This document summarizes a technique called CADU (collaborative adaptive down-sampling and upconversion) to improve image compression at low bit rates. The technique adaptively decreases high frequency information by directionally prefiltering an image before uniform downsampling. This allows the downsampled image to be conventionally compressed while avoiding aliasing artifacts. At the decoder, the low-resolution image is decompressed and then upconverted to the original resolution using constrained least squares restoration with an autoregressive model. Experimental results show CADU outperforms JPEG2000 in PSNR and visual quality at low to medium bit rates. The technique suggests oversampling wastes resources and could hurt quality given tight bit budgets.
Video Denoising using Transform Domain MethodIRJET Journal
ย
This document presents a proposed method for video denoising using dictionary learning and transform domain techniques. It begins with an abstract describing how traditional video denoising models based on Gaussian noise do not account for real-world noise sources. The proposed method then learns basis functions adaptively from input video frames using dictionary learning, providing a sparse representation. Hard thresholding is applied in the transform domain to compute denoised frames. Experimental results on standard test videos show the method achieves competitive performance compared to other approaches in terms of peak signal-to-noise ratio.
Discrete cosine transform (DCT) is a widely used tool in image and video compression applications. Recently, the high-throughput DCT designs have been adopted to fit the requirements of real-time application.
Operating the shifting and addition in parallel, an error-compensated adder-tree (ECAT) is proposed to deal with the truncation errors and to achieve low-error and high-throughput discrete cosine transform (DCT) design. Instead of the 12 bits used in previous works, 9-bit distributed arithmetic. DA-based DCT core with an error-compensated adder-tree (ECAT). The proposed ECAT operates shifting and addition in parallel by unrolling all the words required to be computed. Furthermore, the error-compensated circuit alleviates the truncation error for high accuracy design. Based on low-error ECAT, the DA-precision in this work is chosen to be 9 bits instead of the traditional 12 bits. Therefore, the hardware cost is reduced, and the speed is improved using the proposed ECAT.
The document proposes a new video watermarking algorithm using the dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DTCWT). The DTCWT offers advantages like shift invariance and directional selectivity. The algorithm embeds a watermark by adding its coefficients to high frequency DTCWT coefficients of video frames. Masks are used to hide the watermark perceptually. Experimental results show the proposed method is robust to geometric distortions, lossy compression, and a joint attack, outperforming comparable DWT-based methods. It is suitable for playback control due to its robustness and simple implementation.
SECURED COLOR IMAGE WATERMARKING TECHNIQUE IN DWT-DCT DOMAIN ijcseit
ย
The multilayer secured DWT-DCT and YIQ color space based image watermarking technique with
robustness and better correlation is presented here. The security levels are increased by using multiple pn
sequences, Arnold scrambling, DWT domain, DCT domain and color space conversions. Peak signal to
noise ratio and Normalized correlations are used as measurement metrics. The 512x512 sized color images
with different histograms are used for testing and watermark of size 64x64 is embedded in HL region of
DWT and 4x4 DCT is used. โHaarโ wavelet is used for decomposition and direct flexing factor is used. We
got PSNR value is 63.9988 for flexing factor k=1 for Lena image and the maximum NC 0.9781 for flexing
factor k=4 in Q color space. The comparative performance in Y, I and Q color space is presented. The
technique is robust for different attacks like scaling, compression, rotation etc.
nternational Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER)ijceronline
ย
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
Transform coding is used in image and video processing to exploit correlations between neighboring pixels. The discrete cosine transform (DCT) is commonly used as it provides good energy compaction and de-correlation. DCT represents data as a sum of variable frequency cosine waves in the frequency domain. It has properties like separability and orthogonality that make it efficient for computation. DCT exhibits excellent energy compaction and removal of redundancy between pixels, making it useful for image and video compression.
This document discusses image compression techniques. It begins by defining image compression as reducing the data required to represent a digital image. It then discusses why image compression is needed for storage, transmission and other applications. The document outlines different types of redundancies that can be exploited in compression, including spatial, temporal and psychovisual redundancies. It categorizes compression techniques as lossless or lossy and describes several algorithms for each type, including Huffman coding, LZW coding, DPCM, DCT and others. Key aspects like prediction, quantization, fidelity criteria and compression models are also summarized.
This document presents a new algorithm for progressive medical image coding using binary wavelet transforms (BWT). It divides grayscale medical images into binary bit-planes and applies a three-level BWT to each bit-plane. It then encodes each BWT bit-plane using quadtree-based partitioning to exploit the energy concentration in high-frequency subbands. Experiments on ultrasound, MRI and CT images show it provides significant improvements in bitrate for required quality compared to existing progressive image coding methods.
Video Denoising using Transform Domain MethodIRJET Journal
ย
This document presents a proposed method for video denoising using dictionary learning and transform domain techniques. It begins with an abstract describing how traditional video denoising models based on Gaussian noise do not account for real-world noise sources. The proposed method then learns basis functions adaptively from input video frames using dictionary learning, providing a sparse representation. Hard thresholding is applied in the transform domain to compute denoised frames. Experimental results on standard test videos show the method achieves competitive performance compared to other approaches in terms of peak signal-to-noise ratio.
