Super-Resolution Imaging Using a Focus Pixel Sensor

Sung Min Woo, Jeong Won Ha, Jong Ok Kim

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Abstract

Modern camera sensors are equipped with a focus pixel, a special type of pixel that can collect separate light rays from the left (L) and right (R) directions. The phase difference between the corresponding L/R pixels is utilized to facilitate quick auto-focusing. In this study, we expand the usability of the special pixels to super-resolve an image. We design a neural net to best fuse multiple low-resolution focus pixel images with a normal image based on repetitive channel and spatial attention layer structures. Empirical results show that focus pixel images contribute to the creation of fine details by providing additional information to super-resolve an image, especially for ured areas and that the proposed neural net-based method enhances the state-of-the-art super-resolution methods that do not use focus pixels in quantitative and qualitative measures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2021 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1698-1702
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9789881476890
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event2021 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2021 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 2021 Dec 142021 Dec 17

Publication series

Name2021 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2021 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2021 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, APSIPA ASC 2021
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period21/12/1421/12/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing
  • Instrumentation

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