• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.61-71
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• 2016

This paper intends to prove that the props in movies can be used to communicate messages ans themes to the audience very usefully. I selected the movie "her" to investigate by the use of props. The props in the film can communicate with the audiences without a dialogue and visual. At the same time, the props can make a audiences sympathy as a role playing like a main character. As a result, the props used in the movie were explained to study their relevancy to the narratives of the movie. The props in the movie is so useful and powerful, and then image is more important than any other things in the movie as a narrative tool and storytelling.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.53 no.11
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• pp.82-88
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose an intelligibility enhancement algorithm for multimedia contents using spectral shaping. The dialogue signals is essential to understand the plot of audio-visual media contents such as movie and TV. However, the non-dialogue components as like sound effects and background music often degrade the dialogue clarity. To overcome this problem, this paper tries to improves the dialogue clarity of audio soundtracks which contain important cues for the visual scenes. In the proposed method, the dialogue components are first detected by soft masker based on speech presence probability (SPP) which is widely used in speech enhancement field. Then, extracted dialogue signals are applied to the spectral shaping method. It reallocate the spectral-temporal energy of speech to enhanced the intelligibility. The total energy is maintained as unchanged via a loudness normalization process to prevent saturation. The algorithm was evaluated using the modeled and real movie soundtracks and it was shown that the proposed algorithm enhances the dialogue clarity while preserving the total audio power.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.11-19
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• 2018

This paper is about multimodal storytelling experience applying Virtual Reality technology in museum. Specifically, this research argues virtual reality in both intuitive understanding of history also multimodal experience in the space. This research investigates cases regarding use of virtual reality in museum sector. As a research method, this paper conducts a literature review regarding multimodal experience and examples applying virtual reality related technologies in museum. Based on the literature review to investigate the concept necessary with its related cases. Based on the investigation, this paper suggests constructing elements for multimodal storytelling based on VR. Ultimately, this paper suggests the elements of building VR storytelling where dynamic audio-visual and interaction mode combines with historical resources for diverse audiences.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.51-56
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• 2018

Banana is the eighth most important crop in the world designated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In terms of production, it is the fourth most harvested crop following wheat, rice, and corn, considered to be a promising food source for mankind as it is not only scrumptious but also rich in nutrients. However, abnormal cultivation methods that mankind has invented to breed bananas is currently pushing them to the state of extinction. The aim of this study is to develop information-rich digital contents that can easily and intriguingly convey information about steadily but certainly increasing risk of banana extinction. The end-users are middle and high school students who are assumed to be aware of the agricultural revolution through their school curriculum. The linear storytelling method was meant to encourage the end-users to be interested in the causes and processes in which banana has become endangered. For generating a natural interaction between the content and the end-users, a parallel, upper-lower structure was used, in which the relationship between the stories comprising several stages and the information graphic supporting each story is represented. This paper can support an information campaign about the endangered species.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.120-129
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• 2012

최근 스마트폰, 스마트TV, 태블릿 PC 등과 같이 휴대용으로 인터넷에 접속이 가능한 단말이 증가하면서 비디오 콘텐츠나 서비스가 꾸준히 증가하고 있다. 시스코가 발간한 시스코 비주얼 네트워킹 인덱스(VNI) 보고서에 따르면 2015년 전 세계 IP 트래픽은 현재의 트래픽의 4배인 연간 966엑사바이트에 이를 예정이라고 보고하고 있고 트래픽 중에 핵심이 비디오 트래픽이라고 예측하고 있다. 이에 비디오 서비스 관련 업체들은 인터넷을 통한 비디오 전송의 중요성을 인지하고 best effort 네트워크인 인터넷 환경에서 효율적으로 비디오 데이터를 전달할 수 있는 기술을 소개하고 있다. 본고에서는 제한된 환경에서 효율적으로 비디오 전송을 할 수 있는 기술 및 관련 업체 동향에 대해 소개한다.

• Digital Contents
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• no.10 s.137
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• pp.88-91
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• 2004

