• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.59 no.3
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• pp.258-262
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• 2010

This paper describes a watermarking system that has the robust characteristics against the geometric attacks of resizing and the bitrate varying attacks. While the existing watermark methods of marking on AC in DCT coefficients are weak against the geometric attacks, the methods of tiny increasing the DC in DCT coefficients and the system implementations are suggested in this paper. We measure the differences between the original images and the watermarked images and the detecting rate from the geometric and bitrate attacked images. Results of experiments show that our method is robust against that attacks.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.130-134
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• 1985

In two-dimensional discrete cosine transform(DCT) coding, the measurements of the distributions of the transform coefficients are important because a better approximation yields a smaller mean square distorition. This paper presents the results of distribution tests which indicate that the statistics of the AC coefficients are well approximated to a generalized Gaussian distribution whose shape parameter is 0.6. Furthermore, from a simulation of the DCT coding, it was shown that the above approximation yields a higher experimental SNR and a better agreement between theory and simulation than the Gaussian or Laplacian assumptions.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.1668-1675
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose a post-processing technique developed for the subjective improvement of color resolution in DCT-coded color images. The high frequency components caused by complex object parts are compressed and impaired through DCT-based image processing, so color distortions such as blurs in high saturated regions are observed. It's mainly due to the severe loss of color data as Cb and Cr. Generally, the activities of chroma elements in DCT domain correlate strongly with that of luminance as spatial frequency gets higher, and based on the relations between chroma and luma AC activities, we compensate destructed Cb, Cr coefficients using modifications from Y coefficients. Simulation results show that the proposed method enhances color resolution in high saturated region, and improves the visual quality.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.24 no.8B
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• pp.1567-1576
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• 1999

In this paper, we propose new methods to detect a scene cut and a dissolve region in compressed MPEG video sequences. The scene cut detection method uses edge images obtained using DCT AC coefficients and the dissolve detection method utilizes the macroblock type information of the MPEG stream. The proposed scene cut detection method is insensitive to brightness and can detect scene changes more precisely than the methods using DC coefficients since AC edge images can express original images more exactly than DC edge images do. The proposed dissolve detection method using the number of intra macroblocks(MBs) computationally efficient since it does not require the decoding process. Experimental results show that the proposed methods perform better in detection scene changes than conventional other methods.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.30 no.6C
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• pp.465-474
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• 2005

In this paper, a directional reconstruction of lost block in image over noisy channel is presented. DCT coefficients or pixel values in the lost blocks are recovered by using the linear interpolation with available neighboring blocks that are adaptively selected by the directional measure that are composed of the DDC (Difference of DC opposite blocks)and SAC(Similarity of AC opposite blocks) between opposite blocks around lost blocks. The proposed directional recovery method is effective for the strong edge and texture regions because we do not make use of the fixed 4-neighboring blocks but exploit the varying neighboring blocks adaptively by the directional information in the local image. In this paper, we describe the novel directional measure(CDS: Combination of DDC and SAC) composed of the DDC and the SAC and select the usable block to recover the lost block with the directional measure. The proposed method shows about 0.6dB PSNR improvement in average compared to the conventional methods.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.613-618
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• 2011

Vessels on anchoring are sometimes dragged due to the increased external forces. For preventing the dragging, it is required to enhance the holding power of the anchor. The holding power depends on the type and weight of the anchor and the seabed condition. Especially, the holding power of AC-14 type anchor is known to be 2~2.5 times bigger than that of ASS type anchor. However, these coefficients was determined nearly by the result of the model test, so there is a need to verify that by sea trial. Therefore actual dragging case was analyzed and then compared with the coefficients in use, it was found that the two of them are much alike.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07e
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• pp.1840-1842
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• 1997

MgO protection layer on the dielectric layer in PDP prevents a dielectric layer from sputtering and lowers the firing voltage due to a large $\gamma$-Coefficients. Until now, the MgO protection layer is mainly prepared by E-beam evaporation. However, there are some problems that is easy pollution and change of its characteristics with time and delamination. Therefore in this study. MgO protection layer is prepared on dielectric layer by R.F. magnetron sputtering with Mg target under various conditions. The sputtered MgO shows the better discharge characteristics compared with MgO deposited by E-beam evaporatior.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.61 no.5
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• pp.231-237
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• 2017

Efficiently removing Al(III) from rare earth is very significant because even trace amount of Al(III) can cause serious harm to the rare earth materials. In this paper, a nitrogen-containing activated carbon, AC-P700, was synthesized using peas as raw materials. The AC-P700 was characterized by surface area analyzer, FT-IR, and XPS methods. The adsorption and recognition properties of AC-P700 towards Al(III) were investigated, and the recognition mechanism was also analyzed. The BET special surface area of AC-P700 was $1277.1m^2{\cdot}g^{-1}$, and the average pore diameter was 1.90 nm. The AC-P700 possesses strong adsorption affinity and excellent recognition selectivity towards Al(III). The adsorption capacity for Al(III) could reach to $0.53mmol{\cdot}g^{-1}$, and relative selectivity coefficients relative to La(III) and Ce(III) is 9.6 and 8.7, respectively. Besides, AC-P700 possesses better regeneration ability and reusability.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.88-94
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• 2008

A DCT-based energy-ratio measure for autofocus in digital camera is proposed in this paper. This measure, namely AC2DC1 and AC5DC1, determines the sharpness of an image using a ratio between AC and DC energy in the DCT domain. This method is derived from energy analysis of DCT coefficients. Autofocus score calculation method is used to assess the performance of the proposed measure and to compare it with other measures. Experimental results under various conditions verify the robustness of the proposed focus measure for the Gaussian as well as impulsive noises.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.138-144
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• 2018

Background: Subacromial erosion remains a major concern after surgical fixation of acromioclavicular (AC) joint using a clavicular hook plate. To minimize postoperative subacromial erosion, we investigated the structural relationship between distal clavicle and acromion around the AC joint by considering the surgical fixation of the joint using the hook plate technique. Methods: Computed tomography scans of 101 AC joints without any inherent pathology were analyzed. The angle between the distal clavicle and acromion around the AC joint (AC angle), depth of the acromion, differences in height between distal clavicle and acromion (AC height difference), and thickness of distal clavicle and acromion at the AC joint were measured. Descriptive statistics were calculated for each anatomical parameter, and all results were compared between gender groups. Results: The mean AC angle was $17.1^{\circ}$(range, $-8.0^{\circ}$ to $39.0^{\circ}$), and the mean AC height difference was 3.5 mm (range, -0.7 to 8.7 mm). Both factors showed very high variability (coefficients of variation=62.6% and 46.6%, respectively). The mean AC angle was significantly higher in the female gender than in the male gender ($19.8^{\circ}$ vs. $13.8^{\circ}$, p=0.048). The mean acromion thickness and distal clavicular thickness were both significantly thinner in the female group than in the male group (p<0.001). Conclusions: Taken together, we believe our results might be helpful in minimizing postoperative subacromial erosion when performing surgical fixation of the AC joint using the hook plate, and be valuable in improving future design of the hook plate.