Presentation 2015-09-04
A Proposal of Color Quantization Algorithm Based on Principal Component Analysis
Yoshiaki Ueda, Takanori Koga, Noriaki Suetake, Eiji Uchino,
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Abstract(in English) In this report, a new color quantization method, which is an improved median cut algorithm by considering the color distribution, is proposed. In the proposed method, the color quantization is achieved by the iterative pixel set dividing based on the principal component analysis (PCA) and the linear discriminant analysis. Concretely, at first, PCA is applied to a pixel set in the RGB color space, and the first principal component scores are calculated. Then, the set is divided by a plane in the RGB color space so that the separability of the scores becomes maximum. This procedure is repeated until the number of pixel sets becomes equal to the required one. Finally, the average color of each pixel set is obtained as the representative color and the color quantization is realized by using it. In the experiment, various images are employed, and the resultant images are evaluated subjectively and objectively in order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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Keyword(in English) Color Quantization / Median Cut Algorithm / Principal Component Analysis
Paper # SIS2015-26
Date of Issue 2015-08-27 (SIS)

Conference Information
Committee SIS / IPSJ-AVM
Conference Date 2015/9/3(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Kansai Univ.
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Smart Multimedia Systems, etc.
Chair Mitsuji Muneyasu(Kansai Univ.) / Wataru Kameyama(Waseda Univ.)
Vice Chair Hirokazu Tanaka(Hiroshima City Univ.) / Takayuki Nakachi(NTT)
Secretary Hirokazu Tanaka(Nagoya City Univ.) / Takayuki Nakachi(Toshiba) / (Waseda Univ.)
Assistant Hiroyuki Tsuji(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.) / Hakaru Tamukoh(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Smart Info-Media System / Special Interest Group on Audio Visual and Multimedia Information Processing
Language JPN
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Title (in English) A Proposal of Color Quantization Algorithm Based on Principal Component Analysis
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Color Quantization
Keyword(2) Median Cut Algorithm
Keyword(3) Principal Component Analysis
1st Author's Name Yoshiaki Ueda
1st Author's Affiliation Yamaguchi University(Yamaguchi Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Takanori Koga
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Technology, Tokuyama College(National Institute of Technology, Tokuyama College)
3rd Author's Name Noriaki Suetake
3rd Author's Affiliation Yamaguchi University(Yamaguchi Univ.)
4th Author's Name Eiji Uchino
4th Author's Affiliation Yamaguchi University(Yamaguchi Univ.)
Date 2015-09-04
Paper # SIS2015-26
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) SIS-208
Page pp.pp.69-74(SIS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2015-08-27 (SIS)