Filtering for Image and Video Enhancement Using Asymmetric Samples

Filtering lower quality images or sequences of images with higher quality images or sequences of images. The filtering is utilized in a post-process, decoded, or encoded images including multiple sets of images that are filtered and/or combined. Different image features including, for example, quality, frequency characteristics, temporal resolution, spatial resolution, number of views, or bit-depth are present in the images. In one embodiment, the filtering comprises a multi-hypothesis filtering and the confidence value comprises a difference between the filtered sample and samples lying within a filter support. The post processes images are then stored or distributed.