Realizing Super-Resolution with Superimposed Projection

Abstract

We consider the problem of rendering high-resolution images on a display composed of multiple superimposed lower-resolution projectors. A theoretical analysis of this problem in the literature previously concluded that the multi-projector superimposition of low resolution projectors cannot produce high resolution images. In our recent work, we showed to the contrary that super-resolution via multiple superimposed projectors is indeed theoretically achievable. This paper derives practical algorithms for real multi-projector systems that account for the intra- and inter-projector variations and that render high-quality, high-resolution content at real-time interactive frame rates. A camera is used to estimate the geometric, photometric, and color properties of each component projector in a calibration step. Given this parameter information, we demonstrate novel methods for efficiently generating optimal sub-frames so that the resulting projected image is as close as possible to the given high resolution images.