Discrete cosine transform (DCT) is a widely used tool in image and video compression applications. Recently, the high-throughput DCT designs have been adopted to fit the requirements of real-time application.
Operating the shifting and addition in parallel, an error-compensated adder-tree (ECAT) is proposed to deal with the truncation errors and to achieve low-error and high-throughput discrete cosine transform (DCT) design. Instead of the 12 bits used in previous works, 9-bit distributed arithmetic. DA-based DCT core with an error-compensated adder-tree (ECAT). The proposed ECAT operates shifting and addition in parallel by unrolling all the words required to be computed. Furthermore, the error-compensated circuit alleviates the truncation error for high accuracy design. Based on low-error ECAT, the DA-precision in this work is chosen to be 9 bits instead of the traditional 12 bits. Therefore, the hardware cost is reduced, and the speed is improved using the proposed ECAT.
The document proposes a new video watermarking algorithm using the dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DTCWT). The DTCWT offers advantages like shift invariance and directional selectivity. The algorithm embeds a watermark by adding its coefficients to high frequency DTCWT coefficients of video frames. Masks are used to hide the watermark perceptually. Experimental results show the proposed method is robust to geometric distortions, lossy compression, and a joint attack, outperforming comparable DWT-based methods. It is suitable for playback control due to its robustness and simple implementation.
SECURED COLOR IMAGE WATERMARKING TECHNIQUE IN DWT-DCT DOMAIN ijcseit
ย
The multilayer secured DWT-DCT and YIQ color space based image watermarking technique with
robustness and better correlation is presented here. The security levels are increased by using multiple pn
sequences, Arnold scrambling, DWT domain, DCT domain and color space conversions. Peak signal to
noise ratio and Normalized correlations are used as measurement metrics. The 512x512 sized color images
with different histograms are used for testing and watermark of size 64x64 is embedded in HL region of
DWT and 4x4 DCT is used. โHaarโ wavelet is used for decomposition and direct flexing factor is used. We
got PSNR value is 63.9988 for flexing factor k=1 for Lena image and the maximum NC 0.9781 for flexing
factor k=4 in Q color space. The comparative performance in Y, I and Q color space is presented. The
technique is robust for different attacks like scaling, compression, rotation etc.
nternational Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER)ijceronline
ย
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
Transform coding is used in image and video processing to exploit correlations between neighboring pixels. The discrete cosine transform (DCT) is commonly used as it provides good energy compaction and de-correlation. DCT represents data as a sum of variable frequency cosine waves in the frequency domain. It has properties like separability and orthogonality that make it efficient for computation. DCT exhibits excellent energy compaction and removal of redundancy between pixels, making it useful for image and video compression.
This document discusses image compression techniques. It begins by defining image compression as reducing the data required to represent a digital image. It then discusses why image compression is needed for storage, transmission and other applications. The document outlines different types of redundancies that can be exploited in compression, including spatial, temporal and psychovisual redundancies. It categorizes compression techniques as lossless or lossy and describes several algorithms for each type, including Huffman coding, LZW coding, DPCM, DCT and others. Key aspects like prediction, quantization, fidelity criteria and compression models are also summarized.
This document presents a new algorithm for progressive medical image coding using binary wavelet transforms (BWT). It divides grayscale medical images into binary bit-planes and applies a three-level BWT to each bit-plane. It then encodes each BWT bit-plane using quadtree-based partitioning to exploit the energy concentration in high-frequency subbands. Experiments on ultrasound, MRI and CT images show it provides significant improvements in bitrate for required quality compared to existing progressive image coding methods.
High Speed and Area Efficient 2D DWT Processor Based Image Compressionsipij
ย
The document describes a proposed high speed and area efficient 2D discrete wavelet transform (DWT) processor design for image compression applications implemented on FPGAs. The design uses a pipelined partially serial architecture to enhance speed while optimally utilizing FPGA resources. Simulation results show the design operating at 231MHz on a Spartan 3 FPGA, a 15% improvement over alternative designs. Resource utilization and speed are improved compared to previous implementations through the optimized DWT processor architecture and FPGA platform choice.
This document discusses image compression using a Raspberry Pi processor. It begins with an abstract stating that image compression is needed to reduce file sizes for storage and transmission while retaining image quality. The document then discusses various image compression techniques like discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and discrete cosine transform (DCT), as well as JPEG compression. It states that the Raspberry Pi allows implementing DWT to provide JPEG format images using OpenCV. The document provides details of the image compression method tested, which involves capturing images with a USB camera connected to the Raspberry Pi, compressing the images using DWT and wavelet transforms, transmitting the compressed images over the internet, decompressing the images on a server, and displaying the decompressed images
This document discusses various image compression standards and techniques. It begins with an introduction to image compression, noting that it reduces file sizes for storage or transmission while attempting to maintain image quality. It then outlines several international compression standards for binary images, photos, and video, including JPEG, MPEG, and H.261. The document focuses on JPEG, describing how it uses discrete cosine transform and quantization for lossy compression. It also discusses hierarchical and progressive modes for JPEG. In closing, the document presents challenges and results for motion segmentation and iris image segmentation.
