Super-resolution algorithms reconstruct a high-resolution image from a set of low-resolution images of a scene. Precise alignment of the input images is an essential part of such algorithms. If the low-resolution images are undersampled and have aliasing artifacts, the performance of standard registration algorithms decreases. We propose a frequency domain technique to precisely register a set of aliased images, based on their low-frequency, aliasing-free part. A high-resolution image is then reconstructed using cubic interpolation. Our algorithm is compared to other algorithms in simulations and practical experiments using real aliased images. Both show very good visual results and prove the attractivity of our approach in the case of aliased input images. A possible application is to digital cameras where a set of rapidly acquired images can be used to recover a higher-resolution final image.

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Abstract-In many applications, the sampling frequency is limited by the physical characteristics of the components: the pixel pitch, the rate of the analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, etc. A lowpass filter is usually applied before the sampling operation to avoid aliasing. However, when multiple copies are available, it is possible to use the information that is inherently present in the aliasing to reconstruct a higher resolution signal. If the different copies have unknown relative offsets, this is a nonlinear problem in the offsets and the signal coefficients. They are not easily separable in the set of equations describing the super-resolution problem. Thus, we perform joint registration and reconstruction from multiple unregistered sets of samples. We give a mathematical formulation for the problem when there are sets of samples of a signal that is described by expansion coefficients. We prove that the solution of the registration and reconstruction problem is generically unique if + 1. We describe two subspace-based methods to compute this solution. Their complexity is analyzed, and some heuristic methods are proposed. Finally, some numerical simulation results on one-and two-dimensional signals are given to show the performance of these methods.

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