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A fast full search algorithm for multiple reference image motion estimation (다중 참조 영상 움직임 추정을 위한 고속 전역탐색법)

  • Kang Hyun-Soo;Park Seong-Mo
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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    • v.43 no.1 s.307
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2006
  • This paper presents a fast full search algorithm for motion estimation applicable to multiple reference images. The proposed method is an extended version of the rate constrained successive elimination algorithm (RSEA) for multiple reference frame applications. We will show that motion estimation for the reference images temporally preceding the first reference image can be less intensive in computation compared with that for the first reference image. for computational reduction, we will drive a new condition to lead the smaller number of candidate blocks for the best matched block. Simulation results explain that our method reduces computation complexity although it has the same quality as RSEA.

Frame Error Concealment Using Pixel Correlation in Overlapped Motion Compensation Regions

  • Duong, Dinh Trieu;Choi, Byeong-Doo;Hwang, Min-Cheol;Ko, Sung-Jea
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2009
  • In low bit-rate video transmission, the payload of a single packet can often contain a whole coded frame due to the high compression ratio in both spatial and temporal domains of most modern video coders. Thus, the loss of a single packet not only causes the loss of a whole frame, but also produces error propagation into subsequent frames. In this paper, we propose a novel whole frame error concealment algorithm which reconstructs the first of the subsequent frames instead of the current lost frame to suppress the effects of error propagation. In the proposed algorithm, we impose a constraint which uses side match distortion (SMD) and overlapped region difference (ORD) to estimate motion vectors between the target reconstructed frame and its reference frame. SMD measures the spatial smoothness connection between a block and its neighboring blocks. ORD is defined as the difference between the correlated pixels which are predicted from one reference pixel. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm effectively suppresses error propagation and significantly outperforms other conventional techniques in terms of both peak signal-to-noise ratio performance and subjective visual quality.

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A Study on the Characterization Method of Materials in Hanji Costumes (한지의상에 나타난 소재 표현기법 연구)

  • Lee, Su-Jeong;Chae, Seon-Mee
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.433-439
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    • 2004
  • Hanji costumes has four aspects that allow the creator or artist to create many variations. The pictorial effects of Hanji costumes are produced through variations in the dyes and brushes used for its application. The amount of water and texture of the Hanji mixture also influences the Hanji clothing. This effect was expressed using a dry brush technique, a dripping technique, India inks, and fragments from other Hanji works. A second aspect of Hanji clothing is the coloring effect in the Hanji costumes. The coloring is due to the fibers in the preparation mixture and the uniqueness of the dyes. The Hanji clothing was dyed various colors and patterns by dip dyeing, block dyeing, silk screens, digital printing. The third aspect of Hanji imagination in clothing is the decorative details. The details in Hanji clothing can be seen using frills, pleats, tucks and ribbons. The last variation of Hanji clothing can be expressed through crafting techniques. These techniques are the quality of paper string, cuts in the paper and paste ingredients. With Hanji cloth, it is possible to plait, roll, and crample into other flexible & useful materials.

Investigation of Pre-packed Herbal Medicine in Korean University Oriental Medicine Hospital and their Usefulness (국내 대학부속 한방병원 한약 포장팩의 사용 현황 및 효용성 연구)

  • Jeong, A Ram;Lee, Hye Yoon;Cheon, Jin Hong;Kim, Ki Bong
    • The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.50-58
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    • 2013
  • Objectives The purpose of this study is to know the present uses of pre-packed herbal medicine and their usefulness in Korean University Oriental Medicine Hospitals. Methods We selected 29 university hospitals to survey by using telephone and by mail. Results 1. The kind of packages that 29 hospitals uses were 2 layers, 3 layers and 3 layers with aluminum as the component layer, standing or non-standing pouch. 2. Total 24.1% hospitals are using 3 layers patch with aluminum because of their merits. The merits are preserving the quality of packaged drugs, blocking sun lights and beautiful looking, gas barrier properties and an opening convenience. 3. However, the 3 layers with aluminum packages were little bit more expensive and it can't be used in the microwaves. Conclusions This study revealed that 3 layers with aluminum packages were superior to any other packages because it can keep original flavor and properties, block sun light, and an easy opening convenience. Thus, aluminum contained 3 layer packages are better to preserve herbal medicines.

Estimation of Sculptured Surface NC Machining Time (자유곡면 NC 절삭가공시간 예측)

  • 허은영;김보현;김동원
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.254-261
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    • 2003
  • In mold and die shops, NC machining process mainly affects the quality of the machined surface and the manufacturing time of molds and dies. The estimation of NC machining time is a prerequisite to measure the machining productivity and to generate a process schedule, which generally includes the process sequence and the completion time of each process. It is required to take into account dynamic characteristics in the estimation, such as the ac/deceleration of NC machine controllers. Intensive observations at start and end points of NC blocks show that a minimum feedrate, a key variable in a machining time model, has a close relation to a block distance, an angle between blocks, and a command feedrate. Thus, this study addresses regression models for the minimum feedrate estimation on short and long NC blocks considering these parameters. Furthermore, machining time estimation models by the four types of feedrate behaviors are suggested based on the estimated minimum feedrate. To show the validity of the proposed machining time model, the study compares the estimated with the actual machining time in the sculptured surface machining of several mold dies.

