• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.33 no.6_1
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• pp.1003-1017
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• 2017

Multispectral image data of high spatial resolution is required to obtain correct information on the ground surface. The multispectral image data has lower resolution compared to panchromatic data. PAN-sharpening fusion technique produces the multispectral data with higher resolution of panchromatic image. Recently the object-based approach is more applied to the high spatial resolution data than the conventional pixel-based one. For the object-based image analysis, it is necessary to perform image segmentation that produces the objects of pixel group. Image segmentation can be effectively achieved by the process merging step-by-step two neighboring regions in RAG (Regional Adjacency Graph). In the satellite remote sensing, the operational environment of the satellite sensor causes image degradation during the image acquisition. This degradation increases variation of pixel values in same area, and results in deteriorating the accuracy of image segmentation. An iterative approach that reduces the difference of pixel values in two neighboring pixels of same area is employed to alleviate variation of pixel values in same area. The size of segmented regions is associated with the quality of image segmentation and is decided by a stopping rue in the merging process. In this study, the image restoration and segmentation was quantitatively evaluated using simulation data and was also applied to the three PAN-sharpened multispectral images of high resolution: Dubaisat-2 data of 1m panchromatic resolution from LA, USA and KOMPSAT3 data of 0.7m panchromatic resolution from Daejeon and Chungcheongnam-do in the Korean peninsula. The experimental results imply that the proposed method can improve analytical accuracy in the application of remote sensing high resolution PAN-sharpened multispectral imagery.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.105-115
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• 2005

An environment model that is constructed using a single image has the problem of a blurring effect caused by the fixed resolution, and the stretching effect of the 3D model caused when information that does not exist on the image occurs due to the occlusion. This paper introduces the registration and integration method using multiple images to resolve the above problem. This method can represent parallax effect and expand the environment model to represent wide range of environment. The segmentation-based environment modeling method using multiple images can build a detail model with optimal resolution.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2006.03a
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• pp.223-227
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• 2006

최근 위성기술의 발전은 크게 두 가지 방향으로 진행되고 있다. 하나는 고해상도(High Resolution)라는 말로 대표되는 공간해상도(Spatial Resolution)의 향상이고, 다른 하나는 초분광(Hyperspectral)으로 대표되는 분광해상도(Spectral Resolution)의 향상이다. 특히 초분광영상(Hyperspectral Image)은 지상피복 및 대상물에 대해 실험실에서 얻을 수 있을 정도의 연속적이고 좁은 파장 간격의 분광정보를 제공하고 있어, 기존에 사용하던 다중분광영상(Multispectral Image) 보다 많은 양의 정보를 사용자에게 제공한다. 본 논문에서는 다중분광영상과 초분광영상의 분광 정보를 활용한 영상분류능력을 비교분석하고 그 결과를 평가하였다. 분석결과는 다중분광영상에서 식별이 어려웠던 초지, 농지, 나지에 대한 분석 능력이 초분광영상에서 상당히 향상됨으로써 감독분류에서 약 20% 정도의 정확도 향상을 가져왔으며, 무감독분류의 경우에는 미소한 차이로 그 정확도가 향상된다는 것이다. 이런 결과는 향후 초분광영상의 토지 피복분류 및 대상물 탐사에 긍정적인 활용 방안을 제시할 수 있음을 알려주고 있다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.283-295
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• 2023

With the development of sensor and satellite technology, numerous high-resolution and multi-spectral satellite images have been available. Due to their wavelength-dependent reflection, transmission, and scattering characteristics, multi-spectral satellite images can provide complementary information for earth observation. In particular, the short-wave infrared (SWIR) band can penetrate certain types of atmospheric aerosols from the benefit of the reduced Rayleigh scattering effect, which allows for a clearer view and more detailed information to be captured from hazed surfaces compared to the visible band. In this study, we proposed a multi-resolution transform-based image fusion method to combine visible and SWIR satellite images. The purpose of the fusion method is to generate a single integrated image that incorporates complementary information such as detailed background information from the visible band and land cover information in the haze region from the SWIR band. For this purpose, this study applied the Laplacian pyramid-based multi-resolution transform method, which is a representative image decomposition approach for image fusion. Additionally, we modified the multiresolution fusion method by combining a haze-guided weight map based on the prior knowledge that SWIR bands contain more information in pixels from the haze region. The proposed method was validated using very high-resolution satellite images from Worldview-3, containing multi-spectral visible and SWIR bands. The experimental data including hazed areas with limited visibility caused by smoke from wildfires was utilized to validate the penetration properties of the proposed fusion method. Both quantitative and visual evaluations were conducted using image quality assessment indices. The results showed that the bright features from the SWIR bands in the hazed areas were successfully fused into the integrated feature maps without any loss of detailed information from the visible bands.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.34 no.6_3
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• pp.1351-1367
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• 2018

