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1
Error Diffusion Halftoning Methods forImage
Display
Prof. Brian L. Evans
Embedded Signal Processing Laboratory The
University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
78712-1084 USA http//www.ece.utexas.edu/bevans
Ph.D. Graduates Dr. Niranjan
Damera-Venkata (HP Labs)
Dr. Thomas D. Kite (Audio
Precision) Dr. Vishal Monga (Xerox
Labs) Ph.D. Student Mr. Hamood Rehman
March 22, 2008
2
Outline
  • Introduction
  • Grayscale error diffusion
  • Analysis and modeling
  • Enhancements
  • Color error diffusion
  • Vector quantization withseparable filtering
  • Matrix-valued error filtermethods
  • Conclusion

Barbara image
Peppers image
3
Need for Digital Image Halftoning
Introduction
  • Examples of reduced grayscale/color resolution
  • Laser and inkjet printers (9.3B revenue in 2001
    in US)
  • Low-cost liquid crystal displays
  • Reflective displays, e.g. on cell phones
  • Halftoning is wordlength reduction for images
  • Grayscale 8-bit image to 1-bit image (ink dot,
    or no ink dot)
  • Color 24-bit RGB image to 12-bit RGB display
    (PDAs)
  • Halftoning tries to reproduce full range of gray/
    color while preserving quality spatial
    resolution
  • Screening methods quantize each pixel value
    (feedforward)
  • Error diffusion methods quantize each pixel value
    and filter resulting quantization error
    (feedback)

4
Need for Speed for Digital Image Halftoning
Introduction
  • Third-generation ultra high-speed printer (CMYK)
  • 100 pages per minute, 600 lines per inch, 4800
    dots/inch/line
  • Output data rate of 7344 MB/s (HDTV video is 96
    MB/s)
  • Desktop color printer (CMYK)
  • 24 pages per minute, 600 lines/inch, 600
    dots/inch/line
  • Output data rate of 220 MB/s (NTSC video is 24
    MB/s)
  • Parallelism in common halftoning algorithms
  • Screening pixel-parallel, fast, and easy to
    implement(2 byte reads, 1 compare, and 1 bit
    write per binary pixel)
  • Error diffusion row-parallel, better results on
    some media(5 byte reads, 1 compare, 4 MACs, 1
    byte and 1 bit write per binary pixel)

5
Binarize Image Using a Fixed Threshold
Introduction
  • 8-bit grayscale image
  • Each pixel value represents image intensity
  • Each pixel value is unsigned 8-bit number in 0,
    255
  • For display black is 0, white is 255, and
    mid-gray is 128
  • Threshold each pixel using same fixed threshold
  • If pixel value ? 128, output 255 otherwise,
    output 0

6
Screening (Masking) Methods
Introduction
  • Periodic thresholds to binarize image
  • Periodic application leads to aliasing (gridding
    effect)
  • Clustered dot screening is more resistant to ink
    spread
  • Dispersed dot screening has higher spatial
    resolution
  • Blue noise screening uses larger masks (e.g. 1
    by 1)

Clustered dot mask
Dispersed dot mask
index
Threshold Lookup Table
7
Adding Feedback to Quantization Example
Introduction
  • Consider 4-bit signal on 2-bit display device
  • Unsigned data
  • Feedback quantization error
  • For constant input of 1001
  • Average output value
  • 1/4(10101011) 1001
  • 4-bit resolution at DC !
  • Wordlength reduction
  • Truncating 4 bits to 2 bits increases noise by
    12 dB
  • Feedback removes noise at DC but increases noise
    at high frequency

8
Error Diffusion Halftoning
Introduction
  • Nonlinear feedback system
  • Quantize each pixel
  • Filter quantization error (noise)
  • Add filtered output to future grayscale pixels
    to diffuse quantization error

9
Conversion to One Bit Per Pixel Spatial Domain
Introduction
10
Conversion to One Bit Per Pixel Magnitude Spectra
Introduction
11
Human Visual System Modeling
Introduction
  • Contrast at particular spatialfrequency for
    visibility
  • Bandpass non-dimbackgroundsManos Sakrison,
    1974 1978
  • Lowpass high-luminance officesettings with
    low-contrast imagesGeorgeson G. Sullivan,
    1975
  • Exponential decay Näsäsen, 1984
  • Modified lowpass versione.g. J. Sullivan, Ray
    Miller, 1990
  • Angular dependence cosinefunction Sullivan,
    Miller Pios, 1993

