High Quality Color Interpolation for Color Filter Array with Low Complexity

In this paper, we propose fast color interpolation methods for color filter array (CFA). The proposed methods exploit correlations among the three color components. It has been reported that the quality of color interpolation can be significantly improved by utilizing correlation among color components. However, the complexity of such methods may increase significantly compared to those methods which separately interpolate each color component. On the other hand, the major application of CFA is portable imaging devices such as digital cameras or mobile phones. For portable devices, power consumption is an important issue. In this paper, we propose high quality color interpolation methods with reduced complexity. Experimental results show that the proposed methods provide noticeable improvements without significantly increasing the system complexity.