An Object-Based Image Reducing Approach

Abstract:

Common methods for reducing image size include scaling and cropping. However, these two approaches have some quality problems for reduced images. In this paper, we propose an image reducing algorithm by separating the main objects and the background. First, we extract two feature maps, namely, an enhanced visual saliency map and an improved gradient map from an input image. After that, we integrate these two feature maps to an importance map. Finally, we generate the target image using the importance map. The proposed approach can obtain desired results for a wide range of images.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1044-1045)
• Pages: 1049-1052
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1044-1045.1049
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Chin Chen Chang*, I Ta Lee, Tsung Ta Ke, Wen Kai Tai
• Keywords: Energy Map, Gradient Map, Seam Carving, Visual Saliency

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