12
Grayscale Error Diffusion Halftoning
Introduction
  • Aperiodic halftones
  • Shape quantization noise into highfrequencies,
    which are less visible
  • Design of error filter key to quality

13
Analysis of Error Diffusion I
Analysis and Modeling
  • Error diffusion as 2-D sigma-delta
    modulationAnastassiou, 1989 Bernard, 1991
  • Error image Knox, 1992
  • Error image correlated with input image
  • Sharpening proportional to correlation
  • Serpentine scan places morequantization error
    along diagonalfrequencies than raster Knox,
    1993
  • Threshold modulation Knox, 1993
  • Add signal (e.g. white noise) to quantizer input
  • Equivalent to error diffusing an input image
    modified by threshold modulation signal

14
Analysis and Modeling
Example Role of Error Image
  • Sharpening proportional to correlation between
    error image and input image Knox, 1992

Floyd-Steinberg(1976)
Limit Cycles
Jarvis(1976)
Error images
Halftones
15
Analysis of Error Diffusion II
Analysis and Modeling
  • Limit cycle behavior Fan Eschbach, 1993
  • For a limit cycle pattern, quantified likelihood
    of occurrence for given constant input as
    function of filter weights
  • Reduced likelihood of limit cycle patterns by
    changing filter weights
  • Stability of error diffusion Fan, 1993
  • Sufficient conditions for bounded-input
    bounded-error stability sum of absolute values
    of filter coefficients is one
  • Green noise error diffusionLevien, 1993 Lau,
    Arce Gallagher, 1998
  • Promotes minority dot clustering
  • Linear gain model for quantizerKite, Evans
    Bovik, 2000
  • Models sharpening and noise shaping effects (next
    slide)

Minority pixels
16
Linear Gain Model for Quantizer
Analysis and Modeling
  • Sigma-delta modulation analysis
  • Linear gain model for quantizer in 1-DArdalan
    and Paulos, 1988
  • Linear gain model for grayscale imageKite,
    Evans, Bovik, 1997
  • Models error diffusion as linear, shift-invariant
  • Signal transfer function (STF) quantizer acts as
    scalar gain
  • Noise transfer function (NTF) quantizer acts as
    additive noise

17
Linear Gain Model for Quantizer
Analysis and Modeling
n(m)
Quantizermodel
x(m)
u(m)
b(m)
Ks
_

f(m)
_
Put noise in high frequencies H(z) must be
lowpass

e(m)
STF
NTF
2
1
1
w
w
w
-w1
-w1
-w1
w1
w1
w1
Also, let Ks 2 (Floyd-Steinberg)
Pass low frequencies Enhance high frequencies
Highpass response(independent of Ks )
18
Linear Gain Model for Quantizer
Analysis and Modeling
  • Best linear fit for Ks between quantizer input
    u(m) and halftone b(m)
  • Does not vary much for Floyd-Steinberg
  • Can use average value to estimate Ks from only
    error filter
  • Sharpening proportional to Ks Kite, Evans
    Bovik, 2000
  • Value of Ks Floyd Steinberg lt Stucki lt Jarvis
  • Weighted SNR using unsharpened halftone
  • Floyd-Steinberg gt Stucki gt Jarvis at all viewing
    distances

19
Enhancements I Error Filter Design
Enhancements
  • Longer error filters reduce directional
    artifactsJarvis, Judice Ninke, 1976 Stucki,
    1981 Shiau Fan, 1996
  • Fixed error filter design minimize mean-squared
    error weighted by a contrast sensitivity function
  • Assume error image is white noise Kolpatzik
    Bouman, 1992
  • Off-line training on images Wong Allebach,
    1998
  • Adaptive least squares error filter Wong, 1996
  • Tone dependent filter weights for each gray level
    Eschbach, 1993 Shu, 1995 Ostromoukhov, 1998
    Li Allebach, 2002

20
Example Tone Dependent Error Diffusion
Enhancements
  • Train error diffusionweights and thresholdvalue
    for each inputgray level Li Allebach, 2002

