Real-time implementation of fractal image encoder

Author

Rejeb, Badreddine ; Anheier, Walter

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electromagnetic Theory & Micrelectron., Bremen Univ., Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

612

Abstract

Fractal image compression ensures high compression ratio and image fidelity. However, it suffers from long encoding time. Real time fractal coding requires high throughput not achievable by software implementations or with general digital signal processors (DSP). In this paper, a high throughput hardware/software architecture for real time fractal coding is presented. The encoder is characterised by a reduced domain pool and an optimal luminance transformation parameter calculation. The self-similarity search is implemented in a parallel architecture allowing the processing of a couple of 4×4 blocks simultaneously.

Keywords

data compression; fractals; image coding; parallel architectures; real-time systems; fractal image encoder; high throughput hardware/software architecture; image coding; image compression; optimal luminance transformation parameter; parallel architecture; real-time implementation; reduced domain pool; self-similarity search; Computer architecture; Digital images; Digital signal processing; Digital signal processors; Fractals; Image coding; Image reconstruction; Image storage; Throughput; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 2000. MELECON 2000. 10th Mediterranean

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6290-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2000.880008

Filename

880008