An Object-Oriented Software Platform for Examination of Algorithms for Image Processing and Compression

This paper presents a design and implementation of the innovative software development system for image processing and compression. This platform allows to make 3D image processing as well as fundamental operations on images. One of the most important features of this system, that we will focus on in this paper, is its ability to evaluate performance of different stereo matching methods. This is accomplished by a special software module that verifies machine computed disparities with values provided by a person. Additionally, due to OOP technology, the software constitutes an open architecture that allows for easy addition of new components for image processing and compression. The presented platform was verified experimentally and also compared with existing commercial packages.