Patent Application: US-201414899290-A

Abstract:
this invention relates to a method of increasing spatial / temporal resolution including the steps of providing a current video having an initial temporal / spatial resolution ; repeatedly reducing the temporal / spatial resolution of the current video to produce a lowest temporal / spatial resolution current video ; increasing the spatial / temporal resolution of the lowest temporal / spatial resolution current video ; increasing the spatial / temporal resolution of the next higher temporal / spatial resolution current video ; and repeating step up to the initial temporal / spatial resolution .

Description:
the present invention provides a new algorithm for the raise operation as described in pat [ 1 ], namely , the respective one stage of the spatial - temporal resolution increase of the video . the raise operation is performed at both the encoder and decoder . the encoder simulates the raise operation of the decoder and sends additional details if needed . the new raise algorithm gives rise to new image and video compression codecs with many fundamental advantages over the current state of the art image and video codecs . namely : 1 . the decoder performs the oracle operation of the raise algorithm without the need for supplementary information such as motion vectors . 2 . because there is no need to receive supplementary information from the encoder , the compression factors improve significantly . 3 . the codec can work on the pixel level , so as to achieve the best compression results . in contrast , mpeg is forced to use varying block size . 4 . because we work on the pixel level , we do not get the annoying blocking artifacts that are common to the mpeg standard . 5 . the decoder can use more advanced methods such as optical flows to detect complex motions such as zoom and rotation . in contrast , mpeg uses block matching algorithm that only detect translations . 6 . the decoder can also use more advanced spatial prediction methods , such as edge detection methods . this is not possible with mpeg . 7 . the codec can use simd ( single instruction multiple data ) processing hardware such as gpus to accelerate the computation as opposed to mpeg where simd is nearly impossible . 8 . because we can use simd hardware we can design better compression algorithms , trading processing power for compression factors . this is not possible with mpeg , where the need to send supplementary information rules out any real improvement in compression . fig4 s is a flowchart of the raise algorithm for the spatial resolution increase of the video . in step 410 , the initial temporal resolution of the video is repeatedly decreased , until we reach some given lowest temporal resolution video . in step 420 , the spatial resolution of this given lowest temporal resolution video is then increased using an oracle algorithm . in the oracle algorithm we first analyze the lowest temporal resolution video both temporally and spatially . in terms of the temporal analysis we compute the temporal motion field of the would - be increased spatial resolution video . similarly , in terms of the spatial analysis , we compute the spatial geometrical structure of the would - be increased spatial resolution video . finally , we predict the increased spatial resolution video using that spatial and / or temporal information . we stress that the oracle algorithm reconstructs the higher spatial resolution video of the given lowest temporal resolution video , without receiving any supplementary information from the encoder . once this is done , the encoder may decide that some additional details should be sent to the decoder in order to enhance the quality of the predicted increased spatial resolution video . in step 430 , these missing details are then added to the reconstructed video . in step 440 , the opposite operation to step 410 is performed . namely , the temporal resolution of the video is repeatedly increased . this is done using the following sub - steps : in sub - step 441 the spatial resolution of the next higher temporal resolution video is increased using an oracle algorithm as discussed in step 420 . here , we stress again that the oracle algorithm prediction is performed without receiving any supplementary information from the encoder . once this is done , the encoder may decide that some additional details should be sent to the decoder in order to enhance the quality of that predicted increased spatial resolution video . in sub - step 442 , these missing details are then added to the reconstructed higher spatial resolution video . the above two sub - steps are repeatedly performed until we reach the initial temporal resolution of step 410 . note , however , that by this time , the spatial resolution of the whole video has been increased . the raise algorithm for the temporal resolution increase is very similar . we only have to interchange the terms spatial and temporal in fig4 s to get fig4 t . here , in step 460 , the initial spatial resolution of the video is