Digital Image Scaling

The proposed scaling algorithm outperforms other standard and widely used scaling techniques. The algorithm uses a mask of maximum four pixels and calculates the final luminosity of each pixel combining two factors; the percentage of area that mask covers from each source pixel and the difference in luminosity between the source pixels. The interpolation is capable of scaling both grey-scale and color images of any resolution in any scaling factor. Its key characteristics and low complexity make the interpolation very fast and capable of real time implementation. The performance results in a variety of standard tests are presented and compared to other scaling algorithms