1. Overview

This is general image compression utility. It is an open source version of image compression module. It is also developed with Support Vector Machine (SVM) using open source programming environment in the form of SVM Image ActiveX Control based on Dynamic Link Libraries (dll).

2. System Requirements

The system must be running on one of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft* Vista*

• Microsoft* Vista* x64 Edition

• Microsoft* Windows* XP Home Edition

• Microsoft* Windows* XP Professional

• Microsoft* Windows* XP x64 Edition

• Microsoft* Windows* 2000 Advanced Server

• Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003

• Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003, Web x64 Edition

• Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition

• Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition

• Microsoft* Windows* Media Center Edition

• Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

• Windows 2000 Professional

• Windows NT 4.0

• Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

• Windows 98

• Windows 95

The following operating systems are not supported (Any version of the following operating systems)

• Linux

• UNIX

• BeOS

• MacOS

• OS/2

General Installation Notes

• For Installing SVM Image ActiveX Control tool Administrator privileges are required.

• To install the SVM Image ActiveX Control tool, Double-click on the self-installing setup file.

• To run the SVM Image ActiveX Control tool, Double-click the Internet Explorer shortcut on Desktop.

The embedded ActiveX control plug is a tool which is developed using VC++ to make the image compression algorithms ready to be attached with other applications whenever required. An embedded ActiveX control has the following components,

Loading the Image

Right click on the ActiveX window, shows the following options,

• Open Picture

• Save Picture

• Print Picture

• Copy to Clipboard

• Image Loading

Upon clicking on Load Image button, the option to choose the saved image location appears as below

Once the image is selected it appears as below,

Upon Right clicking on the ActiveX window shows the following options

Open Picture – On selection of Open Picture option opens the already saved compressed image the format included in Plug-in and the following window will appear.

Save Picture –Save Picture option ask for saving the picture on selected location on disk with any one of format in the plug-in.

If user selects the “Save as type” format as “*.nees” format then a parameter value will be asked for required Image Quality between 1 (high quality and less compression) to 100 (less quality and high compression) as shown below,

Once the parameter is entered, the following acknowledgement will be shown as in figure below for successful saving operation.

Click on ok button following window will appear.

Print Picture – On selection of Print Picture option user can print the loaded picture on selected printing device as shown below,

Copy to clipboard- The loaded picture can be copied to clipboard using this option.

Properties – The properties of picture can be seen using this option.

Chief Investigator
Prof. Prem K. Kalra
Head, Department of Electrical Engineering
IIT Kanpur, India