arXiv:2409.13789eess.IVcs.IT2024-09

通过5比特量化压缩图像,实现更小文件体积而不明显损失质量。

Reduced bit median quantization: A middle process for Efficient Image Compression

  • 先对像素值进行中位数量化,再将8位转为5位存储。
  • 在JPEG等格式中压缩率提升约37.5%,图像质量损失可忽略。
  • 适合深存档或大图传输场景,尤其对人眼不敏感的暗淡图像。

图像压缩技术在保持可接受画质的前提下显著减小了文件大小,但在进一步压缩或适配特定场景(如深度归档和高效图像传输)时仍面临挑战。现有方法虽尝试结合多种算法,但难以突破特定压缩极限。本文提出一种中间过程压缩技术——减少位数中位数量化(RBMQ),仅通过量化步骤即可实现文件尺寸进一步缩减,且不影响视觉质量。通过将量化后的像素值从8位减少至5位,可在不改变原有文件格式(如JPEG)的情况下大幅降低存储与传输开销。该方法在深层归档或高带宽需求场景中尤为有效,即使图像因亮度不足而对人眼不够清晰,也能显著提升网络与存储效率。同时,该技术引入冗余信息以增强现有压缩算法的性能,使整体压缩效果更优。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Image compression techniques have made remarkable progress when it comes to file size reduction with a tolerable quality reduction; nonetheless, they are facing some challenges when it comes to applying more compression with the same perceptible quality or in accounting for specific use cases such as deep archive files and more efficient image transfers. Previous techniques have tried to solve the former problem by applying one specific or a combination of different algorithms. However, none of these methods were able to achieve additional file size reduction beyond a certain compression. I introduce Reduced Bit Median Quantization (RBMQ), a middle-process image compression technique designed to enhance file size reduction so that it can be stored with already existing file extension formats. In RBMQ by applying only the first step in which the quantization of valued further file size reduction can be achieved without a noticeable decrease in the image quality. Furthermore, more size reduction can be achieved by reducing the representing bits for the quantized values which can be optimal for deep archival storage or big-size image transfer in which the image quality is not suitable for the human eye since it is dark and dim but can be much efficient to interact with network and storage components later to be decoded to get the only quantized value image that almost the same quality with the original one. RBMQ introduces redundancy to the pixel values to be taken advantage of by existing compression techniques furthermore it introduces bit reduction from 8 to 5 bits for image file extensions such as jpeg which substantially reduces the file size to be used for JPEG file transfers and deep archive storage.

图像压缩量化JPEG优化存储效率

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