• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권5호
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• pp.453-459
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• 2018

We have developed a high-performance signal-processing and image-rendering heterogeneous computation system for optical coherence tomography (OCT) on mobile processor. In this paper, we reveal it by demonstrating real-time OCT image processing using a Snapdragon 800 mobile processor, with the introduction of a heterogeneous image visualization architecture (HIVA) to accelerate the signal-processing and image-visualization procedures. HIVA has been designed to maximize the computational performances of a mobile processor by using a native language compiler, which targets mobile processor, to directly access mobile-processor computing resources and the open computing language (OpenCL) for heterogeneous computation. The developed mobile image processing platform requires only 25 ms to produce an OCT image from $512{\times}1024$ OCT data. This is 617 times faster than the naïve approach without HIVA, which requires more than 15 s. The developed platform can produce 40 OCT images per second, to facilitate real-time mobile OCT image visualization. We believe this study would facilitate the development of portable diagnostic image visualization with medical imaging modality, which requires computationally expensive procedures, using a mobile processor.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2021

소형 적외선영상 호밍시스템은 지상의 표적에 대하여 주야간 적외선 영상처리를 통하여 표적을 식별하고 주요 표적에 대하여 표적을 탐색, 탐지하여 추적하는 적외선 영상센서를 보유한 추적시스템이다. 본 논문에서는 지상의 표적을 주야간 적외선 영상을 통하여 표적 정보를 획득하여 실시간 영상처리를 통하여 표적을 식별하기 위한 고속의 CPU와 FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array)가 탑재된 보드 개발의 내용을 설명한다. CPU, FPGA 선정과 영상신호처리를 위한 CPU-FPGA 결합 아키텍처에 대하여 제안하고 또한 김발구조의 적외선센서를 제어하기 위한 FPGA를 활용에 대하여 설명한다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2023

Underwater images carry information that is useful in the fields of aquaculture, underwater military security, navigation, transportation, and so on. In this research, we transmitted an underwater image through various underwater mediums in the presence of underwater turbulence and beam attenuation effects using a high-speed visible optical carrier signal. The optical beam undergoes scintillation because of the turbulence and attenuation effects; therefore, distorted images were observed at the receiver end. To understand the behavior of the communication media, we obtained the bit error rate (BER) performance of the system with respect to the average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Also, the structural similarity index (SSI) and peak SNR (PSNR) metrics of the received image were evaluated. Based on the received images, we employed suitable nonlinear filters to recover the distorted images and enhance them further. The BER, SSI, and PSNR metrics of the specific nonlinear filters were also evaluated and compared with the unfiltered metrics. These metrics were evaluated using the on-off keying and binary phase-shift keying modulation techniques for the 50-m and 100-m links for beam attenuation resulting from pure seawater, clear ocean water, and coastal ocean water mediums.

• 융합신호처리학회 학술대회논문집
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• 한국신호처리시스템학회 2000년도 추계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.161-164
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• 2000

Recently efficient image coding using zerotree have been proposed. In these methods, the locations of nonzero wavelet coefficient are encoded with a tree structure, called zerotree, which can exploit the self-similarity of the wavelet pyramid decomposition across different scales. These are very especially in low bit rate image coding. In this paper, two zerotree image coding algorithm, EZW and SPHIT are briefly introduced, and a new zerotree searching scheme is proposed to emphasize the significance of a wavelet coefficient by its orientation as well as its scale.

• 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.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.1058-1063
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• 2010

In this paper, we designed self-frequency synchronizing circuit using image rejection mixer(IRM) and single-sideband(SSB) up-converter which can effectively eliminate the image frequencies occurred in multi-channel super-heterodyne receivers and help us to match inter-channel phase. Also the self-frequency synchronizing circuit simplifies system because there need no extra devices for making intermediate frequency(IF) by creating the local signal within several nanoseconds by means of generating the same frequency of IF signal and modulating radio frequency(RF) signal. We adopt the limiting amplifier for the purpose of protecting the circuit from spurious signals which come from the front end side having wide instantaneous bandwidth characteristics and constantly injecting same level into the input local signal of IRM. The IRM we fabricated has image rejection ratio of 27dB, which is good over 7dB for foreign company's. Also, the SSB up-converter we fabricated has 1dB compression point of 18dBm, which is good over 16dB for foreign company's. And the size is compact about one-forth.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.98-103
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• 2001

본 연구는 전기적 방법인 선대원통형 전극구조에서 발생되는 비열플라즈마를 이용하여 반응장치내에서의 NO의 제거율을 측정하고, 또 방전시의 방전 Image와 수평방향과 수직방향의 신호강도를 ICCD카메라를 이용하여 관측하였다. NO입자의 제거율은 NO농도가 낮을수록 높아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 수평방향의 신호강도와 수직방향의 신호강도는 NO농도가 낮을수록 큰 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 특히 방전에 의해 발생되는 비열플라즈마를 이용했을때의 교류방전시의 Image를 관측함으로써 NO입자의 방전 메카니즘을 보다 명확하게 규명하고자 하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.953-955
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• 2016

영상 처리 시스템의 신호는 전송과정에서 여러 가지 원인으로 열화가 발생된다. 열화는 영상 신호에 잡음이 첨가되는 것이며 열화를 발생시키는 대표적이 잡음에는 salt and pepper 잡음이 대표적이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 salt and pepper 잡음 환경에서 훼손된 영상을 복원하기 위해, 국부 마스크을 8방향으로 세분화하여 각 방향의 화소 변화에 따라 가중치를 적용하여 처리하는 영상 복원 필터를 제안하였다. 그리고 개선 효과의 객관적 판단 기준으로 PSNR(peak signal to noise ratio)을 사용하여 기존의 방법들과 비교하였다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2011

In this paper, we present an improved multi-scale gradient algorithm. The proposed algorithm works the effectively handling of both step and blurred edges. In the proposed algorithm, the image sharpening operator is sharpening the edges and contours of the objects. This operation gives an opportunity to get noise reduced image and step edged image. After that, multi-scale gradient operator works on noise reduced image in order to get a gradient image. The gradient image is segmented by watershed transform. The approach of region merging is used after watershed transform. The region merging is carried out according to the region area and region homogeneity. The region number of the proposed algorithm is 36% shorter than that of the existing algorithm because the proposed algorithm produces a few irrelevant regions. Moreover, the computational time of the proposed algorithm is relatively fast in comparison with the existing one.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.2071-2077
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 이미지 센서와 외부의 구성요소 들과의 정합 모듈을 FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array)를 사용하여 설계하였다. 일반적으로, 저준위 이미지의 데이터를 동기화하기 위하여 SRAM이 요구된다. 본문에서는 신호와 픽셀 단위의 크기를 가진 이미지 신호를 동기화하기 위하여 FPGA를 사용하여 인터페이스의 정합 모듈을 설계함을 목적으로 한다. 본 논문에서는 픽셀 단위로 구현함으로써 고화질의 이미지를 얻을 수 있다. 사용한 이미지 센서와 TFT-LCD의 동작 주파수는 각각 50MHz와 6.5MHz이다. 또한, 구현한 대부분의 제어부는 FPGA에 내장되어 있고 Altera사의 Quartus II 저작도구를 사용하였으며, 설계된 논리 게이트의 수는 33,216 개다.