repeatedly decreased , until we reach some given lowest spatial resolution video . in step 470 , the temporal resolution of the given lowest spatial resolution video is increased . as above , in the oracle algorithm we first analyze the lowest spatial resolution video both temporally and spatially . in terms of the temporal analysis we compute the temporal motion field of the would - be increased temporal resolution video . similarly , in terms of the spatial analysis , we compute the spatial geometrical structure of the would - be increased temporal resolution video . finally , we predict the increased temporal resolution video using that temporal and / or spatial information . we stress again that that prediction is done without receiving any supplementary information from the encoder . the encoder may then decide that some additional details should be sent to the decoder in order to enhance the quality of the predicted increased temporal resolution video . in step 480 , these missing details are then added to the reconstructed video . in step 490 , the opposite operation to step 460 is performed . namely , the spatial resolution of the video is repeatedly increased , using the following sub - steps : in sub - step 491 , the temporal resolution of the next higher spatial resolution video , is increased using an oracle algorithm as discussed in step 470 . here , we stress again that the oracle algorithm prediction is performed without receiving any supplementary information from the encoder . once this is done , the encoder may decide that some additional details should be sent to the decoder in order to enhance the quality of that predicted increased temporal resolution video . in sub - step 492 , these missing details are then added to the reconstructed higher temporal resolution video . the above two sub - steps are repeatedly performed until we reach the initial spatial resolution of step 460 . as above , by this time , the temporal resolution of the whole video has been increased . the present invention is also useful in many other image and video applications such as super - resolution , image matting and compositing , hole filling , image stitching , 3d reconstruction , in - painting , recognition , and more , see ref [ 4 ]. for example , if we omit step 430 and sub - step 442 from fig4 s , we get an algorithm for the spatial super resolution increase of videos . similarly , if we omit step 480 and sub - step 492 from fig4 t , we get an algorithm for the temporal super resolution increase of videos . in what follows , we proceed to describe the new raise algorithm in terms of the following use cases : single image compression , no latency video compression , and multi frame video compression . the present invention also applies to the compression of single images , where the raise algorithm may be viewed as the temporal resolution increase of a video with no frames . the raise algorithm is depicted in fig5 and fig6 . after reviewing the main stages we proceed to describe a specific raise implementation . step 1 : let y be the input image . then apply a two dimensional blur filter to y and denote the resulting blurred image as b . step 2 : down sample b , and denote the resulting down sampled sub - image as c . for example , down sample by the quincunx method as depicted in fig1 , unit 110 . step 3 : recursively encode c into c ′ using the current single image encoder raise algorithm applied to the blurred and down sampled sub - image c . at the lowest level , we reach a sub - image x of lowest resolution . we then encode x using existing image compression methods such as the ones described in ref [ 2 ]. the lowest level by which we end the recursion can be determined in advance or dynamically using rate distortion techniques such as described in ref [ 3 ]. step 1 : recursively decode c ′ into ĉ , see step 3 of stage i above . step 2 : predict the original image y from ĉ , using an oracle method , and denote the result as y . for the oracle method see the detailed description of the invention above . step 3 : decide on the additional details d needed for recovering a good presentation of the original image . for example , the details can be the difference between the original image y and the predicted one y . step 4 : encode the details d using y , and denote the result as d ′. here again we use existing two - dimensional compression methods , see ref [ 2 ], pat [ 2 ], and pat [ 3 ]. step 2 : decode { circumflex over ( d )} from d ′ using y , see step 4 , stage ii above . step 3 : reconstruct ŷ from y , and { circumflex over ( d )}. for example , if the details were the difference as in step 3 of stage ii above , then we reconstruct by adding { circumflex over ( d )} to y . the bit stream consists of the encoded sub - image c ′, and the details d ′. since c ′ is recursively computed , c ′ itself consists of a very low resolution encoded sub - image and the sequence of the corresponding details . step 1 : recursively decode c ′ into ĉ , see step 1 of stage ii of the encoder above . step 