Fully $1\times1$ Convolutional Network for Lightweight Image Super-Resolution

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16140v2
• Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:23:51 GMT
• Title: Fully $1\times1$ Convolutional Network for Lightweight Image Super-Resolution
• Authors: Gang Wu, Junjun Jiang, Kui Jiang, Xianming Liu
• Abstract summary: Deep models have significant process on single image super-resolution (SISR) tasks, in particular large models with large kernel ($3times3$ or more) $1times1$ convolutions bring substantial computational efficiency, but struggle with aggregating local spatial representations. We propose a simple yet effective fully $1times1$ convolutional network, named Shift-Conv-based Network (SCNet)
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• Abstract: Deep models have achieved significant process on single image super-resolution (SISR) tasks, in particular large models with large kernel ($3\times3$ or more). However, the heavy computational footprint of such models prevents their deployment in real-time, resource-constrained environments. Conversely, $1\times1$ convolutions bring substantial computational efficiency, but struggle with aggregating local spatial representations, an essential capability to SISR models. In response to this dichotomy, we propose to harmonize the merits of both $3\times3$ and $1\times1$ kernels, and exploit a great potential for lightweight SISR tasks. Specifically, we propose a simple yet effective fully $1\times1$ convolutional network, named Shift-Conv-based Network (SCNet). By incorporating a parameter-free spatial-shift operation, it equips the fully $1\times1$ convolutional network with powerful representation capability while impressive computational efficiency. Extensive experiments demonstrate that SCNets, despite its fully $1\times1$ convolutional structure, consistently matches or even surpasses the performance of existing lightweight SR models that employ regular convolutions. The code and pre-trained models can be found at https://github.com/Aitical/SCNet.

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