• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.454-460
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• 2009

In this paper, we propose a residual echo and noise reduction scheme by using linear predictor for hands-free telephony applications. The proposed scheme whitens residual echo by the linear prediction during the non double-talk. But whitened residual echo signal still has speech characteristics. In this scheme, the whitened residual echo signal is more whitened by using the power of the linear prediction error signal and the linear predicted signal. After whitening process, near-end speech and ambient noise is present during double-talk but white noise will appear during non double-talk situation. By linearly predicting again the combined signal of the near-end speech and the whitened signal, the ambient noise is removed. Through computer simulation, it is shown that the proposed method performs well at the side of AIC (acoustic interference cancellation).

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.175-182
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• 2017

Noises are usually generated by various external causes and low quality devices in image data acquisition and recording as well as by channel interference in image transmission. Since these noise signals result in the loss of information, subsequent image processing is subject to the corruption of the original image. In general, image processing is performed in the mixed noise environment where common types of noise, known to be Gaussian and impulse, are present. This study proposes an iterative weighted mean filter for reducing mixed type of noise. Impulse noise pixels are first turned off in the input image, then $3{\times}3$ sliding window regions are processed by replacing center pixel with the result of weighted mean mask operation. This filtering processes are iterated until all the impulse noise pixels are replaced. Applied to images corrupted by Gaussian noise with ${\sigma}=10$ and different levels of impulse noise, the proposed filtering method improved the PSNR by up to 12.98 dB, 1.97 dB, 1.97 dB respectively, compared to SAWF, AWMF, MMF when impulse noise desities are less than 60%.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.2927-2936
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a noise reduction and hole removal algorithm in order to improve the quality of depth images when they are used for creating 3D contents. In the proposed algorithm, the depth image and the corresponding color image are both used. First, an intensity image is generated by converting the RGB color space into the HSI color space. By estimating the difference of distance and depth between reference and neighbor pixels from the depth image and difference of intensity values from the color image, they are used to remove noise in the proposed algorithm. Then, the proposed hole filling method fills the detected holes with the difference of euclidean distance and intensity values between reference and neighbor pixels from the color image. Finally, we apply a parallel structure of GPGPU to the proposed algorithm to speed-up its processing time for real-time applications. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm performs better than other conventional algorithms. Especially, the proposed algorithm is more effective in reducing edge blurring effect and removing noise and holes.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.6 no.12
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• pp.89-95
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• 2006

The performance of blind source separation(BSS) using independent component analysis (ICA) declines significantly in a reverberant environment. A post-processing method proposed in this paper was designed to remove the residual component precisely. The proposed method used modified NLMS(normalized least mean square) filter in frequency domain, to estimate cross-talk path that causes residual cross-talk components. Residual cross-talk components in one channel is correspond to direct components in another channel. Therefore, we can estimate cross-talk path using another channel input signals from adaptive filter. Step size is normalized by input signal power in conventional NLMS filter, but it is normalized by sum of input signal power and error signal power in modified NLMS filter. By using this method, we can prevent misadjustment of filter weights. The estimated residual cross-talk components are subtracted by non-stationary spectral subtraction. The computer simulation results using speech signals show that the proposed method improves the noise reduction ratio(NRR) by approximately 3dB on conventional FDICA.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.46-48
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• 2020

HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)의 In-Loop 필터 중 하나인 디블로킹 필터는 예측과 변환 블록 주변의 균일하지 않은 잡음을 제거하기 위해 사용된다. 영상을 복원할 때 텍스쳐 정보의 경우, 디블로킹 필터로 눈에 보이는 잡음을 제거하는 데 유리하지만 깊이 정보는 깊이를 예측하여 합성하는 데 사용되므로 디블로킹 필터를 적용하면 합성에 방해가 될 수 있다. 이에 본 논문은 TMIV (Test Model 6 for MPEG Immersive Video) 인코더를 거쳐 나온 기본 시점과 추가 시점의 텍스쳐와 깊이 영상에 디블로킹 필터를 적용하여 BD-Rate의 향상 정도와 인지 화질적 관점에서의 화질 개선 여부를 실험을 통해 검증한다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.83-92
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• 1996

