• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.1128-1141
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• 2009

게임 산업이 성장하면서 게임 그래픽 분야는 가장 빠르게 발전하고 있으며 지금은 실제 사진과 컴퓨터 그래픽을 구분하기 힘든 정도로 그래픽 기술은 양적으로나 질적으로 성장했다. 그러나 이러한 발전에도 불구하고 새롭게 출시되는 게임에 등장하는 캐릭터는 정서를 표현하지 않거나 소극적으로 표현하고 있다. 일반적으로 사람들은 얼굴의 표정이나 얼굴의 색(안색)에서 많은 정서 정보를 인지하는 것은 누구나 아는 사실이다. 그러므로 컴퓨터의 게임 환경에서 등장하는 캐릭터에게도 얼굴의 색의 변화를 통하여 유저에게 게임의 사실적인 느낌을 줄 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 맥박과 피부 온도만을 이용한 방법과는 다른 인간의 정서 이론을 기반한 정서 모형과 애니메이션의 정서표현 색 그리고 성격이론을 기반한 정서의 반응 속도를 결합하여 게임 캐릭터의 얼굴의 색을 동적으로 변화시켜 정서를 표현할 수 있는 얼굴 색 적응 기술 (Facial Color Adaptive Technique: FCAT)를 제안한다. 실제 얼굴 색 적응 기술을 이용하여 만든 얼굴색 모형(Facial Color Model : FCM)과 애니메이션 콘텐츠의 정서표현을 비교한 결과 정서 표현 색상과 변화율이 애니메이션과 유사하게 시뮬레이션 되었다. 또한 2차원 이미지뿐만 아니라 3차원 이미지에도 적용이 가능함을 확인 하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.50-57
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• 2005

We present a simple and effective method of face and facial feature detection under pose variation of user face in complex background for the human-robot interaction. Our approach is a flexible method that can be performed in both color and gray facial image and is also feasible for detecting facial features in quasi real-time. Based on the characteristics of the intensity of neighborhood area of facial features, new directional template for facial feature is defined. From applying this template to input facial image, novel edge-like blob map (EBM) with multiple intensity strengths is constructed. Regardless of color information of input image, using this map and conditions for facial characteristics, we show that the locations of face and its features - i.e., two eyes and a mouth-can be successfully estimated. Without the information of facial area boundary, final candidate face region is determined by both obtained locations of facial features and weighted correlation values with standard facial templates. Experimental results from many color images and well-known gray level face database images authorize the usefulness of proposed algorithm.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2016

Nowadays many people have an interest in facial expression and the behavior of people. These are human-robot interaction (HRI) researchers utilize digital image processing, pattern recognition and machine learning for their studies. Facial feature point detector algorithms are very important for face recognition, gaze tracking, expression, and emotion recognition. In this paper, a cascade facial feature point detector is used for finding facial feature points such as the eyes, nose and mouth. However, the detector has difficulty extracting the feature points from several images, because images have different conditions such as size, color, brightness, etc. Therefore, in this paper, we propose an algorithm using a modified cascade facial feature point detector using a convolutional neural network. The structure of the convolution neural network is based on LeNet-5 of Yann LeCun. For input data of the convolutional neural network, outputs from a cascade facial feature point detector that have color and gray images were used. The images were resized to $32{\times}32$. In addition, the gray images were made into the YUV format. The gray and color images are the basis for the convolution neural network. Then, we classified about 1,200 testing images that show subjects. This research found that the proposed method is more accurate than a cascade facial feature point detector, because the algorithm provides modified results from the cascade facial feature point detector.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.111.1-111
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• 2002

System configuration 1. First is the image acquisition part 2. Second part is for creating the vector image and for processing the obtained facial image. This part is for finding the facial area from the skin color. To do this, we can first find the skin color area with the highest weight from eigenface that consists of eigenvector. And then, we can create the vector image of eigenface from the obtained facial area. 3. Third is recognition module portion.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.765-774
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• 2011