Highlights and shadows
FFT
Graylevel patch x
Halftone pattern for graylevel x
FFT
21
Enhancements II Controlling Artifacts
Enhancements
  • Sharpness control
  • Edge enhancement error diffusion Eschbach
    Knox, 1991
  • Linear frequency distortion removal Kite, Evans
    Bovik, 1999
  • Adaptive linear frequency distortion
    removalDamera-Venkata Evans, 2001
  • Reducing worms in highlights shadowsEschbach,
    1993 Shu, 1993 Levien, 1993 Eschbach, 1996
    Marcu, 1998
  • Reducing mid-tone artifacts
  • Filter weight perturbation Ulichney, 1988
  • Threshold modulation with noise array Knox,
    1993
  • Deterministic bit flipping quant. Damera-Venkata
    Evans, 2001
  • Tone dependent modification Li Allebach, 2002

DBF(x)
x
22
Example Sharpness Control in Error Diffusion
Enhancements
  • Adjust by threshold modulation Eschbach Knox,
    1991
  • Scale image by gain L and add it to quantizer
    input
  • Low complexity one multiplication, one addition
    per pixel
  • Flatten signal transfer function Kite, Evans
    Bovik, 1999

L
b(m)
u(m)
x(m)
_

_

e(m)
23
Results
Enhancements
Original
Floyd-Steinberg
Edge enhanced
Unsharpened
24
Enhancements III Clustered Dot Error Diffusion
Enhancements
  • Feedback output to quantizer input Levien, 1993
  • Dot to dot error diffusion Fan, 1993
  • Apply clustered dot screen on block and diffuse
    error
  • Reduces contouring
  • Clustered minority pixel diffusion Li
    Allebach, 2000
  • Block error diffusion Damera-Venkata Evans,
    2001
  • Clustered dot error diffusion using laser pulse
    width modulation He Bouman, 2002
  • Simultaneous optimization of dot density and dot
    size
  • Minimize distortion based on tone reproduction
    curve

25
Results
Enhancements
Block error diffusion
Green-noise
DBF quantizer
Tone dependent
26
Color Monitor Display Example (Palettization)
Color Error Diffusion
  • YUV color space
  • Luminance (Y) and chrominance (U,V) channels
  • Widely used in video compression standards
  • Contrast sensitivity functions available for Y,
    U, and V
  • Display YUV on lower-resolution RGB monitor use
    error diffusion on Y, U, V channels separably

u(m)
b(m)
24-bit YUV video
12-bit RGB monitor
x(m)

_
_

RGB to YUV Conversion
h(m)
e(m)
27
Non-Separable Color Halftoning for Display
Color Error Diffusion
  • Input image has a vector of values at each pixel
    (e.g. vector of red, green, and blue components)
  • Error filter has matrix-valued coefficients
  • Algorithm for adaptingmatrix coefficientsbased
    on mean-squarederror in RGB spaceAkarun,
    Yardimci Cetin, 1997
  • Optimization problem
  • Given a human visual system model, findcolor
    error filter that minimizes average visible noise
    power subject to diffusion constraints
    Damera-Venkata Evans, 2001
  • Linearize color vector error diffusion, and use
    linear vision model in which Euclidean distance
    has perceptual meaning

u(m)
b(m)
x(m)
_

_
t(m)
e(m)

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Matrix Gain Model for the Quantizer
Color Error Diffusion
  • Replace scalar gain w/ matrix Damera-Venkata
    Evans, 2001
  • Noise uncorrelated with signal component of
    quantizer input
  • Convolution becomes matrixvector multiplication
    in frequency domain

u(m) quantizer inputb(m) quantizer output
Grayscale results
Noisecomponentof output
Signalcomponentof output
29
Linear Color Vision Model
Color Error Diffusion
  • Undo gamma correction to map to sRGB
  • Pattern-color separable model Poirson Wandell,
    1993
  • Forms the basis for Spatial CIELab Zhang
    Wandell, 1996
  • Pixel-based color transformation

B-W
R-G
B-Y
Opponent representation
Spatial filtering
30
Example
Color Error Diffusion
Original
Optimum vectorerror filter
SeparableFloyd-Steinberg
31
Evaluating Linear Vision ModelsMonga, Geisler
Evans, 2003
Color Error Diffusion
  • Objective measure improvement in noise shaping
    over separable Floyd-Steinberg
  • Subjective testing based on paired comparison
    task
  • Online at www.ece.utexas.edu/vishal/cgi-bin/test.
    html
  • In decreasing subjective (and objective) quality
  • Linearized CIELab gt gt Opponent gt YUV ?
    YIQ

original
halftone A
halftone B
32
Image Halftoning Toolbox 1.2
Conclusion
  • Grayscale andcolor methods
  • Screening
  • Classical diffusion
  • Edge enhanced diff.
  • Green noise diffusion
  • Block diffusion
  • Figures of merit
  • Peak SNR
  • Weighted SNR
  • Linear distortion measure
  • Universal quality index

