Super-resolution (SR) of facial images from video suf-fers from facial expression changes. Most of the existing SR algorithms for facial images make an unrealistic assump-tion that the “perfect ” registration has been done prior to the SR process. However, the registration is a challenging task

Super-resolution (SR) of facial images from video suffers from facial expression changes. Most of the existing SR al-gorithms for facial images make an unrealistic assumption that the “perfect ” registration has been done prior to the SR process. However, the registration is a challenging task

Super-resolution algorithms combine multiple low resolution images into a single high resolution image. They have received a lot of attention recently in various application domains such as HDTV, satellite imaging, and video surveillance. These techniques take advantage of the aliasing present

-spatial resolution and color-filtering, it is reasonable to address them in a unified context. In this paper, we propose a fast and robust hybrid method of super-resolution and demosaicing, based on a MAP estimation technique by minimizing a multi-term cost function. The L1 norm is used for measuring the difference

automatically disregards frames that may cause severe artifacts in the super-resolved output by examining the optical flow matrices pertaining to successive frames. Experimental results demonstrate an improvement in the identification performance when adaptive frame selection is used to perform super-resolution

, fusion techniques may be used to consolidate the facial information of an individual, available across successive lowresolution frames. For example, super-resolution schemes can be used to improve the spatial resolution of facial objects contained in these videos (image-level fusion). However, the output

[ A review of past and recent strategies for sub-Nyquist sampling] Signal processing methods have changed substantially over the last several decades. In modern applications, an increasing number of functions is being pushed forward to sophisticated software algorithms, leaving only delicate finely

Massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) have become increasingly popular in the recent years, particularly in the form of online role-playing games (MMORPGs). These games support up to several ten thousand players interacting in a virtual game world. The current commercially successful games are client-server based, which is feasible for relatively slow role-playing games. Those have modest bandwidth and latency requirements and are paid for by their customers. For MMOGs with higher realtime requirements and/or a smaller number of customers willing to pay, peer-to-peer networking seems to be a serious alternative. This work analyzes the implementation of both a client-server and a peer-to-peer networking model for the prototype shooter game Planet π4. Initially, a survey introduces recent academic approaches to peer-to-peer systems specifically designed for games. Of those, one system is selected for implementation with Planet π4. Planet π4 is improved in several aspects for the purpose of analyzing various network implementations. First, its architecture is restructured and cleaned to allow for an easy replacement of the networking component. Second, its core is modified to work in a completely event-based mode, supporting the execution of the game in an discrete-event-based network simulator. Third, a simple artificial intelligence player is developed for workload generation in large (and possibly simulated) networks. Furthermore, the newly developed transport protocol CUSP is applied for the network implementation, thus the game is the first real application using CUSP. Finally the game Planet π4 is integrated with the CUSP network simulator, allowing to run the whole game in a simulated network without the need for modification of its core components. Kurzfassung Massen-Mehrspieler-Onlinespiele (Massively multiplayer online games; MMOGs) wurden in den vergangenen Jahren zunehmend populär, insbesondere in Form von Online-Rollenspielen (MMORPGs). In

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