Single Face Image Super-Resolution via Multi-dictionary Bayesian Non-parametric Learning

Jingjing Wu, Hua Zhang, Yanbing Xue, Mian Zhou, Guangping Xu, Zan Gao

Abstract: The face image super-resolution is a domain specific problem. Human face has complex, and fixed domain specific priors, which should be detail explored in super-resolution algorithm. This paper proposes an effective single image face super-resolution method by pre-clustering training data and Bayesian non-parametric learning. After pre-clustering, face patches from different clusters represent different areas in face, and also offer specific priors on these areas. Bayesian non-parametric learning captures consistent and accurate mapping between coupled spaces. Experimental results show that our method produces competitive results to other state-of-the-art methods, with much less computational time.