• International Journal of CAD/CAM
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2010

Existing methods for the registration of blurred images are efficient for the artificially blurred images or a planar registration, but not suitable for the naturally blurred images existing in the real image mosaic process. In this paper, we attempt to resolve this problem and propose a method for a distortion-free stitching of naturally blurred images for image mosaic. It adopts a multi-resolution and robust feature based inter-layer mosaic together. In each layer, Harris corner detector is chosen to effectively detect features and RANSAC is used to find reliable matches for further calibration as well as an initial homography as the initial motion of next layer. Simplex and subspace trust region methods are used consequently to estimate the stable focal length and rotation matrix through the transformation property of feature matches. In order to stitch multiple images together, an iterative registration strategy is also adopted to estimate the focal length of each image. Experimental results demonstrate the performance of the proposed method.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.1846-1863
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• 2016

High dynamic range (HDR) images can present the perfect real scene and rich color information. A commonly encountered problem in practical applications is how to well visualize HDR images on standard display devices. In this paper, we propose a multi-scale decomposition method using guided filtering for HDR image tone mapping. In our algorithm, HDR images are directly decomposed into three layers：base layer, coarse scale detail layer and fine detail layer. We propose an effective function to compress the base layer and the coarse scale detail layer. An adaptive function is also proposed for detail adjustment. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm effectively accomplishes dynamic range compression and maintains good global contrast as well as local contrast. It also presents more image details and keeps high color saturation.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2018

It is common practice to display high-quality video images on the large display among the methods of developing tourist attractions and culture in the region as experience contents differentiation is required. This paper combines the local attractions with the OLED dual layer display system and the extended image implementation and augmented interaction technique to give the experiencer a realistic space, such as directing to new experiences and beautiful sights. In this paper, we added UI layer to additional layers of images to enable users to experience sightseeing information, weather, maps, accommodation, festivals and photo materials with images. It is implemented to add fun through interlocking. We also developed transparent OLED and dual layer panel and 3-channel multi-image playback technique.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.474-483
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 가이디드 이미지 필터를 이용한 다중 스케일 넓은 동적 영역 톤 매핑 알고리듬을 제안한다. 가이디드 이미지 필터는 이미지를 베이스 레이어와 디테일 레이어로 나누기 위해 사용된다. 이때 디테일 레이어의 동적 영역을 줄이기 위해 압축 함수가 사용된다. 하지만 대부분의 경우의 이미지는 다양한 스케일의 디테일과 에지 정보를 포함하고있다. 즉, 특정 스케일로 디테일 특성을 표현하는 것은 불가능하며 단일 스케일 이미지 분할 방법은 에지 주변에서 열화 현상을 야기시킨다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 다중 스케일 이미지 분할 방법을 제안한다. 다중 스케일의 디테일 레이어들을 이용하여 에지 보존 정도를 조절한다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안하는 알고리듬이 기존의 알고리듬 보다 에지 보존의 정도가 더 우수함을 보인다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.20-27
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• 2001

입체영상의 부호화 및 전송 기술은 제한된 전송 채널에서 입체영상 정보의 전송에 필수적 인 기술로 입체영상 매체를 이용한 정보통신 서비스 분야에서 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 시차정보를 이용하여 입체영상을 압축하고 MPEG-2의 스케일러빌리티 (scalability)를 이 용하여 전송하는 기법을 제안한다. 왼쪽 영상은 기본계층에, 오른쪽 영상은 고위계층에 각각 대웅하고 고위계층은 좌우영상의 시차정보와 고위계층간의 예측정보를 포함한다. 또한, 본 논문에서는 시차정보 탐색시간을 줄이기 위해 이전 입체영상 쌍으로부터 탐색한 시차정보를 이용하여 다음 입체영상 쌍의 시차정보를 예측하는 방법을 제안하고, 전송율 제어는 MPEG-2 TM6에서 제안한 방법을 사용한다. 실험 결과 제안한 탐색 방법을 사용한 경우 전체 코딩 시간이 기존의 전역 탐색 방법을 사용한 경우에 비해 현저히 단축되고 목표한 전송율에 도달됨을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2008년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.1727-1734
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• 2008

