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We propose a super-resolution method that exploits self-similarities and group structural information of image patches using only one single input frame. The super-resolution problem is posed as learning the mapping between pairs of low-resolution and high-resolution image patches. Instead of relying on an extrinsic set of training images as often required in example-based super-resolution algorithms, we employ a method that generates image pairs directly from the image pyramid of one single frame. The generated patch pairs are clustered for training a dictionary by enforcing group sparsity constraints underlying the image patches. Super-resolution images are then constructed using the learned dictionary. Experimental results show the proposed method is able to achieve the state-of-the-art performance.
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Yang, CY., Huang, JB., Yang, MH. (2011). Exploiting Self-similarities for Single Frame Super-Resolution. In: Kimmel, R., Klette, R., Sugimoto, A. (eds) Computer Vision – ACCV 2010. ACCV 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6494. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19318-7_39
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