• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.1692-1699
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• 2004

Many researchers have developed various techniques for detection of human faces in ordinary still images. Face detection is the first imperative step of human face recognition systems. The two main problems of human face detection are how to cutoff the running time and how to reduce the number of false positives. In this paper, we present frontal and near-frontal face detection algorithm in still gray images using a thick edge image and neural network. We have devised a new filter that gets the thick edge image. Our overall scheme for face detection consists of two main phases. In the first phase we describe how to create the thick edge image using the filter and search for face candidates using a whole face detector. It is very helpful in removing plenty of windows with non-faces. The second phase verifies for detecting human faces using component-based eye detectors and the whole face detector. The experimental results show that our algorithm can reduce the running time and the number of false positives.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1993년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); Seoul National University, Seoul; 20-22 Oct. 1993
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• pp.859-863
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• 1993

There are two methods to get 3-dimensional information by matching image pair feature-based matching and area-based matching. One of the problems in the area-based matching is how the optimal search region which gives accurate correlation between given point and its neighbors can be selected. In this paper, we proposed a new area-based matching algorithm which uses edge-features used in the conventional feature-based matching. It first selects matching candidates by feature-based and matches image pair with area-based method by taking these candidates as guidance to decision of search area. The results show that running time is reduced by optimizing search area(considering edge points and continuity of disparity), keeping on the precision as the conventional area-based matching method.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.4395-4412
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• 2020

The multisource image fusion has become an active topic in the last few years owing to its higher segmentation rate. To enhance the accuracy of multimodal pig-body feature segmentation, a multisource image fusion method was employed. Nevertheless, the conventional multisource image fusion methods can not extract superior contrast and abundant details of fused image. To superior segment shape feature and detect temperature feature, a new multisource image fusion method was presented and entitled as NSST-GF-IPCNN. Firstly, the multisource images were resolved into a range of multiscale and multidirectional subbands by Nonsubsampled Shearlet Transform (NSST). Then, to superior describe fine-scale texture and edge information, even-symmetrical Gabor filter and Improved Pulse Coupled Neural Network (IPCNN) were used to fuse low and high-frequency subbands, respectively. Next, the fused coefficients were reconstructed into a fusion image using inverse NSST. Finally, the shape feature was extracted using automatic threshold algorithm and optimized using morphological operation. Nevertheless, the highest temperature of pig-body was gained in view of segmentation results. Experiments revealed that the presented fusion algorithm was able to realize 2.102-4.066% higher average accuracy rate than the traditional algorithms and also enhanced efficiency.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2018

We use edge detection technique for the input image to extract the entire edges of the object in the image and then select only the edges that construct the outline of the object. By examining the positional relation between these pixels composing the outline, a simplified version of the outline of the object in the input image is generated by removing unnecessary pixels while maintaining the condition of connection of the outline. For each pixel constituting the outline, its direction is calculated by examining the positional relation with the next pixel. Then, we group the consecutive pixels with same direction into one and then change them to a line segment instead of a point. Among those line segments composing the outline of the object, a line segment whose length is smaller than a predefined minimum length of acceptable line segment is removed by merging it into one of the adjacent line segments. As a result, an outline composed of line segments of over a certain length is obtained through this process.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.841-849
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• 2001

The pixel information of the object was obtained sequentially and pixels were clustered to a label by the line labeling method. Feature points were determined by finding the slope for edge pixels after selecting the fixed number of edge pixels. The slope was estimated by the least square method to reduce the detection error. Once a matching point was determined by comparing the feature information of the object and the pattern, the parameters for translation, scaling and rotation were obtained by selecting the longer line of the two which passed through the matching point from left and right sides. Finally, modified Hausdorff Distance has been used to identify the similarity between the object and the given pattern. The multi-label method was developed for recognizing the patterns with more than one label, which performs the modified Hausdorff Distance twice. Experiments have been performed to verify the performance of the proposed algorithm and method for simple target image, complex target image, simple pattern, and complex pattern as well as the partially hidden object. It was proved via experiments that the proposed image matching algorithm for recognizing the object had a good performance of matching.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 2009년도 IWAIT
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• pp.99-102
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• 2009

In this paper a hierarchical stereo matching algorithm based on feature extraction is proposed. The boundary (edge) as feature point in an image is first obtained by segmenting an image into red, green, blue and white regions. With the obtained boundary information, disparities are extracted by matching window on the image boundary, and the initial disparity map is generated when assigned the same disparity to neighbor pixels. The final disparity map is created with the initial disparity. The regions with the same initial disparity are classified into the regions with the same color and we search the disparity again in each region with the same color by changing block size and search range. The experiment results are evaluated on the Middlebury data set and it show that the proposed algorithm performed better than a phase based algorithm in the sense that only about 14% of the disparities for the entire image are inaccurate in the final disparity map. Furthermore, it was verified that the boundary of each region with the same disparity was clearly distinguished.