After the final closure of sea dyke, seepage behaviour of embankment is highly changed by variation of water head different between tide wave and controlled water level at fresh lake. Especially, the seepage behaviour of bottom protection layer of final closure section is more important factor for structural and functional stability of sea dyke, because of the bottom protection layer of final closure section is penetrated sea side to fresh lake. Even though bottom protection layer was filled with dredged fine sand, it has a high permeability. In this paper, mainly described about the seepage velocity and borehole image of bottom protection layer filled with dredged sand after final closure. Various in-situ tests such as BIPS (Borehole Image Processing System) and ABI (Acoustic Borehole Imager) survey, wave velocity measuring, and color tracer survey were conducted to evaluate the seepage behavior of bottom protection layer. Based on the in-situ tests, the bottom protection layer of final closure section was almost filled with dredged sand which is slightly coarse grain sand and there have sea water flow by water head different between tide wave and controlled water level at fresh lake. Also, comply with tracer survey results, the sea water flow path was not exist or generated in the bottom protection layer. However, because of this result not only short term survey but also just one test borehole survey results, additional long term and other borehole tests are needed.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.56-67
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• 2013

Because H.264/SVC can meet the needs of different networks and user terminals, it has become more and more popular. In this paper, we focus on the spatial resolution scalability of H.264/SVC and propose a blind video watermarking algorithm for the copyright protection of H.264/SVC coded video. The watermark embedding occurs before the H.264/SVC encoding, and only the original enhancement layer sequence is watermarked. However, because the watermark is embedded into the average matrix of each macro block, it can be detected in both the enhancement layer and base layer after downsampling, video encoding, and video decoding. The proposed algorithm is examined using JSVM, and experiment results show that is robust to H.264/SVC coding and has little influence on video quality.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제33B권8호
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• pp.50-59
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• 1996

In this paper, a new hierarchical motion estiamtion scheme using the wavelet transformed multi-resolution image layers is proposed. Compared with the full search motion estimation method, the existing hierarchical methods remarkably reduce the amount of the computation but their efficiencies are depreciated by the local minima problem. In order to solve the local minima problem, the multi-resolution image layers are composed using the wavelet transform and the number of layers participated in the motion estimation for a block is determined by considering of its low band energy and higher band energy on the first wavelet transformed layer. The ratio between higher band energy and low band energy of each block is evaluated and in the case of the blocks which include relatively large higher band energy, the motion estimation is carried out in the high resolution layer. Otherwise, all layers are used. The final motion vectors are obtained in the first wavelet transformed layer. So less bits for motion vectors are transmitted, and the decomposition of received image using inverse wavelet transform decreases the blocking effect.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.166-179
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• 2021

Recently, with the development of technology, computer vision research based on the human visual system has been actively conducted. Saliency maps have been used to highlight areas that are visually interesting within the image, but they can suffer from low performance due to external factors, such as an indistinct background or light source. In this study, existing color, brightness, and contrast feature maps are subjected to multiple shape and orientation filters and then connected to a fully connected layer to determine pixel intensities within the image based on location-based weights. The proposed method demonstrates better performance in separating the background from the area of interest in terms of color and brightness in the presence of external elements and noise. Location-based weight normalization is also effective in removing pixels with high intensity that are outside of the image or in non-interest regions. Our proposed method also demonstrates that multi-filter normalization can be processed faster using parallel processing.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.3298-3321
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• 2021

A lot of data hiding schemes have been proposed to embed secret data in the plain cover images or compressed images of various formats, including JPEG, AMBTC, VQ, etc. In this paper, we propose a production process of mosaic images based on three regular images of coffee beans. A primary image is first mimicked by the process to produce a mosaic cover image. A two-layer steganography is applied to hide secret data in the mosaic image. Based on the low visual quality of the mosaic cover image, its PSNR value can be improved about 1.5 dB after embedding 3 bpp. This is achieved by leveraging the newly proposed polarized search mask and the concepts of strong embedding and weak embedding. Applying steganography to the mosaic cover images is a completely new idea and it is promising.