• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.2161-2166
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• 2015

This paper analyzes the straight line detection using the principal component analysis (PCA) and proposes its improved algorithm to which two new functions are added. The first function removes invalid pixels through the detected straight line and detects a line again. The second function detects lines from non-overlapped blocks, selects valid line candidates, and detects a valid line from pixels adjacent to each line candidate. The proposed algorithm detects a more accurate straight line with a low computation in comparison with the conventional algorithm in an image with somewhat refined lines.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.642-651
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• 2015

A vanishing point is a point where parallel lines converge, and they become evident when a camera's lenses are used to project 3D space onto a 2D image plane. Vanishing point detection is the use of the information contained within an image to detect the vanishing point, and can be utilized to infer the relative distance between certain points in the image or for understanding the geometry of a 3D scene. Since parallel lines generally exist for the artificial structures within images, line-detection-based vanishing point-detection techniques aim to find the point where the parallel lines of artificial structures converge. To detect parallel lines in an image, we detect edge pixels through edge detection and then find the lines by using the Hough transform. However, the various textures and noise in an image can hamper the line-detection process so that not all of the lines converging toward the vanishing point are obvious. To overcome this difficulty, it is necessary to assign a different weight to each line according to the degree of possibility that the line passes through the vanishing point. While previous research studies assigned equal weight or adopted a simple weighting calculation, in this paper, we are proposing a new method of assigning weights to lines after noticing that the lines that pass through vanishing points typically belong to artificial structures. Experimental results show that our proposed method reduces the vanishing point-estimation error rate by 65% when compared to existing methods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.918-920
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• 2011

In this paper, a simple edge pattern classification method is proposed for detecting straight line segments in an image corrupted by impulse noise. Corrupted images have complicated edge patterns. To detect straight line from an complicated edge pattern, it is needed to simplify the entire edge. The proposed algorithm separates the entire edge into 4 directional partial edge patterns. Each line segment is separated from the partial edge image where several line segments are overlapped, and then the straight line is detected. The results of the experiments emphasize that the proposed algorithm is simple but accurate.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2021.07a
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• pp.653-654
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 문화재 손상 검출을 위한 직선 검출 기법을 제안한다. 이 기법은 문화재 건물의 볼록함, 즉 배부름 현상을 검출하기 위하여 원본 이미지의 직선과 윤곽을 탐지하여 두 선을 비교한다. 배부름 현상이 나타난 문화재의 경우 곡선이 볼록하게 검출되기 때문에 직선과 비교했을 때 일치하지 않는다. 직선 탐지 기법과 윤곽 탐지 기법은 컴퓨터 비전을 기반으로 이루어져 있으며, 이 선들은 이미지의 엣지를 이용하여 검출한다. 배부름 현상은 문화재의 전체 부분 중 일부분에 발생하기 때문에 직선과 윤곽을 비교했을 때 차이를 드러내므로 우수한 성능을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.485-488
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• 2013

최근 자동차 산업의 활성화로 인해 교통사고 급증이 사회 문제화 되면서 사고를 미연에 방지할 수 있는 운전자 보조 시스템 연구가 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 일반적으로 자동차 사고 원인의 70% 이상이 운전자 과실에 의해서 발생되고 전체 추돌사고의 75%가 시속 29km 이하의 속도에서 발생한다. 이를 예방하기 위해서 운전자의 인지 판단을 보조하는 시스템의 개발이 많이 이루어지고 있는데, 예를 들어 자동 주차 시스템, AVM(Around View Monitoring) 시스템 등이 있다. 본 논문에서는 AVM 시스템 중 원근 왜곡을 보정하는 단계에서 직선 및 교점을 검출할 때, NMS(Non-Maximum Suppression)를 적용한 허프 변환 방법을 사용할 것이다. 또한 기존의 Sub-Pixel을 이용한 직선 및 교점 검출 방법과 NMS을 적용한 허프 변환 방법을 사용한 직선 및 교점을 검출하는 방법을 비교 분석함으로써 제안하는 NMS를 적용한 허프변환을 이용한 직선 및 교점을 검출하는 방법을 사용하여 보다 효율적인 AVM 시스템의 구현 가능성을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.10a
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• pp.674-677
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• 2017

