Compression of Still Images

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Author(s): Peter Kroll (Sonneberg Observatory, Germany), Torsten Radtke (Ilmenau Technical University, Germany)and Volker Zerbe (Ilmenau Technical University, Germany)
Copyright: 2001
Pages: 23
Source title: Design and Management of Multimedia Information Systems: Opportunities and Challenges
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mahbubur Rahman Syed (Minnesota State University Mankato, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-930708-00-6.ch006

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Multimedia Technology

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Abstract

Data compression, and in particular image compression, plays an important role in today’s information age. Images take up over 90% of the data transfer volume on the Internet and bottlenecks like modems require heavy compression to satisfy the demands of a user. One can divide the subject of data compression into two categories: lossless compression for an exact reconstruction of the original data, and lousy compression for an approximate - as close as possible to the original - reconstruction. In this chapter we address lossless and lossy compression techniques for still images.

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