• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.25 no.10B
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• pp.1821-1831
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• 2000

In this paper we propose a new adaptive stereo object tracking system that can extract the object from the complex background and foreground noises by using the image-based SAD algorithm and control the convergence angle and pan/tilt of cameras by using optical BPEJTC. From the experimental results the proposed stereo tracking system is found to track the object adpatively under the circumstance of complex and changing background noises and the possibility of real-time implementation of the proposed system by using the optical system is also suggested.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.127-129
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• 2006

본 논문은 종양을 주입한 쥐의 FDG-PET영상에서 정상세포보다 포도당대사가 활발한 종양조직의 3차원적 위치를 파악하고 잔여암 전이여부를 판별하기 위한 3차원 볼륨 가시화기법을 제안한다. 종양조직과 주변조직의 시각적 대비를 크게 하기 위해 명암도 분포에 따라 조직을 여러 클러스터로 나눈 후, 적응적 투명도 전이함수를 사용하였다. 관심영역을 불투명하게 표현하고 조직간 투명도 변화량을 크게 줌으로써 잡음이 심한 PET 영상에서 전경영역과 배경영역을 구분할 수 있었고, 명확한 시각대비 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 추후 명암도값 외에 영암도 기울기, 관심영역 우선순위 등을 고려한 다차원 전이함수기법으로 확장함으로써 종양영역의 경계를 더욱 강조할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.10b
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• pp.442-447
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• 2006

디지털 카메라의 대중화와 고용량 저장매체의 보편화로 인해 대중들은 손쉽게 디지털 사진 촬영이 가능하게 되었다. 디지털 사진은 필름 사진과 달리 촬영을 하는데 있어 비용이 들지 않을 뿐만 아니라 플래쉬 메모리의 증가로 인해 다수의 사진들을 촬영할 수 있게 되었으나 그만큼 많은 사진들을 관리하고 분류하는 것은 쉽지 않은 일이 되었다. 따라서 디지털 사진을 자동으로 분류하고 관리하는 기능은 중요한 과제가 되었지만, 현재까지 나온 방법들은 사진 내의 객체가 확대, 축소 및 이동하거나 배경이 바뀌는 영상에 있어서 정확한 유사도를 측정하여 분류하는데 어려움이 있었다. 본 논문에서는 이와 같은 어려움을 보완한 디지털 사진의 클러스터링 알고리즘을 제안한다. 입력영상을 그리드 형태로 나누어 각 블록별로 측정한 유사도 값을 바탕으로 클러스터링하며, 이때 디지털 사진 내에 포함되어 있는 촬영정보인 EXIF를 이용하여 입력 영상에 따라 적응적(adaptive)으로 그리드를 나누어 비교한다. 또한, 영상에 따라 각기 다른 색상의 분포 정도를 고려해 색상 가중치를 고려하여 사진을 비교함으로써, 영상의 고수준(high-level) 분석에서처럼 객체와 배경을 추출하여 따로 분리하지 않고도 객체의 배경이 다른 사진들을 저수준(low-level) 에서 분석이 가능토록 하였다. 제안한 방법으로 실험한 결과 객체의 크기 및 이동이나 배경에 큰 영향을 받지 않으면서 입력영상들을 클러스터링 할 수 있었다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.25 no.3B
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• pp.549-556
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• 2000

In this paper, we propose a new adaptive stereo object tracking system that can be used when the back ground image is complex and the cameras are not fixed . In this method, we used the Block Matching Algorithm to separate the tracking object form the background image and then the optical JTC system is used to obtain the convergence-controlling and pa/tilt-controlling values fro the left and right cameras. the experimental results are found to track the object robustly & adaptively for the object tracking in various background images, and the possibility of real-time implementation of the proposed system by using the optical JTC is also suggested.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.28 no.4C
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• pp.424-432
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• 2003

