A Fast 4K Video Frame Interpolation Using a Hybrid Task-Based Convolutional Neural Network

Abstract

Visual quality and algorithm efficiency are two main interests in video frame interpolation. We propose a hybrid task-based convolutional neural network for fast and accurate frame interpolation of 4K videos. The proposed method synthesizes low-resolution frames, then reconstructs high-resolution frames in a coarse-to-fine fashion. We also propose edge loss, to preserve high-frequency information and make the synthesized frames look sharper. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves state-of-the-art performance and performs 2.69x faster than the existing methods that are operable for 4K videos, while maintaining comparable visual and quantitative quality.

Keywords

• frame interpolation
• super-resolution
• edge loss
• hybrid network
• high-resolution image processing