Figures of Merit
http//www.ece.utexas.edu/bevans/projects/halfton
ing/toolbox
33
Backup Slides
34
Uniform Quantization Using Thresholding
Introduction
  • Round to nearest integer (midtread)
  • Quantize amplitude to levels -2, -1, 0, 1
  • Step size D for linear region of operation
  • Represent levels by 00, 01, 10, 11 or10, 11,
    00, 01
  • Latter is two's complement representation
  • Rounding with offset (midrise)
  • Quantize to levels -3/2, -1/2, 1/2, 3/2
  • Represent levels by 11, 10, 00, 01
  • Step size

Qx
1
x
1
-2
2
-1
35
Error Diffusion
Introduction
Original
Halftone
u(m)
36
Digital Halftoning Methods
Introduction
Clustered Dot Screening AM Halftoning
Dispersed Dot Screening FM Halftoning
Error Diffusion FM Halftoning 1976
Blue-noise MaskFM Halftoning 1993
Green-noise Halftoning AM-FM Halftoning 1992
Direct Binary Search FM Halftoning 1992
37
Compensation for Frequency Distortion
Analysis and Modeling
  • Flatten signal transfer function Kite, Evans,
    Bovik, 2000
  • Pre-filtering equivalent to threshold modulation

x(m)
u(m)
g(m)
b(m)
_

_

e(m)
38
Visual Quality Measures Kite, Evans Bovik,
2000
Analysis and Modeling
  • Sharpening proportional to Ks
  • Value of Ks Floyd Steinberg lt Stucki lt Jarvis
  • Impact of noise on human visual system
  • Signal-to-noise (SNR) measures appropriate when
    noise is additive and signal independent
  • Create unsharpened halftone ym1,m2 with flat
    signal transfer function using threshold
    modulation
  • Weight signal/noise by contrast sensitivity
    function Ck1,k2
  • Floyd-Steinberg gt Stucki gt Jarvis at all viewing
    distances

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Example 1 Green Noise Error Diffusion
Enhancements
  • Output fed back to quantizer input Levien, 1993
  • Gain G controls coarseness of dot clusters
  • Hysteresis filter f affects dot cluster shape

f
G
u(m)
b(m)
x(m)
_

_

e(m)
40
Example 2 Block Error Diffusion
Enhancements
  • Process a pixel-block using a multifilterDamera-
    Venkata Evans, 2001
  • FM nature controlled by scalar filter prototype
  • Diffusion matrix decides distribution of error in
    block
  • In-block diffusions constant for all blocks to
    preserve isotropy

41
Block FM Halftoning Error Filter Design
Enhancements
  • FM nature of algorithm controlled by scalar
    filter prototype
  • Diffusion matrix decides distribution of error
    within a block
  • In-block diffusions are constant for all blocks
    to preserve isotropy

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Vector Quantization but Separable Filtering
Color Error Diffusion
  • Minimum Brightness Variation Criterion
    (MBVC)Shaked, Arad, Fitzhugh Sobel, 1996
  • Limit number of output colors to reduce luminance
    variation
  • Efficient tree-based quantization to render best
    color among allowable colors
  • Diffuse errors separably

43
Results
Color Error Diffusion
Original
MBVC halftone
SeparableFloyd-Steinberg
44
Linear Color Vision Model
Color Error Diffusion
  • Undo gamma correction on RGB image
  • Color separation Damera-Venkata Evans, 2001
  • Measure power spectral distribution of RGB
    phosphor excitations
  • Measure absorption rates of long, medium, short
    (LMS) cones
  • Device dependent transformation C from RGB to LMS
    space
  • Transform LMS to opponent representation using O
  • Color separation may be expressed as T OC
  • Spatial filtering included using matrix filter
  • Linear color vision model

is a diagonal matrix
where
45
Designing the Error Filter
Color Error Diffusion
  • Eliminate linear distortion filtering before
    error diffusion
  • Optimize error filter h(m) for noise shaping
  • Subject to diffusion constraints
  • where

