Improved seam carving using a modified energy function based on wavelet decomposition

Jong Woo Han, Kang Sun Choi, Tae Shick Wang, Sung Hyun Cheon, Sung Jea Ko

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel content-aware image resizing technique, perceptually improved seam carving with modified energy function, is proposed. The conventional seam carving method using a gradient-based energy function may cause distortion of deformed object shape depending on the layout and amount of contents. However, the proposed method preserves content shape with high fidelity by exploiting a wavelet-based energy function which represents image features effectively within the scale-space framework. To prevent excessively distorting the images, a switching scheme between seam carving and resampling is proposed based on the energy distribution. Experimental results show that the proposed method can achieve higher subjective image quality than the existing methods including scaling and conventional seam carving.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, ISCE 2009
Pages38-41
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event2009 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, ISCE 2009 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 2009 May 252009 May 28

Publication series

NameDigest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics
ISSN (Print)0747-668X

Other

Other2009 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, ISCE 2009
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period09/5/2509/5/28

Keywords

  • Content-aware image resizing
  • Seam carving
  • Wavelet decomposition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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