{"title":"Color image compression using bit reduction and Burrows Wheeler transform","authors":"S. Annadurai, R. Shanmugalakshmi","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273376","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a new image compression technique for color images using bit reduction and Burrows Wheeler transform is proposed. This method adopts the advantages in BWT based text compression to compressing images also. A bit encoding schemes that select blocks of pixel values from the source image and convert those pixel values in to equivalent alphabets (A-Z, a-z), thereby we acquire a new encoded text file consisting of only the alphabets. The BWT based compression method can be now applied to the above said text file to compress it. To increase the compression rate some variant methods in the encoding phase are also proposed in this paper. The experimental results have shown a significant improvement in the compression ratios compared to other techniques.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122098721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance analysis of an LMS based Fourier analyzer for sinusoidal signals with time-varying amplitude","authors":"N. Kudoh, Y. Tadokoro","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273150","url":null,"abstract":"The estimation of sinusoidal signals in additive noise finds many engineering applications. Examples are the estimation of harmonics in power systems and the pitch detection in musical transcription and so on. In this article, firstly, it is verified from numerical experiment that a least mean square (LMS) based Fourier analyzer for sinusoidal signals with time-varying amplitude can track each amplitude of cosine and sine signals much faster than the conventional LMS method. The frequency response of the algorithm in the steady state is derived in order to provide filtering insight of the adaptive algorithm in the steady state. Finally, performance analysis of the algorithm for sinusoidal signals with linearly decaying amplitude in noise is described by using the above frequency response, and it is verified that the analysis explains quite well for small step size parameters and the number of sinusoids.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123838994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Line segment distribution of sketches for Persian signature recognition","authors":"A. Chalechale, A. Mertins","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273203","url":null,"abstract":"A novel fast method for line segment extraction based on chain code representation of thinned sketches (or edge maps) is presented and exploited for Persian signature recognition. The method has a parallel nature and can be employed on parallel machines. It breaks the macro chains into several micro chains after applying shifting, smoothing and differentiating. The micro chains are then approximated by straight line segments. Length and position distributions of the extracted line segments are used to make a compact feature vector for Iranian cursive signature. The feature vector is invariant under affine transforms and can be used effectively in paperless office projects. Experimental results show fast response and accurate recognition/retrieval rate.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125549603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of GCI perturbation on speech quality in Indian languages","authors":"P. Lehana, P. C. Pandey","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273389","url":null,"abstract":"Harmonic plus noise model (HNM) divides the speech spectrum into two bands: harmonic and noise. One is modeled with harmonics of the fundamental and the other is simulated using random noise. As HNM analysis/synthesis is performed at each glottal closure instant (GCI), errors in estimation of GCIs affect the quality of the synthesized speech. The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of the perturbation in GCIs on the synthesized speech quality. Childers and Hu's algorithm is used for GCIs calculations. Investigations show that the speech quality is very sensitive to positions of the GCIs. A small perturbation with maximum of 4 % of the local pitch period considerably degrades the synthesized speech. Perturbations above 8 % severely affect quality of the output speech.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129292885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimally weighted matrix pencil approach for 2-D harmonic retrieval","authors":"Qi Cheng","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273245","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, an optimally weighted matrix pencil and matrix enhancement method is developed for 2D harmonic retrieval. The method is analyzed and explicit expressions for estimation variances are derived. This method can outperform the original matrix pencil and matrix enhancement algorithm in some situations.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128481568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Hui, N. Kulathuramaiyer, Wang Yin Chai, Ahdelhamid Abdessalam
