• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.585-589
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• 2018

Consumer demand for high quality image/video services led to growing trend in image quality enhancement study. Therefore, recent years was a period of substantial progress in this research field. Through careful observation of the image quality after processing by image enhancement algorithms, we perceived that the dark region in the image usually suffered loss of contrast to a certain extent. In this paper, the low-light stretch preprocessing algorithm is, hence, proposed to resolve the aforementioned issue. The proposed approach is evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively against the well-known histogram equalization and Photoshop curve adjustment. The evaluation results validate the efficiency and superiority of the low-light stretch over the benchmarking methods. In addition, we also propose the 255MHz-capable hardware implementation to ease the process of incorporating low-light stretch into real-time imaging systems, such as aerial surveillance and monitoring with drones and driving aiding systems.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.633-654
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• 2010

High quality camera images, with good contrast and intensity, are needed to obtain the desired information. Images need to be enhanced when they are dark or bright. The histogram equalization technique, which flattens the density distribution of an image, has been widely used to enhance image contrast due to its effectiveness and simplicity. This technique, however, cannot be used to enhance images that are either too dark or too bright. In addition, it is difficult to perform histogram equalization in real-time using a general-purpose computer. This paper proposes a histogram equalization technique with AGC (Automatic Gain Control) to extend the image enhancement range. It is designed using VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) to enhance images in real-time. The system is implemented with an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). An image processing system with this FPGA is implemented. The performance of this image processing system is measured.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.71.1-71.1
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• 2021

We perform disk-halo decomposition of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using a novel HI velocity field extraction method, aimed at better deriving its HI kinematics and thus mass distribution in the galaxy including both baryons and dark matter. We decompose all the line-of-sight velocity profiles of the combined HI data cube of the LMC, taken from the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and Parkes radio telescopes with an optimal number of Gaussian components. For this, we use a novel tool, the so-called BAYGAUD which performs profile decomposition based on Bayesian MCMC techniques. From this, we disentangle turbulent non-ordered HI gas motions from the decomposed gas components, and produce an HI bulk velocity field which better follows the global circular rotation of the galaxy. From a 2D tilted-ring analysis of the HI bulk velocity field, we derive the rotation curve of the LMC after correcting for its transverse, nutation and precession motions. The dynamical contributions of baryons like stars and gaseous components which are derived using the Spitzer 3.6 micron image and the HI data are then subtracted from the total kinematics of the LMC. Here, we present the bulk HI rotation curve, the mass models of stars and gaseous components, and the resulting dark matter density profile of the LMC.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 Ⅳ
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• pp.2403-2406
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• 2003

When viewing images, the relative luminance of the surround has a profound impact on the apparent contrast of the image. The dark surround causes the image elements to appear lighter than those viewed in an illuminated surround. For this reason, it is worthwhile to briefly review the general results of brightness sealing under a various viewing condition. Two of the most often cited parers on the topic of brightness scaling are Stevens-stevens and Bartleson-Breneman's function. There are, however, significant differences between the perceptual functions for simple-field and complex-field viewing. In this paper, we research the relationship between Steven's power law and Bartleson-Breneman's function. We present an appropriate brightness perception function due to TV system viewing conditions. Highlight luminance peak and absolute brightness threshold value in various adaptation levels are obtained from the proposed brightness function . Also, the luminance value of black level to produce the same contrast ratio with variety of display highlight luminance peak is obtained from the proposed brightness function.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.272-275
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• 2016

본 논문은 위성 영상을 위한 안개 제거 및 표면반사율 기반의 특징점 검출 방법을 제안한다. 기존의 안개 제거를 위한 DCP 방법은 패치 기반의 처리 방식으로 인해 전달맵 생성 과정에서 블록현상이 발생하게 되고, 이는 영상을 흐리게 하는 원인이 된다. 따라서 제안한 은닉마코프 기반의 방법은 영상의 블록 현상을 제거하고 선명도를 향상한다. 또한 표면반사율 기반의 견고한 특징점 추출을 통해서 영상 정합의 정확성을 향상하였다. 실험을 통해 제안한 방법이 기존 방법에 비해 안개 제거의 성능에서 우수함을 확인하였으며 이를 통해 특징 검출 및 위성 영상 정합에 적합함을 확인하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2000년도 제15차 학술회의논문집
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• pp.171-171
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• 2000

We have developed m innovative surface inspection system for automated quality control for steel products in POSCO. We had ever installed the various kinds of surface inspection systems, such as a linear CCD and a laser typed surface inspection systems at cold rolled strips production lines. But, these systems cannot fulfill the sufficient detection and classification rate, and real time processing performance. In order to increase detection and classification rate, we have used the Dark, Bright and Transition Field illumination and area type CCD camera, and fur the real time image processing, parallel computing has been used. In this paper, we introduced the automatic surface inspection system and real time image processing technique using the Object Detection, Defect Detection, Classification algorithms and its performance obtained at the production line.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2015

