Learning Enriched Features via Selective State Spaces Model for Efficient Image Deblurring

TL;DR

This paper introduces an efficient image deblurring network that combines selective state space models with local-global feature aggregation, improving long-range dependency modeling while maintaining computational efficiency.

Contribution

It proposes the ALGBlock with CLGF and FA modules to effectively capture and integrate local and global features, addressing local pixel forgetting and channel redundancy issues.

Findings

Outperforms state-of-the-art methods on benchmark datasets.

Effectively captures long-range dependencies with linear complexity.

Reduces local pixel forgetting and channel redundancy.

Abstract

Image deblurring aims to restore a high-quality image from its corresponding blurred. The emergence of CNNs and Transformers has enabled significant progress. However, these methods often face the dilemma between eliminating long-range degradation perturbations and maintaining computational efficiency. While the selective state space model (SSM) shows promise in modeling long-range dependencies with linear complexity, it also encounters challenges such as local pixel forgetting and channel redundancy. To address this issue, we propose an efficient image deblurring network that leverages selective state spaces model to aggregate enriched and accurate features. Specifically, we introduce an aggregate local and global information block (ALGBlock) designed to effectively capture and integrate both local invariant properties and non-local information. The ALGBlock comprises two primary modules: a module for capturing local and global features (CLGF), and a feature aggregation module (FA). The CLGF module is composed of two branches: the global branch captures long-range dependency features via a selective state spaces model, while the local branch employs simplified channel attention to model local connectivity, thereby reducing local pixel forgetting and channel redundancy. In addition, we design a FA module to accentuate the local part by recalibrating the weight during the aggregation of the two branches for restoration. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art approaches on widely used benchmarks.