Direct feature extraction from compressed images

Bo Shen; Ishwar K. Sethi

doi:10.1117/12.234779

13 March 1996 Direct feature extraction from compressed images

Bo Shen, Ishwar K. Sethi

Proceedings Volume 2670, Storage and Retrieval for Still Image and Video Databases IV; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.234779
Event: Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper examines the issue of direct extraction of low level features from compressed images. Specifically, we consider the detection of areas of interest and edges in images compressed using the discrete cosine transform (DCT). For interest areas, we show how a measure based on certain DCT coefficients of a block can provide an indication of underlying activity. For edges, we show using an ideal edge model how the relative values of different DCT coefficients of a block can be used to estimate the strength and orientation of an edge. Our experimental results indicate that coarse edge information from compressed images can be extracted up to 20 times faster than conventional edge detectors.

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Bo Shen and Ishwar K. Sethi "Direct feature extraction from compressed images", Proc. SPIE 2670, Storage and Retrieval for Still Image and Video Databases IV, (13 March 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.234779

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