• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.199-200
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• 2008

머리의 자세 및 움직임 추적은 응시추적 및 시각운율 연구에서 필수적이다. 일반적으로 머리자세를 추정하는 방법은 보정된 카메라를 통해 추출된 얼굴의 특징점 정보를 이용한다. 그러나 실제 응용 분야에서는 보정되지 않은 카메라를 통한 머리 움직임을 추정해야 할 경우가 발생한다. 이에 따라 본 논문에서는 보정되지 않은 하나의 카메라를 이용, 단일특징점 정보를 이용한 머리 자세 추정 방법을 확장하여 최적화 기법을 도입한 다특징점 정보 기반 머리 자세 추정방법에 대하여 논하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.51-56
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• 2019

This paper proposes an improved heartbeat signal extraction method for ballistocardiography(BCG)-based heart-rate measurement on mobile environment. First, from a mobile facial video, a handshake-free head motion signal is extracted by tracking facial features and background features at the same time. Then, a novel signal periodicity computation method is proposed to accurately separate out the heartbeat signal from the head motion signal. The proposed method could robustly extract heartbeat signals from mobile facial videos, and enabled more accurate heart rate measurement (measurement errors were reduced by 3-4 bpm) compared to the existing method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 1999.03a
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• pp.183-186
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• 1999

가상현실은 현실에 구애받지 않고 상사의 세계를 현실과 같이 만들어 내어 인체의 모든 감각기관이 인위적으로 창조된 세계에 몰입됨으로써 현실에 있는 것처럼 느낄 수 있는 사이버스페이스이다. 본 논문에서는 청취자의 머리움직임에 따라 머리 추적기로부터 수신된 정보로서 음향의 방향감 간의 상관모델을 구성하여 시스템내의 S/W 모듈에 전달하는 인터페이스를 구축하고, 이를 토대로 머리 움직임 변화에 부합되는 실감음향을 생성하고, 영상도 함께 동기화하여 몰입감을 증대시키는 실감음향 인터페이스에 대한 개발에 대해서 논의한다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.35-41
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• 2007

We proposed an eye gaze tracking system under natural head movements. The system consists of one CCD(charge-coupled device) camera and two front-surface mirrors. The mirrors rotate to follow head movements in order to keep the eye within the view of the camera. However, the mirror controller cannot guarantee the fast head movements, because the frame rate is generally 30Hz. To overcome this problem, we applied Kalman filter to estimate next eye position from the current eye image. In the results, our system allowed the subjects head to move 60cm horizontally and 40cm vertically, with the head movement speed about 55cm/sec and 45cm/sec, respectively. And spatial gate resolutions were about 4.5 degree and 5.0 degree, respectively, and the gaze estimation accuracy was 92% under natural head movements.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.500-507
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• 2021

The virtual reality industry has an opportunity to take another leap forward with the surge in demand for non-face-to-face content and interest in the metaverse after Covid-19. Therefore, in order to popularize virtual reality content along with this trend, high-quality content production and storytelling research suitable for the characteristics of virtual reality should be continuously conducted. In order for content to which virtual reality characteristics are applied to be effectively produced through user feedback, a quantitative index that can evaluate the content is needed. In this study, the process of viewing virtual reality contents was analyzed and head movement was set as a quantitative indicator. Afterwards, the experimenter watched five animations and analyzed the correlation between recorded head movement information and immersion. As a result of the analysis, high immersion was shown when the head movement speed was relatively slow, and it was found that the head movement speed can be used significantly as an index indicating the degree of content immersion. The result derived in this way can be used as a quantitative indicator that can verify the validity of the storytelling method applied after the prototype is produced when the creator creates virtual reality content. This method can improve the quality of content by quickly identifying the problems of the proposed storytelling method and suggesting a better method. This study aims to contribute to the production of high-quality virtual reality content and the popularization of virtual reality content as a basic research to analyze immersion based on the quantitative indicator of head movement speed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.455-458
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• 2000

일반적으로 라우드 스피커를 이용한 3D 오디오에서의 크로스토크 제거는 "sweet spot"이라 부르는 청취자의 위치에 따라 성능이 크게 의존하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 머리의 움직임, 잔향, 머리모양의 차이 같은 혼란을 주는 요소에 강한 새로운 크로스토크 제거기가 제안되었는데 이는 스피커의 대칭 구조와 비대칭 구조 두 가지 스피커 구조를 합성하여 3개의 라우드 스피커가 필요한 구조로 되어있다. 본 논문은 3개의 스피커가 필요한 기존의 크로스토크 제거기 구조를 2개의 스피커만 사용하여 동등한 성능을 구현 할 수 있도록 하였다. 연구된 방법은 시뮬레이션을 통해 성능을 검증하였다.성능을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1998.10c
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• pp.538-540
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• 1998

