IQ-LUT: interpolated and quantized LUT for efficient image super-resolution

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Auteurs principaux: Zhang, Yuxuan, Dong, Zhikai, Chai, Xinning, Zhou, Xiangyun, Xu, Yi, Cheng, Zhengxue, Song, Li
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author Zhang, Yuxuan
Dong, Zhikai
Chai, Xinning
Zhou, Xiangyun
Xu, Yi
Cheng, Zhengxue
Song, Li
author_facet Zhang, Yuxuan
Dong, Zhikai
Chai, Xinning
Zhou, Xiangyun
Xu, Yi
Cheng, Zhengxue
Song, Li
contents Lookup table (LUT) methods demonstrate considerable potential in accelerating image super-resolution inference. However, pursuing higher image quality through larger receptive fields and bit-depth triggers exponential growth in the LUT's index space, creating a storage bottleneck that limits deployment on resource-constrained devices. We introduce IQ-LUT, which achieves a reduction in LUT size while simultaneously enhancing super-resolution quality. First, we integrate interpolation and quantization into the single-input, multiple-output ECNN, which dramatically reduces the index space and thereby the overall LUT size. Second, the integration of residual learning mitigates the dependence on LUT bit-depth, which facilitates training stability and prioritizes the reconstruction of fine-grained details for superior visual quality. Finally, guided by knowledge distillation, our non-uniform quantization process optimizes the quantization levels, thereby reducing storage while also compensating for quantization loss. Extensive benchmarking demonstrates our approach substantially reduces storage costs (by up to 50x compared to ECNN) while achieving superior super-resolution quality.
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spellingShingle IQ-LUT: interpolated and quantized LUT for efficient image super-resolution
Zhang, Yuxuan
Dong, Zhikai
Chai, Xinning
Zhou, Xiangyun
Xu, Yi
Cheng, Zhengxue
Song, Li
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Lookup table (LUT) methods demonstrate considerable potential in accelerating image super-resolution inference. However, pursuing higher image quality through larger receptive fields and bit-depth triggers exponential growth in the LUT's index space, creating a storage bottleneck that limits deployment on resource-constrained devices. We introduce IQ-LUT, which achieves a reduction in LUT size while simultaneously enhancing super-resolution quality. First, we integrate interpolation and quantization into the single-input, multiple-output ECNN, which dramatically reduces the index space and thereby the overall LUT size. Second, the integration of residual learning mitigates the dependence on LUT bit-depth, which facilitates training stability and prioritizes the reconstruction of fine-grained details for superior visual quality. Finally, guided by knowledge distillation, our non-uniform quantization process optimizes the quantization levels, thereby reducing storage while also compensating for quantization loss. Extensive benchmarking demonstrates our approach substantially reduces storage costs (by up to 50x compared to ECNN) while achieving superior super-resolution quality.
title IQ-LUT: interpolated and quantized LUT for efficient image super-resolution
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07000