• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.30 no.3C
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• pp.119-124
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm for determining the variable size of locally adaptive window using region-merging method. A region including a denoising point is partitioned to disjoint sub-regions. Locally adaptive window for denoising is obtained by selecting Proper sub-lesions. In our method, nearly arbitrarily shaped window is achieved. Experimental results show that our method outperforms other critically sampled wavelet denoising scheme.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.247-250
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 다양한 배경을 가지는 연속적인 얼굴 영상에서 실시간으로 눈의 위치를 자동적으로 추출하는 방법에 대하여 제시한다. 얼굴 요소 중에서 눈은 얼굴 인식 분야에 있어서 중요한 특징을 나타내는 주 요소로써 주로 히스토그램 분석과 색상 정보를 이용하여 눈 영역의 윤곽을 추출하는 방법이 제기되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 명암의 변화에도 비교적 적응력이 강한 이진화 기법을 사용하여 원영상을 이진화하고, 가변 템플릿(Deformable Template)방법을 사용하여 후보 영역을 추출한다. 이러한 후보영역들은 ART2 신경회로망을 이용하여 병합되며, 병합된 후보 영역들은 얼굴 요소의 기하학적 사전지식을 기반으로 검증되어, 시간에 따라 모양변화가 급변하는 눈 영역에 대한 실시간 추출을 가능하게 한다. 이상의 연구 결과는 교통사고 방지를 위한 눈의 졸림감지 등의 응용 시스템에 이용될 수 있다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.37 no.5_1
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• pp.1071-1081
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• 2021

Remote Sensing using unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV) can acquire images with higher time resolution and spatial resolution than aerial and satellite remote sensing. However, UAV images are photographed at low altitude and the area covered by one image isrelatively narrow. Therefore multiple images must be processed to monitor large area. Since UAV images are photographed under different exposure conditions, there is difference in brightness values between adjacent images. When images are mosaicked, unnatural seamlines are generated because of the brightness difference. Therefore, in order to generate seamless mosaic image, a radiometric processing for correcting difference in brightness value between images is essential. This paper proposes a relative radiometric calibration and image blending technique. In order to analyze performance of the proposed method, mosaic images of UAV images in agricultural and mountainous areas were generated. As a result, mosaic images with mean brightness difference of 5 and root mean square difference of 7 were avchieved.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.119-125
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose a method that merges and splits players in the MeanShift tracking framework. The MeanShift tracking moves the center of tracking window to the maximum probability location given the target probability distribution. This tracking method has been widely used for real-time tracking problems because of its fast processing speed. However, it hardly handles occlusions in multiple object tracking systems. Occlusions can be usually solved by applying data association methods. In this paper, we propose a method that can be applied before data association methods. The proposed method automatically merges and splits the overlapped players by adjusting the each player's tracking map. We have compared the tracking performance of the MeanSfhit tracking algorithm and the proposed method.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.11 no.4 s.42
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• pp.283-289
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• 2006

The present image segmentation is what user want to segment image and has been studied for technology in composition of segment object with other images. In this paper, we propose a method of novel semi-automatic image segmentation using gradual region merging and genetic algorithm. Proposed algorithm is edge detection of object using genetic algorithm after selecting object which user want. We segment region of object which user want to based on detection edge using watershed algorithm. We separated background and object in indefinite region using gradual region merge from Segment object. And, we have applicable value which user want by making interface based on GUI for efficient perform of algorithm development. In the experiments, we analyzed various images for proving superiority of the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1998.10c
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• pp.488-490
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• 1998