46
Generalized Optimum Solution
Color Error Diffusion
  • Differentiate scalar objective function for
    visual noise shaping w/r to matrix-valued
    coefficients
  • Write norm as trace and differentiate trace
    usingidentities from linear algebra

47
Generalized Optimum Solution (cont.)
Color Error Diffusion
  • Differentiating and using linearity of
    expectation operator give a generalization of the
    Yule-Walker equations
  • where
  • Assuming white noise injection
  • Solve using gradient descent with projection onto
    constraint set

48
Implementation of Vector Color Error Diffusion
Color Error Diffusion
Hgr
Hgg

Hgb
49
Generalized Linear Color Vision Model
Color Error Diffusion
  • Separate image into channels/visual pathways
  • Pixel based linear transformation of RGB into
    color space
  • Spatial filtering based on HVS characteristics
    color space
  • Best color space/HVS model for vector error
    diffusion? Monga, Geisler Evans 2002

50
Linear CIELab Space TransformationFlohr,
Kolpatzik, R.Balasubramanian, Carrara, Bouman,
Allebach, 1993
Color Error Diffusion
  • Linearized CIELab using HVS Model by
  • Yy 116 Y/Yn 116 L 116
    f (Y/Yn) 116
  • Cx 200X/Xn Y/Yn a 200
    f(X/Xn ) f(Y/Yn )
  • Cz 500 Y/Yn Z/Zn b 500
    f(Y/Yn ) f(Z/Zn )
  • where
  • f(x) 7.787x 16/116 0lt x lt
    0.008856
  • f(x) (x)1/3
    0.008856 lt x lt 1
  • Linearize the CIELab Color Space about D65 white
    point
  • Decouples incremental changes in Yy, Cx, Cz at
    white point on (L,a,b) values
  • T is sRGB ? CIEXYZ ?Linearized CIELab

51
Spatial Filtering
Color Error Diffusion
  • Opponent Wandell, Zhang 1997
  • Data in each plane filtered by 2-D separable
    spatial kernels
  • Parameters for the three color
    planes are

Plane Weights wi Spreads si
Luminance 0.921 0.0283
  0.105 0.133
  -0.108 4.336
Red-green 0.531 0.0392
  0.330 0.494
Blue-yellow 0.488 0.0536
  0.371 0.386
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Color Error Diffusion
Spatial Filtering
  • Spatial Filters for Linearized CIELab and YUV,YIQ
    based on
  • Luminance frequency Response Nasanen and
    Sullivan 1984

L average luminance of display, the radial
spatial frequency and
K(L) aLb
where p (u2v2)1/2 and
w symmetry parameter 0.7 and
effectively reduces contrast sensitivity at odd
multiples of 45 degrees which is equivalent to
dumping the luminance error across the diagonals
where the eye is least sensitive.
53
Color Error Diffusion
Spatial Filtering
Chrominance Frequency Response Kolpatzik and
Bouman 1992
Using this chrominance response as opposed
to same for both luminance and
chrominance allows
more low frequency chromatic error not perceived
by the human viewer.
  • The problem hence is of designing 2D-FIR filters
    which most closely match the desired Luminance
    and Chrominance frequency responses.
  • In addition we need zero phase as well.
  • The filters ( 5 x 5 and 15 x 15 were
    designed using the frequency sampling approach
    and were real and circularly symmetric).
  • Filter coefficients at http//www.ece.utex
    as.edu/vishal/halftoning.html
  • Matrix valued Vector Error Filters for each of
    the Color Spaces at
  • http//www.ece.utexas.edu/vishal/mat_filter.html

54
Color Spaces
Color Error Diffusion
  • Desired characteristics
  • Independent of display device
  • Score well in perceptual uniformity Poynton
    color FAQ http//comuphase.cmetric.com
  • Approximately pattern color separable Wandell et
    al., 1993
  • Candidate linear color spaces
  • Opponent color space Poirson and Wandell, 1993
  • YIQ NTSC video
  • YUV PAL video
  • Linearized CIELab Flohr, Bouman, Kolpatzik,
    Balasubramanian, Carrara, Allebach, 1993

Eye more sensitive to luminance reduce
chrominance bandwidth
55
Monitor Calibration
Color Error Diffusion
  • How to calibrate monitor?
  • sRGB standard default RGB space by HP and
    Microsoft
  • Transformation based on an sRGB monitor (which is
    linear)
  • Include sRGB monitor transformation
  • T sRGB ? CIEXYZ ?Opponent RepresentationWandell
    Zhang, 1996
  • Transformations sRGB ? YUV, YIQ from S-CIELab
    Code at http//white.stanford.edu/brian/scielab/s
    cielab1-1-1/
  • Including sRGB monitor into model enables
    Web-based subjective testing
  • http//www.ece.utexas.edu/vishal/cgi-bin/test.htm
    l

