Systems and methods for increasing image fidelity

A method for increasing image fidelity, the method performed by a computing system including one or more processors, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by the computing system, visual information, the visual information defining visual content, the visual content depicting a scene with a distortion based on capture of the visual content through a non-rectilinear lens;
• generating, by the computing system, rectilinear visual content based on non-uniform warping of the visual content, the non-uniform warping of the visual content including stretching or squeezing of different portions of the visual content to straighten curvature within the visual content, stretching of the visual content resulting in greater loss of fidelity of the visual content than squeezing of the visual content, the non-uniform warping of the visual content resulting in the rectilinear visual content having non-uniform fidelity from non-uniform loss of fidelity in the visual content, wherein a first portion of the rectilinear visual content has first fidelity and a second portion of the rectilinear visual content has second fidelity lower than the first fidelity;
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• generating, by the computing system, higher-fidelity visual content based on non-uniform enhancement of the rectilinear visual content, the non-uniform enhancement of the rectilinear visual content performed based on the non-uniform warping of the visual content that stretched or squeezed the different portions of the visual content, the non-uniform enhancement of the visual content restoring non-uniform fidelity reduction of the visual content from the non-uniform warping of the visual content, wherein the non-uniform enhancement of the rectilinear visual content increases fidelity uniformity of the higher-fidelity visual content such that difference between the first fidelity of the first portion of the higher-fidelity visual content and the second fidelity of the second portion of the higher-fidelity visual content is reduced.

A system for increasing image fidelity, the system comprising:

• one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
• obtain visual information, the visual information defining visual content, the visual content depicting a scene with a distortion based on capture of the visual content through a non-rectilinear lens;
• generate rectilinear visual content based on non-uniform warping of the visual content, the non-uniform warping of the visual content including stretching or squeezing of different portions of the visual content to straighten curvature within the visual content, stretching of the visual content resulting in greater loss of fidelity of the visual content than squeezing of the visual content, the non-uniform warping of the visual content resulting in the rectilinear visual content having non-uniform fidelity from non-uniform loss of fidelity in the visual content, wherein a first portion of the rectilinear visual content has first fidelity and a second portion of the rectilinear visual content has second fidelity lower than the first fidelity;
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• generate higher-fidelity visual content based on non-uniform enhancement of the rectilinear visual content, the non-uniform enhancement of the rectilinear visual content performed based on the non-uniform warping of the visual content that stretched or squeezed the different portions of the visual content, the non-uniform enhancement of the visual content restoring non-uniform fidelity reduction of the visual content from the non-uniform warping of the visual content, the non-uniform enhancement of the rectilinear visual content including application of non-uniform super-resolution to the rectilinear visual content, wherein the non-uniform enhancement of the rectilinear visual content increases fidelity uniformity of the higher-fidelity visual content such that difference between the first fidelity of the first portion of the higher-fidelity visual content and the second fidelity of the second portion of the higher-fidelity visual content is reduced.