This letter proposes an efficient lossless compression method for high dynamic range (HDR) images in OpenEXR format. The proposed method transforms an HDR image to an indexed image and packs the histogram of the indexed image. Finally the packed image is losslessly compressed by using any existing lossless compression algorithm such as JPEG 2000. Experimental results show that the proposed method reduces the bit rate of compressed OpenEXR images compared with equipped lossless compression methods of OpenEXR format.
Taku ODAKA
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Wannida SAE-TANG
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Masaaki FUJIYOSHI
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology
Masahiro IWAHASHI
Nagaoka University of Technology
Hitoshi KIYA
Tokyo Metropolitan University
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Taku ODAKA, Wannida SAE-TANG, Masaaki FUJIYOSHI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Masahiro IWAHASHI, Hitoshi KIYA, "An Efficient Lossless Compression Method Using Histogram Packing for HDR Images in OpenEXR Format" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals,
vol. E97-A, no. 11, pp. 2181-2183, November 2014, doi: 10.1587/transfun.E97.A.2181.
Abstract: This letter proposes an efficient lossless compression method for high dynamic range (HDR) images in OpenEXR format. The proposed method transforms an HDR image to an indexed image and packs the histogram of the indexed image. Finally the packed image is losslessly compressed by using any existing lossless compression algorithm such as JPEG 2000. Experimental results show that the proposed method reduces the bit rate of compressed OpenEXR images compared with equipped lossless compression methods of OpenEXR format.
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