• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.54-61
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• 2009

This paper proposes a skin segmentation method based on region histograms of the color quantization map. First, we make a quantization map of the image using the JSEG algorithm and detect the skin pixel. For the skin region detection, the similar neighboring regions are set by its similarity of the size and location between the previous frame and the present frame from the each region of the color quantization map. Then we compare the similarity of histogram between the color distributions of each quantized region and the skin color model using the histogram distance. We select the skin region by the threshold value calculated automatically. The skin model is updated by the skin color information from the selected result. The proposed algorithm was compared with previous algorithms on the ECHO database and the continuous images captured under time varying illumination for adaptation test. Our approach shows better performance than previous approaches on skin color segmentation and adaptation to varying illumination.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.10D no.6
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• pp.927-934
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• 2003

Database query optimates the selectivety of a query to find the most efficient access plan. Multi-dimensional selectivity estimation technique is required for a query with multiple attributes because the attributes are not independent each other. Histogram is practically used in most commercial database products because it approximates data distributions with small overhead and small error rates. However, histogram is inadequate for a query with multiple attributes because it incurs high storage overhead and high error rates. In this paper, we propose a novel method for multi-dimentional selectivity estimation. Compressed information from a large number of small-sized histogram buckets is maintained using the discrete cosine transform. This enables low error rates and low storage overheads even in high dimensions. Extensive experimental results show adventages of the proposed approach.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.633-636
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• 2002

기존에 얼굴인식이나 얼굴영역을 추출하는 방법들은 대부분 얼굴의 외곽선은 고려하지 않은 상태에서 얼굴의 특징인 눈, 코, 입 부분만을 추출하는 경우가 많아 정확한 얼굴을 추출하기가 어려웠다. 본 논문에서는 얼굴의 색상과 영역분할 기법(Region Segmentation technique)을 함께 사용해서 얼굴부분과 얼굴의 특징을 추출하여 보다 정확한 얼굴 부분을 분할하고자 한다. 얼굴추출방법을 대표색상 추출과정과 실제 영역을 분할하여 얼굴부분을 추출하는 과정으로 나누어 히스토그램을 이용하여 대표색상을 추출한 후, 영역분할 기법을 이용하여 대표색상을 포함하고 있는 영역에 대해 얼굴이라는 가정을 배제하고, 이미지들을 객체(Object)화 하여 조건에 맞지 않는 객체들을 모두 제거함으로써, 정확한 얼굴부분을 분할해 낸다.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.376-379
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• 2008

This paper presents an image retrieval algorithm based on feature vector using color of histogram refinement for a faster and more efficient search in the process of content based image retrieval. First, we segment each of R, G, and B images from RGB color image and extract their respective histograms. Secondly, these histograms of individual R, G and B are divided into sixteen of bins each. Finally, we extract the maximum pixel values in each bins' histogram, which are calculated, compared and analyzed, Now, we can perform image retrieval technique using these maximum pixel value. Hence, the proposed algorithm of this paper effectively extracts features by comparing input and database images, making features from R, G and B into a feature vector table, and prove a batter searching performance than the current algorithm that uses histogram matching and ranks, only.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.5 no.9
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• pp.2294-2301
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• 1998

The aim of this paper is to extract features from each news scenes for example, symbol icon which can be distinct each broadcasting corp, icon and caption which are has feature and important information for the scene in respectively, In this paper, we propose extraction methods of caption that has important prohlem of news videos and it can be classified in three steps, First of al!, we converted that input images from video frame to YIQ color vector in first stage. And then, we divide input image into regions in clear hy using equalized color histogram of input image, In last, we extracts caption using edge histogram based on vertical and horizontal line, We also propose the method which can extract news icon in selected key frames by the difference of inter-histogram and can divide each scene by the extracted icon. In this paper, we used comparison method of edge histogram instead of complex methcxls based on color histogram or wavelet or moving objects, so we shorten computation through using simpler algorithm. and we shown good result of feature's extraction.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.10-21
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• 2009

