Image super-resolution (SR) is a field in computer vision that focuses on reconstructing high-resolution images from the respective low-resolution image. However, super-resolution is a well-known ill-posed problem as most methods rely on the downsampling method performed on the high-resolution image to form the low-resolution image to be known. Unfortunately, this is not something that is available in real-life super-resolution applications such as increasing the quality of a photo taken on a mobile phone. In this paper we will evaluate multiple state-of-the-art super-resolution methods and gauge their performance when presented with various types of real-life images and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each method. We also introduce a novel dataset, WideRealSR, containing real images from a wide variety of sources. Finally, through careful experimentation and evaluation, we will present a potential solution to alleviate the generalization problem which is imminent in most state-of-the-art super-resolution models.
@article{arxiv.2210.12523,
title = {How Real is Real: Evaluating the Robustness of Real-World Super Resolution},
author = {Athiya Deviyani and Efe Sinan Hoplamaz and Alan Savio Paul},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.12523},
year = {2022}
}
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Machine Learning Practical Final Report, The University of Edinburgh