Presentation given in the Seminar of B.Tech 6th Semester during session 2009-10 By Paramjeet Singh Jamwal, Poonam Kanyal, Rittitka Mittal and Surabhi Tyagi.
The document discusses DCT/IDCT concepts and applications. It provides an introduction to DCT and IDCT, explaining that they are used widely in video and audio compression. It describes the DCT and IDCT functions and how they work to transform signals between spatial and frequency domains. Examples of one-dimensional and two-dimensional DCT/IDCT equations are also given. Finally, common applications of DCT/IDCT compression techniques are listed, such as in DVD players, cable TV, graphics cards, and medical imaging systems.
This document summarizes a student project on implementing lossless discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and inverse discrete wavelet transform (IDWT). It provides an overview of the project, which includes introducing DWT, reviewing literature on lifting schemes for faster DWT computation, and simulating a 2D (5,3) DWT. The results show DWT blocks decomposing signals into high and low pass coefficients. Applications mentioned are in medical imaging, signal denoising, data compression and image processing. The conclusion discusses the need for lossless transforms in medical imaging. Future work could extend this to higher level transforms and applications like compression and watermarking.
Satellite Image Resolution Enhancement Technique Using DWT and IWTEditor IJCATR
ย
Now a days satellite images are widely used In many applications such as astronomy and
geographical information systems and geosciences studies .In this paper, We propose a new satellite image
resolution enhancement technique which generates sharper high resolution image .Based on the high
frequency sub-bands obtained from the dwt and iwt. We are not considering the LL sub-band here. In this
resolution-enhancement technique using interpolated DWT and IWT high-frequency sub band images and the
input low-resolution image. Inverse DWT (IDWT) has been applied to combine all these images to generate
the final resolution-enhanced image. The proposed technique has been tested on satellite bench mark images.
The quantitative (peak signal to noise ratio and mean square error) and visual results show the superiority of
the proposed technique over the conventional method and standard image enhancement technique WZP.
Lifting Scheme Cores for Wavelet TransformDavid Baลina
ย
The document presents research on improving the performance of wavelet transforms through lifting scheme cores. It introduces a lifting core as a processing unit that can continuously consume input and produce output while visiting each sample once in a cache-friendly manner. It discusses how lifting cores can handle borders, be configured for different processing orders, and allow reorganization of the underlying scheme for better parallelization and vectorization. The thesis aims to address shortcomings of prior methods through experimental evaluation of lifting cores on CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs for 2D and 3D transforms as well as JPEG 2000 compression.
A Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform Construction and Its Application to Ima...CSCJournals
ย
This paper discusses the application of complex discrete wavelet transform (CDWT) which has significant advantages over real wavelet transform for certain signal processing problems. CDWT is a form of discrete wavelet transform, which generates complex coefficients by using a dual tree of wavelet filters to obtain their real and imaginary parts. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the disadvantage of Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and method to overcome it. The second section of the paper is devoted to the theoretical analysis of complex wavelet transform and the last section deals with its verification using the simulated images.
This paper presents a new approach for the enhancement of Synthetic Radar Imagery using Discrete Wavelet Transform and its variants. Some of the approaches like nonlocal filtering (NLF) techniques, and multiscale iterative reconstruction (e.g., the BM3D method) do not solve the RE/SR imaging inverse problems in descriptive settings imposing some structured regularization constraints and exploits the sparsity of the desired image representations for resolution enhancement (RE) and superresolution (SR) of coherent remote sensing (RS). Such approaches are not properly adapted to the SR recovery of the speckle-corrupted low resolution (LR) coherent radar imagery. These pitfalls are eradicated by using DWT approach wherein the despeckled/deblurred HR image is recovered from the LR speckle/blurry corrupted radar image by applying some of the descriptive-experiment-design-regularization (DEDR) based re-constructive steps. Next, the multistage RE is consequently performed in each scaled refined SR frame via the iterative reconstruction of the upscaled radar images, followed by the discrete-wavelet-transform-based sparsity promoting denoising with guaranteed consistency preservation in each resolution frame. The performance of the method proposed is compared in terms of the number of iterations taken by it with other techniques existing in the literature.
Survey paper on image compression techniquesIRJET Journal
ย
This document summarizes and compares several popular image compression techniques: wavelet compression, JPEG/DCT compression, vector quantization (VQ), fractal compression, and genetic algorithm compression. It finds that all techniques perform satisfactorily at 0.5 bits per pixel, but for very low bit rates like 0.25 bpp, wavelet compression techniques like EZW perform best in terms of compression ratio and quality. Specifically, EZW and JPEG are more practical than others at low bit rates. The document also notes advantages and disadvantages of each technique and concludes hybrid approaches may achieve even higher compression ratios while maintaining image quality.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
The document discusses image compression techniques. It outlines the fundamentals of image compression including encoding, decoding, and algorithms like JPEG and JPEG 2000. Image compression aims to reduce data storage and transmission requirements by removing redundant pixel information. It allows for more efficient sharing and storage of images across industries like printing, data storage, telecommunications, satellite imaging, and television.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
1) The document discusses implementing various image compression algorithms such as discrete cosine transform (DCT), discrete wavelet transform (DWT), run length encoding (RLE), and quantization.
