| Paper title: |
A Grayscale Semi-Lossless Image Compression Technique Using RLE |
| Published in: | Issue 1, (Vol. 5) / 2011 |
| Publishing date: | 2010-04-29 |
| Pages: | 9-12 |
| Author(s): | AL-HASHEMI Rafeeq , AL-DMOUR Ayman , FRAIJ Fares , MUSA Ahmed |
| Abstract. | This paper presents a new compression technique
based on Run-Length Encoding scheme (RLE). The technique is
semi-lossless and utilizes pixel value rather than bit value. The
encoding process starts by mapping the colors of an image to a
vector where each value of the vector is decimal ranging from 0
to 255. To maximize the efficiency of the decimal RLE, the 4
LSB of each of the values will be reset and utilized for
compression purposes. Then, the RLE is applied on the result
vector to obtain a new vector of pairs on the form |
| Keywords: | Image Compression, Run Length Encoding, Semi Lossless Compression. |
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