Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 16, 161002(2020)

Super-Resolution Reconstruction of License Plate Image Based on Gradual Back-Projection Network

Dianwei Wang1, Yuanjie Hao1、*, Ying Liu1, Yongjun Xie2, and Haijun Song2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Telecommunication and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710121, China;
  • 2Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China
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    Dianwei Wang, Yuanjie Hao, Ying Liu, Yongjun Xie, Haijun Song. Super-Resolution Reconstruction of License Plate Image Based on Gradual Back-Projection Network[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(16): 161002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Image Processing

    Received: Nov. 22, 2019

    Accepted: Dec. 31, 2019

    Published Online: Aug. 5, 2020

    The Author Email: Hao Yuanjie (haoyuanjie777@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP57.161002

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