격자 간섭계(grating interferometer)는 방사선 영상분야의 새로운 기술로서, 흡수 영상(absorption imaging)뿐만 아니라 위상차 영상(phase contrast imaging)과 다크필드 영상(dark field imaging)을 제공한다. 격자 간섭계는 크게 탈봇 효과(talbot effect)를 이용하는 탈봇 간섭계와 탈봇-라우 효과(talbot-lau effect)를 이용하는 탈봇-라우 간섭계로 나뉘는데, 일반적인 방사선 영상시스템과 달리 방사선의 간섭을 예측하고 적용하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 현재 부산대학교 중성자 및 방사선 공학 연구실에서 보유하고 있는 엑스선 격자 세트와 중성자 격자 세트를 이용하여 탈봇 간섭 패턴 및 탈봇-라우 간섭 패턴을 제작하였다. 이를 통해 방사선의 파동 거동에 따른 간섭 세기의 변화를 예측하고, 격자 간섭계를 구성하는 각 요소들을 계산했다. 그리고 격자의 종류 및 위상차 물체에 대한 탈봇 간섭 패턴 및 탈봇-라우 간섭 패턴을 예측하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.5112-5129
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• 2019

Image enhancement is a challenging problem in the field of image processing, especially low-light color images enhancement. This paper proposed a robust and comprehensive enhancement method based several points. First, the idea of bright channel is introduced to estimate the illumination map which is used to attain the enhancing result with Retinex model, and the color constancy is keep as well. Second, in order eliminate the illumination offsets wrongly estimated, morphological closing operation is used to modify the initial estimating illumination. Furthermore, in order to avoid fabricating edges, enlarged noises and over-smoothed visual features appearing in enhancing result, a multi-scale closing operation is used. At last, in order to avoiding the haloes and artifacts presented in enhancing result caused by gradient information lost in previous step, guided filtering is introduced to deal with previous result with guided image is initial bright channel. The proposed method can get good illumination map, and attain very effective enhancing results, including dark area is enhanced with more visual features, color natural and constancy, avoiding artifacts and over-enhanced, and eliminating Incorrect light offsets.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제51권11호
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• pp.536-540
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• 2002

This paper proposes a method to drive an AC plasma display panel(PDP) with a significantly improved contrast ratio. In the proposed method, during the first sub-field of one frame, all PDP cells are reset by the ramp waveform, and during the other sub-field, only the cells turned on in the previous sub-field are reset. No light is emitted during the reset period of every sub-field except the first sub-field. For a 10-bit picture, the luminance of the dark level for the proposed method is 10 times lower than that for the conventional method, in which the ramp waveform for the reset is used in every sub-field. Accordingly, the contrast ratio for the proposed method is 10 times higher than that for the conventional method. For the 10-bit picture, the measured contrast ratio was about 3080:1 for the proposed method and about 285:1 with the conventional method, a result the contrast ratio has been increased in 10.8 times. This result shows that the proposed method can realize an image with high contrast ratio.

• 센서학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.5-12
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• 1992

팩시밀리용 1차원 영상감지소자로 사용 가능한 수소화된 비정질 실리콘 다층막을 RF 글로방전 분해법으로 제작하였다. ITO/i-a-Si:H/Al 구조는 양전극으로부터의 캐리어주입과 인듐확산으로 인한 암전류가 상대적으로 크므로 본 논문에서는 이 암전류를 억제하고, ITO/i-a-Si:H의 계면에 임듐확산으로 인한 광전변환특성의 저하를 막기 위하여 $SiO_{2}$ 혹은 $SiO_{x}N_{y}$막이 사이에 끼인 ITO/유전체/i-a-Si:H/p-a-Si:H/Al구조를 제작하였다. 이는 계면의 전장을 증가시켜 양호한 광전변환특성을 얻기 위한 것이다. $SiO_{2}$막의 두께가 $300{\AA}$이고 p-a-Si:H막의 두께가 $1500{\AA}$일 때 암전류는 0.1nA이하로 억제되고 광전류도 5V의 인가전압에서 20nA로 포화되었다. 또한 광이용률을 향상시키기 위해 $SiO_{x}N_{y}$막을 ITO와 함께 이중 반반사약으로 형성시켜 ITO/a-$SiO_{x}N_{y}$/i-a-Si:H/p-a-Si:H/Al구조의 다층막을 제작하였다. 이 때 $SiO_{x}N_{y}$막 및 p-a-Si:H막의 두께는 각각 $300{\AA}$ 및 $1500{\AA}$으로 하였다. 광도 $20{\mu}W/cm^{2}$ 및 인가바이어스 5V하에서 광전류는 30nA, 암전류는 0.08nA로 각각 좋은 특성을 나타내었으며 광전류도 5V게서 포화되었다. 또한 분광감도특성의 결과로부터 단층막의 최대감도를 나타내는 파장은 약 630nm이었으며 다층막의 경우는 약 560nm정도이었다. 제작된 다층막의 균일도는 약 5%의 오차를 가졌으며 광응답시간은 0.3msec였다.