Purpose: Many facial burn patients suffer from hyperpigmentation and its treatment has been challenging. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) has important physiologic effects on skin, including inhibition of melanogenesis, promotion of collagen biosynthesis, prevention of free radical formation, and acceleration on wound healing. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Vitamin C iontophoresis for the treatment of postburn hyperpigmentation. Methods: The authors performed a retrospective analysis of 93 patients who were admitted for the treatment of facial burn from February 2008 through February 2010. Among them, 51 patients were treated with Vitamin C iontophoresis to control postburn hyperpigmentation and 42 patients were not. Experimental group was chosen 20 of 51 patients who had been treated with Vitamin C iontophoresis and had normal facial skin on the comparable contralateral aesthetic unit. Control group was chosen 20 of 42 patients who were not treated with Vitamin C iontophoresis and had also contralateral normal aesthetic unit. The resulting color of 20 patients who were treated with Vitamin C iontophoresis was compared with the color of the contralateral normal facial skin using a digital scale color analysis. Results were analyzed with Wilcoxon signed rank test. Results: The analysis revealed significant improvement of hyperpigmentation in the experimental group compared to control group. The difference of intial value and the value in 6 months showed significant change. Mean (${\Delta}^{initial}$-${\Delta}^{6month}$) of experimental group was 11.61 and control group was 7.23. Thus, the difference between the experimental group and the control group was 4.38. Therefore, Vitamin C iontophoresis revealed significant improvement of hyperpigmentation in the experimental group compared with control group. Conclusion: Vitamin C iontophoresis is an effective treatment modality for postburn hyperpigmentation.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 실시간으로 입력되는 동영상으로부터 영상 내에 존재하는 사람의 얼굴 및 얼굴 특징점들을 자동으로 추출한 후, 추출된 정보를 이용하여 3차원 얼굴 모델의 표정을 실시간으로 제어함으로써 현실감 있는 얼굴 애니메이션 처리가 가능한 새로운 방법을 제시한다. 입력 영상의 각 프레임으로부터 얼굴을 효과적으로 추출하기 위해 기존에 일반적으로 사용되는 색상 공간을 이용한 파라미터 검출 방법에 대변되는 새로운 비파라미터 검출 방법을 제시하였다. 기존의 파라미터 검출 방법은 일반적으로 얼굴의 피부 색상분포를 가우지언 형태로 표현하며 특히 주변조명의 변화 및 배경 영상 등에 민감하게 반응하므로 정화한 영역의 검출을 위한 부가적 작업을 필요로 한다. 이러한 문제점을 효과적으로 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 Hue와 Tint 색상 성분에 기반을 둔 새로운 스킨 색상 공간을 제시하고 모델의 분포특성을 직선 형식으로 표현하여 얼굴검출 시 발생되는 오류를 축소시킬 수 있었다. 또한, 검출된 얼굴 영역으로부터 정확한 얼굴특성 정보를 추출하기 위하여 각 특징영역에 대한 에지검색 결과와 얼굴의 비율 비를 적용하여 효과적으로 얼굴의 특징 영역을 검출하였다. 추출된 얼굴 특징점 변화 정보는 3차원 얼굴 모델의 실시간 표정 변화에 적용되며, 보다 실감 있는 얼굴 표정을 생성하기위하여 사람의 근육 정보와 근육의 움직이는 방법을 나타내는 Waters의 선형 근육 모델에 새로운 근육 정보들을 새롭게 추가함으로써 화장 적용하였다. 실험결과 제안된 방법을 이용하여 실시간으로 입력되는 대상의 얼굴표정을 3차원 얼굴 모델에 자연스럽게 표현할 수 있다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.371-376
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• 2007

This paper presents an emotion recognition and its expression system of an intelligent robot like a home robot or a service robot. Emotion recognition method in the robot is used by a facial image. We use a motion and a position of many facial features. apply a tracking algorithm to recognize a moving user in the mobile robot and eliminate a skin color of a hand and a background without a facial region by using the facial region detecting algorithm in objecting user image. After normalizer operations are the image enlarge or reduction by distance of the detecting facial region and the image revolution transformation by an angel of a face, the mobile robot can object the facial image of a fixing size. And materialize a multi feature selection algorithm to enable robot to recognize an emotion of user. In this paper, used a multi layer perceptron of Artificial Neural Network(ANN) as a pattern recognition art, and a Back Propagation(BP) algorithm as a learning algorithm. Emotion of user that robot recognized is expressed as a graphic LCD. At this time, change two coordinates as the number of times of emotion expressed in ANN, and change a parameter of facial elements(eyes, eyebrows, mouth) as the change of two coordinates. By materializing the system, expressed the complex emotion of human as the avatar of LCD.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.2373-2378
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• 2005