2) These algorithms aim to reduce image file size by eliminating redundant or unnecessary pixel data in order to more efficiently store and transmit images.
3) Key steps involve applying transforms to extract coefficients, then quantizing coefficients to remove insignificant values without significantly impacting image quality.
Fractal Image Compression Using Quadtree DecompositionHarshit Varshney
ย
This document summarizes a student project on fractal image compression using quadtree decomposition. It introduces fractal image compression and quadtree decomposition partitioning. The proposed algorithm divides the original image using quadtree decomposition with a threshold of 0.2 and minimum and maximum block sizes of 2 and 64. It records fractal coding information and uses Huffman coding for compression. Experimental results on test images show compression ratios from 2.45 to 12.79 and reconstruction PSNR values from 22.24 to 27.35.
image compression using matlab project reportkgaurav113
ย
The document discusses JPEG image compression and its implementation in MATLAB. It describes the steps taken to encode and decode grayscale images using the JPEG baseline standard in MATLAB. These include dividing images into 8x8 blocks, applying the discrete cosine transform, quantizing the results, and entropy encoding the data. Encoding compression ratios and processing times are compared between classic and fast DCT approaches. The project also examines how quantization coefficients affect the restored image quality.
This document summarizes a study that compares the performance of the MAC layer in flat and hierarchical mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). The study uses simulation to analyze throughput and packet drops. It finds that throughput is the same for both network structures, but that hierarchical networks have fewer packet drops at the MAC layer. Specifically, packet drops only occurred at 3 nodes in the hierarchical network, whereas 14 nodes experienced drops in the flat network structure. Therefore, the hierarchical approach improves MAC layer performance by reducing packet drops.
This document summarizes a research paper about implementing self-healing mechanisms to protect against control flow attacks in wireless sensor networks. The paper proposes an access control scheme that can detect attempts to alter the control flow of sensor applications and then recover the sensor data. It processes application code at the machine instruction level rather than analyzing source code. The implementation shows that the self-healing scheme is lightweight and can effectively protect sensor applications from control flow attacks by enforcing access control, providing self-healing recovery, and diversifying code images across sensors.
High Speed and Area Efficient 2D DWT Processor Based Image Compressionsipij
ย
The document describes a proposed high speed and area efficient 2D discrete wavelet transform (DWT) processor design for image compression applications implemented on FPGAs. The design uses a pipelined partially serial architecture to enhance speed while optimally utilizing FPGA resources. Simulation results show the design operating at 231MHz on a Spartan 3 FPGA, a 15% improvement over alternative designs. Resource utilization and speed are improved compared to previous implementations through the optimized DWT processor architecture and FPGA platform choice.
This document discusses image compression using a Raspberry Pi processor. It begins with an abstract stating that image compression is needed to reduce file sizes for storage and transmission while retaining image quality. The document then discusses various image compression techniques like discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and discrete cosine transform (DCT), as well as JPEG compression. It states that the Raspberry Pi allows implementing DWT to provide JPEG format images using OpenCV. The document provides details of the image compression method tested, which involves capturing images with a USB camera connected to the Raspberry Pi, compressing the images using DWT and wavelet transforms, transmitting the compressed images over the internet, decompressing the images on a server, and displaying the decompressed images
This document discusses various image compression standards and techniques. It begins with an introduction to image compression, noting that it reduces file sizes for storage or transmission while attempting to maintain image quality. It then outlines several international compression standards for binary images, photos, and video, including JPEG, MPEG, and H.261. The document focuses on JPEG, describing how it uses discrete cosine transform and quantization for lossy compression. It also discusses hierarchical and progressive modes for JPEG. In closing, the document presents challenges and results for motion segmentation and iris image segmentation.
Presentation given in the Seminar of B.Tech 6th Semester during session 2009-10 By Paramjeet Singh Jamwal, Poonam Kanyal, Rittitka Mittal and Surabhi Tyagi.
The document discusses DCT/IDCT concepts and applications. It provides an introduction to DCT and IDCT, explaining that they are used widely in video and audio compression. It describes the DCT and IDCT functions and how they work to transform signals between spatial and frequency domains. Examples of one-dimensional and two-dimensional DCT/IDCT equations are also given. Finally, common applications of DCT/IDCT compression techniques are listed, such as in DVD players, cable TV, graphics cards, and medical imaging systems.
