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Extended RGB2Gray conversion model for efficient contrast preserving decolorization

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The RGB2GRAY conversion model is the classical and most popularly used tool for image decolorization. Recent researches have validated that optimally selecting the three weighting parameters in this first-order linear model has great potential to improve its conversion ability. A question is naturally raised that extending the parameter range will count for further improvement? In this paper, we present a simple yet efficient strategy to extend the parameter range for achieving such goal. In the extended model, the parameter range is extended to be [−1, 1] and the sum of three parameters is still constrained to be 1. A discrete searching solver is proposed by determining the solution with the minimum function value from the linear parametric model induced candidate images. Among the solving procedure, the newly presented vector p-norm of gradient correlation similarity measure is utilized. Extensive experiments under a variety of test images and a comprehensive evaluation against the state-of-the-art methods consistently demonstrate the potential of the proposed model and algorithm.

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The authors sincerely thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and constructive suggestions that are very helpful in the improvement of this paper. This work was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under 61362001, 61503176, 61261010, 51165033, the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province under 20151BAB207008, 20151BAB207007, Jiangxi Advanced Projects for Post-doctoral Research Funds under 2014KY02 and the international postdoctoral exchange fellowship program.

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    Qiegen Liu, Jiaojiao Xiong, Li Zhu, Minghui Zhang & Yuhao Wang

  2. Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Qiegen Liu

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Liu, Q., Xiong, J., Zhu, L. et al. Extended RGB2Gray conversion model for efficient contrast preserving decolorization. Multimed Tools Appl 76, 14055–14074 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-016-3748-9

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