2 : predict the original image y from ĉ , using an oracle method , and denote the result as y . note that this is the same oracle method as in step 2 of stage ii of the encoder above . step 2 : decode { circumflex over ( d )} from d ′ using y . step 3 : reconstruct the decoded image ŷ from y , and { circumflex over ( d )}. in this section we describe one possible implementation of the single image raise algorithm above . note however , that many other encoder / decoder implementations are possible . in our example , the oracle predicts an image b which is the completion of the sub - image ĉ to the spatial resolution of the whole image b . more precisely , the pixels in b that correspond to the down sampled sub - image ĉ , are exactly those of ĉ . then , the other pixels in b are predicted from those of ĉ . for example , consider the case of the quincunx down sampling method , where we assume that ĉ corresponds to the even sub - lattice . then , the even sub - lattice of b is determined by ĉ , and the odd sub - lattice is predicted from this . many image processing tools , such as edge detection methods can be used for this purpose , see for example ref [ 4 ] and ref [ 5 ]. to complete the description of the algorithm , we note that we determine the details d from b and b , and reconstruct { circumflex over ( b )} from { circumflex over ( d )} and b . we finally recover the original image ŷ by de - blurring the decoded blurred image { circumflex over ( b )}. in the no latency video codec , the video frames are processed one after the other . namely , at each step we compress the next coming frame given the already compressed video frames . the raise algorithm in this case amounts to the temporal resolution increase of a video with an additional last frame . the no latency video codec is essential for time - critical applications such as video conferencing and videophone where latency is the most crucial aspect of the system . the no latency video compression algorithm consists of the following steps : 1 . we denote the input video frames as : y =[ y 0 , . . . , y n ]. 2 . we start by encoding / decoding the first frame y 0 , using for example the image compression algorithm of the previous section . 3 . we denote the decoded first frame by ŷ 0 . we now assume by induction that we have already compressed the first k ≧ 1 frames . 4 . let us denote the first k already decoded frames as : ŷ 0 k - 1 =[ ŷ 0 , . . . , ŷ k - 1 ], k = 1 , . . . , n . 5 . then , we proceed to encode / decode y k using ŷ 0 k - 1 , namely , the previously decoded frames . 6 . we denote the resulting new decoded frame as ŷ k . we apply steps 4 - 6 above , iteratively , n times , for k = 1 , . . . , n . the no latency video encoder is depicted in fig9 and the corresponding no latency video decoder is depicted in fig1 . next , we review the main stages of the no latency raise algorithm , and proceed to describe a specific no latency raise implementation . step 1 : let y k denote the input frame , and let ŷ 0 k - 1 denote the first k so far decoded frames . then , apply two dimensional blur filters to frame y k , and to frames in ŷ 0 k - 1 . denote the respective resulting blurred frames by b k , and { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 . step 2 : down sample b k and denote the resulting down sampled frame as c k . similarly , down sample each frame in { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 and denote the resulting down sampled frames as ĉ 0 k - 1 . for example , see the quincunx method of fig1 , unit 110 . step 3 : we apply the current no latency encoder raise algorithm recursively to the blurred and down sampled sub - frame c k using the blurred and down sampled decoded sub - frames ĉ 0 k - 1 , and denote the result as c ′ k . at the lowest level , we reach a sub - frame x k and decoded sub - frames { circumflex over ( x )} 0 k - 1 of lowest resolution . we then encode x k using existing image compression methods such as described in ref [ 2 ]. alternatively , we can apply the following algorithm : predict x k from { circumflex over ( x )} 0 k - 1 and denote the predicted frame by x k . this can be done using known frame extrapolation methods , see for example ref [ 4 ]. determine the additional details { tilde over ( x )} k needed to recover x k . for example this could be the difference { tilde over ( x )} k = x k − x k . encode { tilde over ( x )} k using existing two dimensional methods , see ref [ 2 ] and pat [ 3 ]. we denote the resulting encoded data by { tilde over ( x )}′ k . the lowest level by which we end the recursion can be determined in advance or dynamically using rate distortion techniques such as described in ref [ 3 ]. step 4 : put the encoded c ′ k on the bit stream . step 1 : recursively decode c ′ k into ĉ k using ĉ 0 k - 1 , see step 3 of stage i above . step 2 : predict the original frame y k from ĉ k and ŷ 0 k - 1 , using an oracle method , and denote the resulting frame as y k . for the oracle method , see the detailed description of the invention above . step 