Multispectral demosaicking using adaptive kernel upsampling

Multispectral demosaicking, which estimates full multispectral images from raw data observed using a single image sensor with a color filter array (CFA), is a challenging task because each spectral component is severely undersampled. In this paper, we propose a novel multispectral demosaicking algorithm. We extend existing upsampling algorithms to adaptive kernel upsampling algorithms using an adaptive kernel as a spatial weight and apply them to multispectral demosaicking. We also propose a new CFA and a direct adaptive kernel estimation from the raw data of the proposed CFA. Experimental results with real multispectral images demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.