{"title":"Performance and analysis of the spiral representation of spatial feature for color-spatial image retrieval","authors":"W. Hui, N. Kulathuramaiyer, Wang Yin Chai, Ahdelhamid Abdessalam","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273226","url":null,"abstract":"The representation of spatial features is important for color-spatial based image retrieval systems for producing results that conform to human perception. The paper discusses the performance of the spiral representation of the spatial feature as proposed by Wang Hui Hui et al. (First Regional Malaysia-France Workshop on Image Processing in Vision Systems and Multimedia Commun., 2003). This novel approach addresses the issues of rotation and scaling invariance overcoming limitations of existing works.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130171115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pitch estimation of polyphonic songs using comb filters and singular value decomposition","authors":"M. Yamaguchi, Y. Tadokoro","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273348","url":null,"abstract":"A new pitch estimation method for song sounds using twelve comb filters and singular value decomposition (SVD) processing is presented. This method is based on the ability of a comb filter, corresponding to one tone, to eliminate the fundamental frequency and other harmonic frequencies, and also on the relationship between the number of singular values obtained from the SVD and the number of the signal harmonic components. The pitches can be estimated by using a set of twelve comb filters connected in parallel to eliminate one tone in the input, and by identifying outputs with a smaller number of singular values. Pitch estimation results for a duet and a trio with this method are presented.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130194867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comparative study on methods for evaluation of lightning impulse parameters","authors":"S. Venkatesan, P. Vanaja Ranjan, D. Ashokaraju","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273183","url":null,"abstract":"The parameters of lightning impulse (LI) can be determined as per IEC-60/IEEE-4 standard, if the shape of the impulse is smooth. However, difficulties arise if the oscillations or overshoot are superimposed on the waveform. If the frequency of such oscillation is greater than 0.5 MHz or the duration of overshoot is less than 1 /spl mu/sec, it is essential to determine the mean curve for evaluating LI Parameters. In this work, two approaches in evaluating the mean curve are extensively analyzed. The first approach is based on multiresolution signal decomposition. This technique uses the wavelet transform, where a dyadic-orthonormal function decomposes the signal into a smooth and detailed version of the original signal. After removing high frequency components from detailed signal, the mean curve of the impulse waveform can be reconstructed. The second approach is based on mathematical curve fitting where smooth or oscillating impulse is represented by a non-linear impulse waveform equation, representing a double exponential function with sine and cosine terms and Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm is used to minimize least mean square error. The merits and demerits of the above two methods are compared and analyzed. Case studies involving the standard lightning impulse (SLI), lighting impulse with front oscillations (LIFO), with peak oscillations (LIPO), impulse with long duration overshoot (LILDO), impulse with front as well as peak oscillations (LlFPO) and impulse with noise (LIN) have been considered. Based on the above analysis, a conclusion is arrived.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130211779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance analysis of matched filter techniques for automated detection of blood vessels in retinal images","authors":"A. Banumathi, R. Devi, Raju, V.A. Kumar","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273220","url":null,"abstract":"The paper addresses issues in the development of an automated system for the analysis of retinal angiographic images, focusing on the segmentation of the blood vessels. The performance of three different template matching algorithms are analyzed in respect of the detection of blood vessels in retinal images for both gray-level and color images. The Gaussian matched filter (GMF) and binary matched filter (BMF) are used to detect the edges of blood vessels and capillaries of gray-level images and also to reduce the noise. The Kirsch template matched filter (KMF) is used for the same purpose in color images. The results obtained provide the complete vessel map, thereby making diagnosis easier for the ophthalmologist.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127272511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subspace and hypothesis based effective segmentation of co-articulated basic-units for concatenative speech synthesis","authors":"R. Muralishankar, R. Srikanth, A. Ramakrishnan","doi":"10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2003.1273351","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present two new methods for vowel-consonant segmentation of a co-articulated basic-units employed in our Thirukkural Tamil text-to-speech synthesis system (G. L. Jayavardhana Rama et al, IEEE workshop on Speech Synthesis, 2002). The basic-units considered in this are CV, VC, VCV, VCCV and VCCC, where C stands for a consonant and V for any vowel. In the first method, we use a subspace-based approach for vowel-consonant segmentation. It uses oriented principal component analysis (OPCA) where the test feature vectors are projected on to the V and C subspaces. The crossover of the norm-contours obtained by projecting the test basic-unit onto the V and C subspaces give the segmentation points which in turn helps in identifying the V and C durations of a test basic-unit. In the second method, we use probabilistic principal component analysis (PPCA) to get probability models for V and C. We then use the Neymen-Pearson (NP) test to segment the basic-unit into V and C. Finally, we show that the hypothesis testing turns out to be an energy detector for V-C segmentation which is similar to the first method.","PeriodicalId":405847,"journal":{"name":"TENCON 2003. Conference on Convergent Technologies for Asia-Pacific Region","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125650990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}