3 : decide on the additional details d k needed for recovering a good presentation of the original frame from y k and y k using ŷ 0 k - 1 . for example , the details can be the difference between the original frame and the predicted one y k . step 4 : encode the details d k using ŷ 0 k - 1 and y k and denote the result by d ′ k . here again we use existing two dimensional compression methods , see ref [ 2 ], pat [ 2 ], and pat [ 3 ]. step 1 : put the encoded data d ′ k on the bit stream . step 2 : decode { circumflex over ( d )} k from d ′ k using ŷ 0 k - 1 and y k , see step 4 , stage ii above . step 3 : reconstruct ŷ k from y k , and { circumflex over ( d )} k using ŷ 0 k - 1 . for example , if the details were the difference as in step 3 of stage ii above , then we reconstruct by adding { circumflex over ( d )} k to y k . the bit stream consists of the encoded sub - frame c ′ k , and the details d ′ k . since c ′ k is recursively computed , c ′ k itself consists of a very low resolution encoded sub - frame and the sequence of the corresponding details . step 1 : apply the same two dimensional blur filters , as in step 1 of stage i of the encoder to the frames in ŷ 0 k - 1 . denote the resulting blurred frames as { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 . step 2 : down sample each frame in { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 , as in step 2 of stage i of the encoder . denote the resulting down sampled frames as ĉ 0 k - 1 . step 3 : get the encoded data c ′ k from the bit stream . step 1 : recursively decode c ′ k into ĉ k using ĉ 0 k - 1 . step 2 : predict the original frame y k from ĉ k and ŷ 0 k - 1 , using an oracle method , and denote the resulting frame as ŷ k . note that this is the same oracle method as in step 2 of stage ii of the encoder above . step 1 : get the encoded details d ′ k from the bit stream . step 2 : decode { circumflex over ( d )} k from d ′ k , using ŷ 0 k - 1 and y k . step 3 : reconstruct the decoded frame ŷ k from y k , and { circumflex over ( d )} k and using ŷ 0 k - 1 . in this section we describe one possible implementation of the no latency raise algorithm above . note however , that many other implementations are possible . in our example , the oracle method predicts the frame b k which is the completion of the sub - frame ĉ k to the spatial resolution of the whole frame b k . more precisely , the pixels in b k that correspond to the down sampled sub - frame ĉ k , are exactly those of ĉ k . then , the other pixels in b k are predicted from those of ĉ k , and the previously decoded blurred frames { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 . we call the missing pixels the new pixels . in our example , we further assume for simplicity , that ĉ k correspond to the even - quincunx sub - lattice as in example 1 above . in spatial prediction , we predict the new pixels in b k using the pixels in ĉ k . this can be done using the methods described in example 1 above . we denote this completed whole frame by b k s , with pixels values denoted as b i , j , k s note that the pixel values corresponding to the sub - lattice ĉ k remain unchanged . in temporal prediction , we predict the new pixels in b k using the previously decoded frames { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 . in what follows we describe a simple block matching algorithm for that purpose . note however , that many other implementations are possible . given a new pixel b i , j , k meaning a new pixel at row i and column j of b k , construct a block b i , j , k consisting of the surrounding nearest neighboring known pixels . for the example above , a block can consists of just the top , right , bottom , and left nearest neighbors of the new pixel . to complete the construction we subtract the average a i , j , k of the block &# 39 ; s pixels from each pixel in the block . we consider similarly , blocks { circumflex over ( b )} m , n , l , in the previously decoded blurred frames { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 . here { circumflex over ( b )} m , n , l denote the block at row m and column n of frame { circumflex over ( b )} l which is the l = 0 , . . . , k − 1 frame in { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 . note that as above , we also subtract the average of this block &# 39 ; s pixels from each pixel in this block . given a block b i , j , k find the closest block in the previous frames { circumflex over ( b )} l for l = 0 , . . . , k − 1 . for example , we can find the closest { circumflex over ( b )} m , n , l block in the sense of the sum of max absolute difference , see ref [ 4 ]. let { circumflex over ( b )} m , n , l denote the corresponding matched block of b i , j , k . let { circumflex over ( b )} m , n , l be the pixel in { circumflex over ( b )} m , n , l corresponding to pixel { circumflex over ( b )} i , j , k in b i , j , k . then b i , j , k ={ circumflex over ( b )} m , n , l + a i , j , k , where a i , j , k is the respective average computed above , is the temporal prediction of the