to compress the stereo image data. The mixed-resolution coding is a perceptually justified technique that is achieved by presenting one eye with a low-resolution image and the other with a high-resolution image. Psychophysical experiments show that the stereo image pairs with one high-resolution image and one low-resolution image provide almost the same stereo depth to that of a stereo image with two high-resolution images. By combining the mixed-resolution coding and SPT-based disparity-compensation techniques, one reference (left) high-resolution image can be compressed by a hierarchical wavelet transform followed by vector quantization and Huffman encoder. After two level wavelet decompositions, for the low-resolution right image and low-resolution left image, subspace projection technique using the fixed block size disparity compensation estimation is used. At the decoder, the low-resolution right subimage is estimated using the disparity from the low-resolution left subimage. A full-size reconstruction is obtained by upsampling a factor of 4 and reconstructing with the synthesis low pass filter. Finally, experimental results are presented, which show that our scheme achieves a PSNR gain (about 0.92dB) as compared to the current block-based disparity compensation coding techniques.展开更多
The view prediction is an important step in stereo/multiview video coding, wherein, disparity estil mation （DE） is a key and difficult operation. DE algorithms usually require enormous computing power. A fast DE alg...The view prediction is an important step in stereo/multiview video coding, wherein, disparity estil mation （DE） is a key and difficult operation. DE algorithms usually require enormous computing power. A fast DE algorithm based on Delaunay triangulation （DT） is proposed. First, a flexible and content adaptive DT mesh is established on a target frame by an iterative split-merge algorithm. Second, DE on DT nodes are performed in a three-stage algorithm, which gives the majority of nodes a good estimate of the disparity vectors （DV）, by removing unreliable nodes due to occlusion, and forcing the minority of ＇problematic nodes＇ to be searched again, within their umbrella-shaped polygon, to the best. Finally, the target view is predicted by using affine transformation. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can give a satisfactory DE with less computational cost.展开更多
文摘Image super-resolution reconstruction technology is currently widely used in medical imaging,video surveillance,and industrial quality inspection.It not only enhances image quality but also improves details and visual perception,significantly increasing the utility of low-resolution images.In this study,an improved image superresolution reconstruction model based on Generative Adversarial Networks(SRGAN)was proposed.This model introduced a channel and spatial attention mechanism(CSAB)in the generator,allowing it to effectively leverage the information from the input image to enhance feature representations and capture important details.The discriminator was designed with an improved PatchGAN architecture,which more accurately captured local details and texture information of the image.With these enhanced generator and discriminator architectures and an optimized loss function design,this method demonstrated superior performance in image quality assessment metrics.Experimental results showed that this model outperforms traditional methods,presenting more detailed and realistic image details in the visual effects.
基金Project(2008041001) supported by the Academician Foundation of China Project(N0601-041) supported by the General Armament Department Science Foundation of China
文摘A super-resolution reconstruction approach of （SVD） technique was presented, and its performance was radar image using an adaptive-threshold singular value decomposition analyzed, compared and assessed detailedly. First, radar imaging model and super-resolution reconstruction mechanism were outlined. Then, the adaptive-threshold SVD super-resolution algorithm, and its two key aspects, namely the determination method of point spread function （PSF） matrix T and the selection scheme of singular value threshold, were presented. Finally, the super-resolution algorithm was demonstrated successfully using the measured synthetic-aperture radar （SAR） images, and a Monte Carlo assessment was carried out to evaluate the performance of the algorithm by using the input/output signal-to-noise ratio （SNR）. Five versions of SVD algorithms, namely 1 ） using all singular values, 2） using the top 80% singular values, 3） using the top 50% singular values, 4） using the top 20% singular values and 5） using singular values s such that S2≥/max（s2）/rinsNR were tested. The experimental results indicate that when the singular value threshold is set as Smax/（rinSNR）1/2, the super-resolution algorithm provides a good compromise between too much noise and too much bias and has good reconstruction results.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62005049 and 62072110)Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(Grant No.2020J01451).
文摘Accurate segmentation of camouflage objects in aerial imagery is vital for improving the efficiency of UAV-based reconnaissance and rescue missions.However,camouflage object segmentation is increasingly challenging due to advances in both camouflage materials and biological mimicry.Although multispectral-RGB based technology shows promise,conventional dual-aperture multispectral-RGB imaging systems are constrained by imprecise and time-consuming registration and fusion across different modalities,limiting their performance.Here,we propose the Reconstructed Multispectral-RGB Fusion Network(RMRF-Net),which reconstructs RGB images into multispectral ones,enabling efficient multimodal segmentation using only an RGB camera.Specifically,RMRF-Net employs a divergentsimilarity feature correction strategy to minimize reconstruction errors and includes an efficient boundary-aware decoder to enhance object contours.Notably,we establish the first real-world aerial multispectral-RGB semantic segmentation of camouflage objects dataset,including 11 object categories.Experimental results demonstrate that RMRF-Net outperforms existing methods,achieving 17.38 FPS on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin,with only a 0.96%drop in mIoU compared to the RTX 3090,showing its practical applicability in multimodal remote sensing.
