Analysis Encoding and Synthesis Decoding for Image Compression

This paper presents a novel analysis and synthesis approach to image compression. In the encoding stage, an analysis scheme is used to selectively encode visually important features of an image to achieve computational and compression efficiencies, and in the decoding stage, a synthesis method is employed to reconstruct the full image from the selectively encoded image features. By integrating established image coding technologies and the latest development in computer graphics, especially texture synthesis and image inpainting, our method opens up a promising new direction for developing novel solutions to image compression and related problems. Preliminary experimental results are presented to demonstrate the practicability of this innovative image compression method.