2021 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing

6-11 June 2021 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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2021 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing

6-11 June 2021 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Paper IDIVMSP-4.6
Paper Title HVS-BASED PERCEPTUAL COLOR COMPRESSION OF IMAGE DATA
Authors Lee Prangnell, Victor Sanchez, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
SessionIVMSP-4: Image & Video Coding 2
LocationGather.Town
Session Time:Tuesday, 08 June, 14:00 - 14:45
Presentation Time:Tuesday, 08 June, 14:00 - 14:45
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Topic Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing: [IVSMR] Image & Video Sensing, Modeling, and Representation
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Abstract In perceptual image coding applications, the main objective is to decrease, as much as possible, Bits Per Pixel (BPP) while avoiding noticeable distortions in the reconstructed image. In this paper, we propose a novel perceptual image coding technique, named Perceptual Color Compression (PCC). PCC is based on a novel model related to HVS spectral sensitivity and CIELAB JNCD. We utilize this modeling to capitalize on the inability of the HVS to perceptually differentiate photons in very similar wavelength bands (e.g., distinguishing very similar shades of a particular color). The proposed PCC technique can be used with RGB (4:4:4) image data of various bit depths and spatial resolutions. In the evaluations, we compare the proposed PCC technique with a set of reference methods including VVC and HEVC in addition to two other recently proposed algorithms. Our PCC method attains considerable BPP reductions compared with all four reference techniques including, on average, 52.6% BPP reductions compared with VVC. Regarding image perceptual reconstruction quality, PCC achieves a score of SSIM ≥ 0.99 in all tests in addition to a score of MS-SSIM ≥ 0.99 in all but one test. Moreover, MOS = 5 is attained in 75% of subjective evaluation assessments conducted.