• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.697-705
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• 2015

This paper proposes a high-speed and high-quality haze removal method based on dual dark channels. In the conventional method, the halo artifacts are suppressed by the additional transmission refinement, but the transmission refinement is computationally intensive and the quality of the haze removal is sometimes unsatisfactory because of the residual halo artifacts. In the proposed method, the transmission is estimated with the mixture of the two dark channels with different window size. By mixing the two dark channels so as to avoid the halo artifacts, the proposed method realizes a high-quality haze removal even without the transmission refinement. Experimental results demonstrate that the quality of the results by the proposed method is superior to those by the conventional method and the speed of the haze removal is about 14.2 times higher than that of the conventional method.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.09a
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• pp.713-716
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 프레임간 압축 영상의 열화 과정의 모델과, 동영상에 존재하는 블록화 현상을 제거하는 방법을 제안한다 BDCT기반으로 압축된 정지영상은 DCT계수를 양자화 하는 과정이 블록별로 처리되기 때문에, 블록 경계에 불연속이 발생한다. 동영상의 경우 블록 경계에서 불연속이 발생 할 뿐만 아니라 움직임 보상과정이 합쳐진 혼성 구조로 되어 있어서 블록 내부에서도 불연속이 존재하게 된다. 블록 영계만을 생각한 기존의 처리방법은 동영상의 처리에 있어 적합하지 못하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 효율적인 블록화 현상 제거를 위해, 양방향 움직임 보상과 반화소 정밀도를 이용한 새로운 평활화 제약조건을 구성하고 차분 영역에서의 정규화 방법을 이용한 알고리듬을 제안한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.1759-1771
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• 1994

We proposed the iterative image restoration method based on the method of steepest descent with a regularization constraint for restoring the noisy motion-blurred images. The conventional method proposed by Jan Biemond et al, had drawback to amplify the additive noise and make ringing effects in the restored images by determining the value of regularization parameter experimentally from the degraded image to be restored without considering local information of the restored one. The method we proposed had a merit to suppress the noise amplification and restoration error by using the regularization parameter which estimate the value of it adaptively from each pixels of the image being restored in order to reduce the noise amplification and ringing effects efficiently. Also we proposed the termination rule to stop the iteration automatically when restored results approach into or diverse from the original solution in satisfaction. Through the experiments, proposed method showed better result not only in a MSE of 196 and 453 but also in the suppression of the noise amplification in the flat region compared with those proposed by Jan Biemond et al. of which MSE of 216 and 467 respectively when we used 'Lean' and 'Jaguar' images as original images.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.1299-1309
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• 1998

In this paper, we propose a new approach for reducing the blocking artifact that is one of drawbacks of the block-based Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) without introducing additional information or significant blurring. We modify the inter-block discontinuity minimization technique to preserve edges within a block as well as to reduce visible block boundaries. The homogeneity of each block is decided by the threshold value reated to Q-factor, which is included in a JPEG as well as MPEG streams. The quantization error is estimated by minimizing the discontinuity, which is weighted in proportion to block discontinuity and added to each pixel in the block to compensate block artifacts. The proposed algorithm reconstructs images which have less noticeable block boundaries from a subjective viewpoit without anyconstraints.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.108-118
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• 2001

In this paper, the conventional deblocing algorithms are compared in each region of the image. Based on the comparison result, we propose a new deblocklng algorithm that can improve subjectives as well as the objective quality. Because the human visual system is mode sensitive to the blocking artifacts in the low frequency re91on, we compare the performance of several deblocking algorithms in 7he low and high frequency region separately. For this purpose we also propose an algorithm for classifying the region into low and high frequency ones. and propose a deblocking algorithm which is applied differently to each region. The result shows that the adaptive LPF method yields the best performance in the low frequency region in terms of both subjective and objective quality. Hence. by applying the adaptive LPF method to the low frequency region, the performance of conventional algorithms can be improved. In the high frequency region. it is observed that the DCT-based POCS algorithm provides the best performance. Hence, by combining the algorithm with the adaptive LPF method, the best objective performance is obtained.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.23-27
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• 2016

'Colored hearing' occurs to those who caused confusion in the visual, auditory path to brain because pruning had not normally done in the growth phase. It is called as 'colored hearing'. 'Colored hearing' is a phenomenon which some people can see colors when they hear sounds. In the interview of video, art experts say that the phenomenon is a natural talents, however professionals in the medical field say that the disorder may be causing a major disruption to daily life. Usually people are unknowingly suffering from synesthesia phenomenon. In this paper, based on the video, we show the phenomenon of 'colored hearing' based on the results of scientific research and on the daily life, and also analyze the video from the viewpoint of the editors and the audience.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.55-62
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• 2011

In this paper, a temporal color and luminance variation suppression algorithm for a digital video sequence is proposed by considering time-varying light source. When a video sequence is sampled with the periodically emitting illuminant and with a short exposure time, the color rolling phenomenon occurs, where the color and the luminance of the image periodically change from field to field. In conventional signal processing techniques, the luminance variation remaining in the resultant video sequence degrades the constancy of the image sequence. In the proposed method, we obtain video sequences with constant luminance and color by compensating for the inter-field luminance variation. Based on a motion detection technique, the amount of the luminance variation for each channel is estimated on the background of the sequence without the effects of moving objects. The experimental results clearly show that our strategy efficiently estimated the illuminant change without being affected by moving objects, and the variations were efficiently reduced.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.825-828
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• 2006

The most commonly used techniques for image magnification are interpolation based. However, the magnified images produced by this technique often appear blocking and blurring phenomenon when the image is enlarged. In this paper, we enhanced image magnification algorithm using edge information. The proposed algorithm not used interpolation based but by using sub-band of input image in extrapolation. According to mapping relationship in pyramid, we calculated up-band information to magnify. In experiments, the proposed model shows solved the problem of image loss like the blocking and blurring phenomenon. As the result, it is faster and higher resolution than traditional magnification algorithms.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.154-159
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• 2011

Testicular epidermoid cyst is a rare benign tumor, accounting for 1-2% of all testicular tumors. It can be cured by organ preserving surgery, so accurate preoperative diagnosis is very important for preventing unneccessary and extensive orchiectomy. We experienced a case of an 18-year-old man who presented with a painless lump in his right testis. The testicular mass showed an onion ring sign on ultrasonography. Computed tomography images showed the mass as a low attenuating lesion with curvilinear calcification. On Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the mass appeared as high signal intensity with internal alternating low signal intensity patterns on T2-weighted images. The mass was displayed as having homogeneous high signal intensity on diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and showed lower apparent diffusion coefficient values than normal testis parenchyma, similar to intracranial epidermoid cysts. Testicular MRI with DWI and ADC map can help to more accurately diagnose testicular epidermoid cyst.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2017.06a
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• pp.91-94
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 Component-Substitution (CS)기반 영상 융합 방법 중 가장 빠른 처리 속도를 보이는 IHS 기법의 분광 왜곡 현상을 해결하기 위하여 히스토그램을 통해 분광 왜곡 현상을 분석하고 평균 필터링을 통해 분광 왜곡 현상을 해결한다. 제안하는 방법의 성능 평가를 위하여 아리랑 3 호로 촬영한 서울 지역 위성 영상에 IHS 방법과 제안하는 방법을 적용하여 주관적으로 비교하고 객관적으로는 Q4, SAM, ERGAS 의 지표를 사용하여 비교한다. 주관적 비교 결과 제안하는 방법이 분광 왜곡을 감소시킴을 보이며, 객관적 비교 결과 IHS 기법 대비 향상된 Q4, SAM, ERGAS 을 보인다.