Impact of HVS models on model-based halftoning
- 7 August 2002
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
- Vol. 11 (3) , 258-269
- https://doi.org/10.1109/83.988959
Abstract
A model for the human visual system (HVS) is an important component of many halftoning algorithms. Using the iterative direct binary search (DBS) algorithm, we compare the halftone texture quality provided by four different HVS models that have been reported in the literature. Choosing one HVS model as the best for DBS, we then develop an approximation to that model which significantly improves computational performance while minimally increasing the complexity of the code. By varying the parameters of this model, we find that it is possible to tune it to the gray level being rendered, and to thus yield superior halftone quality across the tone scale. We then develop a dual-metric DBS algorithm that effectively provides a tone-dependent HVS model without a large increase in computational complexity.Keywords
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