Low-cost implementation of a super-resolution algorithm for real-time video applications

In this paper, a novel algorithm based on superresolution (SR) techniques for increasing the quality of video sequences, is presented together with its mapping into the Philips Research proprietary hardware-software platform. As result, a low-cost real-time implementation is obtained, suitable for personal multimedia applications. Low cost constraints are accomplished by re-using a video codec: and introducing some changes in order to avoid the use of specific SR hardware. As a consequence, a drastic reduction in the memory requirements is obtained at the expense of less than a 7% quality loss with respect to previous works.