Moiré Zero: An Efficient and High-Performance Neural Architecture for Moiré Removal

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Main Authors: Lee, Seungryong, Baek, Woojeong, Kim, Younghyun, Kim, Eunwoo, Moon, Haru, Yoo, Donggon, Park, Eunbyung
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author Lee, Seungryong
Baek, Woojeong
Kim, Younghyun
Kim, Eunwoo
Moon, Haru
Yoo, Donggon
Park, Eunbyung
author_facet Lee, Seungryong
Baek, Woojeong
Kim, Younghyun
Kim, Eunwoo
Moon, Haru
Yoo, Donggon
Park, Eunbyung
contents Moiré patterns, caused by frequency aliasing between fine repetitive structures and a camera sensor's sampling process, have been a significant obstacle in various real-world applications, such as consumer photography and industrial defect inspection. With the advancements in deep learning algorithms, numerous studies-predominantly based on convolutional neural networks-have suggested various solutions to address this issue. Despite these efforts, existing approaches still struggle to effectively eliminate artifacts due to the diverse scales, orientations, and color shifts of moiré patterns, primarily because the constrained receptive field of CNN-based architectures limits their ability to capture the complex characteristics of moiré patterns. In this paper, we propose MZNet, a U-shaped network designed to bring images closer to a 'Moire-Zero' state by effectively removing moiré patterns. It integrates three specialized components: Multi-Scale Dual Attention Block (MSDAB) for extracting and refining multi-scale features, Multi-Shape Large Kernel Convolution Block (MSLKB) for capturing diverse moiré structures, and Feature Fusion-Based Skip Connection for enhancing information flow. Together, these components enhance local texture restoration and large-scale artifact suppression. Experiments on benchmark datasets demonstrate that MZNet achieves state-of-the-art performance on high-resolution datasets and delivers competitive results on lower-resolution dataset, while maintaining a low computational cost, suggesting that it is an efficient and practical solution for real-world applications. Project page: https://sngryonglee.github.io/MoireZero
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spellingShingle Moiré Zero: An Efficient and High-Performance Neural Architecture for Moiré Removal
Lee, Seungryong
Baek, Woojeong
Kim, Younghyun
Kim, Eunwoo
Moon, Haru
Yoo, Donggon
Park, Eunbyung
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
Moiré patterns, caused by frequency aliasing between fine repetitive structures and a camera sensor's sampling process, have been a significant obstacle in various real-world applications, such as consumer photography and industrial defect inspection. With the advancements in deep learning algorithms, numerous studies-predominantly based on convolutional neural networks-have suggested various solutions to address this issue. Despite these efforts, existing approaches still struggle to effectively eliminate artifacts due to the diverse scales, orientations, and color shifts of moiré patterns, primarily because the constrained receptive field of CNN-based architectures limits their ability to capture the complex characteristics of moiré patterns. In this paper, we propose MZNet, a U-shaped network designed to bring images closer to a 'Moire-Zero' state by effectively removing moiré patterns. It integrates three specialized components: Multi-Scale Dual Attention Block (MSDAB) for extracting and refining multi-scale features, Multi-Shape Large Kernel Convolution Block (MSLKB) for capturing diverse moiré structures, and Feature Fusion-Based Skip Connection for enhancing information flow. Together, these components enhance local texture restoration and large-scale artifact suppression. Experiments on benchmark datasets demonstrate that MZNet achieves state-of-the-art performance on high-resolution datasets and delivers competitive results on lower-resolution dataset, while maintaining a low computational cost, suggesting that it is an efficient and practical solution for real-world applications. Project page: https://sngryonglee.github.io/MoireZero
title Moiré Zero: An Efficient and High-Performance Neural Architecture for Moiré Removal
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22407