Limitations when Improving Security Camera Video

Abstract

Security is one of the most important things in our daily lives and the security business is a big industry. Security cameras are set in many areas in order to keep us safe. When a crime occurs, we often hear that police analyze the security camera footage. It takes long time and it is often the case that the footage is not helpful in the investigation at all. The reason is very simple. Many of the security camera images do not have sufficient resolution. Currently there are many super resolution (SR) technologies. In detective dramas technicians solve crimes using SR technologies turning blurry images taken with a security camera into sharp high resolution ones with a click of a button. However, in real life it is not so easy. In this paper we discuss the current issues and limitations of the SR technologies.