new pixel at row i and column j of b k . for each new pixel at row i and column j of b k , we consider both the corresponding spatial prediction value b i , j , k s and the corresponding temporal prediction value b i , j , k t . we then choose the best one of them , namely , the temporal prediction if the corresponding blocks &# 39 ; difference is below some threshold , or the spatial prediction otherwise . to complete the description of the algorithm , we note that we determine the details d k from b k and b k using { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 . then , we reconstruct { circumflex over ( b )} k from { circumflex over ( d )} k and b k using { circumflex over ( b )} 0 k - 1 . finally we recover the original image ŷ k by de - blurring the decoded blurred frame { circumflex over ( b )} k . in the multi frame video codec the video frames are processed in blocks , for example , blocks corresponding to the respective cuts of the video , see pat [ 1 ]. we then process each such block of frames independently and in parallel . in this section , we therefore consider the video to be simply that corresponding block of frames . the multi frame video codec is useful for applications that do not require real - time interaction such as video on demand ( vod ) and dvd . the multi frame video codec , see fig1 , consists of the following stages : let us denote by y the input video , and choose an axis , space or time . then we blur y along the corresponding axis direction and denote the blurred video as p . we then accordingly down sample p to get q . for example , if the axis is temporal , down sampling may be the act of removing every other frame of the video , see fig2 . similarly , if the axis is spatial , down sampling may be the act of removing the odd quincunx sub - lattice from every frame , see fig1 . we recursively encode q to get q ′, and then recursively decode q ′ into { circumflex over ( q )}. see pat . 1 for more details . the raise algorithm is the multi level resolution increase of { circumflex over ( q )} to the resolution of the input video y . in this section , we describe the raise algorithm for the multi frame video codec . after reviewing the main stages of the raise algorithm , we proceed to describe some specific raise implementations . step 1 : set the axis direction to be the complement to the respective shrink axis direction . namely , if the respective shrink axis was space , then axis is time and vice versa . step 2 : let r denotes the complement of q in p , see fig1 . for example , if down sampling was the act of removing every other frame of the video , then r is that every other removed frame from p . similarly , if down sampling was the act of removing the odd quincunx sub - lattice from every frame , then r is that odd quincunx sub - lattice of each and every frame . step 3 : we accordingly apply blur filters to q to get b q , to r to get b r , and to { circumflex over ( q )} to get b { circumflex over ( q )} . note that if the axis is space we apply two dimensional blur filters to each frame , and if the axis is time we apply one dimensional blur filters along the frames &# 39 ; direction . step 4 we accordingly down sample b q to get c q , to b r to get c r , and to b { circumflex over ( q )} to get c { circumflex over ( q )} . note that if the axis is space we spatially down sample each frame , for example , removing the odd quincunx sub - lattice in each frame , see fig1 . unit 110 . similarly , if the axis is time we temporally down sample the frames , for example by removing every other frame , see fig2 . step 1 : we apply the current multi frame encoder raise algorithm recursively to the blurred and down sampled sub - video c r using c q , and c { circumflex over ( q )} . and denote the result as c ′ r . at the lowest level , we reach sub - videos x r , x q and x { circumflex over ( q )} of lowest respective resolution . we then encode x r directly using existing video compression method as described in ref [ 2 ]. alternatively , we can apply the following algorithm : predict x r from x { circumflex over ( q )} and denote the predicted video by x r . this can be done using known frame interpolation methods , see for example ref [ 4 ]. determine the additional details { tilde over ( x )} r needed to recover x r . for example this could be the difference { tilde over ( x )} r = x r − x r . encode { tilde over ( x )} r using existing video compression methods , see ref [ 2 ] and pat [ 3 ]. we denote the resulting encoded details by { tilde over ( x )}′ r . the lowest level by which we end the recursion can be determined in advance or dynamically using rate distortion techniques such as described in ref [ 3 ]. step 2 : put the encoded video c ′ r on the bit stream . step 3 : recursively decode c ′ r into ĉ r , using c { circumflex over ( q )} , see step 1 above . step 1 : predict the original y from ĉ r and { circumflex over ( q )} using an oracle method , and denote the resulting video as y . for the oracle method see the detailed description of