Problem-oriented change of image dimensionality

The paper describes a recursive algorithm or solving the image dimensionality change problem. Preservation of image smoothness serves as the image dimensionality change criterion. The algorithm itself is based on the application of space filling Hilbert curves of various degrees. To demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed image dimensionality change idea, a new encoding technique fur multi-dimensional binary "silhouette" images is presented. The image compression effect is attained by successive elimination of monochrome blocks of maximal size from the one-dimensional analogue of the image.