본 논문에서는 차량 영역 정보를 이용한 교통 혼잡도 측정 시스템을 설계하고 구현한다. 제시한 교통 혼잡도 측정 시스템은 첫째 영역 분할, 둘째 작은 영역의 직사각형화, 셋째 영역의 병합 및 삭제의 세 단계로 나눌 수 있다. 영역 분할 단계에서 획득한 도로 영상을 주어진 임계치에 의해 영역으로 분할한다. 영역 분할후의 영역 정보 중 차량 영역을 추출하는데 영향을 미치지 않는 작은 영역들을 제거하고 영역을 직사각형화하는 단계를 거친다. 이 단계에서 필요없는 많은 작은 영역 정보들을 제거한다. 마지막으로 차선 별로 영역을 병합, 삭제함으로써 각 차선마다 차량 영역 정보를 추출할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 차량 영역 정보를 추출하는 방법을 제시하며, 또한 이를 이용한 효과적인 교통 혼잡도 측정 시스템을 소개하고 평가한다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.175-183
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose a new accurate and robust image mosaic technique of the mural underdrawing taken from the infra-red camera, which is based on multiple image registration and adaptive blending technique. The image mosaicing methods which have been developed so far have the following deficits. It is hard to generate a high resolution image when there are regions that do not have features or intensity gradients, and there is a trade-off in overlapping region size in view of registration and blending. We consider these issues as follows. First, in order to mosaic images with neither noticeable features nor intensity gradients, we use a projected supplementary pattern and pseudo color image for features in the image pieces which are registered. Second, we search the overlapping region size with minimum blending error between two adjacent images and then apply blending technique to minimum error overlapping region. Finally, we could find our proposed method is more effective and efficient for image mosaicing than conventional mosaic techniques and also is more adequate for the application of infra-red mural underdrawing mosaicing. Experimental results show the accuracy and robustness of the algorithm

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.13B no.3 s.106
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• pp.205-214
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• 2006

Texts in images have significant and detailed information about the scenes, and if we can automatically detect and recognize those texts in real-time, it can be used in various applications. In this paper, we propose a new text detection method that can find texts from the various camera-captured images and propose a text segmentation method from the detected text regions. The detection method proposes color variance as a detection feature in RGB color space, and the segmentation method suggests an improved K-means color clustering in RGB color space. We have tested the proposed methods using various kinds of document style and natural scene images captured by digital cameras and mobile-phone camera, and we also tested the method with a portion of ICDAR[1] contest images.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.25 no.4B
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• pp.725-733
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• 2000

In this paper, we propose a modified boundary block merging technique for the texture coding of MPEG-4. We propose an ORP(Optimized Region Partitioning) method that partition the VOP-based reference position to minimize the number of coding blocks. The merging possibility is improved by adding +90。and -90。 Rotation merging. We propose a MRM(Multiple Rotation Merging) method which applies the rotation merging in the order of 180。, +90。and -90。. If a pair of boundary blocks has low correlation, existing BBM's padding technique is not efficient. Our padding after merging method gives better result even if it has low correlation. The proposed method showed 5 ~8(%) coding bit reduction at the same PSNR values compared to BBM method.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.25-39
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• 1999

지리 정보 시스템에서 공간 분석을 위해 사용되는 중요한 연산인 공간 조인은 대상이 되는 공간 객체의 수가 증가함에 따라서 연산 시간이 지수적으로 증가하는 특징을 가지고 있다. 그러므로 다량의 공간 데이터에 대해서 공간 연산시간을 줄이기 위한 병렬처리가 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 비겹침 정규분할 방식의 사분트리를 이용한 공간 조인 알고리즘을 제시하고 MIMD 구조 및 공유 디스크 방식의 병렬 처리시스템에 적용하여 성능을 평가한다. 사분트리를 이용한 공간조인 방법으로서 중복 표현된 공간객체를 줄이기 위한 사분면(quadrant)의 병합 방법,영역 제한을 통해 연산 대상 객체를 줄이기 위한 사분면의 분할 방법, 그리고 병합 및 분할 방법을 혼용하여 공간 조인 연산의 숫자를 최소화하는 혼합 방법을 제시한다. 실험 평가에서는 각 방법들을 병렬 처리 시스템에 적용하여 여과단계 및 정제단계에서의 연산량과 수행 시간을 통해 성능을 비교 평가한다. 실험결과, 여과 단계에서는 분할 방법이 가장 우수했지만, 정제 단계에서는 병합 방법이 가장 우수했다. 따라서 전체적인 고려할 때 두 방법의 장점을 수용한 혼합 방법이 가장 우수한 성능을 나타냈다.