An emotion detection algorithm using frontal facial image is presented in this paper. The algorithm is composed of three main stages: image processing stage and facial feature extraction stage, and emotion detection stage. In image processing stage, the face region and facial component is extracted by using fuzzy color filter, virtual face model, and histogram analysis method. The features for emotion detection are extracted from facial component in facial feature extraction stage. In emotion detection stage, the fuzzy classifier is adopted to recognize emotion from extracted features. It is shown by experiment results that the proposed algorithm can detect emotion well.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.783-788
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• 2003

In this paper, we present a new approach to detect and recognize human face in the image from vision camera equipped on the mobile robot platform. Due to the mobility of camera platform, obtained facial image is small and pose-various. For this condition, new algorithm should cope with these constraints and can detect and recognize face in nearly real time. In detection step, ‘coarse to fine’ detection strategy is used. Firstly, region boundary including face is roughly located by dual ellipse templates of facial color and on this region, the locations of three main facial features- two eyes and mouth-are estimated. For this, simplified facial feature maps using characteristic chrominance are made out and candidate pixels are segmented as eye or mouth pixels group. These candidate facial features are verified whether the length and orientation of feature pairs are suitable for face geometry. In recognition step, pseudo-convex hull area of gray face image is defined which area includes feature triangle connecting two eyes and mouth. And random lattice line set are composed and laid on this convex hull area, and then 2D appearance of this area is represented. From these procedures, facial information of detected face is obtained and face DB images are similarly processed for each person class. Based on facial information of these areas, distance measure of match of lattice lines is calculated and face image is recognized using this measure as a classifier. This proposed detection and recognition algorithms overcome the constraints of previous approach [15], make real-time face detection and recognition possible, and guarantee the correct recognition irregardless of some pose variation of face. The usefulness at mobile robot application is demonstrated.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.222-238
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• 2000

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effect of music therapy as a nursing intervention on changes in recovery of consciousness and vital signs for postoperative patients in the recovery room. The subject for this study were fifty three of postoperative patients who were transferred from the OR to the RR at Kwangju Christian Hospital in Kwangju City. Thirty of them were assigned to the experimental group, and twenty three, to the control group. The age of the subject was between twenty and sixty years of age. The subject had a general anesthesia without any special complications, and they were not completely awake. The data were collected for six months from July 1999 to February 2000. The method used was to compare the condition of the subjects in each group at the beginning and at certain times repeatedly. The features observed were the level of consciousness, the frequency of complaints of pain, and vital signs of the subject before and 15 minutes, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes after hearing their favorite music for 30 minutes. The results are as follows 1. The recovery of consciousness was revealed through significant changes in facial expression, facial color, and grip strength in the experimental group more strongly than in the control group. No significant changes were shown in verbal order. The differences in recovery of consciousness in the pre-post music therapy between the two groups was not significant in verbal order, facial expression, or grip strength. However, significant changes were seen in facial color. 2. There were no significant differences between the two groups in changes in the frequency of pain complaints after music therapy. However, a significant difference was shown in the pre-post music therapy scres. 3. Vital signs did not show a significant difference between the two groups. However, the $SPO_2$ of the experimental group was significantly elevated after 60 minutes. The difference pre-post to the music therapy in the vital signs between two groups was significant only in body temperature. This study showed that the effect of music therapy given to postoperative patients is that it promotes changes in facial expression, facial color, and grip strength helping recovery of consciousness, stabilizing vital signs, elevating levels of $SPO_2$. and reducing complaints of pain. It is recommended that if the patient wants it music therapy be given right after surgery in the recovery room as a nursing intervention.