In order to enhance the contrast in the regions where the pixels have similar intensities, this paper presents a new histogram equalization scheme. Conventional global equalization schemes over-equalizes those regions so that too bright or dark pixels are resulted and local equalization schemes produce unexpected discontinuities at the boundaries of the blocks. The proposed algorithm segments the original histogram into sub-histograms with reference to brightness level and equalizes each sub-histogram with the limited extents of equalization considering its mean and variance. The final image is determined as the weighted sum of the equalized images obtained by using the sub-histogram equalizations. By limiting the maximum and minimum ranges of equalization operations on individual sub-histograms, the over-equalization effect is eliminated. Also the result image does not miss feature information in low density histogram region since the remaining these area is applied separating equalization. This paper includes how to determine the segmentation points in the histogram. The proposed algorithm has been tested with more than 100 images having various contrast in the images and the results are compared to the conventional approaches to show its superiority.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.296-298
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• 1999

컬러 히스토그램은 멀티미디어 이미지 데이터의 특성을 표현하기 위하여 널이 이용되어 왔다. 그러나 컬러 히스토그램을 고차원으로 설정할 경우 색인 구조에 효율적이지 못할 뿐만 아니라 유사도 계산에서도 고비용이 요구된다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위해 히스트그램의 차원을 줄이는 여러 방법이 제시되어 왔으나 이미지의 색상정보 손실을 피할 수 없으며, 이미지의 전체 히스토그램으로는 이미지의 레이아웃을 고려할 수 없기 때문에 필터링을 통한 후보 선정 시 상이한 이미지가 선택되어지는 문제점을 지닌다. 본 논문에서는 이미지를 일정한 크기의 타일로 분할한 이미지 타일 평균 RGB 방법을 제안하였으며, 실험을 통하여 제안한 방법의 성능을 평가하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.7-12
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose the technique detecting interest object region effectively in the images from periscope of submarine based on self-generated template. First, we extract the sea-sky line, and divide it into sky and sea area from background region based on the sea-sky line. In each divided background region, the blocks which can be represented in each background region are set as a reference template. After dividing an image into several same size of blocks, we apply multi template matching to the divided search blocks and histogram template to divide the image into object region and background region. Proposed algorithm is adapted to various images in which objects exist in the background of sea and sky. We verified that proposed algorithm performed properly without given informmed prby prior learning.ropso, regardless of the slope of sea-sky line and the locmed p of object based on sea-sky line, we verified that the objects region was segmented effectively from the input image.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.37-45
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• 2010

This paper proposes a novel contrast enhancement method which determines the stretching ranges based on the distribution densities of segmented sub-histogram. In order to enhance the quality of image effectively, the contrast histogram is segmented into sub-histograms based on the density in each brightness region. Then the stretching range of each sub-histogram is determined by analysing its distribution density. The higher density region is extended wider than lower density region in the histogram. This method solves the over stretching problem, because it stretches using density rate of each area on the histogram. To evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm, the experiments have been carried out on complex contrast images, and its superiority has been confirmed by comparing with the conventional methods.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.189-194
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• 2004

Pixel values of contrast enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) images are randomly changed. Also, the middle liver part has a problem to segregate the liver structure because of similar gray-level values of a pancreas in the abdomen. In this paper, an automatic liver segmentation method using a partial histogram threshold (PHT) algorithm is proposed for overcoming randomness of CE-CT images and removing the pancreas. After histogram transformation, adaptive multi-modal threshold is used to find the range of gray-level values of the liver structure. Also, the PHT algorithm is performed for removing the pancreas. Then, morphological filtering is processed for removing of unnecessary objects and smoothing of the boundary. Four CE-CT slices of eight patients were selected to evaluate the proposed method. As the average of normalized average area of the automatic segmented method II (ASM II) using the PHT and manual segmented method (MSM) are 0.1671 and 0.1711, these two method shows very small differences. Also, the average area error rate between the ASM II and MSM is 6.8339 ％. From the results of experiments, the proposed method has similar performance as the MSM by medical Doctor.