In this paper, an effective method of stereo image reconstruction through the regularized adaptive disparity estimation is proposed. Althougth the conventional adaptive disparity estimation method can sharply improve the PSNR of a reconstructed stereo image, but some problems of overlapping between the matching windows and disallocation of the matching windows can be occurred, because the matching window size changes adaptively in accordance with the magnitude of feature values. Accordingly, in thia paper, a new regularized adaptive disparity estimation technique is proposed. That is, by regularizing the estimated disparity vector with the neughboring disparity vectors, problems of the conventional adaptive disparity estimated scheme might be solved, and also the predicted stereo image can be more effectively reconstructed. From some experiments using the CCETT'S stereo image pairs of 'Man' and 'Claude', it is analyzed that the proposed disparity estimation scheme can improve PSNRs of the reconstructed images to 10.89dB, 6.13dB for 'Man' and 1.41dB, 0.81dB for 'Claude' by comparing with those of the conventional pixel-based and adaptive estimation method, respectively.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.529-537
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a stable scale adaptive tracking method that uses centroids of the target colors. Most scale adaptive tracking methods have utilized histograms to determine target window sizes. However, in certain cases, histograms fail to provide good estimates of target sizes, for example, in the case of occlusion or the appearance of colors in the background that are similar to the target colors. This is due to the fact that histograms are related to the numbers of pixels that correspond to the target colors. Therefore, we propose the use of centroids that correspond to the target colors in the scale adaptation algorithm, since centroids are less sensitive to changes in the number of pixels that correspond to the target colors. Due to the spatial information inherent in centroids, a direct relationship can be established between centroids and the scale of target regions. Generally, after the zooming factors that correspond to all the target colors are calculated, the unreliable zooming factors are filtered out to produce a reliable zooming factor that determines the new scale of the target. Combined with the centroid based tracking algorithm, the proposed scale adaptation method results in a stable scale adaptive tracking algorithm. It tracks objects in a stable way, even when the background colors are similar to the colors of the object.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.27 no.7A
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• pp.676-682
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• 2002

In this paper, an effective stereo image compression and reconstruction technique using a new adaptively compensated-disparity prediction scheme is proposed. That is, by adaptively predicting the mutual correlation between the stereo image using the proposed method, the bandwidth of the stereo input image can be compressed to the level of the conventional 2D image and the predicted image also can be effectively reconstructed using this transmitted reference image and disparity data in the receiver. Especially, in the proposed method, once the feature values are extracted from the input stereo image, then the matching window size for the predicted image reconstruction is adaptively selected in accordance with the magnitude of this feature values. From this adaptive disparity estimation method, reduction of the mismatching probability of the disparity vectors is expected and as a result, the image quality in the reconstructed image can be improved. In addition, from some experiments using the CCETT's stereo images of 'Fichier', 'Manege' and 'Tunnel', it is shown that the proposed method improves the PSNR of the reconstructed image to about 9.08 dB on average by comparing with that of the conventional methods. And also, it is found that there is almost no difference between the original image and the predicted image reconstructed through the proposed method by comparison to that of the conventional methods.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.15 no.9
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• pp.764-774
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• 1990

In this paper, make a study on comparison of adaptive filters for predictor characteristics that transversal, lattice, and joint process lattice filter is using the LMS algorithm that is simple structure and pracotical application is easy. The theoical background and structure of each adaptive filters exhibit for practical design. Adaptive convergence condition for optimal weight vector and optimal reflection coefficient make clear, and it is also shown through computer simulation. The error signals and noise characteristics of these filters make a comparative study. In view of the results, joint process lattice filter is shown that most superior characteristic in these adaptie filters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.10b
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• pp.361-363
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• 2001

반도체 패키지의 마킹검사(marking inspection)를 위해서는 입력 영상으로부터 검사할 패키지의 정확만 위치 검출과 패키지 윗면에 나타난 제작사 로고, 문자, Pin1 딤플의 추출이 필수적이다. 본 연구는 마킹검사를 위한 선행 연구로 마킹검사를 수행할 때, 검사할 IC 패키지의 위치와 방향을 정확하게 검출하는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다. IC 패키지의 외곽을 구성하는 리드의 명도 값은 트레이의 명도 값과 큰 차이를 나타낸다. 그러나 IC 패키지의 방향을 나타내는 Pin1 딤플은 배경과 동일한 색상으로 다만 약간 오목하게 들어가서 명도 값의 차이가 미세하다. 이러한 두 가지 상이한 특징을 효과적으로 처리하기 위하여 적응적 다중 이진화 방법을 제시하였다. 76개의 명도 영상에 대한 실험 결과 제안된 이진화 방법은 매우 효과적이었으며, 이진화된 영상으로부터 IC 패키지의 정확한 위치 검출과 방향 확인이 가능하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.1135-1140
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• 2007

This paper proposes an edge-based text region detection algorithm using the adaptive character-edge maps which are independent of the size of characters and the orientation of character string in natural images. First, labeled images are obtained from edge images and in order to search for characters, adaptive character-edge maps by way grammar are applied to labeled images. Next, selected label images are clustered as for distance of its neighbors. And then, text region candidates are obtained. Finally, text region candidates are verified by using the empirical rules and horizontal/vertical projection profiles based on the orientation of text region. As the results of experiments, a text region detection algorithm turned out to be robust in the matter of various character size, orientation, and the complexity of the background.