• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.672-680
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• 2010

본 논문은 H.264 동영상 부호화를 위한 적응적인 양자화 행렬 선택방법을 제안한다. 기존의 H.264 양자화 방법은 각 프레임에 동일한 양자화 행렬을 적용하기 때문에 영상의 지역적 특성을 고려하지 못해 코딩 효율이 저하될 수 있다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하고자 프레임 전체에 동일한 양자화 행렬을 적용하는 대신 매크로블록 단위로 블록이 가지는 방향성을 이용해 적응적으로 양자화 행렬을 적용하는 방법을 제안한다. 먼저, 각 블록의 방향성을 공간적으로 인접 블록의 인트라 예측모드 특성을 이용하여 결정한다. 방향성이 존재하는 블록에 대해서는 제안한 방식의 가중치 양자화 행렬을 적용하고, 방향성이 존재하지 않는 블록에 대해서는 기존의 양자화 행렬을 적용한다. 가중치 양자화 행렬은 인트라 예측모드에 따라 블록의 변환 계수의 통계적인 분포를 기반으로 설계되었기 때문에, 예측모드의 특성에 적합하게 양자화된다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안한 알고리즘이 BD rate 측면에서 기존 방법 대비 약 2% 정도의 부호화 효율이 상승됨을 확인할 수 있다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(4)
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• pp.66-69
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• 2000

In this paper, we proposed a postprocessing algorithm for quantization effects reduction in block coded images using the block classification and adaptive filtering. The proposed method consists of classification, adaptive inter-block filtering, and intra-block filtering. First, each block is classified into one of seven classes based on the characteristics of 8${\times}$8 DCT coefficients. Then each block boundary is filtered by adaptive inter-block filters according to the block classification. Finally for blocks which are classified into edge block, intra-block filtering is peformed. Experimental results show that the proposed method gives better results than the conventional methods from both a subjective and an objective viewpoint.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.187-196
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• 2017

The size of raw data has dramatically increased due to the recent trend of Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) development plans for high resolution and high definition image acquisition. The large raw data has an impact on satellite operability due to the limitations of storage and transmission capacity. To improve the SAR operability, the SAR raw data shall be compressed before transmission to the ground station. The Block Adaptive Quantization (BAQ) algorithm is one of the data compression algorithm and has been used for a long time in the spaceborne SAR system. In this paper, an optimization method of BAQ threshold table is introduced using real SAR raw data to prevent the degradation of signal quality caused by data compression. In this manner, a new variation estimation strategy and a new threshold method for block type decision are introduced.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.18-29
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• 1982

In a block adaptive filtering procedure, the filter coefficients are adjusted once per each output block while maintaining performance comparable to that of widely used LMS adaptive filtering in which the filter coefficients are adjusted once per each output data sample. An efficient implementation of block adaptive filter is possible by means of discrete transform technique which has cyclic convolution property and fast algorithms. In this paper, the block adaptive filtering using Fermat Number Transform (FNT) is investigated to exploit the computational efficiency and less quantization effect on the performance compared with finite precision FFT realization. And this has been verified by computer simulation for several applications including adaptive channel equalizer and system identification.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1998년도 하계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.677-680
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• 1998

In this paper, we proposed a lwo bit rate subband coding with adaptive vector quantization using the correlation between motion vector and block energy in subband. In this method, the difference between the input signal and the motion compensated interframe prediction signal is decomposed into several narrow bands using quadrature mirror filter (QMF) structure. The subband signals are then quantized by adaptive vector quantizers. In the codebook generating process, each classified region closer to the block value in the same region after the classification of region by the magnitude of motion vector and the variance values of subband block. Because codebook is genrated considering energy distribution of each region classified by motion vector and variance of subband block, this technique gives a very good visual quality at low bit rate coding.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송∙미디어공학회 2019년도 하계학술대회
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• pp.114-115
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• 2019

This paper introduces an adaptive scalar quantization scheme for video coding technology. The method utilizes the property of the coefficient groups (CG) inside each transform block so that the dead-zone interval of the scalar quantizer is adaptively set up for different CGs. Its experimental results show that our proposed quantization scheme can achieve BDBR reduction of 4.75%, 5.93, and 5.16% for Y, Cb, and Cr channel respectively when encoding with HEVC.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제34S권4호
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• pp.25-32
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• 1997

In this paper, we propose an adaptive BTC algorithm using the characteristics of the error signals. The BTC algorithm has a avantage that it is low computational complexity, but a disadvantage that it produces the ragged edges in the reconstructed images for th esloping regions beause of coding the input with 2-level signals. Firstly, proposed methods classify the input into low, medium, and high activity blocks based on the variance of th einput. Using 1-level quantizer for low activity block, 2-level for medium, and 4-level for high, it is adaptive methods that reduce bit rates and the inherent quantization noises in the 2-level quantizer. Also, in case of processing high activity block, we propose a new quantization level allocation algorithm using the characteristics of the error signals between the original signals and the reconstructed signals used by 2-level quantizer, in oder that reduce bit rates superior to the conventional 4-level quantizer. Especially, considering the characteristics of input block, we reduce the bit rates without incurrng the visual noises.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.442-452
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 블록 분류와 적응적 필터링을 이용하여 블록 기반 부호화에서의 양자화 잡음을 제거하는 후처리 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법에서는 블록 분류, 적응적인 블록 간 필터링, 및 블록 내 필터링의 단계로 이루어진다. 먼저, 각 블록을 8x8 DCT 계수 분포에 따라 7개의 클래스로 분류하고, 인접한 두 클래스 정보에 따라 적응적인 블록 간 필터링을 수행한다. 그리고 에지 블록으로 분류된 블록에 대하여 에지맵을 이용한 블록 내 필터링을 수행한다. 실험결과로부터 제안한 방법이 기존의 방법에 비하여 객관적 화질 측면에서는 유사하지만, 주관적 화질 측면에서 보다 우수함을 확인하였다.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제7권7호
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• pp.2254-2263
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• 2000

This paper proposes an efficient predictive image-compression technique based on vector quantization of blocks of pels. In the proposed method edge contents of blocks control the selection of predictors and block shapes as well. The maximum number of bits assigned to quantizers has been in creased to 3bits/pel from 1/5bits/pel, the setting employed by forerunners in predictive vector quantization of images. This increase prevents the saturation in SNR observed in their results in high bit rates. The variable block shape is instrumental in eh reconstruction of edges. The adaptive procedure is controlled by means of he standard deviation ofp rediction errors generated by a default predictor; the standard deviation address a decision table which can be set up beforehand. eh proposed method is characterized by overall improvements in image quality over A-VQ-PE and A-DCT VQ, both of which are known for their efficient use of vector quantizers.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and information Science
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• 제2권6호
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• pp.138-145
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• 1997

This paper proposes an adaptive algorithm for the quantization step size control of MPEG-2, using the information obtained from the previously encoded picture. Before quantizing the DCT coefficients, the properties of reconstruction error of each macro block (MB) is predicted from the previous frame. For the prediction of the error of current MB, a block with the size of MB in the previous frame are chosen by use of the motion vector. Since the original and reconstructed images of the previous frame are available in the encoder, we can calculate the reconstruction error of this block. This error is considered as the expected error of the current MB if it is quantized with the same step size and bit rate. Comparing the error of the MB with the average of overall MBs, if it is larger than the average, small step size is given for this MB, and vice versa. As a result, the error distribution of the MB is more concentrated to the average, giving low variance and improved image quality. Especially for the low bit application, the proposed algorithm gives much smaller error variance and higher PSNR compared to TM5 (test model 5).