Image registration is an essential process for image fusion, change detection and time series analysis using multi-sensor images. For this purpose, we need to detect accurately the difference of scale and rotation between the multi-sensor images with difference spatial resolution. In this paper, we propose a new feature matching method using variable circular template for image registration between multi-resolution images. The proposed method creates a circular template at the center of a feature point in a coarse scale image and also a variable circular template in a fine scale image, respectively. After changing the scale of the variable circular template, we rotate the variable circular template by each predefined angle and compute the mutual information between the two circular templates and then find the scale, the angle of rotation and the center location of the variable circular template, respectively, in fine scale image when the mutual information between the two circular templates is maximum. The proposed method was tested using Kompsat-2, Kompsat-3 and Kompsat-3A images with different spatial resolution. The experimental results showed that the error of scale factor, the error of rotation angle and the localization error of the control point were less than 0.004, $0.3^{\circ}$ and one pixel, respectively.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.127-135
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• 2023

Accurate segmentation of histopathology whole slide images (WSIs) is a crucial task for disease diagnosis and treatment planning. However, conventional automated segmentation algorithms may not always be applicable to WSI segmentation due to their large size and variations in tissue appearance, staining, and imaging conditions. Recent advances in interactive segmentation, which combines human expertise with algorithms, have shown promise to improve efficiency and accuracy in WSI segmentation but also presented us with challenging issues. In this paper, we propose a novel interactive segmentation method, ZoomISEG, that leverages multi-resolution WSIs. We demonstrate the efficacy and performance of the proposed method via comparison with conventional single-scale methods and an ablation study. The results confirm that the proposed method can reduce human interaction while achieving accuracy comparable to that of the brute-force approach using the highest-resolution data.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.53 no.5
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• pp.123-131
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• 2016

To capture color and near-infrared images simultaneously, a multi-spectral filter array(MSFA) sensor is used. This is because an NIR band gives additional invisible information to human eyes to see subject under extremely low light level. However, because lenses have different refractive indices for different wavelengths, lenses may fail to focus widely different rays to the same convergence point. This is why a chromatic aberration(CA) problem occurs and images are degraded. In this paper, the image restoration algorithm for an MSFA image, which removes the CA problem, is presented. The obtained MSFA image is filtered by the estimated low-pass kernel to generate a base image. This base image is used to remove CA problem in multi-spectral(MS) images. By modeling the image degradation process and by using the least squares approach of the difference between the high-frequencies of the base and MS images, the desired high-resolution MS images are reconstructed. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm performs well in estimating the high-quality MS images and reducing the chromatic aberration problem.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.04b
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• pp.1-3
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• 2001

점차 지리정보시스템(GIS; Geographic Information System)에서 표현의 다양화가 요구되어지며 특히 위성영상의 데이터는 거대하기 때문에, 지라공간의 자세한 연구를 원하는 사용자에게 많은 처리시간과 고가의 비용이 요구된다. 바면 웹에서 성능향상을 위해 공간데이터의 양을 줄인다 보면 공간데이터를 다양하게 표현하지 못하는 경우가 발생하게 된다. 그러므로 본 논문에서는 사용자의 공간데이터에 대한 양적 부담을 줄이고 공간데이터의 정확도를 유지할 수 있는 Multi-Scale에 따른 Multi-Resolution(MS-MR) 기법을 제안하고자 한다. 즉, 서버에서 축척의 정량화를 통해 레이어가 추가될 지점과 다중 해상도의 구간을 정하여 맵을 점차 확대함에 따라 다중해상도의 레스터맵이 클라언트에게 점진적으로 전송된다. 이는 인터넷 연결상태와 GIS 사용목적에 따라 적절한 다중 해상도의 레스터맵을 제공하게 되며, 사용자가 진화적으로 시스템 추구로 빠른 정보습득과 의사결정을 돕는 효과를 기대할 수 있게 한다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.6 no.7
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• pp.1286-1301
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• 2003

This paper introduces segmentation based environment modeling method and integration method using multiple environment map for constructing the realtime image-based panoramic navigation system. The segmentation-based environment modeling method is easy to implement on the environment map and can be used for environment modeling by extracting the depth value by the segmentation of the environment map. However, an environment model that is constructed using a single environment map has the problem of a blurring effect caused by the fixed resolution, and the stretching effect of the 3D model caused when information that does not exist on the environment map occurs due to the occlusion. In this paper, we suggest environment models integration method using multiple environment map to resolve the above problem. This method can express parallax effect and expand the environment model to express wide range of environment. The segmentation-based environment modeling method using multiple environment map can build a detail model with optimal resolution.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.612-619
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• 2014

This paper proposes a real-time multi-camera video surveillance system with automatic resolution control using motion detection. In ordinary times, it acquires 4 channels of QVGA images, and it merges them into single VGA image and transmit it. When motion is detected, it automatically increases the resolution of motion-occurring channel to VGA and decreases those of 3 other channels to QQVGA, and then these images are overlaid and transmitted. Thus, it can magnifies and watches the motion-occurring channel while maintaining transmission bandwidth and monitoring all other channels. When it is synthesized with 0.18 um technology, the maximum operating frequency is 110 MHz, which can theoretically support 4 HD cameras.