• 한국GIS학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국GIS학회 2004년도 GIS/RS 공동 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.273-278
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• 2004

이 연구에서는 고해상도 영상의 영상분할단위를 이용한 분석방법의 하나로 영역확장기법을 검토하였다. 먼저 경계추출에 의한 영상분할단위를 기반으로 공간적인 분석이 가능하도록 영상분할단위간의 위상관계를 설정하는 방법을 검토하였다. 다음으로 설정된 영상분할단위간의 위상관계를 바탕으로 한 영역기반의 영역확장 방법을 개발함으로써 영상분할단위를 보다 물체에 가까운 형태로 한 단계 더 처리하였다. 특히 여러 밴드를 활용한 다변량 분석을 시도하여 결과의 신뢰도를 더욱 높이도록 하였다. 그 결과 영상분할단위 기반의 영역확장 결과 영상분할단위가 보다 의미 있는 단위로 발전되었다. 다만 영상분할 단위에 속하는 각 화소의 높은 동질성으로 인하여 통계적 유사성이 통계치에 매우 민감하게 반응하는 결과를 나타내었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.97-101
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• 1987

The edge, a discontinuity or abrupt change in the gray-level or color, is a fundamentally important primitive feature of an image necessary for the image analysis and classification. Two-dimensional 3x3 compass gradient operators (ex. Sobel, Prewitt, and Kirsch operators)are commonly used in the edge detection and usually detect 8 compass directional components. In this paper, we present a new interpretation of the relationships between the resulting 8 gradient magnitudes and the 8 intensity values of neighboring pixels which are covered by the two-dimensional 3x3 mask. It is expected that a new gradient edge operator may be designed by changing the eigenvalues in the transform domain and the fast optical edge operator may be implemented by using the optical system.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2013년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.332-335
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 컬러 히스토그램과 MPEG-7의 EHD(Edge Histogram Descriptor)를 이용한 영상 검색 기법을 제안한다. EHD 알고리즘은 에지의 기울기 분포를 수집하여 유사 영상을 검색하는데 사용할 수 있다. 하지만 영상의 색상 정보는 고려하지 않고 에지의 기울기만으로 검색하면 색상 정보에는 취약한 면을 보인다. 이를 보완하기 위해서 컬러 히스토그램을 이용해 특징을 추출하여 유사 영상인지 판단한다. 기존 EHD의 취약점을 보이고 컬러 히스토그램을 이용하여 이를 보완할 수 있는 기법을 제안한다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.57-66
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 단일 입력 영상에서 특징을 추출하여 실시간으로 에지 대칭과 기울기의 방향성 특징을 이용하여 효과적으로 사람을 검출하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 전처리, 사람 후보 영역 분할, 후보 영역 검증인 3단계로 구성되었다. 여기서 전처리 단계는 주변 조도 환경과 밝기에 강인하고, 사람의 특징인 모양 특징 크기, 사람의 조건을 고려한 사람의 특성을 가진 윤곽선을 검출한다. 그리고 사람 후보 영역 분할 단계는 검출된 윤곽선에서 사람의 에지 대칭성과 크기를 가지고 영역을 분리하고, 에이타부스트 알고리즘을 적용하여 1차 후보 영역을 분할한다. 마지막으로 후보 영역 검증 단계는 분할된 국소 영역에 대한 기울기의 특징 벡터 및 분류기를 이용하여 후보 영역을 검증하여 오검출의 성능을 우수하게 한다. 제안된 알고리즘을 적용하여 모의실험을 한 결과, 제안된 알고리즘은 단일 알고리즘을 적용한 기존 알고리즘 보다 처리 속도가 약 1.7배 정도 개선되었으며, FNR(False Negative Rate)은 3% 정도 우수함을 확인하였다.