EASE Scheme for Image Zooming

ABSTRACT
Earlier there are different interpolation techniques for de-blurring of images. When an image is
zoomed a checkerboard effect arises in the images. In order to remove/reduce interpolation
artifacts such as image blur and the checkerboard effect (ringing), EASE tries to amend the
interpolation error by employing the classical interpolation error theorem in an edge-adaptive
fashion. In this project we are using an interpolation method, called the error-amended sharp
edge (EASE) scheme, which is a modified bilinear method.
In order to remove/reduce interpolation artifacts such as image blur and the checkerboard effect
(ringing), EASE tries to amend the interpolation error by employing the classical interpolation
error theorem in an edge-adaptive fashion. EASE is applied for image zooming by both integer
and non integer magnification factors. The new interpolation scheme has proved to result in
high-resolution images having clearer and sharper edges than linear interpolation methods, for all
synthetic and natural images we are testing using MATLAB 7.0. EASE can be implemented with
ease; it turns out to be similarly efficient as cubic interpolation schemes. More effective
interpolation methods are yet to be developed in order to accurately preserve the edge orientation
without introducing a high computation cost. This ease scheme is developed using MATLAB 7.0
software

Index Terms—Checkerboard effect, directional Sobel derivative, Error-amended sharp edge

(EASE) scheme, image zooming, interpolation, Interpolation error theorem.

Dept of ECE, GPREC, KNL