• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.49 no.12
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• pp.156-163
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• 2012

Recently, Information Hiding Technology are becoming increasingly demanding in the field of international security, military and medical image This paper proposes data hiding technique utilizing parity checker for gray level image. many researches have been adopted LSB substitution and XOR operation in the field of steganography for the low complexity, high embedding capacity and high image quality. But, LSB substitution methods are not secure through it's naive mechanism even though it achieves high embedding capacity. Proposed method replaces LSB of each pixel with XOR(between the parity check bit of other 7 MSBs and 1 Secret bit) within one pixel. As a result, stego-image(that is, steganogram) doesn't result in high image degradation. Eavesdropper couldn't easily detect the message embedding. This approach is applying the concept of symmetric-key encryption protocol onto steganography. Furthermore, 1bit of symmetric-key is generated by the self-reference of each pixel. Proposed method provide more 25% embedding rate against existing XOR operation-based methods and show the effect of the reversal rate of LSB about 2% improvement.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.345-349
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• 2023

In this paper, we propose a study on the development of deep learning structure for defective pixel detection of next-generation smart LED display board using imaging device. In this research, a technique utilizing imaging devices and deep learning is introduced to automatically detect defects in outdoor LED billboards. Through this approach, the effective management of LED billboards and the resolution of various errors and issues are aimed. The research process consists of three stages. Firstly, the planarized image data of the billboard is processed through calibration to completely remove the background and undergo necessary preprocessing to generate a training dataset. Secondly, the generated dataset is employed to train an object recognition network. This network is composed of a Backbone and a Head. The Backbone employs CSP-Darknet to extract feature maps, while the Head utilizes extracted feature maps as the basis for object detection. Throughout this process, the network is adjusted to align the Confidence score and Intersection over Union (IoU) error, sustaining continuous learning. In the third stage, the created model is employed to automatically detect defective pixels on actual outdoor LED billboards. The proposed method, applied in this paper, yielded results from accredited measurement experiments that achieved 100% detection of defective pixels on real LED billboards. This confirms the improved efficiency in managing and maintaining LED billboards. Such research findings are anticipated to bring about a revolutionary advancement in the management of LED billboards.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.91-100
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• 2016

In FPGA-based real-time image warping systems, image caches are utilized for fast readout of image pixel data and reduction of memory access rate. However, a cache algorithm for a general computer system is not suitable for real-time performance because of time delays from cache misses and on-line computation complexity. In this paper, a simple image cache algorithm is presented for a FPGA-based real-time image warping system. Considering that pixel data access sequence is determined from the 2D coordinate transformation and repeated identically at every image frame, a cache load sequence is off-line programmed to guarantee no cache miss condition, and reduced on-line computation results in a simple cache controller. An overall system structure using a FPGA is presented, and experimental results are provided to show accuracy and validity of the proposed cache algorithm.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.301-308
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• 2016

In this study, a novel method referred as non-marker vision-based displacement measuring system(NVDMS) was introduced in order to measure the displacement of structure. There are two distinct differences between proposed NVDMS and existing vision-based displacement measuring system(VDMS). First, the NVDMS extracts the pixel coordinates of the structure using a feature point not a marker. Second, in the NVDMS, the scaling factor in order to convert the coordinates of a feature points from pixel value to physical value can be calculated by using the external conditions between the camera and the structure, which are distance, angle, and focal length, while the scaling factor for VDMS can be calculated by using the geometry of marker. The free vibration test using the three-stories scale model was conducted in order to analyze the reliability of the displacement data obtained from the NVDMS by comparing the reference data obtained from laser displacement sensor(LDS), and the measurement of dynamic characteristics was proceed using the displacement data. The NVDMS can accurately measure the dynamic displacement of the structure without the marker, and the high reliability of the dynamic characteristics obtained from the NVDMS are secured.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.15-22
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• 2020