This paper describes Lombard effect compensation and noise suppression so as to reduce speech recognition error in noisy environments. Lombard effect is represented by the variation of spectral envelope of energy normalized word and the variation of overall vocal intensity. The variation of spectral envelope can be compensated by linear transformation in cepstral domain. The variation of vocal intensity is canceled by spectral magnitude normalization. Spectral subtraction is use to suppress noise contamination, and band-pass filtering is used to emphasize dynamic features. To understand Lombard effect and verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, speech data are collected in simulated noisy environments. Recognition experiments were conducted with contamination by noise from automobile cabins, an exhibition hall, telephone booths in down town, crowded streets, and computer rooms. From the experiments, the effectiveness of the proposed method has been confirmed.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.361-369
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• 2002

In order to extract motion features from an input image acquired by a static CCD-camera in a restricted area, we need a robust algorithm to cope with noise sensitivity and condition change. In this paper, we proposed an efficient algorithm to extract and track motion features in a noisy environment or with sudden condition changes. We extract motion features by considering a change of neighborhood pixels when moving objects exist in a current frame with an initial background. To remove noise in moving regions, we used a morphological filter and extracted a motion of each object using 8-connected component labeling. Finally, we provide experimental results and statistical analysis with various conditions and models.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.214-220
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• 2021

In modern society, various digital communication equipments are being used due to the influence of the 4th industrial revolution, and accordingly, interest in removing noise generated in the data transmission process is increasing. In this paper, we propose a filtering algorithm to remove AWGN generated during digital image transmission. The proposed algorithm removes noise based on mask matching to preserve information such as the boundary of an image, and uses pixel values with similar patterns according to the pattern of the input pixel value and the surrounding pixels for output calculation. To evaluate the proposed algorithm, we simulated with existing AWGN removal algorithms, and analyzed using enlarged image and PSNR comparison. The proposed algorithm has superior AWGN removal performance compared to the existing method, and is particularly effective in images with strong noise intensity of AWGN.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.793-796
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• 2004

이 논문에서 제안한 ICA기반 피처추출 알고리즘은 다차원 영상에서 각 픽셀의 반사도 분광영역이 서로 다른 물체타입(목표피처와 배경피처)으로 이루어진 선형 혼합 분광영역으로 가정되는 픽셀에 대한 목표피처 탐지를 목적으로 한다. Landsat ETM+ 위성영상은 다차원 데이터구조로 이루어져 있으며, 영상에는 추출하고자하는 목표피처와 여러 종류의 배경피처들이 혼재한다. 이 논문에서는 목표피처(김양식장) 주변의 배경피처(갯뻘, 바닷물 등)들을 효과적으로 제거하기 위하여 목표피처의 픽셀 분광영역을 배경피처의 픽셀 분광영역으로 직교투영하게 된다. 픽셀내의 나머지 목표피처 분광영역의 양은 배경피처의 분광영역을 제거함으로써 추정하게 된다. 이 논문에서 제안한 ICA기반의 피처추출 방법의 우수성을 확인하기 위하여 Landsat ETM+ 위성영상에서 김양식장 피처를 추출하는데 적용하였다. 또한 피처추출 후 제거되지 않고 남아 있는 잡음(noise)정도와 피처추출 정확도 측면에서 전통적으로 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 최대우도 분류방법과 비교실험을 하였다. 결과적으로 이 논문에서 제안하는 방법이 목표피처 주변의 혼합분광영역에서 배경피처를 효과적으로 제거하여 추출하고자 하는 목표피처를 추출하는데 있어 우수한 탐지 성능을 보임을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.44 no.4 s.316
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• pp.74-78
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• 2007

Novel concept of sensor mat and its signal processing method is proposed for patient monitoring in medical application. Proposed sensor mat structure has sensing inner layer which has cross-linked arrangement using plastic optical fiber(POF). Large core diameter of plastic optical fiber behaved as band pass filter by averaging the noise component caused by unwanted environmental factors. Signal processor followed by sensor output added noise immune performance by filtering out unwanted component. Fail-proof patient breath monitoring scheme was realized by using intelligent decision algorithm. Unlike the conventional approach by using mechanical sensor, which have high sensitivity both to signal and to environmental noise, our approach provided reliable breath motion detection.