• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.610-619
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• 2015

*In this paper, we propose a real-time face tracking system using an adaptive face detector and a tracking algorithm. An image is divided into the regions of background and face candidate by a real-time updated skin color identifying system in order to accurately detect facial features. The facial characteristics are extracted using the five types of simple Haar-like features. The extracted features are reinterpreted by Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and the interpreted principal components are processed by Support Vector Machine (SVM) that classifies into facial and non-facial areas. The movement of the face is traced by Kalman filter and Mean shift, which use the static information of the detected faces and the differences between previous and current frames. The proposed system identifies the initial skin color and updates it through a real-time color detecting system. A similar background color can be removed by updating the skin color. Also, the performance increases up to 20% when the background color is reduced in comparison to extracting features from the entire region. The increased detection rate and speed are acquired by the usage of Kalman filter and Mean shift.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.214-224
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• 2016

This paper proposes an algorithm to effectively detect the traffic lights and recognize the traffic signals using a monocular camera mounted on the front windshield glass of a vehicle in day time. The algorithm consists of three main parts. The first part is to generate the candidates of a traffic light. After conversion of RGB color model into HSI and YCbCr color spaces, the regions considered as a traffic light are detected. For these regions, edge processing is applied to extract the borders of the traffic light. The second part is to divide the candidates into traffic lights and non-traffic lights using Haar-like features and Adaboost algorithm. The third part is to recognize the signals of the traffic light using a template matching. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm successfully detects the traffic lights and recognizes the traffic signals in real time in a variety of environments.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.1943-1950
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• 2016

Recently, gender classification has attracted a great deal of attention in the field of video surveillance system. It can be useful in many applications such as detecting crimes for women and business intelligence. In this paper, we proposed a method which can detect pedestrians from CCTV video and classify the gender of the detected objects. So far, many algorithms have been proposed to classify people according the their gender. This paper presents a gender classification using convolutional neural network. The detection phase is performed by AdaBoost algorithm based on Haar-like features and LBP features. Classifier and detector is trained with data-sets generated form CCTV images. The experimental results of the proposed method is male matching rate of 89.9% and the results shows 90.7% of female videos. As results of simulations, it is shown that the proposed gender classification is better than conventional classification algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.41-44
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• 2014

본 논문은 안드로이드 스마트 폰 환경에서 정중앙 블록과 주변 블록들 간의 블록 대비도를 이용해 눈썹을 검출한 후, 눈썹과 눈 간의 기하학적 특성을 이용해 눈의 위치를 찾는 눈 검출 방법에 관한 것이다. 제안된 방법은 Haar-like 특징과 AdaBoost 알고리즘 그리고 적응형 템플릿 정합을 이용해 입력 영상에서 얼굴 영역을 검출한 후, 이를 이용해 좌측 및 우측 눈썹과 눈 탐색 영역을 산정한다. 눈썹 영역의 Integral Image에서 눈썹에 해당하는 부분이 주변 블록들에 비해 상대적으로 어둡다는 특성을 이용해 눈썹을 추출한다. 이와 동시에 각 눈 탐색 영역의 Integral Image에서 동공 블록이 나머지 주변 블록들에 비해 상대적으로 어둡고 대칭성이 양호하다는 특성을 이용해 눈 후보 영역들을 추출한 후 최대 블록 대비도를 갖는 블록의 중심화소를 동공 후보점으로 삼는다. 이후 눈의 위치는 항상 눈썹 하단에 위치하며 그 떨어진 정도가 사람마다 크게 다르지 않다는 기하학적 특성을 이용해 눈 후보 영역에서 나온 동공 후보 점들을 검증한다. 제안된 방법은 거리 및 조명 변화 그리고 안경 착용에 강인한 것이 장점이다. 눈썹을 먼저 찾은 후 기하학적 특성을 이용해 좌우 동공 후보점 쌍의 적합성을 검증함으로써 안경과 눈을 효과적으로 구분할 수 있고 눈이 감겨 동공이 가려진 상태에도 감긴 눈의 위치를 검출할 수 있다.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• v.3 no.4
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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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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.9-18
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• 2017