In this paper, we proposed a deep learning based super-resolution method that combines Channel Attention and Spatial Attention feature enhancement methods. It is important to restore high-frequency components, such as texture and features, that have large changes in surrounding pixels during super-resolution processing. We proposed a super-resolution method using feature enhancement that combines Channel Attention and Spatial Attention. The existing CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) based super-resolution method has difficulty in deep network learning and lacks emphasis on high frequency components, resulting in blurry contours and distortion. In order to solve the problem, we used an emphasis block that combines Channel Attention and Spatial Attention to which Skip Connection was applied, and a Residual Block. The emphasized feature map extracted by the method was extended through Sub-pixel Convolution to obtain the super resolution. As a result, about PSNR improved by 5%, SSIM improved by 3% compared with the conventional SRCNN, and by comparison with VDSR, about PSNR improved by 2% and SSIM improved by 1%.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.26 no.12
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• pp.1919-1925
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose an image-to-image translation approach based on the conditional generative adversarial network for semantic segmentation. Semantic segmentation is the task of clustering parts of an image together which belong to the same object class. Unlike the traditional pixel-wise classification approach, the proposed method parses an input RGB image to its corresponding semantic segmentation mask using a pixel regression approach. The proposed method is based on the Pix2Pix image synthesis method. We employ residual connections-based convolutional neural network architectures for both the generator and discriminator architectures, as the residual connections speed up the training process and generate more accurate results. The proposed method has been trained and tested on the NYU-depthV2 dataset and could achieve a good mIOU value (49.5%). We also compare the proposed approach to the current methods in semantic segmentation showing that the proposed method outperforms most of those methods.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.09a
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• pp.135-138
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 3D 레이저 스캐너로 입력된 3차원 얼굴 영상에서 코의 특징 정보를 이용하여 얼굴을 인식하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 특히 3차원 영상은 주변의 조명 변화에 크게 영향을 받지 않는 장점이 있다. 이러한 정보를 이용하여, 제안된 알고리즘에서는 얼굴에서 가장 두드러지게 보이는 코의 3차원 정보를 이용하여 인식하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 먼저 코를 추출한 다음, 회전된 3차원 영상에 대하여 정규화를 실시하고, 등고선을 이용한 영역기반의 방법과 특징기반의 방법을 이온하여 인식을 수행한다. 등고선을 이용한 영역기반은 3차원 얼굴 영상을 코끝의 좌표를 기준 점으로 등고선의 값이 10, 20, 30이 되는 영역을 추출 한 후 데이터 베이스 값들과 비교하여 각각의 차 영역에 대한 무게중심(X, Y), 픽셀 수, 분산을 구하여 순위가 가장 높은 것을 취한다. 특징 기반의 방법으로, 얼굴에 있어서의 실제의 코의 길이, 높이, 너비를 구하여 그 차가 가장 적은 것을 취한다. 위의 2가지 방법을 이용하여 인식을 수행 결과 100%의 인식률을 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1998.10c
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• pp.443-445
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• 1998

스트레오 영상 처리에 있어서 가장 중요한 단계는 좌우 영상간의 일치점을 찾는 영상 정합 단계라고 할 수 있다. 일반적인 영상 정합 방법으로는 영역 기반에 의한 방법과 특징점에 기반한 방법으로 나누어질 수 있다. 영역 기반의 방법은 많은 계산량을 필요로 하는 단점이 있으며, 특징점에 기반한 방법은 처리 속도는 향상시킬 수 있으나 전체적인 변이도를 구할 수 없는 단점이 있다. 한편 이미지 데이터 자체의 애매함이나 잡음, 처리 과정에서 발생하는 모호성, 인식과 해석 단계에서의 불확실한 지식등을 효과적으로 다루기 위해 퍼지 기법을 이용한 영상 처리 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 각 픽셀의 밝기를 소속함수 값으로 변환한 후, 이 소속함수 값을 이용하여 좌우 영상의 일치점을 찾는 퍼지 스테레오 정합 알고리듬을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리듬은 몇 가지 스테레오 영상에 적용하여 그 유효성을 입증한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.10c
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• pp.706-708
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• 2002

3차원 텍스쳐 기반의 볼륨 렌더링 기법은 추가적인 하드웨어가 필요 없기 때문에 개발비용이 적다는 장점이 있지만 다각형 기반 렌더링에 최적화 된 범용 그래픽 하드웨어를 그대로 사용하기 때문에 성능이 낮다는 단점이 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 병렬 구조의 고성능 볼륨 렌더링 시스템에서 사용되던 볼륨 정보 분한 기법을 범용 그래픽 하드웨어에 적용하는 새로운 3차원 텍스쳐 기반 볼륨 그래픽 구조를 제안한다. 제안하는 구조를 통해 볼륨 정보를 분할하여 처리하면, 번용 그래픽 하드웨어가 갖고 있던 물리적 메모리 크기의 한계성을 극복할 수 있다. 또한 전체 해상도의 알파 블렌딩이 아닌 분할된 볼륨 정보 하나가 차지하는 크기만큼의 작은 해상도로 알파 블렌딩을 수행함으로서 렌더링 단계와 프레임 버퍼간의 데이터 전송량을 1/30로 줄이고 픽셀 캐시의 적중률을 99.9%에 근접하게 높일 수 있다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.96-104
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• 2011

A halftoning method is used to obtain a binary image visually similar to a continuous gray-level image through the image output devices employing the limited number of gray-levels. As a halftoning method, the error diffusion method is widely used in various applications because of its low computational complexity and good image quality. However, this method weakens the edge in the process of error diffusion to the neighboring pixels. In this case, degradation of the edge quality and damage of the vivid image is expected. To solve these problems, the proposed method determines the adaptive error filter considering the error information of the present pixel and edge distribution of the neighbor pixels. Compared with the conventional methods for enhancing edges, the proposed method involves relatively a few process resources because of its simple procedure, still considerably improving the edges in the halftone image. To evaluate the objective image quality, the performance of the proposed method is compared with that of the conventional method in terms of the edge correlation and the local average accordance.