• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제51권11호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2014

Histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) 특징은 영상 기반 보행자 인식에서 널리 사용되고 있다. HOG 특징을 이용한 보행자 인식의 인식률을 높이는데 가장 중요한 역할을 하는 것은 보간 기술이다. HOG 특징 연산에 보간 기술을 적용하기 위해서는 각 픽셀의 기울기 방향에 가장 근접한 두 개의 기울기 방향 bin과 가중치를 계산해야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 HOG 특징 연산에 적용하기 위한 효율적인 기울기 방향 bin 및 가중치 연산 회로를 제안한다. 제안하는 회로는 탄젠트 함수와 나눗셈 연산을 피하기 위해 미리 계산된 값을 테이블로 지정하여 사용하였으며, 탄젠트 함수와 가중치 값의 특성을 이용함으로써 회로 내 테이블의 크기를 최소화하였다. 또한 처리 속도 향상을 위해 파이프라인 구조를 적용하였으며, 효율적인 coarse 및 fine 탐색 방법을 적용하여 각 픽셀에 대한 기울기 방향 bin과 가중치를 두 클락 사이클 내에 계산한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 회로는 $1^{\circ}$ 단위로 기울기 방향을 계산하여 기울기 방향 bin과 가중치를 모두 결정하기 때문에 HOG 특징을 위한 보간 기술에 적용되어 높은 인식률을 제공하기 위해 사용될 수 있다.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.259-266
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose a novel technique for noise robust automatic speech recognition (ASR). The development of ASR techniques has made it possible to recognize isolated words with a near perfect word recognition rate. However, in a highly noisy environment, a distinct mismatch between the trained speech and the test data results in a significantly degraded word recognition rate (WRA). Unlike conventional ASR systems employing Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs) and a hidden Markov model (HMM), this study employ histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) features and a Support Vector Machine (SVM) to ASR tasks to overcome this problem. Our proposed ASR system is less vulnerable to external interference noise, and achieves a higher WRA compared to a conventional ASR system equipped with MFCCs and an HMM. The performance of our proposed ASR system was evaluated using a phonetically balanced word (PBW) set mixed with artificially added noise.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2016

This study aims to suggest a new algorithm for detecting two-wheelers on road that have various shapes according to the viewing angle for vision based intelligent vehicles. This article describes a new approach to two-wheelers detection algorithm riding on people based on modified Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) using correlation coefficient (CC). The CC between two local area variables, in which one is the person riding a bike and other is its background, can represent correlation relation. First, we extract edge vectors using HOG which includes gradient information and differential magnitude as cell based. And then, the value, which is calculated by the CC between the area of each cell and one of two-wheelers, can be extracted as the weighting factor in process for normalizing the modified HOG cell. This paper applied the Adaboost algorithm to make a strong classification from weak classification. In this experiment, we can get the result that the detection rate of the proposed method is higher than that of the traditional method.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2015

Vulnerable road users such as bike, motorcycle, small automobiles, and etc. are easily attacked or threatened with bigger vehicles than them. So this paper suggests a new approach two-wheelers detection system riding on people based on modified histogram of oriented gradients (HOGs) which is weighted by curvature and local correlation coefficient. This correlation coefficient between two variables, in which one is the person riding a bike and other is its background, can represent correlation relation. First, we extract edge vectors using the curvature of Gaussian and Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) which includes gradient information and differential magnitude as cell based. And then, the value, which is calculated by the correlation coefficient between the area of each cell and one of bike, can be used as the weighting factor in process for normalizing the HOG cell. This paper applied the Adaboost algorithm to make a strong classification from weak classification. The experimental results validate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm show higher than that of the traditional method and under challenging, such as various two-wheeler postures, complex background, and even conclusion.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.336-344
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• 2011

This article describes a new recognition algorithm using correlation coefficient for intelligent wheelchair to avoid collision for elderly or disabled people. The correlation coefficient can be used to represent the relationship of two different areas. The algorithm has three steps: Firstly, we extract an edge vector using the Histogram of Oriented Gradients(HOG) which includes gradient information and unique magnitude for each cell. From this result, the correlation coefficients are calculated between one cell and others. Secondly, correlation coefficients are used as the weighting factors for normalizing the HOG cell. And finally, these features are used to classify or detect variable and complicated shapes of two wheelers using Adaboost algorithm. In this paper, we propose a new feature vectors which is calculated by weighted cell unit to classify with multiple view-based shapes: frontal, rear and side views($60^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$ and mixed angle). Our experimental results show that two wheeler detection system based on a proposed approach leads to a higher detection accuracy than the method using traditional features in a similar detection time.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2015