This document summarizes a student project on implementing lossless discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and inverse discrete wavelet transform (IDWT). It provides an overview of the project, which includes introducing DWT, reviewing literature on lifting schemes for faster DWT computation, and simulating a 2D (5,3) DWT. The results show DWT blocks decomposing signals into high and low pass coefficients. Applications mentioned are in medical imaging, signal denoising, data compression and image processing. The conclusion discusses the need for lossless transforms in medical imaging. Future work could extend this to higher level transforms and applications like compression and watermarking.
Satellite Image Resolution Enhancement Technique Using DWT and IWTEditor IJCATR
ย
Now a days satellite images are widely used In many applications such as astronomy and
geographical information systems and geosciences studies .In this paper, We propose a new satellite image
resolution enhancement technique which generates sharper high resolution image .Based on the high
frequency sub-bands obtained from the dwt and iwt. We are not considering the LL sub-band here. In this
resolution-enhancement technique using interpolated DWT and IWT high-frequency sub band images and the
input low-resolution image. Inverse DWT (IDWT) has been applied to combine all these images to generate
the final resolution-enhanced image. The proposed technique has been tested on satellite bench mark images.
The quantitative (peak signal to noise ratio and mean square error) and visual results show the superiority of
the proposed technique over the conventional method and standard image enhancement technique WZP.
Lifting Scheme Cores for Wavelet TransformDavid Baลina
ย
The document presents research on improving the performance of wavelet transforms through lifting scheme cores. It introduces a lifting core as a processing unit that can continuously consume input and produce output while visiting each sample once in a cache-friendly manner. It discusses how lifting cores can handle borders, be configured for different processing orders, and allow reorganization of the underlying scheme for better parallelization and vectorization. The thesis aims to address shortcomings of prior methods through experimental evaluation of lifting cores on CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs for 2D and 3D transforms as well as JPEG 2000 compression.
A Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform Construction and Its Application to Ima...CSCJournals
ย
This paper discusses the application of complex discrete wavelet transform (CDWT) which has significant advantages over real wavelet transform for certain signal processing problems. CDWT is a form of discrete wavelet transform, which generates complex coefficients by using a dual tree of wavelet filters to obtain their real and imaginary parts. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the disadvantage of Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and method to overcome it. The second section of the paper is devoted to the theoretical analysis of complex wavelet transform and the last section deals with its verification using the simulated images.
This paper presents a new approach for the enhancement of Synthetic Radar Imagery using Discrete Wavelet Transform and its variants. Some of the approaches like nonlocal filtering (NLF) techniques, and multiscale iterative reconstruction (e.g., the BM3D method) do not solve the RE/SR imaging inverse problems in descriptive settings imposing some structured regularization constraints and exploits the sparsity of the desired image representations for resolution enhancement (RE) and superresolution (SR) of coherent remote sensing (RS). Such approaches are not properly adapted to the SR recovery of the speckle-corrupted low resolution (LR) coherent radar imagery. These pitfalls are eradicated by using DWT approach wherein the despeckled/deblurred HR image is recovered from the LR speckle/blurry corrupted radar image by applying some of the descriptive-experiment-design-regularization (DEDR) based re-constructive steps. Next, the multistage RE is consequently performed in each scaled refined SR frame via the iterative reconstruction of the upscaled radar images, followed by the discrete-wavelet-transform-based sparsity promoting denoising with guaranteed consistency preservation in each resolution frame. The performance of the method proposed is compared in terms of the number of iterations taken by it with other techniques existing in the literature.
Survey paper on image compression techniquesIRJET Journal
ย
This document summarizes and compares several popular image compression techniques: wavelet compression, JPEG/DCT compression, vector quantization (VQ), fractal compression, and genetic algorithm compression. It finds that all techniques perform satisfactorily at 0.5 bits per pixel, but for very low bit rates like 0.25 bpp, wavelet compression techniques like EZW perform best in terms of compression ratio and quality. Specifically, EZW and JPEG are more practical than others at low bit rates. The document also notes advantages and disadvantages of each technique and concludes hybrid approaches may achieve even higher compression ratios while maintaining image quality.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
The document discusses image compression techniques. It outlines the fundamentals of image compression including encoding, decoding, and algorithms like JPEG and JPEG 2000. Image compression aims to reduce data storage and transmission requirements by removing redundant pixel information. It allows for more efficient sharing and storage of images across industries like printing, data storage, telecommunications, satellite imaging, and television.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
1) The document discusses implementing various image compression algorithms such as discrete cosine transform (DCT), discrete wavelet transform (DWT), run length encoding (RLE), and quantization.
2) These algorithms aim to reduce image file size by eliminating redundant or unnecessary pixel data in order to more efficiently store and transmit images.
3) Key steps involve applying transforms to extract coefficients, then quantizing coefficients to remove insignificant values without significantly impacting image quality.
