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An Image Interpolation Method using an Improved Least Square Estimation  

Lee Dong Ho (경북대학교 공과대학 전자공학과)
Na Seung Je (경북대학교 공과대학 전자공학과)
Abstract
Because of the high performance with the edge regions, the existing LSE(Least Square Estimation) method provides much better results than other methods. However, since it emphasizes not oがy edge components but also noise components, some part of interpolated images looks like unnatural. It also requires very high computational complexity and memory for implementation. We propose a new LSE interpolation method which requires much lower complexity and memory, but provides better performance than the existing method. To reduce the computational complexity, we propose and adopt a simple sample window and a direction detector to reduce the size of memory without blurring image. To prevent from emphasizing noise components, the hi-linear interpolation method is added in the LSE formula. The simulation results show that the proposed method provides better subjective and objective performance with love. complexity than the existing method.
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