• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.1700-1721
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• 2017

The problem of blocking artifacts is very common in block-based image and video compression, especially at very low bit rates. In this paper, we propose a post-processing method for JPEG-coded image deblocking via sparse representation and adaptive residual threshold. This method includes three steps. First, we obtain the dictionary by online dictionary learning and the compressed images. The dictionary is then modified by the histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) feature descriptor and K-means cluster. Second, an adaptive residual threshold for orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) is proposed and used for sparse coding by combining blind image blocking assessment. At last, to take advantage of human visual system (HVS), the edge regions of the obtained deblocked image can be further modified by the edge regions of the compressed image. The experimental results show that our proposed method can keep the image more texture and edge information while reducing the image blocking artifacts.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1714-1729
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• 2018

Change detection of remote sensing images is a profound challenge in the field of remote sensing image analysis. This paper proposes a novel change detection method for bitemporal remote sensing images based on feature fusion and fuzzy c-means (FCM). Different from the state-of-the-art methods that mainly utilize a single image feature for difference image construction, the proposed method investigates the fusion of multiple image features for the task. The subsequent problem is regarded as the difference image classification problem, where a modified fuzzy c-means approach is proposed to analyze the difference image. The proposed method has been validated on real bitemporal remote sensing data sets. Experimental results confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1234-1257
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• 2023

In this paper, we propose a framework for multi-focus image fusion called PATN. In our approach, by aggregating deep features extracted based on the U-type Transformer mechanism and shallow features extracted using the PSA module, we make PATN feed both long-range image texture information and focus on local detail information of the image. Meanwhile, the edge-preserving information value of the fused image is enhanced using a dense residual block containing the Sobel gradient operator, and three loss functions are introduced to retain more source image texture information. PATN is compared with 17 more advanced MFIF methods on three datasets to verify the effectiveness and robustness of PATN.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2005년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2005
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• pp.201-204
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• 2005

Recently, the generation of panoramic images and high quality mosaic images from video sequences has been attempted by a variety of investigations. Among a matter of investigation, in this paper, left and right stereo mosaic image generation utilizing airborne-video sequence images is focused upon. The stereo mosaic image is generated by creating left and right mosaic image which is generated by front and rear slit having different viewing angle in consecutive video frame images. The generation of stereo mosaic image proposed in this paper consists of several processes: camera parameter estimation for each video frame image, rectification, slicing, motion parallax elimination and image mosaicking. However it is necessary to check the feasibility on generating stereo mosaic image as explained processes. Therefore, in this paper, we performed the feasibility test on generating stereo mosaic image using video frame images. In doing so, anaglyphic image for stereo mosaic images is generated and tested for feasibility check.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2014

휴대용 무선 단말기에서 사용할 수 있으며, 기존 워터마크 방법이 가지고 있는 화질 저하의 문제점을 해결하기 위한 왜곡이 없는 이미지 인증을 위한 블록 기반 정보 은닉 기법을 제안하였다. 콘텐츠에 관련된 디지털 서명을 기존 영상의 하단에 동일한 화소 값을 가지는 $8{\times}8$ 블록단위의 영상으로 변환하여 추가하고 압축한 다음, 저장할 때 JPEG 파일 스트림의 영상 사이즈 부분을 카메라에 설정된 화소수로 바꿔줌으로써 삽입된 영상서명을 은닉한다. 실험결과, 제안한 방법은 영상서명 은닉을 위해 추가되는 비트가 0.1% 이하로 미세함을 검증하였으며, 화질저하 없이 영상인증이 가능한 방법임을 확인할 수 있었다. 나아가 제안방식은 의료영상, 스마트폰 및 DSLR 등 카메라를 사용하는 다양한 임베디드 시스템에 활용할 수 있다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.645-650
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• 2015