Fractal Image Compression Using Quadtree DecompositionHarshit Varshney
ย
This document summarizes a student project on fractal image compression using quadtree decomposition. It introduces fractal image compression and quadtree decomposition partitioning. The proposed algorithm divides the original image using quadtree decomposition with a threshold of 0.2 and minimum and maximum block sizes of 2 and 64. It records fractal coding information and uses Huffman coding for compression. Experimental results on test images show compression ratios from 2.45 to 12.79 and reconstruction PSNR values from 22.24 to 27.35.
image compression using matlab project reportkgaurav113
ย
The document discusses JPEG image compression and its implementation in MATLAB. It describes the steps taken to encode and decode grayscale images using the JPEG baseline standard in MATLAB. These include dividing images into 8x8 blocks, applying the discrete cosine transform, quantizing the results, and entropy encoding the data. Encoding compression ratios and processing times are compared between classic and fast DCT approaches. The project also examines how quantization coefficients affect the restored image quality.
This document summarizes a study that compares the performance of the MAC layer in flat and hierarchical mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). The study uses simulation to analyze throughput and packet drops. It finds that throughput is the same for both network structures, but that hierarchical networks have fewer packet drops at the MAC layer. Specifically, packet drops only occurred at 3 nodes in the hierarchical network, whereas 14 nodes experienced drops in the flat network structure. Therefore, the hierarchical approach improves MAC layer performance by reducing packet drops.
This document summarizes a research paper about implementing self-healing mechanisms to protect against control flow attacks in wireless sensor networks. The paper proposes an access control scheme that can detect attempts to alter the control flow of sensor applications and then recover the sensor data. It processes application code at the machine instruction level rather than analyzing source code. The implementation shows that the self-healing scheme is lightweight and can effectively protect sensor applications from control flow attacks by enforcing access control, providing self-healing recovery, and diversifying code images across sensors.
This document discusses a proposed five-factor authentication scheme for secure banking transactions. The five factors are RFID card, PIN number, fingerprint, one-time password (OTP), and keypad ID. During registration, users provide fingerprints and other information that is stored. For login, the user submits their RFID card, PIN, and fingerprint. If the fingerprint exactly matches, the transaction is allowed. If not, an OTP is sent to the user's phone for verification along with keypad ID before allowing the transaction. The scheme aims to improve security over three-factor authentication while protecting user privacy.
This document summarizes experiments conducted on a tube settler to treat filter backwash (FBW) water from a conventional water treatment plant. The experiments aimed to optimize plant operation and reduce residual waste. Characterization of the FBW water found it contained high solids and bacteria. Experiments on a laboratory-scale tube settler showed optimum settling velocities for treating FBW water both with and without additional treatment. Characterization of FBW sludge found it suitable for use in brick making when mixed with clay at 25% by volume, meeting strength standards. Operational modifications to rapid sand filters and backwashing reduced FBW volumes by 18%.
1) The document describes a proposed hybrid power generation system using solar, wind, and hydro energy sources.
2) It presents models for the photovoltaic cells, wind turbine generator, and hydraulic turbine components and discusses how they are combined and controlled.
3) Simulation results are shown verifying the system can provide continuous power to loads by compensating for periods of low solar or wind input using hydro power generation.
This document summarizes a research paper that introduces a novel multi-viewpoint similarity measure for clustering text documents. The paper begins with background on commonly used similarity measures like Euclidean distance and cosine similarity. It then presents the novel multi-viewpoint measure, which considers multiple viewpoints (objects not assumed to be in the same cluster) rather than a single viewpoint. The paper proposes two new clustering criterion functions based on this measure and compares them to other algorithms on benchmark datasets. The goal is to develop a similarity measure and clustering methods that provide high-quality, consistent performance like k-means but can better handle sparse, high-dimensional text data.
This document presents a proposed algorithm for public key cryptography using matrices. The algorithm has three stages: 1) shuffling the original data using a linear congruential method and arranging it in a matrix, 2) traversing the data matrix in different patterns, and 3) generating a system of non-homogeneous linear equations from the matrix to derive private keys. The algorithm aims to provide data confidentiality, integrity and authentication for cloud computing applications using public key cryptography with matrices in a way that has constant complexity regardless of key size.
The document reviews the effects of refrigerant properties on system performance comparison. It discusses key properties like density, viscosity, thermal conductivity, and critical temperature. A high COP requires properties like high latent heat, liquid thermal conductivity, and vapor density, with low liquid viscosity and molecular weight. Critical temperature and heat capacity involve a trade-off between capacity and COP. The presence of oil can impact heat transfer coefficients and pressure drops depending on the amount and solubility. Key derived parameters like volumetric capacity and heat transfer coefficients also influence system performance. Properties like normal boiling point, critical temperature, liquid thermal conductivity, and vapor density have the most significant impacts.
This document summarizes a research paper about developing a system called ShopIT that assists online shoppers in navigating shopping websites more efficiently based on their preferences. ShopIT uses a top-k algorithm to compute and suggest the top-k highest ranked navigation flows based on user-specified criteria and ranking metrics. It models websites as directed acyclic graphs and navigation flows as sequences of activity implementations. ShopIT adapts its suggestions in response to user choices during navigation to provide a personalized experience. The system was found to outperform other ranking systems in optimizing user navigation cost.