본 논문은 영상에서 효과적으로 보행자를 삭제하는 자동 삭제 시스템을 제안한다. 첫 번째로 Histogram of Oriented Gradient(HOG) / Linear-Support Vector Machine(L-SVM)분류기를 이용하여 보행자를 찾고, 참조영상으로부터 적절한 배경을 습득하여 삭제될 보행자를 대체한다. 배경은 참조영상 내에서 검색하며 변경된 feather blender 연산은 대체 영역의 경계를 자연스럽게 만든다. 기존에 존재하던 대부분의 시스템이 수동인 것에 반해 제안된 시스템은 자동으로 객체를 검출하고 자연스러운 배경을 생성한다. 실험결과 대체된 영역의 PSNR 평균은 19.246으로 측정되었다.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.193-198
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• 2015

A large number of vision applications rely on matching keypoints across images. Pedestrian detection is under constant pressure to increase both its quality and speed. Such progress allows for new application. A higher speed enables its inclusion into large systems with extensive subsequent processing, and its deployment in computationally constrained scenarios. In this paper, we focus on improving the speed of pedestrian detection using HOG(histogram of oriented gradient) and multi frame operation which is robust to illumination changes in cluttering images. The result of our simulation indicates that the detection rate and speed of the proposed method is much faster than that of conventional HOG and differential images.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2018

This paper describes a real-time human and robot tracking method in Intelligent Space with multi-camera networks. The proposed method detects candidates for humans and robots by using the histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) feature in an image. To classify humans and robots from the candidates in real time, we apply cascaded structure to constructing a strong classifier which consists of many weak classifiers as follows: a linear support vector machine (SVM) and a radial-basis function (RBF) SVM. By using the multiple view geometry, the method estimates the 3D position of humans and robots from their 2D coordinates on image coordinate system, and tracks their positions by using stochastic approach. To test the performance of the method, humans and robots are asked to move according to given rectangular and circular paths. Experimental results show that the proposed method is able to reduce the localization error and be good for a practical application of human-centered services in the Intelligent Space.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2015

Traffic lights are common in cities and are important cues for the path planning of intelligent vehicles. In this paper, we propose a robust and efficient algorithm for recognizing traffic lights from video sequences captured by a low cost off-the-shelf camera. Instead of using color information for recognizing traffic lights, a shape based approach is adopted. In learning and detection phase, Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) feature is used and a cascade classifier based on Adaboost algorithm is adopted as the main classifier for locating traffic lights. To decide the color of the traffic light, a technique based on histogram analysis in HSV color space is utilized. Experimental results on several video sequences from typical urban environment prove the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.316-324
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 영상의 그래디언트의 히스토그램 (HOG)에 기반한 적응적 평활화 필터를 이용하여 스캔된 하프톤 문서의 하프톤 잡음 제거 방법을 제안한다. 하프톤 잡음은 잡음의 편차가 커서 에지 영역과 유사한 특성을 나타내므로 일반적인 에지 보존 평활화 필터를 적용할 경우에는 잡음 제거 효과가 떨어진다. 또한 인쇄물에 주로 사용되는 집중형 도트 방식의 하프톤은 컬러 영상에서 채널간의 간섭 현상으로 인해 모아레 패턴을 생성한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 스캔된 하프톤 문서의 하프톤 잡음과 모아레 패턴을 효과적으로 제거하기 위해 하프톤 잡음의 방향성에 기반한 적응적 평활화 필터 방법을 제안한다. 하프톤 잡음의 경우 영상의 에지와 달리 등방성을 가지므로 영상을 블록 단위로 나누어 지배적인 에지의 크기와 방향성을 살핌으로써 적응적 평활화 필터를 구성할 수 있다. 실험 결과, 제안하는 방법은 다양한 인쇄 매체를 통해 생성된 하프톤 문서에 대하여 효과적으로 하프톤 잡음을 제거하면서도 영상의 에지를 보존하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.