본 논문은 고개를 상/하로 끄덕이거나 좌/우로 가로 저어서 긍정과 부정을 구별하기 위한 것이다. 다시 말해서, 마우스나 키보드 대신에 머리의 움직임을 사용해서 '예/아니오'를 인식한다. 본 논문에서는 정규화된 칼라 공간(chromatic color space)과 조도(illumination)를 이용하여 얼굴 영역을 찾고 분할하는 자동 얼굴 영역 찾기와 영상차의 위치 비교와 움직임 량을 이용하여 우선 순위를 갖는 단순한 방향성을 구별하는 자동 의사 인식의 두 단계로 구성되어 있다. 이러한 단순한 방향성의 조합으로 '예/아니오'를 구분한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.711-714
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• 2000

가상현실은 현실에 구애받지 않고 상상의 세계를 현실과 같이 만들어 내어 인체의 모든 감각기관이 인위적으로 창조된 세계에 몰입됨으로써 현실에 있는 것처럼 느낄 수 있는 사이버스페이스이다. 본 논문에서는 청취자의 머리움직임에 따라 머리 추적기로부터 수신된 정보로서 음향의 방향감 간의 상관모델을 구성하여 시스템내의 S/W 모듈에 전달하는 인터페이스와 이를 토대로 머리 움직임 변화에 부합되는 실감음향을 생성하고, 영상도 함께 동기화하여 몰입감을 증대시키는 실감음향 인터페이스에 대해서 논의한다.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.413-420
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• 2005

Purpose: Neuroreceptor PET studies require 60-120 minutes to complete and head motion of the subject during the PET scan increases the uncertainty in measured activity. In this study, we investigated the effects of the data-driven head mutton correction on the evaluation of endogenous dopamine release (DAR) in the striatum during the motor task which might have caused significant head motion artifact. Materials and Methods: $[^{11}C]raclopride$ PET scans on 4 normal volunteers acquired with bolus plus constant infusion protocol were retrospectively analyzed. Following the 50 min resting period, the participants played a video game with a monetary reward for 40 min. Dynamic frames acquired during the equilibrium condition (pre-task: 30-50 min, task: 70-90 min, post-task: 110-120 min) were realigned to the first frame in pre-task condition. Intra-condition registrations between the frames were performed, and average image for each condition was created and registered to the pre-task image (inter-condition registration). Pre-task PET image was then co-registered to own MRI of each participant and transformation parameters were reapplied to the others. Volumes of interest (VOI) for dorsal putamen (PU) and caudate (CA), ventral striatum (VS), and cerebellum were defined on the MRI. Binding potential (BP) was measured and DAR was calculated as the percent change of BP during and after the task. SPM analyses on the BP parametric images were also performed to explore the regional difference in the effects of head motion on BP and DAR estimation. Results: Changes in position and orientation of the striatum during the PET scans were observed before the head motion correction. BP values at pre-task condition were not changed significantly after the intra-condition registration. However, the BP values during and after the task and DAR were significantly changed after the correction. SPM analysis also showed that the extent and significance of the BP differences were significantly changed by the head motion correction and such changes were prominent in periphery of the striatum. Conclusion: The results suggest that misalignment of MRI-based VOI and the striatum in PET images and incorrect DAR estimation due to the head motion during the PET activation study were significant, but could be remedied by the data-driven head motion correction.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.55-66
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• 2012

Purpose : During brain MRI scanning, subject's head motion can adversely affect MRI images. To minimize MR image distortion by head movement, we developed an optical tracking system to detect the 3-D movement of subjects. Materials and Methods: The system consisted of 2 CCD cameras, two infrared illuminators, reflective sphere-type markers, and frame grabber with desktop PC. Using calibration which is the procedure to calculate intrinsic/extrinsic parameters of each camera and triangulation, the system was desiged to detect 3-D coordinates of subject's head movement. We evaluated the accuracy of 3-D position of reflective markers on both test board and the real MRI scans. Results: The stereo system computed the 3-D position of markers accurately for the test board and for the subject with glasses with attached optical reflective marker, required to make regular head motion during MRI scanning. This head motion tracking didn't affect the resulting MR images even in the environment varying magnetic gradient and several RF pulses. Conclusion: This system has an advantage to detect subject's head motion in real-time. Using the developed system, MRI operator is able to determine whether he/she should stop or intervene in MRI acquisition to prevent more image distortions.