def __scale_image(image, scale: float):
        """
        Scales the image to a given scale.
        :param image:
        :param scale:
        :return:
        """
        height, width, _ = image.shape

        width_scaled = int(np.ceil(width * scale))
        height_scaled = int(np.ceil(height * scale))

        im_data = cv2.resize(image, (width_scaled, height_scaled), interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)

        # Normalize the image's pixels
        im_data_normalized = (im_data - 127.5) * 0.0078125

        return im_data_normalized