• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.7-13
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• 2010

In this paper, an efficient contrast enhancement algorithm using weighted histogram modification is proposed. For contrast enhancement, histogram equalization (HE) and histogram stretching (HS) are effective techniques. However, HE and HS may have excessive contrast enhancement. Proposed method using weighted histogram modification produces better natural and enhanced results than those of conventional contrast enhancement methods without artifacts.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.290-293
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• 2005

무손실 정보은닉은 추출과정에서 원본 영상으로의 완벽한 복원이 가능하도록 정보를 삽입하는 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 영상에서의 회복적인 무손실 정보은닉 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 히스토그램 수정을 Haar 웨이블릿 계수차분에 적용한 방법으로, 두 단계 삽입과정으로 나누어진다. 1차 삽입과정에서 웨이블릿 계수차분 히스토그램의 수정으로 인해 발생하는 왜곡은 2차 삽입과정을 통해 보상된다. 이러한 회복적인 특성은 실험을 통해 영상의 왜곡을 줄여주는 동시에 높은 삽입용량으로 나타난다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.369-374
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• 2008

음악 연구에 따른 컴퓨터의 역할이 점자 중요한 비중을 차지함에 따라 보다 효과적인 악보 인식과 효율적인 악보의 편집 및 수정 방법이 요구된다. 기존의 수동 입력 방식에서는 악보를 부정확하게 입력하여 수정하는 경우에는 작업 시간이 많이 소요되며, 각 수정 프로그램에서 만든 악보는 특정 프로그램에서만 재수정이 가능하다는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위하여 이미 작성 되어있는 악보들을 자동으로 인식하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 악보 인식 방법은 수평 히스토그램을 이용하여 악보 이미지의 오선을 제거한 후, 4방향 윤곽선 추적 알고리즘을 적용하여 잡음을 제거하고 Grassfire 알고리즘을 적용하여 악보 구성 기호들을 추출한다. 추출된 악보 구성 기호들은 Hierarchical ART2 알고리즘을 적용하여 인식한다. 인식된 악보구성 기초들을 이용하여 악보 구성 기호들이 속하는 마디의 위치 정보를 각각 저장하고 향후에 악보 구성 기호의 편집과 수정이 용이하게 한다. 제안된 악보 인식 방법의 성능을 평가하기 위해 100장의 악보 영상을 대상으로 실험한 결과, 제시된 Hierarchical ART2 알고리즘을 이용한 악보 영상의 인식 방법이 실험을 통해서 효율적인 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2004

It is very important part of pre-processing for get better results by image processing that get emphasized image by processing of source image. Emphasized image is not only good looking image but clear and sharp image. Emphasized images are used very useful data at contour extraction and image recognition in image processing. It have different image recognition by how much represent a origin scene in row quality image. Present algorithms that get emphasized premier image do not get clear picture of degree that want in various kind of images and there is shortcoming that need much process times being proportional size of picture quality or accumulation degree of histogram. In this paper, we propose method to change distribution chart that pixels occupy in histogram as subsequentness in reflex of various kinds as well as that picture quality reflex method to emphasize so that is suitable in practical use purpose originally of premier. Proposed algorithm re-allot histogram distribution by reverse tracking histogram. Experimental images are same result and take less processing time than histogram equalization.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.392-393
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 최근 모바일 디스플레이로 각광 받고 있는 OLED 디스플레이를 위한 영상 화질 개선 기법을 제안한다. OLED 디스플레이는 영상의 화소값을 개별적으로 조정함으로써 전력 소모를 조정할 수 있다. 이러한 OLED의 특성과, 영상 화질 개선의 대표적인 기법인 히스토그램 수정 기법을 이용하여 전력소모를 최소화 하는 영상 화질 개선 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법에서는 먼저 OLED 디스플레이의 소모 전력을 추정하고, 입력 영상의 히스토그램 수정을 통하여 얻어지는 전달함수를 이용하여 영상을 변환한다. 모의실험을 통하여 영상을 표현하기 위한 소모 전력이 효과적으로 감소함을 확인한다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.43 no.4 s.310
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• pp.27-36
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• 2006

Lossless data embedding is a method to insert information into a host image that guarantees complete restoration when the extraction has been done. In this paper, we propose a noble reversible data embedding algorithm for images in wavelet domain. The proposed embedding technique, which modifies histogram of wavelet coefficient, is composed of two inserting steps. Data is embedded to wavelet coefficient using modification of histogram in first embedding process. Second embedding step compensates the distortion caused by the first embedding process as well as hides more information. Hence we achieve higher inserting capacity. In view of the relationship between the embedding capacity and the PSNR value, our proposed method shows considerably higher performance than the current reversible data embedding methods.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.417-429
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• 2010

Reversible watermarking inserts watermark into digital media in such a way that visual transparency is preserved and then enables to restore the original media from the marked one without any loss of media quality. This watermarking can be applied to quality-sensitive imaging such as medical imaging, military imaging, remote-sensing imaging, and precious artwork, where the original media should be preserved during image processing and analysis. In this paper, a reversible image watermarking technique that embeds message bits by modifying the differential histogram of adjacent pixels is presented. In order to satisfy both high embedding capacity and visual quality, the proposed technique exploits the fact that adjacent pixels in the image have highly spatial correlation. Also, we prevent overflow/underflow problem and salt-and-pepper artifacts by employing a predicted error compensation scheme. Through experiments using various test images, we prove that the presented technique provides perfect reversibility and high embedding capacity, while maintaining the induced-distortion low.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.32-40
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• 2011

Reversible data hiding, which can recover the original image without any distortion after the extraction of the hidden data, has drawn considerable attention in recent years. However, underflow and overflow problems have occurred occasionally in the embedded image. To overcome these problems, we propose a new reversible data hiding algorithm which embeds a compressed location map used to identify these underflow and overflow points. In addition, the proposed algorithm allows for multilevel data hiding to increase the hiding capacity. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm generates good performances in the PSNR, the embedding capacity, and the size of side information.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.958-964
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• 2010

Histogram Equalization(HE) is one of the well known methods for contrast enhancement. but, it did not applied directly due to side effects such as significant change in brightness or washed out appearance. Many conventional method try to overcome this problem but they did not guarantee various image or depend on user define parameter. In this paper, an Adaptive histogram Compensated Histogram Equalization(ACHE) is proposed for contrast enhancement. ACHE has a parameter that based on median of input image. Histogram of input image is compensated according to parameter. And then finally compensated histogram is equalized. Experimental results show that proposed method suppresses side effects such as detail loss or washed out appearance. Moreover, parameter calculated automatically with low computation complexity. As a result, it could applies FPD directly.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.30-39
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• 2014

The proposed watermark embedding algorithm uses histogram of difference image between a modified original image and predicted image. To increase the prediction performance of the predicted image, the reference pixels for prediction are adaptively selected and the other pixels are directionally interpolated with the reference pixels. The simulation result shows that the proposed algorithm gives good performances in the embedding capacity and the PSNR values.