• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.235-249
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• 2004

This paper proposes a method for estimating isotropic out-of-focus blur and a fully digital auto-focusing based on a priori estimate set of PSFs. The proposed algorithm for identifying the isotropic PSF is performed by approximating an isotropic blur to a novel discrete PSF model and estimating the PSF model coefficients from degraded edges. After acquiring the set of PSFs by proposed PSF estimation algorithm the proposed fully digital auto-focusing system can restore out-of-focused images by two steps: i) selecting an optimal PSF and ii) restoring the out-of-focused image by digital image restoration.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.46 no.6
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• pp.26-35
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• 2009

In this paper, we present morphology-based step region extraction and regularized iterative point-spread-function (PSF) estimation methods. The proposed PSF estimation method uses canny edge detector to extract the edge of the input image. We extract feasible vertical and horizontal edges using morphology analysis, such as the hit-or-miss transform. Given extracted edges we estimate the optimal step-response using flattening and normalization processes. The PSF is finally characterized by solving the equation which relates the optimal step response and the 2D isotropic PSF. We shows the restored image by the estimated PSF. The proposed algorithm can be applied a fully digital auto-focusing system without using mechanical focusing parts.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.7-13
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• 2009

This paper presents a circularly symmetric point spread function (PSF) estimation technique for a fully digital auto-focusing system. The proposed algorithm provides realistic, unsupervised PSF estimation by establishing the relationship between one-dimensional ideal step response and two-dimensional circularly symmetric PSF.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.139-143
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• 1997

본 논문에서는 점확산함수(point spread function; PSF)의 추정을 기반으로 한 완전한 자동초점 시스템을 제안한다. 초점이 맞지 않은 영상의 정확한 PSF의 추정을 위해서, 입력 영상을 부영상으로 분할하고, 에지를 가진 부영상들의 계수함수 응답의 평균을 취한다. 초점이 맞지 않은 열화로 발생하는 PSF는 보통 영상이 물체와 배경간에 선형의 경계를 가지고 있다는 가정하에 에지의 방향을 따라 평균되어진 계단함수 응답의 차이를 따라 추정되어진다. 이렇게 예측된 PSF를 사용하여 영상복원 필터는 제한적 최소 제곱의 접근방법을 통해 구현되어진다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07e
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• pp.1727-1730
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• 2003

In this paper we propose a sub-pixel point spread function (PSF) estimation method for a fully digital auto-focusing system. We assume that the amount of out-of-focus is the same along the concentric circle. In order to estimate the accurate PSF, sub-pixel information is considered in the proposed PSF estimation procedure. The feasibility of the proposed algorithm is experimentally demonstrated.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.827-828
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• 2008

Blur identification is the first and the most important step of restoring images. Edge region of the image usually conveys important information of blur parameters. In this paper we propose a region-based edge extraction method for estimating point-spread-function (PSF). As a result, the proposed method can detect the starting and the ending points of a step response, and provides the PSF parameters to the restoration process.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.145-152
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• 2010

This paper presents a digital auto-focusing algorithm using iterative unsharp mask filter. The proposed digital auto-focusing algorithm has the advantage of low computational complexity because it uses a simple filter instead of calculating the point spread function for the estimation of image degradation. The proposed iterative algorithm can control the number of iterations for image restoration according to the objective and the subjective criterion. We show that the proposed algorithm is mathematically equivalent to the conventional image restoration. Finally, in order to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm, various experiments are performed so that the proposed algorithm can provide good results in the sense of subjective and objective views.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 1998.06a
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• pp.81-85
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• 1998

점확산 함수(point spread function; PSF)의 정확한 추정은 복원결과가 원 영상에 얼마나 근접할 수 있는가를 결정한다는 점에서 영상처리의 중요한 연구 주제중의 하나가 된다. 본 논문에서는 PSF를 추정하기 위한 알고리즘을 제안하고, 이를 영상복원에 적용한 후 이를 기반으로 디지털 자동초점시스템을 제안한다. 초점불안전 열화시스템을 구현하기 위한 과정은 두 단계로 구성되어 있는데, 즉 입력 영상에서 에지분류를 통한 PSF 추정과, 이를 이용한 영상복원이다. 보다 구체적으로, 입력 영상에 특정 에지가 있는 임의의 크기의 블록을 선정해부면, 그 블록으로부터 자동으로 에지방향이 기저영상을 이용해서 구해지며 확산원의 크기를 추정하여 1차원 단위 계단응답과 영역을 구하여 평균한 후, 2차원 등방성 PSF를 추정한다. 마지막으로 추정된 PSF를 사용하여 복원을 수행함으로써 초점이 맞는 영상을 구한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.36S no.2
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• pp.57-62
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• 1999

Estimation of the point spread function (PSF) is one of the main research topic of image processing, because it determines the performance of the auto-focusing system. In this paper, a new algorithm for PSF estimation is proposed, and its application to image restoration is also presented. The procedure for complete realization of the auto-focusing system consists of two steps: PSF estimation based on edge classification, and image restoration using the estimated PSF. More specifically, we divide imput image into multiple small image or block, estimate unit step response and average them on the blocks which contain edge, and estimate 2-dimensional isotropic PSF from the 1 dimensional step response. Finally we obtain in-focused image by using image restoration based on the estimated PSF.