• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.44-53
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• 2015

Since the technology of current image sensors is limited to the megapixel class, it is necessary to use an image-stitching technique to create a gigapixel image from hundreds or thousands of photos taken by a megapixel image sensor. In this paper, we investigate the entire process of gigapixel camera technology employing a robotic panoramic head plus a stitching technique, and analyze the gigapixel camera technologies of Duke University and BAE Systems from the viewpoint of optical design structure. Hopefully this knowledge will lead to a new optical structure for a gigapixel camera. Meanwhile, we also perceive the need for additional image processing to reduce the noise of photos with a background of fog and mist, taken far from the camera lens.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1835_1836
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 비접촉식 미세 측정 광학기에 의해 측정된 이미지를 Stitching 기술과 B-Spline 보간법에 의해 보다 빠르고, 정밀한 복원 기법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 먼저 각각의 이미지로부터 매칭, 피매칭 템플릿(Template)을 검출한다. 그런 다음 두 이미지의 오버랩(Overlap)되는 부분을 기준하여 기준면으로부터 roll, pitch, yaw 오차를 계산하여 매칭시킨다. 마지막으로, B-Spline 보간법에 의해 매칭된 부분을 연속화한다. 제안된 방법은 실험을 통해 그 응용 가능성을 증명한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.279-281
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• 2020

본 논문은 고정되지 않고 흔들리는 영상을 각 프레임마다 이미지 스티칭(Image Stitching)으로 비디오를 구성하였을 때 생기는 영상이 심하게 흔들리는 문제 등을 보완하기 위해 새로운 비디오 스티칭(Video Stitching) 방법을 제안한다. NISwGSP 알고 리즘으로 각 프레임 이미지를 스티칭하고 스티칭 형태를 어느 정도 유지시켜주는 새로운 코스트 함수를 도입하여 스티칭 영상의 흔들림 문제를 해결한다. 메쉬(Mesh) 기반 이미지 스티칭 알고리즘인 NISwGSP를 써서 비디오 스티칭을 할 때 메쉬의 버텍스(Vertices)를 이전 프레임의 버텍스로 유지하도록 하여 스티칭 형태를 고정시키는 것이 본 논문에서 제시하는 방법이다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.893-898
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• 2013

It is always a dream to recreate the experience of a particular place, the Panorama Virtual Reality has been interpreted as a kind of technology to create virtual environments and the ability to maneuver angle for and select the path of view in a dynamic scene. In this paper we examined an efficient method for Image registration and stitching of captured imaged. Two approaches are studied in this paper. First, dynamic programming is used to spot the ideal key points, match these points to merge adjacent images together, later image blending is used for smooth color transitions. In second approach, FAST and SURF detection are used to find distinct features in the images and nearest neighbor algorithm is used to match corresponding features, estimate homography with matched key points using RANSAC. The paper also covers the automatically choosing (recognizing, comparing) images to stitching method.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.61-65
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• 2017

Recently, the interest and research on 360 camera and 360 image production are expanding. In this paper, we describe the feature extraction algorithm, alignment and image blending that make up the feature-based stitching system. And it deals with the theory of representative algorithm at each stage. In addition, the feature-based stitching system was implemented using OPENCV library. As a result of the implementation, the brightness of the two images is different, and it feels a sense of heterogeneity in the resulting image. We will study the proper preprocessing to adjust the brightness value to improve the accuracy and seamlessness of the feature-based stitching system.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.460-464
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• 2015

This paper proposes a panoramic image stitching that operates in real time at the embedded environment by applying ROI and PROSAC algorithm. The conventional panoramic image stitching applies SURF or SIFT algorithm which contains complicated operations and a lots of data, at the overall image to detect feature points. Also it applies RANSAC algorithm to remove outliers, so that an additional verification time is required due to its randomness. In this paper, unnecessary data are eliminated by setting ROI based on the characteristics of panorama images, and PROSAC algorithm is applied for removing outliers to reduce verification time. The proposed method was implemented on the ORDROID-XU board with ARM Cortex-A15. The result shows an improvement of about 54% in the processing time compared to the conventional method.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.580-584
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• 2005

One of the problems of panoramic image stitching methods is that its computational cost is so high that the image processing required usually cannot be done in real-time. Real-time performance is important in applications such as video surveillance becausewe must see current scenes. But it takes more than several seconds to calculate transform coefficients between images. Panoramic VR technologies such as Apple QuickTime VR have problem that distorts images of top and bottom. This paper presents a fast stitching method and a methpd reducing distortions of top and bottom in cubic panoramic image.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.227-234
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• 2018

Recently, stitching techniques are used for obtaining wide FOV, e.g., panorama contents, from normal cameras. Despite many proposed algorithms, the no objective quality evaluation method is developed, so the comparison of algorithms are performed only in subjective way. The paper proposes a 'Delaunay-triangulation based objective assessment method' for evaluating the geometric and photometric distortions of stitched or warped images. The reference and target images are segmented by Delaunay-triangulation based on matched points between two images, the average Euclidian distance is used for geometric distortion measure, and the average or histogram of PSNR for photometric measure. We shows preliminary results with several test images and stitching methods for demonstrate the benefits and application.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.1738-1743
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• 2017

This paper presents an efficient image stitching method using preprocessing in order to generate a super resolution image. Two-dimensional (2D) scanners are consistently used in various areas but they have limitations such as paper sizes and materials. To overcome these problem with low-cost, an efficient imaging stitching method is proposed for producing a super resolution panorama image. To scan a very large sized paper using mobile phones, a simple portable cradle which fixes height is employed producing an input image set. To improve matching performance, a preprocessing method is introduced before searching correspondences. Then alpha blending is applied to an input image set to produce a super resolution panorama image. The proposed method is faster and easier than the existing method which is employed by Open CV. Experiment results show that the proposed method is three times faster and performs better than the existing method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2019.11a
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• pp.73-75
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• 2019

360°VR 영상은 카메라에서 촬영된 여러 영상들을 이어 붙이는 작업인 스티칭(Stitching)을 통하여 만들 수 있다. 스티칭은 영상들을 이어 붙이기 위해 각 영상의 특징점을 추출하는 특징점 추출, 특징점간 유사도를 비교하여 유사한 특징점끼리 매칭시키는 특징점 매칭, 특징점 매칭 과정에서 획득한 호모그래피 매트릭스를 이용한 이미지 와핑, 각 영상 간의 부자연스러운 경계선을 제거하는 블렌딩 과정을 거친다. 고품질의 360°VR 영상을 획득하기 위해서는 영상의 개수를 증가시킬 필요가 있고, 이로 인해 스티칭 과정에서 소요되는 시간이 증가한다. 본 논문에서는 카메라 센서 정보를 이용해 유사한 영상끼리 클러스터링하여, 한번에 스티칭이 진행되는 영상의 수를 감소시키고, 멀티 스레드를 이용하여 각 그룹의 스티칭을 병렬적으로 진행한 뒤, 최종적으로 스티칭하여 최종 360°VR 영상을 획득하는 과정을 제안한다.