the invention above . step 2 : determine the additional details d needed for recovering a good presentation of the original video from y and y . for example , the details can be the difference between the original video y and the predicted one y . step 3 : encode the details d using y and denote the result by d ′. here , we use existing video compression methods , see ref [ 2 ]. pat [ 2 ], and pat [ 3 ]. step 2 : decode { circumflex over ( d )} from d ′ using y , see step 4 of stage iii above . step 3 : reconstruct ŷ from y , and { circumflex over ( d )}. for example , if the details were the difference as in step 3 of stage iii above , then we reconstruct by adding { circumflex over ( d )} to y . the bit stream consists of the encoded sub - video c ′ r , and the details d ′. since c ′ r is recursively computed , c ′ r itself consists of a very low resolution encoded sub - video and the sequence of the corresponding details . step 1 : set the axis direction accordingly , see step 1 of stage i of the encoder . step 2 : accordingly , see step 3 of stage i of the encoder , we apply blur filters to { circumflex over ( q )} to get b { circumflex over ( q )} . step 3 : accordingly , see step 4 of stage i of the encoder , we down sample b { circumflex over ( q )} to get c { circumflex over ( q )} . step 1 : get the encoded data c ′ r , on the bit stream . step 2 : recursively decode c ′ r into ĉ r , using c { circumflex over ( q )} , see the corresponding step 3 of stage ii of the encoder . step 1 : predict the original video y from ĉ r and { circumflex over ( q )} using an oracle method , and denote the resulting video as y . note that this is the same oracle method as in step 1 of stage iii of the encoder above . step 2 : decode { circumflex over ( d )} from d ′ using y , see step 2 of stage iv of the encoder above . step 3 : reconstruct ŷ from y , and { circumflex over ( d )}, see step 3 of stage iv of the encoder above . in this section we describe one possible implementation of the temporal multi frame raise algorithm above . note however , that many other implementations are possible . in our example , the oracle method predicts the sub - video b r which is the completion of the sub - video ĉ r , to the spatial resolution of the whole video b r . more precisely , the pixels in b r that correspond to the down sampled sub - video ĉ r , are exactly those of ĉ r . then , the other pixels in b r are predicted from those of ĉ r , and the previously decoded blurred frames { circumflex over ( q )}. we call the missing pixels the new pixels . in our example , we further assume for simplicity that ĉ r correspond to the even - quincunx sub - lattices as in example 2 above . in spatial prediction , we predict the new pixels in a given frame of b r using the pixels in the respective sub - frame of ĉ r . this can be done using the methods described in example 2 above . in temporal prediction , we predict the new pixels in a given frame of b r using the previously decoded frames of { circumflex over ( q )}. this is similar to what was done in example 2 above . however , now we obtain better prediction , since in { circumflex over ( q )} we have both past and future ( in time ) frames with respect to the predicted frame of b r . as in example 2 above , the oracle prediction is the best prediction among the spatial and temporal predictions . to complete the description of the algorithm , we note that we determine the details d r from b r and b r using { circumflex over ( q )}. then , we reconstruct { circumflex over ( b )} r from { circumflex over ( d )} k and b r , using { circumflex over ( q )}. finally we recover the original image ŷ by de - blurring the decoded blurred frame { circumflex over ( b )} r . in this section we describe one possible implementation of the spatial multi frame raise algorithm above . this is very similar to example 3 , only that now the roles of spatial and temporal operations get interchanged . note however , that many other implementations are possible . in our example , the oracle method predicts the sub - video b r which is the completion of the sub - video ĉ r , to the temporal resolution of the whole video b r . more precisely , the pixels in b r that correspond to the down sampled sub - video ĉ r , are exactly those of ĉ r . then , the other pixels in b r are predicted from those of ĉ r , and the previously decoded blurred frames { circumflex over ( q )}. we call the missing pixels the new pixels . in our example , we further assume for simplicity that , ĉ r correspond to the every other frame in the video . as in example 3 above , the oracle prediction is the best prediction among the spatial and temporal predictions . to complete the description of the algorithm , we note that we determine the details d r from b r and b r using { circumflex over ( q )}. then , we reconstruct { circumflex over ( b )} r from { circumflex over ( d )} k and b r using { circumflex over ( q )}. finally we recover the original image ŷ by de - 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