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

TL;DR

RBMQ is a novel image compression method that reduces file size by quantizing pixel values and decreasing bit representation, enhancing storage and transfer efficiency with minimal quality loss.

Contribution

Introduces Reduced Bit Median Quantization (RBMQ), a middle-process technique that improves image compression by quantizing pixel values and reducing bit depth without significant quality loss.

Findings

Reduces JPEG file size by decreasing bits from 8 to 5.

Achieves additional compression through quantization without noticeable quality degradation.

Enhances storage and transfer efficiency for deep archives and network transmission.

Abstract

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.