Ley orgรกnica de los consejos nacionales para la igualdadRobert Gallegos
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Cadu Technique To Improve Image Compression
At Low Bit Rates
M.VIJAYA RAMA RAJ I KULLAYAMMA
M.Tech Student, Department of EEE Assistant Professor, Department of ECE,
Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering,
Tirupati - 517502 Tirupati - 517502
Abstract: This paper proposes a practical involved in image compression were studied. The
approach of uniform down sampling in image space image compression algorithms namely JPEG,
and yet making the sampling adaptive by spatially JPEG2000 and MPEG-4 were studied in detail. JPEG
varying, directional low-pass prefiltering. The high algorithm was understood and implemented on image
frequency information in an image is adaptively sub blocks and on the entire image. Various aspects of
decreased to facilitate com- pression, The resulting the algorithm such as effect of DC coefficient, blocking
down-sampled prefiltered image remains a artifacts etc was studied and implemented in real time.
conventional square sample grid, and, thus, it can The algorithm was implemented in real time in Matlab-
be compressed and transmitted without any change 7 and the results analyzed. The advantages and short
to current image coding standards and systems. The comings of this algorithm were studied.The complete
decoder first decompresses the low-resolution image algorithm of JPEG2000 was studied. The short
and then upconverts it to the original resolution in a comings of JPEG were eliminated using JPEG2000.
constrained least squares restoration process, using The algorithm was implemented in real time in
a 2-D piecewise autoregressive model and the Martlab-7.The advantages and key features of this
knowledge of directional low-pass prefiltering. The algorithm were studied and implemented. The tradeoffs
proposed compression approach of collaborative in both JPEG and JPEG2000 were also studied. An
adaptive down-sampling and upconversion (CADU) equivalent C code for the JPEG algorithm was
outperforms JPEG 2000 in PSNR measure at low to developed and it was successfully compiled and
medium bit rates and achieves superior visual executed. This was dumped on a Blackfinn DSP
quality, as well. The superior low bit-rate processor and a hardware model for a real time image
performance of the CADU approach seems to acquisition and compression was set up. This was done
suggest that oversampling not only wastes hardware by interfacing video to the Blackfin processor and also
resources and energy, and it could be to the PC.Thus a complete system(A hardware model)
counterproductive to image quality given a tight bit for a real time image acquisition and compression was
budget. set up. The modifications if any can be simulated in
Matlab-7 and if the results are improved can be
Keywords: Autoregressive modeling, compression incorporated on the hardware model by making
standards, image restoration, image upconversion, low equivalent changes in the C code. This
bit-rate image com- pression, sampling, subjective system(algorithm) has important application in the
image quality. modern world such as Telemedicine and other
communication applications.
I. INTRODUCTION
Image enhancement techniques were studied II. DOWN-SAMPLING WITH A D A P T I V E
the proper enhancement techniques for the specific DIRECTIONAL PREFILTERING
application was found out. Various enhancement Out of practical considerations, we make a more compact
methods were implemented. The frames captured were rep- resentation of an image by decimating every other
enhanced using these methods and a later this was done row and every other column of the image. This simple
in real time. It was found that for acquiring large approach has an oper- ational advantage that the
number of frames at a faster rate Matlab to C down-sampled image remains a uni- form rectilinear
interfacing was required. An interface was created and grid of pixels and can readily be compressed by any of
Matlab functions were called from C environment. existing international image coding standards. To pre-
This inturn was used to acquire real time images. The vent the down-sampling process from causing aliasing
basic principles involved in image storage, techniques artifacts, it seems
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Fig. 1. Block diagram of the proposed CADU image compression system.
necessary to low-pass prefilter an input image to half prefiltered image and the original image. The
of its maximum frequency . However, on a illustrated kernel size of the filter is 3. Low-resolution
second reflection, one can do somewhat better. In pixel [black dots in (a)] is the filtered value of the
areas of edges, the 2-d spec- trum of the local image corresponding nine original pixels [white dots in (b)].
signal is not isotropic. Thus, we seek to perform (a) Downsampled prefiltered image; (b) original
adaptive sampling, within the uniform down-sampling image.
framework, by judiciously smoothing the image with
directional low-pass prefiltering prior to down - Most natural images have a rapidly (e.g.,
sampling. exponentially) de- caying power spectrum .
