Multi-image interpolation based on graph-cuts and symmetric optical flow
Christian Linz, Christian Lipski, Marcus A. Magnor · 2010
Multi-image interpolation in space and time has recently received considerable attention. Typically, the interpolated image is synthesized by adaptively blending several forward-warped images. Blending itself is a low-pass filtering operation: the interpolated images are prone to blurring and ghosting artifacts as soon as the underlying correspondence fields are imperfect. We address both issues and propose a multi-image interpolation algorithm that avoids blending. Instead, our algorithm decides for each pixel in the synthesized view from which input image to sample. Combined with a symmetrical long-range optical flow formulation for correspondence field estimation, our approach yields crisp interpolated images without ghosting artifacts.