Hybrid Transforms

Abstract

Hybrid transforms are constructed by associating the Wigner-Ville distribution (WVD) with widely-known signal processing tools, such as fractional Fourier transform, linear canonical transform, offset linear canonical transform (OLCT), and their quaternion-valued versions. We call them hybrid transforms because they combine the advantages of both transforms. Compared to classical transforms, they show better results in applications. The WVD associated with the OLCT (WVD-OLCT) is a class of hybrid transform that generalizes most hybrid transforms. This chapter summarizes research on hybrid transforms by reviewing a computationally efficient type of the WVD-OLCT, which has simplicity in marginal properties compared to WVD-OLCT and WVD.