Title :
Rate comparison of vector chain coding and run-length coding for line drawings
Author :
Liu, Kun ; Prasad, Ranga
Author_Institution :
Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
Quantitative analysis and comparison of the coding rates of vector chain coding (VCC) and run-length coding (RLC) for line drawings are performed. The critical point of the picture complexity is derived at which VCC becomes a less efficient coding scheme than RLC.
Keywords :
codes; computer graphics; encoding; picture processing; coding rates; computer graphics; critical point; digitisation process; image processing; line drawings; picture complexity; quantisation; run-length coding; vector chain coding;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19891152
