Quantum walk inspired JPEG compression of images

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Hauptverfasser: Verma, Abhishek, Tomar, Sahil, Kumar, Sandeep
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author Verma, Abhishek
Tomar, Sahil
Kumar, Sandeep
author_facet Verma, Abhishek
Tomar, Sahil
Kumar, Sandeep
contents This work proposes a quantum inspired adaptive quantization framework that enhances the classical JPEG compression by introducing a learned, optimized Qtable derived using a Quantum Walk Inspired Optimization (QWIO) search strategy. The optimizer searches a continuous parameter space of frequency band scaling factors under a unified rate distortion objective that jointly considers reconstruction fidelity and compression efficiency. The proposed framework is evaluated on MNIST, CIFAR10, and ImageNet subsets, using Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR), Structural Similarity Index (SSIM), Bits Per Pixel (BPP), and error heatmap visual analysis as evaluation metrics. Experimental results show average gains ranging from 3 to 6 dB PSNR, along with better structural preservation of edges, contours, and luminance transitions, without modifying decoder compatibility. The structure remains JPEG compliant and can be implemented using accessible scientific packages making it ideal for deployment and practical research use.
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spellingShingle Quantum walk inspired JPEG compression of images
Verma, Abhishek
Tomar, Sahil
Kumar, Sandeep
Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Emerging Technologies
Information Theory
This work proposes a quantum inspired adaptive quantization framework that enhances the classical JPEG compression by introducing a learned, optimized Qtable derived using a Quantum Walk Inspired Optimization (QWIO) search strategy. The optimizer searches a continuous parameter space of frequency band scaling factors under a unified rate distortion objective that jointly considers reconstruction fidelity and compression efficiency. The proposed framework is evaluated on MNIST, CIFAR10, and ImageNet subsets, using Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR), Structural Similarity Index (SSIM), Bits Per Pixel (BPP), and error heatmap visual analysis as evaluation metrics. Experimental results show average gains ranging from 3 to 6 dB PSNR, along with better structural preservation of edges, contours, and luminance transitions, without modifying decoder compatibility. The structure remains JPEG compliant and can be implemented using accessible scientific packages making it ideal for deployment and practical research use.
title Quantum walk inspired JPEG compression of images
topic Image and Video Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Emerging Technologies
Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12306