• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.1369-1375
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• 2016

In this paper, we present a depth extraction method of integral imaging using correlation between elemental images with phase only filter. Integral imaging is a passive three-dimensional (3D) imaging system records ray information of 3D objects through lenslet array by 2D image sensor, and displays 3D images by using the similar lenslet array. 2D images by lenslet array have different perspectives. These images are referred to as elemental images. Since the correlation can be calculated between elemental images, the depth information of 3D objects can be extracted. To obtain high correaltion between elemental images effectively, in this paper, we use phase only filter. Using this high correlation, the corresponding pixels between elemental images can be found so that depth information can be extracted by computational reconstruction technique. In this paper, to prove our method, we carry out optical experiment and calculate Peak Sidelobe Ratio (PSR) as a correlation metric.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.1207-1212
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose three-dimensional (3D) visualization and recognition techniques of micro-objects under photon-starved conditions using photon counting integral imaging microscopy. To capture high resolution 2D images with different perspectives in the proposed method, we use Synthetic Aperture Integral Imaging (SAII). Poisson distribution which is mathematical model of photon counting imaging system is used to extract photons from the images. To estimate 3D images with 2D photon counting images, the statistical estimation is used. Therefore, 3D images can be obtained and visualized without any damage under photon-starved conditions. In addition, 3D object recognition can be implemented using nonlinear correlation filters. To prove the usefulness of our technique, we implemented the optical experiment.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.162-167
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• 2013

A two-dimensional (2D) / three-dimensional (3D) convertible display system based on integral imaging is proposed to adopt a novel switchable point light source array, which is implemented using the polarization modulator and the polarization selective scattering film that transmits or scatters the incident light due to its polarization direction. The 2D and the 3D display modes of the proposed system can be modulated by controlling the polarization direction of back light using the polarization modulator. We explain the basic principles of the proposed system and verify the feasibility of the system through preliminary experiments.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08b
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• pp.1482-1485
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• 2007

A three-dimensional (3D)-two-dimensional (2D) convertible display system using a plastic fiber array is proposed. The proposed system has an advantage of making use of a light source for 3D image from an arbitrary location. The optical efficiency of 3D images in the proposed system is enhanced compared with previous research.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.08a
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• pp.1569-1574
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• 2006

We have studied elemental image compatibility between integral imaging(II) and parallax generation(PG) system for three-dimensional display. The elemental images of PG can be obtained by recombination of the elemental images picked up in II system. The theoretical verification and the experimental results show that the elemental images of PG are in correspondence with the elemental images of II system with proper transformation conditions.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.02a
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• pp.306-307
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• 2005

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.270-276
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• 2012

An off-axis integral floating system using a concave mirror is analyzed to resolve the image distortion incurred by the off-axis optical arrangement. The concave mirror can be adopted as the floating device to improve the optical efficiency. The image distortion due to the tilting axis of the concave mirror needs to be analyzed precisely to generate the pre-distortion image. In this paper, we calculate the image deformation in the off-axis structure of the concave mirror using the geometrical optics. Using the calculation results, the compensated elemental image can be generated for the pre-distortion integrated image, which can be projected to the floating 3D image without image distortion. The basic experiments of the off-axis integral floating are presented to prove and verify the proposal.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.535-540
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• 2006

집적 영상(Integral Imaging) 시스템은 관찰자가 특수안경의 착용 없이 육안으로 3 차원 영상을 볼 수 있는 무안경식 양안시차 디스플레이 방식 중 하나로, 수직, 수평 시차와 총천연색의 영상을 제공한다. 집적영상 시스템은 3 차원 정보를 2 차원 엘리멘탈 이미지 (Elemental image)의 형태로 저장하는데, 엘리멘탈 이미지는 조금씩 다른 방향에서 제한된 크기로 촬영된 이미지이다. 엘리멘탈 이미지는 컴퓨터 그래픽으로 만들어질 수도 있는데, 이를 이용하는 집적 영상 방식을 CG 직접 영상 시스템이라 한다. 이와 같이 컴퓨터 계산에 의해 엘리멘탈 이미지를 얻는 과정을 이미지 매핑 (Image mapping)이라 부른다. 이제까지 제안된 이미지 매핑 방식에는 점대점 (Point to Point), MVR (Multi-Viewpoint Rendering), PGR (Parallel Group Rendering) 이 있다. 그러나 이런 방식들은 계산량이 많거나 렌즈 어레이 개수의 증가에 의해 속도에 영향을 받는 단점이 있어, 아직 가상현실 같은 실시간 CG 응용 분야에 사용하기 어려운 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 VVR (Viewpoint Vector Rendering)이라는 기존의 방법과 비교해 향상된 새로운 이미지 매핑 방법을 제안한다. 먼저 VVR 개념을 자세히 설명한 후 VVR 을 사용한 집적 영상 시스템을 구현하여 MVR 방법과 비교 분석한 실험결과와 개선되어야 할 방향을 제시한다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.390-396
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• 2015

We propose a partial occlusion removal method for computational integral imaging reconstruction (CIIR) based on the usage of the exemplar based inpainting technique. The proposed method is an improved version of the original linear inpainting based CIIR (LI-CIIR), which uses the inpainting technique to fill in the data missing region. The LI-CIIR shows good results for images which contain objects with smooth surfaces. However, if the object has a textured surface, the result of the LI-CIIR deteriorates, since the linear inpainting cannot recover the textured data in the data missing region well. In this work, we utilize the exemplar based inpainting to fill in the textured data in the data missing region. We call the proposed method the neighboring elemental image exemplar based inpainting (NEI-exemplar inpainting) method, since it uses sources from neighboring elemental images to fill in the data missing region. Furthermore, we also propose an automatic occluding region extraction method based on the use of the mutual constraint using depth estimation (MC-DE) and the level set based bimodal segmentation. Experimental results show the validity of the proposed system.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.10B
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• pp.1124-1132
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• 2009

We proposed a new method to improve the resolution of elemental image set in the integral imaging system using super-resolution image reconstruction method. Adjacent elemental images have same image region which is projected from the common area of object. These projected images in the elemental image can be used for low resolution images of super-resolution method. Two methods for resolution improvement of elemental image set using super-resolution method are proposed. One is super-resolution among the elemental image sets and the other is among the elemental images. Simulation results are compared with resolution improved elemental image set using interpolated method.