In the directional prefiltering step, the CADU Suppose that the input image is 2-d. in the Fourier
encoder first computes the gradient at the sampled domain and its power spectrum is monotonically
position. Despite its simplicity, the CADU decreasing. Therefore, given a target rate , if the rate-
compression approach via uniform down-sampling is distortion function of the image signal satisfies
๐
not inherently inferior to other image compression D(r*)= ๐ ะค ๐ค ๐๐ค
2
techniques in rate-distortion performance, as long as
then uniform down-sampling by the factor of two will
the target bit rate is below a threshold. The argument
not limit the rate-distortion performance in information
is based on the classical water-filling principle in rate-
theoretical sense. Indeed, our experimental results (see
distortion theory. To encode a set of K Independent
Section IV) demonstrate that the CADU approach
Gaussian random variables {X1, X2,โฆ ,},Xk
outperforms the state-of-the-art JPEG2000 standard in
N(0,๐ k) the rate-distor- tion bounds, when the total the low to medium bit rate range.
bit rate being = ๐ค ๐น ๐ and the total mean-
๐=๐
squares distortion being D= ๐ค ๐ซ ๐ , are given by
๐=๐ III. CONSTRAINED LEAST SQUARES
๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ CONVERSION WITHAUTOREGRESSIVE
R(D) = ๐=๐
๐ฆ๐๐ฑโก
{๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ }
๐ MODELING
๐ค
D(R) = ๐ฆ๐ข๐งโก ๐, ๐ ๐ ๐ }
{ In this section, we develop the decoder of
๐=๐
the CADU image compression system.We formulated
the constrained least square problem using two PAR
models of order 4 each: the model of parameters a
and the model of parameters . The two PAR
models characterize the axial and diagonal
correlations, respectively, as depicted in Fig. 4. These
two models act, in a predictive coding perspective, as
noncausal adaptive predictors. This gives rise to an
interesting interpretation of the CADU decoder:
adaptive noncausal predictive decoding constrained
by the prefiltering operation of the encoder.
Therefore the par model parameters a and b
can be estimated from the decoded image by solving
the following least square estimation
Fig: Relationship between the down-sampled
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method with the adaptive downsampling-based image
codec proposed by Lin and Dong . The latter was
reportedly the best among all previously published
downsampling-interpolation image codecs , in both
objective and subjective quality. Note that all existing
image codecs of this type were developed for
DCT-based image compression, whereas the CADU
method is applicable to wavelet-based codecs as
well. Therefore, we also include in our comparative
study JPEG 2000, the quincunx coding method [9],
Fig: Sample relationships with PAR model parameters and the method of uniform down-sampling at the
(a) a = (a0,a1,a2,a3), (b) b = (b0,b1,b2,b3) encoder and bicubic interpolation at the decoder. The
bicubic method in the comparison group and the
CADU method used the same simple encoder: JPEG
2000 coding of uniformly down-sampled prefiltered
image. The difference is in the upconversion process:
the former method performed bicubic image
interpolation followed by a deconvolution step
using Weiner filter to reverse the prefiltering, instead
of solving a constrained least squares image
restoration problem driven by autoregressive models
The closed form solution for the above equations is as described in the proceeding section .
The constrained least square problem can be converted
to the following unconstrained least square problem:
To solve the above equation we rewrite equation in
matrix form
Where C and d are composed of a,b,ฮป,h, and
the decoded pixels y.The CADU system design is
asymmetric: the encoder is a simple and inexpensive
process, while the decoder involves solving a rather
large-scale optimization problem described . The
computation bottleneck is in inverting an nรn matrix,
where n is the number of pixels to be jointly
recovered. Instead of inverting the matrix CTC
directly, we solve numerically via differentiation
using the conjugate gradient method. The solution is Comparison of different methods at 0.2 bpp. (a) JPEG;
guarantied to be globally optimal for the objective (b) Method ; (c) J2K; (d) CADU-JPG; (e) Bicubic-
function is convex. J2K; (f) CADU-J2K; (g) JPEG; (h) Method; (i) J2K;
(j) CADU-JPG; (k) Bicubic-J2K; (l) CADU-J2K.
IV.EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
Extensive experiments were carried out to evaluate
the proposed image coding method, in both PSNR
and subjective quality. We compared the CADU
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high activity, and resort to fast bicubic inter- polation
in smooth regions. If a decoder is severely constrained
by computation resources, it can perform bicubic
interpolation everywhere in lieu of the CADU
restoration process. Such a re- source scalability of the
decoder is desired in application sce- narios when
decoders of diverse capabilities are to work with the
same code stream.
V.CONCLUSIONS
This paper deals with new, standard-
compliant approach of coding uniformly down-
sampled images, which outperforms JPEG 2000 in
both PSNR and visual quality at low to modest
bit.Hence the proposed method is not only a simple,
practical algorithm, but also an effective algorithm.
When compared with the previous results, with this
algorithm better results were obtained. The proposed
TABLE: PSNR (DB) RESULTS FOR DIFFERENT approach says that a lower sampling rate can actually
COMPRESSION METHODS produce higher quality images at certain bit rates. By
feeding the standard methods downsampled images,
The superior visual quality of the CADU-J2K
the new approach reduces the workload and energy
method is due to the good fit of the piecewise
consumption of the encoders, which is important for
autoregressive model to edge structures and the fact
wireless visual communication.
that human visual system is highly sensitive to phase
errors in reconstructed edges VI.FUTURE SCOPE
We believe that the CADU-J2K image coding
This system(algorithm) has important
approach of down-sampling with directional pre-
application in the modern world such as Telemedicine
filtering at the encoder and edge-preserving
and other communication applications.
upconversion at the decoder offers an effective and
practical solution for subjective image coding.
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