scipy.fftpack.idct

scipy.fftpack.idct(x, type=2, n=None, axis=-1, norm=None, overwrite_x=False)

Return the Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform of an arbitrary type sequence.

Parameters:

x : array_like

The input array.

type : {1, 2, 3}, optional

Type of the DCT (see Notes). Default type is 2.

n : int, optional

Length of the transform. If n < x.shape[axis], x is truncated. If n > x.shape[axis], x is zero-padded. The default results in n = x.shape[axis].

axis : int, optional

Axis along which the idct is computed; the default is over the last axis (i.e., axis=-1).

norm : {None, ‘ortho’}, optional

Normalization mode (see Notes). Default is None.

overwrite_x : bool, optional

If True, the contents of x can be destroyed; the default is False.

Returns:

idct : ndarray of real

The transformed input array.

See also

dct

Forward DCT

Notes

For a single dimension array x, idct(x, norm='ortho') is equal to MATLAB idct(x).

‘The’ IDCT is the IDCT of type 2, which is the same as DCT of type 3.

IDCT of type 1 is the DCT of type 1, IDCT of type 2 is the DCT of type 3, and IDCT of type 3 is the DCT of type 2. For the definition of these types, see dct.

Examples

The Type 1 DCT is equivalent to the DFT for real, even-symmetrical inputs. The output is also real and even-symmetrical. Half of the IFFT input is used to generate half of the IFFT output:

>>> from scipy.fftpack import ifft, idct
>>> ifft(np.array([ 30.,  -8.,   6.,  -2.,   6.,  -8.])).real
array([  4.,   3.,   5.,  10.,   5.,   3.])
>>> idct(np.array([ 30.,  -8.,   6.,  -2.]), 1) / 6
array([  4.,   3.,   5.,  10.])