• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.89-97
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose real-time program that measure open-close frequency of mouth and eyes to detect drowsiness of a driver. This program detects a face to the CCD camera image using OpenCV library. Then that extracts each area using CDF for eye detection and Active Contour for mouth detection based on detected face. This system measures each frequency of Open-Close using extracted area data of eyes and mouth. We propose foundation technique how to perform sleepiness decision of users based on measurement data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2009.01a
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• pp.482-486
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• 2009

Scale-invariant feature is an effective method for retrieving and classifying images. In this study, we analyze a scale-invariant planar curve features for developing 2D shapes. Scale-space filtering is used to determine contour structures on different scales. However, it is difficult to track significant points on different scales. In mathematics, curvature is considered to be fundamental feature of a planar curve. However, the curvature of a digitized planar curve depends on a scale. Therefore, automatic scale detection for curvature analysis is required for practical use. We propose a technique for achieving automatic scale detection based on difference of curvature. Once the curvature values are normalized with regard to the scale, we can calculate difference in the curvature values for different scales. Further, an appropriate scale and its position are detected simultaneously, thereby avoiding tracking problem. Appropriate scales and their positions can be detected with high accuracy. An advantage of the proposed method is that the detected significant points do not need to be located in the same contour. The validity of the proposed method is confirmed by experimental results.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.154-162
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• 1999

In this paper, we acquired EBT section images of lung parenchyma using fabricated spirometric gating device and proposed new energy function based on dynamic contour model in order to extracted the contour of the lung parenchyma in EBT images. In EBT images, gray level of the lungs is lower than other region. we extracted the lungs contour using the new energy function considering gray level and contour vector of the lung parenchyma region from EBT images. As we compared the proposed method with the conventional method, we confirmed that detection method using proposed energy function was valid.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.1093-1096
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• 2002

In this paper, a new semi-automated cyber character generating method is presented. Local edge detection tools extract face contour from graphic image files. Some graphic manipulation process detailed touch to obtain neat face contour. This method shortens the making process dramatically while maintaining the good quality similar to real face image. Some of the processed images are illustrated for clear explanation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2002.05c
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• pp.282-285
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• 2002

의료영상에서 윤곽선의 추출은 관심영역 대한 객관적인 수치 즉 면적, 부피, 장단축의 길이 등을 분석하고 3차원 재구성을 위해 선행되어야 하는 중요한 과정이다. 현재 윤곽선 추출에 대한 않은 방법들이 개발 중에 있으나 이 방법들은 한계를 지니고 있어 더 높은 수준의 처리가 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 active contour model(snake)을 이용하여 MR뇌 영상에서 종양을 추출하였다. Snake의 에너지 최적화 문제를 dynamic programming을 사용하여 개선하였으며 canny edge detection을 이용하여 잡음에 덜 민감하도록 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2002.05c
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• pp.195-199
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 주어진 입력 이미지에서 얼굴 영역을 검출하기 위한 액티브 컨투어 모델(active contour models)을 제안한다. 제안한 모델은 스킨 칼라 모델(skin color model)에 의해 표현되는 사람 얼굴의 칼라 정보를 이용한다. 본 논문에서는 첨점(cusps), 모서리 (corners), 그리고 자동 위상 변화(automatic topological changes)를 고려한 레벨 셋 메소드(level set method)를 사용하여 액티브 컨투어를 진화시킨다. 실험 결과는 제안한 방법이 얼굴 영역 검출에 효과가 있음을 보여준다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.296-301
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• 2012

This paper describes an analytic method for infrared thermography to detect surface cracks in thin plates. Traditional thermographic method uses the spatial contrast of a thermal field, which is often corrupted by noise in the experiment induced mainly by emissivity variations of target surfaces. This study developed a robust analytic approach to crack detection for thermography using the holomorphic function of a temperature field in thin plate under steady-state thermal conditions. The holomorphic function of a simple temperature field was derived for 2-D heat flow in the plate from Cauchy-Riemann conditions, and applied to define a contour integral that varies depending on the existence and strength of singularity in the domain of integration. It was found that the contour integral at each point of thermal image reduced the noise and temperature variation due to heat conduction, so that it provided a clearer image of the singularity such as cracks.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.3759-3766
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• 1996

In this paper a new gefchmique to measaure the creater wear using image processing and automatic focusing is presented. The contour detection algorithm, which can adopt ina noisy image, is suggested. It is suitable for eliminating high frequency noses with lower processing time and without blurring. An automatic focusing technique is applied to measure a createrwear depth with a one-dimensional search algorithm for finding the bestfocus. This method is implemented in the tool microscope driven by a servo motor. The results show that the countour and depth of crater wear can be measured reliably.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.84-92
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• 2011

The automated segmentation technique of cell region in Bio Images helps biologists understand complex functions of cells. It is mightly important in that it can process the analysis of cells automatically which has been done manually before. The conventional methods for segmentation of cell and nuclei from multi-channel images consist of two steps. In the first step nuclei are extracted from DNA channel, and used as initial contour for the second step. In the second step cytoplasm are segmented from Actin channel by using Active Contour model based on intensity. However, conventional studies have some limitation that they let the cell segmentation performance fall by not considering inhomogeneous intensity problem in cell images. Therefore, the paper consider correlation between DNA and Actin channel, and then proposes the preprocessing algorithm by which the brightness of cell inside in Actin channel can be compensated homogeneously by using DNA channel information. Experiment result show that the proposed preprocessing method improves the cell segmentation performance compared to the conventional method.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.33-42
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• 2003

As airborne laser scanning technique is developed with high vertical accuracy recently, there come many studies on DEM(digital elevation model creation, building extraction, flood risk mapping and 3D virtual city modeling. This study applied point comparative method, contour comparative method and digital map with scale 1/5,000 to calculate RMSE of DEM in according to resolution that was constructed using rawdata being acquired by airborne laser scanning. As a result, point comparative method showed lower DEM standard error than contour comparative method, it is a reason that contour comparative method was not carried out detailed grid calculation for point comparative method. Also, digital map with scale 1/5,000 showed higher DEM standard error than point comparative method and contour comparative method in below 25.4m that is average horizontal distance among contour line, and showed similar result with contour comparative method in over 25.4m.