1995년 일본 애니메이션에 파란을 일으키며 등장한 오시이 마모루 감독의‘공각기동대’는 수많은 마니아를 낳고 전세계로 파장의 강도를높여가며 유명세를 떨친 작품으로 기억된다. 수많은 아티스트들이 공각기동대의 오프닝에서 주인공 쿠사나기가 시니컬한 웃음을 지으며 열광학 위장술로 천천히 사라지던 장면을 비롯, 많은 부분을 자신들의 영화, 애니메이션에 차용하며 오시이 마모루 감독의 철학세계에 경배를 올렸다. 그후 9년, 독특한 철학과 영상으로 센세이션을 일으켰던 그가 다시 돌아왔다. 애니메이션 공각기동대의 속편인‘이노센스’로 말이다. 기획 2년, 제작 3년 등 5년 간의 작업 끝에 만들어진 이노센스(감독 오시이 마모루, 수입 대원C&A홀딩스)는 공각기동대의 주인공 쿠사나기가 육체를 버리고 네트워크 속으로 사라진 마지막 장면으로부터 3년이 지난 후의 이야기다. 10월 8일 국내 개봉 예정인 이노센스는 한층 더 심오한 철학세계를 펼쳐보인다. 공각기동대의 후속작으로 한층 더 진일보된 비주얼과 메시지를 전달하는 이노센스의 세계에 빠져본다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.401-403
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 박물관에서 사용되는 전시 매체 중 지형 및 건축 문화유산 모형을 활용한 Visual SLAM 기반 증강현실 시스템 활용을 제안한다. 현재 박물관에서 다양한 디지털 전시가 도입되고 관람객과의 상호작용을 중요시하고 있으나 오래전부터 도입된 지형 및 건축 문화유산 모형의 ICT 기술 활용은 미흡한 상황이다. 이에 본 연구에서 제안한 Visual SLAM 기반 증강현실 시스템은 현실 객체의 특징점을 인식하여 3D 객체를 증강하기 때문에 다양한 크기와 형태의 문화유산 모형에 활용될 수 있다. 이러한 시스템 제작을 제안함으로 박물관에 전시되어있는 기존 모형의 활용도 및 전시 효과를 높일 수 있고 다양한 인터랙션 설정으로 추가 정보 또한 제공할 수 있다.

• Archives of design research
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• v.19 no.2 s.64
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• pp.229-240
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• 2006

It is very important issue in information design to improve information efficiency by adapting interesting factors in changing circumstance of information communication. The concept of infotainment is utilized in designing information contents in a way of combining entertainment factors with information itself based on various media and representation technologies. The information arousing user's attention, which includes interesting factors, is persuasive message comppared to the informative message conveying only information itself. The reason why infotainment is persuasive is because it makes the user absorb deeply in the information during the process of understanding by sensorial stimuli, cognitive interest, and situational interest. The sensorial stimuli originates from the expression elements of information design. The cognitive interest from the user's intellectual activities has a try to overcome mental block when user confronts with the redundant expression in the manner of unexpectedness and inharmony. The situational interest originates from user's optimum experience by the flow of satisfaction. Therefore, the attribute of infotainment is defined with the stimuli, the redundancy, and user's satisfaction. Its design elements consist of physical factors, organizational factors, and psychological factors. The physical factors through sensorial stimuli are utilized by visual manipulation such as visual analogy or visual pun, multimedia, and moving expression. The organizational factors through redundant expression bring user's imagination by adapting storytelling, event, and interaction in the process of understanding information. The psychological factors through expression of entertainment interests such as humor, play, and game give users psychological satisfaction with the flow. In conclusion the concept of infotainment can be adapted when the design factors should be integrated with its attributes, or the conveying information should go well with its purpose and characteristics.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.14B no.1 s.111
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• pp.51-58
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• 2007

This paper suggests prototype of dialog system combining VXML(VoiceXML) that is the W3C's standard XML format for specifying interactive voice dialogues between human and computer, and RSS(RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) that is representative technology of semantic web for syndication and subscription of updated web-contents. Merits of the proposed system are as following: 1) It is a new method that recognize spoken contents using ire and wireless telephone networks and then provide contents to user via STT(Speech-to-Text) and TTS(Text-to-Speech) instead of traditional method using web only. 2) It can apply advantage of RSS that subscription of updated contents is converted to VXML without modifying traditional method to provide RSS service, 3) In terms of users, it can reduce restriction on time-spate in search of contents that is provided by RSS because it uses ire and wireless telephone networks, not internet environment. 4) In terms of information provider, it does not need special component for syndication of the newest contents using speech recognition and synthesis technology. We implemented a news service system using VXML and RSS for performance evaluation of the proposed system. In experiment results, we estimated the response time and the speech recognition rate in subscription and search of actuality contents, and confirmed that the proposed system can provide contents those are provided using RSS Feed.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.287-294
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• 2006

Mass-customization is fast growing a segment of the apparel market. 2D Virtual wearing system is one of visual support tools that make possible to sell apparel before producing and reduce the time and costs related to product development and manufacturing in the world of apparel mass-customization. This paper is related to fabric color mapping method for 2D image-based virtual wearing system. In proposed method, clothing shape section of interest is segmented from a clothes model image using a region growing method, and then mapping a new fabric color selected by user into it based on its intensity difference map is processed. With the proposed method in 2D virtual wearing system, regardless of color or intensity of model clothes, it is possible to virtually change the fabric color with holding the illumination and shading properties of the selected clothing shape section, and also to quickly and easily simulate, compare, and select multiple fabric color combinations for individual styles or entire outfits.