영상 획득 시 렌즈의 부정확한 초점이나 영상 획득 시스템의 흔들림 등으로 인해 영상 복원이 요구된다. 이런 영상 복원 문제는 하나의 열화 영상에서 원 영상을 추출해야 하는 부적절하게 정립된 역 문제 (ill-posed reverse problem)이다. 본 논문은 기준 영상을 도입하여 기존의 영상 복원 방법과 비교할 때 복원 영상의 신호잡음비를 유사하게 유지하면서 계산 속도를 향상시키는 방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 새로운 비용 함수를 통해 영상과 커널을 몇 단계의 갱신을 통해 영상 열화에 사용되었다고 추정되는 커널을 얻는다. 위너 필터는 전 단계에서 구한 커널과 기준 영상을 이용하여 원 영상의 추정치를 구하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.2113-2128
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• 2019

Image thresholding techniques introducing spatial information are widely used image segmentation. Some methods are used to calculate the optimal threshold by building a specific histogram with different parameters, such as gray value of pixel, average gray value and gradient-magnitude, etc. However, these methods still have some limitations. In this paper, an entropic thresholding method based on Gabor histogram (a new 2D histogram constructed by using Gabor filter) is applied to image segmentation, which can distinguish foreground/background, edge and noise of image effectively. Comparing with some methods, including 2D-KSW, GLSC-KSW, 2D-D-KSW and GLGM-KSW, the proposed method, tested on 10 realistic images for segmentation, presents a higher effectiveness and robustness.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2017

As technology related to digital imaging equipment is developed and generalized, digital imaging system is used for various purposes in fields of society. The object tracking technology from digital image data in real time is one of the core technologies required in various fields such as security system and robot system. Among the existing object tracking technologies, cam shift technology is a technique of tracking an object using color information of an object. Recently, digital image data using infrared camera functions are widely used due to various demands of digital image equipment. However, the existing cam shift method can not track objects in image data without color information. Our proposed tracking algorithm tracks the object by analyzing the color if valid color information exists in the digital image data, otherwise it generates the lightness feature information and tracks the object through it. The brightness feature information is generated from the ratio information of the width and the height of the area divided by the brightness. Experimental results shows that our tracking algorithm can track objects in real time not only in general image data including color information but also in image data captured by an infrared camera.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.15-19
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• 2015

The depth information of an image is used in a variety of applications including 2D/3D conversion, multi-view extraction, modeling, depth keying, etc. There are various methods to acquire depth information, such as the method to use a stereo camera, the method to use the depth camera of flight time (TOF) method, the method to use 3D modeling software, the method to use 3D scanner and the method to use a structured light just like Microsoft's Kinect. In particular, the depth camera of TOF method measures the distance using infrared light, whereas TOF sensor depends on the sensitivity of optical light of an image sensor (CCD/CMOS). Thus, it is mandatory for the existing image sensors to get an infrared light image by bundling several pixels; these requirements generate a phenomenon to reduce the resolution of an image. This thesis proposed a measure to acquire a high-resolution image through gradual area movement while acquiring a low-resolution image through pixel bundling method. From this measure, one can obtain an effect of acquiring image information in which illumination intensity (lux) and resolution were improved without increasing the performance of an image sensor since the image resolution is not improved as resolving a low-illumination intensity (lux) in accordance with the gradual pixel bundling algorithm.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.139-148
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• 2015

융합 이미지 생성의 목적은 여러 입력 이미지에 나타난 주요 시각적인 정보를 결합시켜 하나의 보다 정보적이고 완성적인 출력 이미지를 얻는 데 있다. 현재 이러한 이미지 융합 기술은 영상 의료, 원격 감지, 로봇공학 등의 분야에서 활발하게 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 최대 엔트로피에 의한 임계값 추정과 이를 바탕으로 하는 특징 벡터 추출 및 상호 정보량에 의한 특징 벡터들의 밀접한 관계를 추정하는 방식으로 융합 이미지를 생성하는 하나의 접근방식을 제안한다. 이러한 융합 이미지 생성 방식은 이미지의 전반적인 불확실성을 감소시킨다는 점에서 장점이 있고, 더 나아가서 융합되는 이미지들 가운데 블러링 이미지가 사용되는 경우에 이미지 정합이 다른 기법에 비해 보다 좋은 성능을 가진다는 점이다.