Benefits Overview

• Results in higher quality, higher compression ratios and improved performance over existing JPEG based products.
• Dramatically reduces blocky artifacts, typical of JPEG, by employing a new variable macro-block encoding technology.
• Compresses images up to 50% smaller than JPEG but with superior quality.
• Maintains the fidelity of the image at an extremely high compression ratio by utilizing superior edge detection techniques.
• Achieves processing speeds higher than JPEG by utilizing an integer based algorithm.

Applications Areas

• Digital Photo Solutions
• Image Data Archiving and Processing
• Mobile Technology
• eCatalogue & eCommerce
• Multimedia Applications
• Digital Publishing
• Digital Signage
• and many more

REPLACE JPEG WITH STILL IMAGE AND OBTAIN SUPERIOR QUALITY AT HALF THE FILE SIZE.

Introduction

Still Image is a still image compressor/decompressor that utilizes high-speed, integer-based encoding algorithms. It is designed for software developers, integrators and all other imaging enterprises. Still Image exceeds the performance levels of existing products based on legacy methodologies, such as JPEG and many others. It allows developers to create state-of-the-art still image compression/decompression capabilities that surpass legacy CODEC standards. Still Image will augment existing still image processing applications and provide leading software companies with advanced capabilities in the digital imaging industry.

Description

Still Image can vary the size of macro-blocks according to the shape and contents of the image, unlike JPEG, that is constrained by 16 X 16 macro-block encoding. This variable macro-blocking produces a drastic reduction of blocky artifacts and greatly increases image fidelity.

Products

In order to meet various customer requirements, Still Image is offered at different levels of flexibility:

API/SDK

Still Image API/SDK allows for rapid application development of custom applications using Databolts' software components. This API/SDK is licensed with an optional technical support service.

DSP Optimized CODEC

DSP Optimized CODEC is available as code optimized for integration with a Digital Signal Processor (DSP). This code maximizes the performance of image processing.