• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.664-668
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• 2010

This paper presents a System-On-a-chip (SoC) for embedded image processing and pattern recognition applications that need Gaussian Pyramid structure. The system is fully implemented into Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based on the prototyping platform. The SoC consists of embedded processor core and a hardware accelerator for Gaussian Pyramid construction. The performance of the implementation is benchmarked against software implementations on different platforms.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.1154-1158
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• 2016

This paper presents a System-On-a-chip for embedded image processing applications that need Gaussian Pyramid structure. The system is fully implemented into Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based on the prototyping platform. The SoC consists of embedded processor core and a hardware accelerator for Gaussian Pyramid construction. The performance of the implementation is benchmarked against software implementations on different platforms.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제30B권5호
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• pp.90-102
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• 1993

In this paper, we propose a prgressive image transmission technique using hierarchical pyramid data structure which is constructed based on the projection data of an image. To construct hierarchical Gaussian pyramids, we first divide an image into 4$\times$4 subblocks and generate the projection data of each block along the horizontal, vertical, diagonal, and antidiagonal directions. Among images reconstructed by backprojecting the projection data along a single direction, the one giving the minimum distortion is selected. The Gaussian pyramid is recursively generated by the proposed algorithm and the proposed Gaussian images are shown to preserve edge information well. Also, based on the projection concept a new transmission scheme of the lowest Laplacian plane is presented. Computer simulation shows that the quantitative performance of the proposed pyramid coding technique using projection concept is similar to those of the conventional methods with transmission rate reduced by 0.1 ~ 0.2 bpp and its subjective performance is shown to be better due to the edge preserving property of a projection operation.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.745-751
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• 2016

A detection algorithm, based on the combined local-global (CLG) optical-flow model and Gaussian pyramid for a moving target appearing against a dynamic background, can compensate for the inadaptability of the classic Horn-Schunck algorithm to illumination changes and reduce the number of needed calculations. Incorporating the hypothesis of gradient conservation into the traditional CLG optical-flow model and combining structure and texture decomposition enable this algorithm to minimize the impact of illumination changes on optical-flow estimates. Further, calculating optical-flow with the Gaussian pyramid by layers and computing optical-flow at other points using an optical-flow iterative with higher gray-level points together reduce the number of calculations required to improve detection efficiency. Finally, this proposed method achieves the detection of a moving target against a dynamic background, according to the background motion vector determined by the displacement and magnitude of the optical-flow. Simulation results indicate that this algorithm, in comparison to the traditional Horn-Schunck optical-flow algorithm, accurately detects a moving target undergoing illumination changes against a dynamic background and simultaneously demonstrates a significant reduction in the number of computations needed to improve detection efficiency.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1991년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부
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• pp.193-196
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• 1991

A method of extracting global, trend curves from input image that may locally not even contain small fragments of those curves using a hierarchical pyramid data structure is suggested. The smoothed input image is subsampled into a pyramid of lower-resolution versions by recursive computation of Gaussian-weighted sums. Trend curves are extracted by finding control points from ridges in these blurred images, and interpolating B-splines for those points.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.130-135
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 영상에서 반복적인 가우시안 커널을 사용하여 소형 표적의 크기와 위치를 검출하는 방법을 제안한다. 소형 표적의 크기와 위치를 검출하는 방법은 우선 페이싯 모델을 원 영상에 적용하여 국부 극대 값을 검출하고 $3{\times}3$ 가우시안 커널을 반복적으로 사용한다. 이때 반복횟수에 따른 국부 극대값 $D_2$를 비교하여 이에 따른 소형 표적의 크기를 결정한다. 또한 계산의 복잡성을 줄이기 위하여 커널을 반복적으로 사용할 때 가우시안 피라미드를 사용하였다. 실험에서는 소형 표적의 크기와 위치가 반복 횟수에 따라 정확히 검출되는 것을 확인하였고 기존의 방법에 비하여 처리속도가 개선된 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1160-1167
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• 2019

Because of the dynamic range limitation of digital equipment, it is impossible to obtain dark and bright areas at the same time with one shot. In order to solve this problem, an exposure fusion technique for fusing a plurality of images photographed at different exposure amounts into one is being studied. Among them, Laplacian pyramid decomposition based fusion method can generate natural HDR image by fusing images of various scales. But this requires a lot of computation time. Therefore, in this paper, we propose an approximation technique that achieves similar performance and greatly shortens computation time. The concept of vanishing point image for approximation is introduced, and the validity of the proposed approach is verified by comparing the computation time with the resultant image.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 1996

본 논문은 수치영상으로부터 컴퓨터비전(Computer Vision), 수치사진측량학(야?w미 Photogrammmetry)분야에서 특이점(Distinct Point)이나 Linear Feature를 추출하기 위해서 가장 많이 이용되고 있는 $F\"{o}rstner$ interest operator의 Scale space에 관한 연구이다. 수치사진측량분야에서 사용되고 있는 수치영상자료의 크기를 고려할 때, Scale space 즉 Image pyramid는 수치영상 처리속도를 향상시킬 수 있는 방법으로 서서히 주목받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Gaussian에 의해서 구축된 Scale space에서 $F\"{o}rstner$ interest operator의 거동을 고찰하였고, 실제 수치사진 영상에 적용하여 실제적용 여부를 검증하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.5856-5864
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• 2011

본 논문은 도로상에 설치한 고정 카메라로부터 획득된 비디오 영상으로부터 이동물체를 검출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 배경과 입력 비디오 프레임에서 가우시안 피라미드를 사용한 배경 차영상 기법에 기반하며, 입력 비디오 프레임과 배경영상의 오정합으로 발생하는 오검출을 줄이는데 화소기반 방법에 비해 효과적이다. 차영상에서 임계값을 효과적으로 결정하기위하여 각 프레임에서 Otsu의 방법으로 계산된 임계값에 스칼라 칼만필터를 적용하여 필터링하였다. 실험 결과 도로 비디오 영상에서 움직이는 물체를 효과적으로 검출함을 보였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2007

In digital radiography, to improve the contrast of digital radiography image, the multi-scale nonlinear amplification algorithm based on unsharp masking is one of the major image enhancement algorithms. In this paper, we used the Laplacian pyramid to decompose a digital radiography(DR) image. In our simulation, the DR image was decomposed into seven layers and the coefficients of the each layer was amplified with nonlinear function. We also imported a noise containment algorithm to limit noise amplification. To enhance the contrast of image, we proposed a new adaptive non-linear gain amplification coefficients. As a result of having applied to some clinical data, a detail visibility was improved significantly without unacceptable noise boosting. Images that acquired with the proposed adaptive non-linear gain coefficients have shown superior quality to those that applied similar gain control method and expected to be accepted in the clinical applications.