Ubiquitous computing is a novel paradigm that is rapidly gaining in the scenario of wireless communications and telecommunications for realizing smart world. As rapid development of sensor technology, smart sensor system becomes more popular in automobile or vehicle. In this study, a new vehicle detection mechanism in real-time for blind spot area is proposed based on imaging sensors. To determine the position of other vehicles on the road is important for operation of driver assistance systems (DASs) to increase driving safety. As the result, blind spot detection of vehicles is addressed using an automobile detection algorithm for blind spots. The proposed vehicle verification utilizes the height and angle of a rear-looking vehicle mounted camera. Candidate vehicle information is extracted using adaptive shadow detection based on brightness values of an image of a vehicle area. The vehicle is verified using a training set with Haar-like features of candidate vehicles. Using these processes, moving vehicles can be detected in blind spots. The detection ratio of true vehicles was 91.1% in blind spots based on various experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.566-567
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• 2016

최근 스마트기기가 발전함에 따라 종이책이 아닌 다양한 전자책뷰어가 등장하고 있다. 애플의 아이패드(iPad), 아마존의 킨들(kindle)과 같은 태블릿, 전자책 또는 스마트폰이 대표적인 예이며 스마트기기의 사용자 증가로 전용 단말기가 아닌 스마트폰 중심의 전자책 시장도 크게 성장하고 있다. 하지만 시니어 또는 스마트기기 사용을 어려워하는 사용자들이 전자책을 사용하는데 어려움을 느끼기 때문에, 전자책은 종이책에 비해 여전히 낮은 이용률을 나타내고 있다. 본 논문에서는 얼굴 표정에 따라서 전자책 설정을 자동으로 변경해 주는 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 표정감지를 위하여 OpenCV 라이브러리를 이용하여 얼굴을 검출하고, Haar-Like 피처 기법으로 사용자의 눈 모양을 검출한다. 눈이 감겨있는 경우와 찌푸린 경우를 감지하여 이에 맞게 글자크기와 화면을 자동으로 설정해 준다.

• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.241-249
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• 2007

This paper describes a real-time face tracking system using effective detector and Kalman filter. In the proposed system, an image is separated into a background and an object using a real-time updated face color for effective face detection. The face features are extracted using the five types of simple Haar-like features. The extracted features are reinterpreted using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and interpreted principal components are used for Support Vector Machine (SVM) that classifies the faces and non-faces. The moving face is traced with Kalman filter, which uses the static information of the detected faces and the dynamic information of changes between previous and current frames. The proposed system sets up an initial skin color and updates a region of a skin color through a moving skin color in a real time. It is possible to remove a background which has a similar color with a skin through updating a skin color in a real time. Also, as reducing a potential-face region using a skin color, the performance is increased up to 50% when comparing to the case of extracting features from a whole region.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06c
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• pp.405-408
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a robot remote control system based on mouth tracking. The main idea behind the work is to help disabled people who cannot operate a joystick or keyboard to control a robot with their hands. The mouth detection method in this paper is mainly based on the Adaboost feature detection approach. By using the proposed new Haar-like features for detecting the corner of mouth, the speed and accuracy of detection are improved. Combined with the Kalman filter, a continuous and accurate mouth tracking has been achieved. Meanwhile, the gripping commands of the robot manipulator were also achieved by the recognition of the user.s mouth shape, such as 'pout mouth' or 'grin mouth'. To assess the validity of the method, a mouth detection experiment and a robot cargo transport experiment were applied. The result indicated that the system can realize a quick and accurate mouse tracking; and the operation of the robot worked successfully in moving and bringing back items.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.245-246
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• 2014

This paper suggests the navigation information display system which is based on augmented reality technology and especially focuses on image analysis technology. Navigator has to always confirm the information from marine electronic navigation devices and then they compare with the view of outside targets of the windows. During this 'head down' posture, they feel uncomfortable and sometimes it cause near-accidents such as collision or missing objects, because he or she cannot keep an eye on the front view of windows. Augmented reality can display both of information of virtual and real in a single display. Therefore we tried to adapt the AR technology to help navigators and have been studied and developed image pre-processing module as a previous research already. To analysis the outside view of the bridge window, we have extracted navigational information from the camera image by using image processing. This paper mainly describes about recognizing ship feature by haar-like feature and filtering region of interest area by AIS data, which are to improve accuracy of the image analysis.