• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.850-853
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose an image analysis system based on omnidirectional image and object tracking image display using super wide angle camera. In order to generate spherical images, the projection process of converting from two wide-angle images to the equirectangular panoramic image was performed and the spherical image was expressed by converting rectangular to spherical coordinate system. Object tracking was performed by selecting the desired object initially, and KCF(Kernelized Correlation Filter) algorithm was used so that robust object tracking can be performed even when the object's shape is changed. In the initial dialog, the file and mode are selected, and then the result is displayed in the new dialog. If the object tracking mode is selected, the ROI is set by dragging the desired area in the new window.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.102-108
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• 2017

Videos for 360-degree virtual reality (VR) systems have a large amount of data because they are made with several different videos from multiple cameras. To store the VR data in limited space or to transmit it through a channel with limited bandwidth, the data need to be compressed at a high ratio. This paper focuses on the compression efficiency of VR videos for good visual quality. Generally, 360-degree VR videos should be projected into the planer format to cope with modern video coding standards. Among various projection schemes, three typical schemes (equirectangular, line-cubic, and cross-cubic) are selected and compared in terms of compression efficiency and quality using various videos.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.374-385
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose a preprocessing technique to solve the problems of action recognition with Equirectangular Projection (ERP) video. The preprocessing technique proposed in this paper assumes the person object as the subject of action, that is, the Object of Interest (OOI), and the surrounding area of the OOI as the ROI. The preprocessing technique consists of three modules. I) Recognize person object in the image with object recognition model. II) Create a saliency map from the input image. III) Select subject of action using recognized person object and saliency map. The subject boundary box of the selected action is input to the action recognition model in order to improve the action recognition performance. When comparing the performance of the proposed preprocessing method to the action recognition model and the performance of the original ERP image input method, the performance is improved up to 99.6%, and the action is obtained when only the OOI is detected. It can also see the effects of related video summaries.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2019.11a
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• pp.252-255
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• 2019

본 논문에서 Equirectangular projection(ERP) 영상을 행동 인식 모델에 입력하기전 제안하는 전처리를 통하여 성능을 향상시키는 것을 보인다. ERP 영상의 특성상 행동 인식을 하는데 불필요한 영역이 일반적인 2D 카메라로 촬영한 영상보다 많다. 또한 행동 인식은 사람이 Object of Interest(OOI)이다. 따라서 객체 인식모델로 인간 객체를 인식한 후 Region of Interest(ROI)를 추출하여 불필요한 영역을 없애고, 왜곡 또한 줄어든다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 기법으로 전처리 후 CNN-LSTM 모델로 성능을 테스트했다. 제안하는 방법으로 전처리를 한 데이터와 하지 않은 데이터로 행동 인식을 한 정확도로 비교하였으며 제안하는 기법으로 전처리 한 데이터로 행동 인식을 한 경우 데이터의 특성에 따라 다르지만, 최대 61%까지 성능향상을 보였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.62-72
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• 2022

In this study, we propose a multi-GPU-based 8KVR stitching system that operates in real time on both local and cloud machine environments. The proposed system first obtains multiple 4 K video inputs, decodes them, and generates a stitched 8KVR video stream in real time. The generated 8KVR video stream can be downloaded and rendered omnidirectionally in player apps on smartphones, tablets, and head-mounted displays. To speed up processing, we adopt group-of-pictures-based distributed decoding/encoding and buffering with the NV12 format, along with multi-GPU-based parallel processing. Furthermore, we develop several algorithms such as equirectangular projection-based color correction, real-time CG overlay, and object motion-based seam estimation and correction, to improve the stitching quality. From experiments in both local and cloud machine environments, we confirm the feasibility of the proposed 8KVR stitching system with stitching speed of up to 83.7 fps for six-channel and 62.7 fps for eight-channel inputs. In addition, in an 8KVR live streaming test on the 5G MEC/cloud, the proposed system achieves stable performances with 8 K@30 fps in both indoor and outdoor environments, even during motion.