文摘A new method of super-resolution image reconstruction is proposed, which uses a three-step-training error backpropagation neural network （BPNN） to realize the super-resolution reconstruction （SRR） of satellite image. The method is based on BPNN. First, three groups learning samples with different resolutions are obtained according to image observation model, and then vector mappings are respectively used to those three group learning samples to speed up the convergence of BPNN, at last, three times consecutive training are carried on the BPNN. Training samples used in each step are of higher resolution than those used in the previous steps, so the increasing weights store a great amount of information for SRR, and network performance and generalization ability are improved greatly. Simulation and generalization tests are carried on the well-trained three-step-training NN respectively, and the reconstruction results with higher resolution images verify the effectiveness and validity of this method.
文摘A method and procedure is presented to reconstruct three-dimensional(3D) positions of scattering centers from multiple synthetic aperture radar(SAR) images. Firstly, two-dimensional(2D) attribute scattering centers of targets are extracted from 2D SAR images. Secondly, similarity measure is developed based on 2D attributed scatter centers' location, type, and radargrammetry principle between multiple SAR images. By this similarity, we can associate 2D scatter centers and then obtain candidate 3D scattering centers. Thirdly, these candidate scattering centers are clustered in 3D space to reconstruct final 3D positions. Compared with presented methods, the proposed method has a capability of describing distributed scattering center, reduces false and missing 3D scattering centers, and has fewer restrictionson modeling data. Finally, results of experiments have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61761028)。
文摘Color image super-resolution reconstruction based on the sparse representation model usually adopts the regularization norm(e.g.,L1 or L2).These methods have limited ability to keep image texture detail to some extent and are easy to cause the problem of blurring details and color artifacts in color reconstructed images.This paper presents a color super-resolution reconstruction method combining the L2/3 sparse regularization model with color channel constraints.The method converts the low-resolution color image from RGB to YCbCr.The L2/3 sparse regularization model is designed to reconstruct the brightness channel of the input low-resolution color image.Then the color channel-constraint method is adopted to remove artifacts of the reconstructed highresolution image.The method not only ensures the reconstruction quality of the color image details,but also improves the removal ability of color artifacts.The experimental results on natural images validate that our method has improved both subjective and objective evaluation.
文摘Sparse representation has attracted extensive attention and performed well on image super-resolution（SR） in the last decade. However, many current image SR methods face the contradiction of detail recovery and artifact suppression. We propose a multi-resolution dictionary learning（MRDL） model to solve this contradiction, and give a fast single image SR method based on the MRDL model. To obtain the MRDL model, we first extract multi-scale patches by using our proposed adaptive patch partition method（APPM）. The APPM divides images into patches of different sizes according to their detail richness. Then, the multiresolution dictionary pairs, which contain structural primitives of various resolutions, can be trained from these multi-scale patches.Owing to the MRDL strategy, our SR algorithm not only recovers details well, with less jag and noise, but also significantly improves the computational efficiency. Experimental results validate that our algorithm performs better than other SR methods in evaluation metrics and visual perception.
基金supported partly by the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(60632020)the Youth Science Foundation of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(JX0823).
文摘This paper designs a 3 mm radiometer and validate with experiments based on the principle of passive millimeter wave （PMMW） imaging. The poor spatial resolution, which is limited by antenna size, should be improved by post data processing. A conjugate-gradient （CG） algorithm is adopted to circumvent this drawback. Simulation and real data collected in laboratory environment are given, and the results show that the CG algorithm improves the spatial resolution and convergent rate. Further, it can reduce the ringing effects which are caused by regularizing the image restoration. Thus, the CG algorithm is easily implemented for PMMW imaging.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60632020).
文摘Passive millimeter wave （PMMW） images inherently have the problem of poor resolution owing to limited aperture dimension. Thus, efficient post-processing is necessary to achieve resolution improvement. An adaptive projected Landweber （APL） super-resolution algorithm using a spectral correction procedure, which attempts to combine the strong points of all of the projected Landweber （PL） iteration and the adaptive relaxation parameter adjustment and the spectral correction method, is proposed. In the algorithm, the PL iterations are implemented as the main image restoration scheme and a spectral correction method is included in which the calculated spectrum within the passband is replaced by the known low frequency component. Then, the algorithm updates the relaxation parameter adaptively at each iteration. A qualitative evaluation of this algorithm is performed with simulated data as well as actual radiometer image captured by 91.5 GHz mechanically scanned radiometer. From experiments, it is found that the super-resolution algorithm obtains better results and enhances the resolution and has lower mean square error （MSE）. These constraints and adaptive character and spectral correction procedures speed up the convergence of the Landweber algorithm and reduce the ringing effects that are caused by regularizing the image restoration problem.
