• DocumentCode
    1494999
  • Title

    A practical adaptive image compression technique using visual criteria for still-picture transmission with electronic mail

  • Author

    Seitz, Peter ; Lan, Graham K.

  • Author_Institution
    Paul Scherrer Inst., Zurich, Switzerland
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    7/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    947
  • Lastpage
    949
  • Abstract
    An efficient image compression/decompression technique for complex scenes is presented. An image is first decorrelated by a full two-dimensional DCT (discrete cosine transform). The resulting coefficient map is weighted using properties of the human visual system and finally encoded with a novel multiresolution encoder. The result is converted into printable ASCII for transmission by electronic mail
  • Keywords
    data compression; electronic mail; encoding; picture processing; visual communication; adaptive image compression technique; coefficient map; complex scenes; discrete cosine transform; electronic mail; human visual system; image compression/decompression technique; multiresolution encoder; printable ASCII; still-picture transmission; two-dimensional DCT; Decorrelation; Discrete cosine transforms; Electronic mail; Frequency; Humans; Image coding; Image converters; Image reconstruction; Layout; Visual system;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/26.57511
  • Filename
    57511