Multi-quality video super resolution with micro-structured masks

A computer system for video coding, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media configured to store computer program code;
• and
• one or more computer processors configured to access said computer program code and operate as instructed by said computer program code, said computer program code including:
• receiving code configured to cause the one or more computer processors to receive video data in a first resolution and a quality of the video data;
• first generating code configured to cause the one or more computer processors to generate one or more first weight coefficients of first layers a neural network and one or more binary masks for the one or more first weight coefficients;
• second generating code configured to cause the one or more computer processors to generate one or more second weight coefficients of second layers of the neural network, based on the received quality of the video data;
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• decoding code configured to cause the one or more computer processors to decode the video data in a second resolution by performing a convolution on the received video data in the first resolution, using the generated one or more first weight coefficients that are masked by the generated one or more binary masks and using the generated one or more second weight coefficients.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program for video coding, the computer program configured to cause one or more computer processors to:

• receive video data in a first resolution and a quality of the video data;
• generate one or more first weight coefficients of first layers a neural network and one or more binary masks for the one or more first weight coefficients;
• generate one or more second weight coefficients of second layers of the neural network, based on the received quality of the video data;
• and
• decode the video data in a second resolution by performing a convolution on the received video data in the first resolution, using the generated one or more first weight coefficients that are masked by the generated one or more binary masks and using the generated one or more second weight coefficients.