Weighted Convolution for Quaternion Linear Canonical Cosine Transform and Its Application

Abstract

Convolution plays a pivotal role in the domains of signal processing and optics. This paper primarily focuses on studying the weighted convolution for quaternion linear canonical cosine transform (QLCcT) and its application in multiplicative filter analysis. Firstly, we propose QLCcT by combining quaternion algebra with linear canonical cosine transform (LCcT), which extends LCcT to Hamiltonian quaternion algebra. Secondly, we introduce weighted convolution and correlation operations for QLCcT, accompanied by their corresponding theorems. We also explore the properties of QLCcT. Thirdly, we utilize these proposed convolution structures to analyze multiplicative filter models that offer lower computational complexity compared to existing methods based on quaternion linear canonical transform (QLCT). Additionally, we discuss the rationale behind studying such transforms using quaternion functions as an illustrative example.