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Real-world face super-resolution based on generative adversarial and face alignment networks.

Hebatallah Fathy¹, Mohamed Talaat Faheem², Reda Elbasiony^2,3

¹Faculty of Engineering Tanta University, Computers and Automatic Control Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, 37133, Egypt. heba.fathi@f-eng.tanta.edu.eg.

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This study introduces a novel face super-resolution method using a generative adversarial network (GAN) and face alignment. The technique significantly enhances low-resolution facial images, improving face recognition and detection accuracy.

Keywords:

Degradation kernel Face super-resolution Facial recognition Generative adversarial network (GAN)

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence
Image Processing

Background:

Facial recognition accuracy degrades with low-resolution images, particularly in real-world conditions.
Uncertainty in the degradation kernel limits the effectiveness of current super-resolution techniques.

Purpose of the Study:

To enhance the resolution of real-world low-resolution face images.
To improve the performance of facial recognition and detection tasks.

Main Methods:

Integration of a face alignment network into a semi-cycle generative adversarial network (GAN).
Utilizing dual degradation pathways (forward and backward) within a cycle-consistency learning framework.
Employing heatmap regression for facial landmark prediction to refine generated images.

Main Results:

Achieved significant improvements in generating high-resolution, realistic face images.
Demonstrated superiority over existing methods in producing high-resolution images with accurate degradation kernel estimation and naturalness.
Attained the highest accuracy in subsequent face recognition and detection tasks.

Conclusions:

The proposed method effectively preserves fine-grained facial details and identity features.
The approach is well-suited for applications requiring robust facial analysis from low-resolution imagery.