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Spatial Filtering
Color Error Diffusion
  • Opponent Wandell, Zhang 1997
  • Data in each plane filtered by 2-D separable
    spatial kernels
  • Linearized CIELab, YUV, and YIQ
  • Luminance frequency response Näsänen and
    Sullivan, 1984
  • L average luminance of display
  • r radial spatial frequency
  • Chrominance frequency response Kolpatzik and
    Bouman, 1992
  • Chrominance response allows more low frequency
    chromatic error not to be perceived vs. luminance
    response

57
Subjective Testing
Color Error Diffusion
  • Binomial parameter estimation model
  • Halftone generated by particular HVS model
    considered better if picked over another 60 or
    more of the time
  • Need 960 paired comparison of each model to
    determine results within tolerance of 0.03 with
    95 confidence
  • Four models would correspond to 6 comparison
    pairs, total 6 x 960 5760 comparisons needed
  • Observation data collected from over 60 subjects
    each of whom judged 96 comparisons
  • In decreasing subjective (and objective) quality
  • Linearized CIELab gt gt Opponent gt YUV ?
    YIQ

58
Selected Open Problems
Conclusion
  • Analysis and modeling
  • Find less restrictive sufficient conditions for
    stability of color vector error filters
  • Find link between spectral characteristics of the
    halftone pattern and linear gain model at a given
    graylevel
  • Model statistical properties of quantization
    noise
  • Enhancements
  • Find vector error filters and threshold
    modulation for optimal tone-dependent vector
    color error diffusion
  • Incorporate printer models into optimal framework
    for vector color error filter design

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Joint Bi-Level Experts Group
Compression of Error Diffused Halftones
  • JBIG2 standard(Dec. 1999)
  • Binary document printing, faxing, scanning,
    storage
  • Lossy and lossless coding
  • Models for text, halftone, and generic regions
  • Lossy halftone compression
  • Preserve local average gray level not halftone
  • Periodic descreening
  • High compression of ordered dither halftones

Generate (M21) patterns ofsize M x M from a
clustereddot threshold mask
Construct Pattern Dictionary
Lossless Encoder
JBIG2 bitstream
Halftone
Compute Indices into Dictionary
Count black dots in each M x M block of
input Range of indices 0... M21
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JBIG2 Halftone Compression Model
  • JBIG2 assumes halftones produced by small
    periodic screen
  • Stochastic halftones are aperiodic

Existing JBIG-26.1 1
Proposed Method 6.6 1
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Lossy Compression of Error Diffused Halftones
Compression of Error Diffused Halftones
  • Proposed method Valliappan, Evans, Tompkins,
    Kossentini, 1999
  • Reduce noise and artifacts
  • Achieve higher compression ratios
  • Low implementation complexity

Linear distortion measure (LDM)
High Quality Ratio 6.6 1 WSNR 18.7 dB LDM 0.116
High Compression Ratio 9.9 1 WSNR 14.0
dB LDM 0.158
512 x 512 Floyd-Steinberg halftone
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Lossy Compression of Error Diffused Halftones
Compression of Error Diffused Halftones
  • Fast conversion of error diffused halftones to
    screened halftones with rate-distortion tradeoffs
    Valliappan, Evans, Tompkins, Kossentini, 1999
  • modified multilevel Floyd Steinberg
  • error diffusion
  • L sharpening factor
  • 3 x 3 lowpass
  • zeros at Nyquist
  • reduces noise
  • 2n coefficients

Prefilter
Decimator
Quantizer
Lossless Encoder
JBIG2 bitstream
Halftone
17
16 M2 1
graylevels
N
2
  • M x M lowpass averaging filter
  • downsample by M x M

Symbol Dictionary
Free Parameters L sharpening M downsamping
factor N grayscale resolution
  • N patterns
  • size M x M
  • may be angled
  • clustered dot

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Rate-Distortion Tradeoffs
Compression of Error Diffused Halftones
Linear Distortion Measure for downsampling
factor M ? 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Weighted SNR for downsampling factor M ? 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8(linear distortion removed)
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