• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.911-923
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• 2012

Recently, 3DTV and 3D displays have been released in the market. Accordingly, the production of stereoscopic images has gained much interest. Stereoscopic image being composed of left and right images are currently delivered to viewers without any modifications. The researches on the enhancement of depth perception using high-frequency components and the re-production of natural color by color compensation have been carried out for 2D images. The application of such 2D technologies to 3D stereoscopic images is an aim of this paper. This paper proposes the enhancement of 3D perception by color transformation. For this, we propose a stereo matching method for obtaining a depth map and two color transformation methods such as contrast transformation and background darkening. The effectiveness of the proposed method was verified through experiments.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.65-73
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• 2011

In this paper, we present a novel digital multifocusing approach using adaptive region-based histogram equalization for the multiple color-filter aperture (MCA) system with insufficient amount of incoming light. From the image acquired by the MCA system, we can estimate the depth information of objects at different distances by measuring the amount of misalignment among the RGB color planes. The estimated depth information is used to obtain multifocused images together with the process of the region-of-interests (ROIs) classification, registration, and fusion. However, the MCA system results in the low-exposure problem because of the limited size of the apertures. For overcoming this problem, we propose adaptive region-based histogram equalization. Based on the experimental results, the proposed algorithm is proved to be able to obtain in-focused images under the low light level environment.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.576-582
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• 2011

In this paper, we proposed the improved Advanced Detail Enhancement algorithm that improve the blurring by the lossy compression with CODEC and reduce the ringing artifacts in restoration. The conventional algorithm needs much amount of the process by the use of RGB color space. To improve this, we only used the luminance value in YCbCr color space. We verified that the performance of the improved algorithm with Y color value, the luminance value, is equal to the conventional algorithm with RGB color value and that the operation time of the improved is shorter about 24% than the conventional through the measurement of the operation time with Kodak standard images.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.2927-2936
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a noise reduction and hole removal algorithm in order to improve the quality of depth images when they are used for creating 3D contents. In the proposed algorithm, the depth image and the corresponding color image are both used. First, an intensity image is generated by converting the RGB color space into the HSI color space. By estimating the difference of distance and depth between reference and neighbor pixels from the depth image and difference of intensity values from the color image, they are used to remove noise in the proposed algorithm. Then, the proposed hole filling method fills the detected holes with the difference of euclidean distance and intensity values between reference and neighbor pixels from the color image. Finally, we apply a parallel structure of GPGPU to the proposed algorithm to speed-up its processing time for real-time applications. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm performs better than other conventional algorithms. Especially, the proposed algorithm is more effective in reducing edge blurring effect and removing noise and holes.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.1584-1587
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• 2005

Although the picture quality of today's displays is very good already, a continuous improvement is desirable as the new larger display sizes increase the visibility of artifacts. A contributing factor for picture quality enhancement through smart video processing and algorithm design is the information gathered from video statistics. Interesting parameters gathered from video statistics are e.g. the image- and display load, the usage of the color gamut, the estimated power consumption and the occurrence of static image parts. Examples of applications that can benefit from video statistics are power calculations, color gamut mapping algorithms, dynamic backlight control for LCD panels and LED backlights for LCD panels.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07e
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• pp.1779-1782
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 새로운 색역폭(color gamut) 매핑 방법을 이용하여 디지털 TV 디스플레이 장치의 화질을 개선하는 방법을 제안하였다. 기존에 실시간 적응이 어렵던 색역폭 매핑 방법을 실시간으로 처리하기 위한 하드웨어 구조를 제안하였으며 이를 통하여 수 나노 초 단위의 처리 속도가 필요한 디지털 TV 의 디스플레이 장치에 성공적으로 적용이 가능하였다. 또한 제안된 하드웨어 구조는 필요에 따라 색역폭 매핑 해상도의 조절이 가능하여 해상도 및 하드웨어 구현 비용을 적절히 조절할 수 있는 장점이 있다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2002.06d
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• pp.251-254
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• 2002

Currently many devices reproduce electronic images in a variety of ways. However, the colors that are reproduced are different from the original color due to the differences in the gamut between devices. In this paper, a gamut mapping method utilizing a simultaneous mapping function and a lightness rescaling is proposed. This method enhance the local-color characteristics and lightness contrast. The experimental result shows that the overall contrast and the colorfulness were increased.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.182-184
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• 2015

We have developed a novel LED display architecture with RGGB 4sub-pixels rendering. LED light control filter algorithm is proposed in order to reduce color fringes by sub-pixel rendering which is a method of perceptual enhancement. The results show that it has 2 times higher perceptual resolution without artifacts.

• Journal of Information Display
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.7-12
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• 2003

We discuss main techniques to improve legibility of electroluminescent displays. Emphasis is placed on use of destructive optical interference to cancel ambient light reflected from the back electrode of the device. Basic optical principles and material composition of the optical interference contrast-enhancing stack (CES) are presented. We also describe the improved human factors of electroluminescent devices assisted with a CES. Achromatic contrast is the most important contributor to display's legibility. In some conditions color contrast may also be important. Contributing to both luminance and color contrast enhancement, the contrast-enhancing stack may play an important role in various display applications.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.105-114
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• 2018

Ninhydrin traditionally used to develop fingerprints on paper is often limited in its use depending on background color and its enhancement effect differs depending on reagent reaction condition. Recently 1,2-indanedione(1,2-IND), etc. which has no limitation of background color has been used to visualize the fingermark on paper. Therefore, this study was carried out for enhancement of fingerprints after 1,2-IND/Zn treatment on paper treated with ninhydrin. Comparison between 1,2-IND/Zn reaction after ninhydrin treatment and single ninhydrin reaction were conducted under various methods. Result shows the fingerprints were enhanced when ninhydrin-treated fingerprints were treated with 1,2-IND/Zn, and their enhancement was observed even after 6 months.