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<a href="http://auricle.dyndns.org/ALE/">
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<big>ALE</big>
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Image Processing Software
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<small>Deblurring, Anti-aliasing, and Superresolution.</small></a>
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Local Operation
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localhost<br>
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5393119533<br>
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<p><b>[ <a href="../">Up</a> ]</b></p>
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<h1>Irani-Peleg Renderer</h1>
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<p>ALE implements an iterative image reconstruction algorithm based on Michal
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Irani and Shmuel Peleg's paper "Improving Resolution by Image Registration",
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published in <i>Graphical Models and Image Processing</i>, Vol. 53, No. 3, May,
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pp. 231-239, 1991, or available at:
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<p><a href="http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~irani/abstracts/superResolution.html">http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~irani/abstracts/superResolution.html</a>
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<p>This algorithm iteratively performs two steps: first, an
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approximation of <b>T</b> is projected, based on a filter approximating
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<b>d<sub>j</sub></b>, and data collected during <a
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href="../alignment/">alignment</a>, to create a set of simulated input frames;
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second, the per-pixel error -- between these simulated input frames and the
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actual input frames -- is calculated, backprojected, and subtracted from the
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approximation of <b>T</b>, resulting in a new approximation of <b>T</b>.
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<h2>Initial Image Approximation</h2>
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<p>ALE uses the results of previous rendering steps as the initial image
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approximation.</p>
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<h2>Projection and Back-projection filters</h2>
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ALE provides command-line options for selecting forward-projection filters,
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including box filters (release 0.4.2 and later) and custom filters (release
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0.4.7 and later). The back-projection filters are constructed so that the
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normalized back-projection weight between a given pixel in the approximation of
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<b>T</b> and a given pixel in an input frame is always equal to the
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corresponding normalized forward-projection weight. This differs from the
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approach taken by Irani and Peleg.
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<h3>Box Filter</h3>
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ALE versions 0.4.2 and later implement a box filter with user-specified
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diameter. This is somewhat similar to the 'blur' operator used by some image
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editing applications, and in some cases, may be an adequate approximation
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for <b>d<sub>j</sub></b>.
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<h3>Custom Filters</h3>
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ALE versions 0.4.7 and later implement support for device-specific custom
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filters, including a filter calibrated for the IBM PC Camera Pro (XVP610) in
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320x240 mode. Configurability by color channel and pixel position in the input
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frame is also supported, although the latter is not currently used by any
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filter included with ALE.
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<h3><code>stdin</code> Filter</h3>
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ALE versions 0.4.7 and later support limited configuration of filters at
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runtime from standard input, implemented through a custom filter called
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'stdin'. This filter can be used with a script included in the source
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distribution to calibrate filters for devices with unknown properties.
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<h2>Transformation details</h2>
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<p>ALE's method of transforming pixel areas between coordinate systems
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approximates transformed pixel boundaries with axis-aligned rectangular
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regions. Since boundaries are transformed into the coordinate systems of the
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input frames, this approximation can be improved by using larger scale factors
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(and hence reducing the size of transformed pixels).</p>
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<hr>
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<i>Copyright 2003 <a href="mailto:dhilvert@auricle.dyndns.org">David Hilvert</a></i>
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<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
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