The Hough transform is the most representative algorithm for a straight line detection based on edge pixels. It shows excellent performance in a simple linear image but requires a considerable amount of computation in a noisy or complex image and has a problem of detecting a pseudo straight line easily. In this paper, we propose a straight line detection algorithm to solve the problem of the conventional Hough transform. The proposed algorithm detects the straight line information of edge pixels by using principal component analysis (PCA) before performing Hough transform and performs the Hough transform of the limited slope area in the valid edge pixels based on the detected straight line information of edge pixels. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm reduces the amount of computation as well as eliminates pseudo straight lines.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.383-386
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• 2007

허프 변환(Hough transform)은 영상에서 몇 개의 파라미터로 표현되는 기하학적 요소 추출을 위해 널리 사용되고 있는 방법 중 하나이다. 하지만 허프 변환은 영상의 한 픽셀이 허프 공간(Hough space)의 한 방정식에 대응되는 일대다 특성으로 인해 잡음에 민감한 특성을 갖는다. 이러한 잡음 민감성은 검출되는 직선의 개수뿐만이 아니라 검출된 직선의 품질에도 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 즉, 실제 직선에서 벗어난 직선이 검출되거나 하나의 실제 직선에 대해 여러 개의 직선이 검출되는 등의 직선 왜곡이 발생할 수 있다. 이러한 직선 왜곡은 잡음 이외에도 허프 공간의 설정, 특히 각 해상도의 설정에 영향을 받는다. 이 논문에서는 기존의 허프 변환에서 발생하는 이러한 직선 왜곡을 분석하고, 잡음 민감성을 줄이기 위해 제안된 경계선 강도 허프 변환(Edge Strength Hough Transform, ESHT)에서 이러한 왜곡이 적게 발생함을 보인다. 또한 ESHT에서만 발생할 수 있는 왜곡을 분석하고 해결방안을 제시한다. 제시한 방법에 의해 직선의 왜곡이 감소하는 것은 실험 결과를 통해 확인할 수 있다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.1582-1589
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• 1993

This paper presents a method of detecting lines and ellipses from the image by using Hough transform(HT) known as a robust line detection method against noise. Lines are first detected by conventional HT. Then points of the lines are eliminated to reduce the calculation cost and to ease detection of ellipses. For ellipse defection, parameters of the ellipse are calculated by Least Square Method using particular points that contain geometric properties of the ellipse, instead of accumlating Hough array. Circles are detected in the same way as ellipse detection.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.227-232
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• 2018

In a Hough transform that is a representative algorithm for the straight line detection, a great number of edge pixels generated from noisy or complex images cause enormous amount of computation and pseudo straight lines. This paper proposes a two step straight line detection algorithm to improve the conventional Hough transform. In the first step, the proposed algorithm divides an image into non-overlapping blocks and detects the information related to the straight line of the edge pixels in the block using a principal component analysis (PCA). In the second step, it detects the straight lines by performing the Hough transform limited slope area to the pixels associated with the straight line. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm reduces average of ${\rho}$ computation by 94.6% and prevents the pseudo straight lines although some additional computation is needed.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.1479-1486
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• 2011

In this paper, a simple and robust algorithm is proposed for detecting straight line segments in a steel plate image. Line detection from a steel plate image is a fundamental task for analyzing and understanding of the image. The proposed algorithm is based on small eigenvalue analysis. The proposed approach scans an input edge image from the top left comer to the bottom right comer with a moving mask. A covariance matrix of a set of edge pixels over a connected region within the mask is determined and then the statistical and geometrical properties of the small eigenvalue of the matrix are explored for the purpose of straight line detection. Before calculating the eigenvalue, each line segment is separated from the edge image where several line segments are overlapped to increase the accuracy of the line detection. Additionally, unnecessary line segments are eliminated by the number of pixels and the directional information of the detected line edges. The respects of the experiments emphasize that the proposed algorithm outperforms the existing algorithm which uses small eigenvalue analysis.