A new fuzzy gradient-adaptive lossy predictive coding system for still image compression

In this paper, a new fuzzy logic-based lossy predictive coding system for gray-scale still image compression is developed. The proposed coder employs a recently introduced adaptive fuzzy prediction methodology in the predictor design. In addition, it adopts a novel fuzzy gradient-adaptive quantization scheme. The proposed coding technique possesses superior performance over its non-fuzzy counterparts especially at low bit quantization. This is due to the inherent adaptivity in the fuzzy prediction methodology as well as the gradient-adaptive quantization scheme. Simulation results are provided to demonstrate the efficient performance of the proposed fuzzy predictive coding system.