Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories

Sensing Increased Image Resolution Using Aperture Masks

Citation:   Mohan. A.; Huang, X.; Tumblin, J., Raskar, R., "Sensing Increased Image Resulution Using Aperture Masks", IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), ISSN: 1063-6919, pp. 1-8, June 2008 (IEEE Xplore)
MERL Report:  TR2008-089

We present a technique to construct increased-resolution images from multiple photos taken without moving the camera or the sensor. Like other super-resolution techniques, we capture and merge multiple images, but instead of moving the camera sensor by sub-pixel distance for each image, we change masks in the lens aperture and slightly defocus the lens. The resulting capture system is simpler, and tolerates modest mask registration errors well. We present a theoretical analysis of the camera and image merging method, show both simulated results and actual results from a crudely modified consumer camera, and compare its results to robust 'blind' methods that rely on uncontrolled camera displacements.

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