# LSR: A Light-Weight Super-Resolution Method

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.13596 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.13596/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 11 of its 26 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 27 Feb 2023.

## Builds on (most cited first, 11 of 11)

- [Image Super-Resolution Using Deep Convolutional Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1501.00092/) (2014)
- [Accurate Image Super-Resolution Using Very Deep Convolutional Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1511.04587/) (2015)
- [Pre-Trained Image Processing Transformer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2012.00364/) (2020)
- [Residual Dense Network for Image Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1802.08797/) (2018)
- [Meta-SR: A Magnification-Arbitrary Network for Super-Resolution](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1903.00875/) (2019)
- [ClassSR: A General Framework to Accelerate Super-Resolution Networks by Data Characteristic](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.04039/) (2021)
- [Interpretable Convolutional Neural Networks via Feedforward Design](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1810.02786/) (2018)
- [Understanding Convolutional Neural Networks with A Mathematical Model](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1609.04112/) (2016)
- [Green Learning: Introduction, Examples and Outlook](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.00965/) (2022)
- [On Supervised Feature Selection from High Dimensional Feature Spaces](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.11924/) (2022)
- [On Data-Driven Saak Transform](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1710.04176/) (2017)

## Abstract (arXiv)

A light-weight super-resolution (LSR) method from a single image targeting mobile applications is proposed in this work. LSR predicts the residual image between the interpolated low-resolution (ILR) and high-resolution (HR) images using a self-supervised framework. To lower the computational complexity, LSR does not adopt the end-to-end optimization deep networks. It consists of three modules: 1) generation of a pool of rich and diversified representations in the neighborhood of a target pixel via unsupervised learning, 2) selecting a subset from the representation pool that is most relevant to the underlying super-resolution task automatically via supervised learning, 3) predicting the residual of the target pixel via regression. LSR has low computational complexity and reasonable model size so that it can be implemented on mobile/edge platforms conveniently. Besides, it offers better visual quality than classical exemplar-based methods in terms of PSNR/SSIM measures.