文摘Microwave diffraction tomography is a process to infer the internal structure of an objectfrom multiple angle views of microwave diffraction shadow. Being sensitive to variations in refractive index of the object, the procedure can be used to measure permittivity distributions within dielectric objects and to image soft tissues for biomedical applications. The optimal resolution distance obtainable is half a wavelength, but this can rarely be achieved because of practical limitations. Some procedures, however, are available to improve the practical resolution. One, which is suitable for microwave tomography, is to use multiple angle views data and to combine the resulting images. The other, which is suitable for improving the image reconstruction resolution, is to use the digital filtering technique and the filtered backpropagation algorithm. A system operating over the X-band microwave frequency is described and some experimental results for objects in air are given.
基金This work was supported by the Equipment Pre-Research Foundation of China(6140001020310).
文摘Three-dimensional(3D)reconstruction based on aerial images has broad prospects,and feature matching is an important step of it.However,for high-resolution aerial images,there are usually problems such as long time,mismatching and sparse feature pairs using traditional algorithms.Therefore,an algorithm is proposed to realize fast,accurate and dense feature matching.The algorithm consists of four steps.Firstly,we achieve a balance between the feature matching time and the number of matching pairs by appropriately reducing the image resolution.Secondly,to realize further screening of the mismatches,a feature screening algorithm based on similarity judgment or local optimization is proposed.Thirdly,to make the algorithm more widely applicable,we combine the results of different algorithms to get dense results.Finally,all matching feature pairs in the low-resolution images are restored to the original images.Comparisons between the original algorithms and our algorithm show that the proposed algorithm can effectively reduce the matching time,screen out the mismatches,and improve the number of matches.
文摘Optical micro-scanning technology can be used to increase spatial resolution of many optical imaging systems,especially thermal imaging system. One of its key issues is relevant image processing algorithm. A fast reconstruction algorithm is proposed for two dimensional 2×2 micro-scanning based on the sub-pixel imaging and reconstruction principle of two-dimensional staring focal plane arrays (FPA). Specifically,three initialization methods are presented and implemented with the simulated data,their performances are compared according to image quality index.Experiment results show that,by the first initialization approach,timely over-sampled image can be accurately recovered,although special field diaphragm is needed. In the second initialization,the extrapolation approximation in obtaining reconstruction results is better than either bilinear interpolation or over-sampling reconstruction,without requiring any special process on system. The proposed algorithm has simple structure,low computational cost and can be realized in real-time. A high-resolution image can be obtained by low-resolution detectors. So,the algorithm has potential applications in visible light and infrared imaging area.
基金This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (No. 69972027).
文摘With the advances of display technology, three-dimensional(3-D) imaging systems are becoming increasingly popular. One way of stimulating 3-D perception is to use stereo pairs, a pair of images of the same scene acquired from different perspectives. Since there is an inherent redundancy between the images of a stereo pairs, data compression algorithms should be employed to represent stereo pairs efficiently. The proposed techniques generally use block-based disparity compensation. In order to get the higher compression ratio, this paper employs the wavelet-based mixed-resolution coding technique to incorporate with SPT-based disparity-compensation to compress the stereo image data. The mixed-resolution coding is a perceptually justified technique that is achieved by presenting one eye with a low-resolution image and the other with a high-resolution image. Psychophysical experiments show that the stereo image pairs with one high-resolution image and one low-resolution image provide almost the same stereo depth to that of a stereo image with two high-resolution images. By combining the mixed-resolution coding and SPT-based disparity-compensation techniques, one reference (left) high-resolution image can be compressed by a hierarchical wavelet transform followed by vector quantization and Huffman encoder. After two level wavelet decompositions, for the low-resolution right image and low-resolution left image, subspace projection technique using the fixed block size disparity compensation estimation is used. At the decoder, the low-resolution right subimage is estimated using the disparity from the low-resolution left subimage. A full-size reconstruction is obtained by upsampling a factor of 4 and reconstructing with the synthesis low pass filter. Finally, experimental results are presented, which show that our scheme achieves a PSNR gain (about 0.92dB) as compared to the current block-based disparity compensation coding techniques.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60472083 60872141)
文摘The view prediction is an important step in stereo/multiview video coding, wherein, disparity estil mation （DE） is a key and difficult operation. DE algorithms usually require enormous computing power. A fast DE algorithm based on Delaunay triangulation （DT） is proposed. First, a flexible and content adaptive DT mesh is established on a target frame by an iterative split-merge algorithm. Second, DE on DT nodes are performed in a three-stage algorithm, which gives the majority of nodes a good estimate of the disparity vectors （DV）, by removing unreliable nodes due to occlusion, and forcing the minority of ＇problematic nodes＇ to be searched again, within their umbrella-shaped polygon, to the best. Finally, the target view is predicted by using affine transformation. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can give a satisfactory DE with less computational cost.
基金Manuscript received February 13, 2016 accepted December 7, 2016. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （61362001, 61661031）, Jiangxi Province Innovation Projects for Postgraduate Funds （YC2016-S006）, the International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program, and Jiangxi Advanced Project for Post-Doctoral Research Fund （2014KY02）.
