Apparent Display Resolution Enhancement for Moving Images, Siggraph 2010

Apparent Display Resolution Enhancement for Moving Images

Piotr Didyk¹ Elmar Eisemann^1,2 Tobias Ritschel¹ Karol Myszkowski¹ Hans-Peter Seidel¹

¹ MPI Informatik ² Telecom ParisTech / CNRS-LTCI / Saarland University

Abstract

Limited spatial resolution of current displays makes the depiction of very fine spatial details difficult. This work proposes a novel method applied to moving images that takes into account the human visual system and leads to an improved perception of such details. To this end, we display images rapidly varying over time along a given trajectory on a high refresh rate display. Due to the retinal integration time the information is fused and yields apparent super-resolution pixels on a conventional-resolution display. We discuss how to find optimal temporal pixel variations based on linear eye-movement and image content and extend our solution to arbitrary trajectories. This step involves an efficient method to predict and successfully treat potentially visible flickering. Finally, we evaluate the resolution enhancement in a perceptual study that shows that significant improvements can be achieved both for computer generated images and photographs.

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	The paper (Adobe Acrobat PDF, 10.6 MB).
	The final video (Quick Time, 72 MB).
	The BibTeX.
	The Demo for 120Hz (Windows EXE, 32.6 MB).
	The Demo for 60Hz (Windows EXE, 3.4 MB).
	The images used in the demos (PNG, 16.0 MB).

SIGGRAPH 2010 talk slides:

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Related Publications

Apparent Resolution Enhancement for Animations
Krzysztof Templin, Piotr Didyk, Tobias Ritschel, Elmar Eisemann, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel
Proceedings of 27th Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, 28-30 April 2011, Vinicne, Slovak Republic.

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Citation

Piotr Didyk, Elmar Eisemann, Tobias Ritschel, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel
Apparent Display Resolution Enhancement for Moving Images
ACM Transactions on Graphics 29(4) (Proceedings SIGGRAPH 2010, Los Angeles), 2010

  @article{DidykERMS2010,
	author = { Piotr Didyk and
	           Elmar Eisemann and
	           Tobias Ritschel and
	           Karol Myszkowski and
	           Hans-Peter Seidel
	         },
	title = {Apparent Display Resolution Enhancement for Moving Images},
	journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings SIGGRAPH 2010, Los Angeles)},
	year = {2010},
	volume = {29},
	number = {4}
  }