Attractor image coding with low blocking effects.

Abstract

by Ho, Hau Lai.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-103).Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- Overview of Attractor Image Coding --- p.2Chapter 1.2 --- Scope of Thesis --- p.3Chapter 2 --- Fundamentals of Attractor Coding --- p.6Chapter 2.1 --- Notations --- p.6Chapter 2.2 --- Mathematical Preliminaries --- p.7Chapter 2.3 --- Partitioned Iterated Function Systems --- p.10Chapter 2.3.1 --- Mathematical Formulation of the PIFS --- p.12Chapter 2.4 --- Attractor Coding using the PIFS --- p.16Chapter 2.4.1 --- Quadtree Partitioning --- p.18Chapter 2.4.2 --- Inclusion of an Orthogonalization Operator --- p.19Chapter 2.5 --- Coding Examples --- p.21Chapter 2.5.1 --- Evaluation Criterion --- p.22Chapter 2.5.2 --- Experimental Settings --- p.22Chapter 2.5.3 --- Results and Discussions --- p.23Chapter 2.6 --- Summary --- p.25Chapter 3 --- Attractor Coding with Adjacent Block Parameter Estimations --- p.27Chapter 3.1 --- δ-Minimum Edge Difference --- p.29Chapter 3.1.1 --- Definition --- p.29Chapter 3.1.2 --- Theoretical Analysis --- p.31Chapter 3.2 --- Adjacent Block Parameter Estimation Scheme --- p.33Chapter 3.2.1 --- Joint Optimization --- p.34Chapter 3.2.2 --- Predictive Coding --- p.36Chapter 3.3 --- Algorithmic Descriptions of the Proposed Scheme --- p.39Chapter 3.4 --- Experimental Results --- p.40Chapter 3.5 --- Summary --- p.50Chapter 4 --- Attractor Coding using Lapped Partitioned Iterated Function Sys- tems --- p.51Chapter 4.1 --- Lapped Partitioned Iterated Function Systems --- p.53Chapter 4.1.1 --- Weighting Operator --- p.54Chapter 4.1.2 --- Mathematical Formulation of the LPIFS --- p.57Chapter 4.2 --- Attractor Coding using the LPIFS --- p.62Chapter 4.2.1 --- Choice of Weighting Operator --- p.64Chapter 4.2.2 --- Range Block Preprocessing --- p.69Chapter 4.2.3 --- Decoder Convergence Analysis --- p.73Chapter 4.3 --- Local Domain Block Searching --- p.74Chapter 4.3.1 --- Theoretical Foundation --- p.75Chapter 4.3.2 --- Local Block Searching Algorithm --- p.77Chapter 4.4 --- Experimental Results --- p.79Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.90Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.91Chapter 5.1 --- Original Contributions --- p.91Chapter 5.2 --- Subjects for Future Research --- p.92Chapter A --- Fundamental Definitions --- p.94Chapter B --- Appendix B --- p.96Bibliography --- p.9