Perceptual image compression with wavelet transform

Author

Lai, Yung-Kai ; Kuo, C. C Jay

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1998

fDate

31 May-3 Jun 1998

Firstpage

29

Abstract

A perceptual image compression method by using the wavelet transform is proposed in this work. This method differs from conventional wavelet coding schemes by incorporating Human Visual System (HVS) characteristics in the quantization stage. Instead of encoding amplitudes of wavelet coefficients directly, we investigate the coding of contrasts of each resolution. The resulting compression scheme is able to distribute visual errors uniformly over the whole image. Thus, the visual artifact at low bit rate is minimized. Experimental results are given to show the superior visual performance of the new method in comparison with those of the conventional wavelet coders

Keywords

data compression; image coding; quantisation (signal); wavelet transforms; bit rate; contrasts; human visual system characteristics; perceptual image compression; quantization stage; visual artifact; visual errors; wavelet transform; Bit rate; Compaction; Energy measurement; Humans; Image coding; Pixel; Spatial resolution; Transform coding; Visual system; Wavelet transforms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1998. ISCAS '98. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4455-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1998.698744

Filename

698744