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Introduction

This is a Python implementation of the Wavelet Scalar Quantization algorithm (WSQ).

It handles encoding/decoding from/to all major image standards such as PNG, JPEG, TIP, BMP, etc . . .

Requirements

• Python3,
• numpy,
• scikit-image,
• bitstring.

Usage

Encoding:

python3 encoder.py [-d] <input> <output>

Decoding:

python3 decoder.py [-d] <input> <output>

The option [-d] will print detailed informations during the entire encoding/decoding process

Examples:

python3 encoder.py "fingerprint.png" "compressed_fingerprint.wsq"
python3 decoder.py -d "compressed_fingerprint.wsq" "decoded_fingeerprint.png"

Test Images

The NIST image dataset useful for testing the WSQ specification can be found here.