Superconductivity of infinite layer cuprate

  • Lee, Sung-Ik;Jung, Chang-Wook;Kim, Ji-Yeon;Kim, Heon-Jung;Park, Min-Seok
    • 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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    • v.10
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    • pp.1-1
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    • 2000
  • The infinite layer compound $ACuO_2$, (A-Alkaline earth) consists of infinite stacking of $CuO_2$ planes separated only by alkaline earth ions. This compound attracted much attention because it contains only key ingredient of all cuprate high temperature superconductor; $CuO_2$ plane with controllable carrier concentration without charge reservoir block. High pressure synthesis method has been found to be preferable for this system due to its ability of doping various lanthanide ion into A site with larger superconducting volume fraction. But rigorous study on this rudimentary compound has been hindered by insufficient quality of sample. Especially superconductlng volume fraction was often too small to identify its origin. In this presentation, we report high pressure synthesis of $Sr_{0.9}Ln_{0.1}CuO_2$ (Ln=La, Sm). By controlling the heating temperature precisely during high pressure synthesis we could have superconductors with quite high superconducting volume fraction for this compound. The magnetic properties of the graln aligned samples show very different behavior compared to the cuprate high temperature superconductors. Details will be discussed.

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DSP Optimization for Rain Detection and Removal Algorithm (비 검출 및 제거 알고리즘의 DSP 최적화)

  • Choi, Dong Yoon;Seo, Seung Ji;Song, Byung Cheol
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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    • v.52 no.9
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    • pp.96-105
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    • 2015
  • This paper proposes a DSP optimization solution of rain detection and removal algorithm. We propose rain detection and removal algorithms considering camera motion, and also presents optimization results in algorithm level and DSP level. At algorithm level, this paper utilizes a block level binary pattern analysis, and reduces the operation time by using the fast motion estimation algorithm. Also, the algorithm is optimized at DSP level through inter memory optimization, EDMA, and software pipelining for real-time operation. Experiment results show that the proposed algorithm is superior to the other algorithms in terms of visual quality as well as processing speed.

Study on the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction in Oriental Medicine (발기부전 치료의 한의학적 접근방법에 관한연구)

  • Song, Bong-Keun
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.17 no.2 s.32
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    • pp.73-87
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    • 1996
  • Erectile dysfunction is defined as the inability to attain and maintain penile rigidity sufficient to allow sexual intercourse. Although erectile dysfunction is usually considered a benign disorder, it has a dramatic impact on quality of life of the patients as well as their sexual partners. And it is common in men between the age of 40 and 70 years, and its incidence increases with age. The prevalence is reported to occupy 10% at the age of 40 years, 20% in 50s, 30% in 60s and 50% at the age of 70 years, and is more prevalent as stress in modern life and interest onsexual behavior increase. This article has aims to investigate and summarize the current trend of treatment for erectiledysfunction so as to suggest the effective and available way to treat the disease. In oriental medicine, erectile dysfunction has been treated with herb medicine and acupuncture with good results. Some of herb drugs have the substances which induce penile erection. So it should be investigated on the neurotransmitter or endothelial mediator which can be included in herb drugs. The acupuncture therapy stimulates the erectile nerves and is reported to be effective for erectile dysfunction. And suppository, locus injection therapy and topical agent are found to be effective as well as stellate ganglion block and biofeedback treatment. So the study on the approach and application of these treatments on erectile dysfunction would be necessary.

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A High Capacity Reversible Watermarking Using Histogram Shifting (히스토그램 이동을 이용한 고용량 리버서블 워터마킹)

  • Bae, Sung-Ho
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.76-82
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    • 2010
  • Reversible watermarking hides some information in a digital image in such a way that an authorized party could decode the hidden information and also restore the image to its original state. In this paper, a high capacity reversible watermarking method using histogram shifting is proposed. In order to increase embedding capacity, the proposed method divides the image into $2{\times}2$ blocks and uses a paring(horizontal, vertical, diagonal) inside each block, then finds a maximum embedding bin which has the most frequent difference values among the parings. Also, the proposed method removes the overflow and underflow by using location map which including the maximum embedding bin and increases the embedding capacity by embedding iteratively. The experimental results show that the proposed method provides a high embedding capacity and good visual quality compared with the conventional reversible watermarking methods.

A Perceptual Rate Control for Variable Quantizer of Extended JPEG (확장 JPEG의 가변 양자화기를 위한 시각적 비트율 제어)

  • Yun, Seok-Jin;Park, kwang-Chae
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.95-100
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    • 1996
  • In this paper, we present an image coder using variable quantizer for newly proposed JPEG extensions which has been standardized as ISO/IEC 10918-3(ITU-T Rec. T.84). It is necessary to alleviate the blocking artifact which is more sensitive to human eye in view of the spatial frequency sensitivity. The blocking artifact arises in the lower activity area rather than in the higher area. Therefore variable quantizer use the horizontal and vertical derivatives for calculating the $8{\times}8$ block activity. We classified nonlinear quantizer parameter into 5 categories in order to finely quantize in the lower active region. As a result of simulation for various images, the proposed coder increases subjective and objective quality at a given bit rate.

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