Optimization of image quality for decoded images using three-dimensional smoothing method
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) baseline algorithm is widely used because of its high compression capability. The algorithm has a characteristic that the degradation of image quality tends to be perceived as the compression ratio becomes high. The eyesore degradations are false contour and mosquito. A method of improving the image quality is proposed. The first step: a domain of false contours is extracted from the image and the second step: the domain is smoothed by a fitting process. It is confirmed that this method is effective in improving the image quality degraded by the JPEG high compression.