• Broadcasting and Media Magazine
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.73-82
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• 2019

국제 표준화 기구 ISO/IEC JCT1/SC29/WG1 JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group)에서는 지난 30여년간 JPEG, JPEG 2000, JPEG XR, JPEG XT, JPEG XS 등 다양한 2D 이미지 압축 관련 표준을 제정해왔다. 지난 2014년 10월에는 JPEG Pleno라는 이름으로 2D 이미지가 아닌 3차원 영상 정보 압축을 위한 새로운 표준화 과제를 시작했다. JPEG Pleno에서 다루는 3차원 영상 정보는 라이트 필드, 포인트 클라우드, 홀로그램이다. 본 원고에서는 현재 JPEG Pleno 홀로그래피에서 다뤄지는 디지털 홀로그램 영상 압축에 대한 국제 표준화 현황을 소개하고, 향후 나아갈 방향을 전망해 본다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.66-74
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• 2023

Holography is the most promising 3D imaging technology to faithfully record and reproduce light information. In addition, it is widely explored in metrology for applications such as microscopy and tomography because it can accurately measure 3D shapes. However, the data size of a digital hologram is very large, and the data characteristics are notably different from those of conventional 2D images. The Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) is a group of experts from the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission. This group develops and maintains standards for still image compression. In 2014, the JPEG released a new standard for 3D image compression called JPEG Pleno to represent light fields, point clouds, and holograms. Among them, JPEG Pleno Holography is the first international standard for hologram compression. We review recent advances in JPEG Pleno Holography standardization and discuss future directions of development.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.139-140
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• 2022

최근에 정지 홀로그램에 대한 표준화 및 압축 방법에 대한 연구를 JPEG Pleno에서 진행 중에 있다. 또한, 기존 연구들에서 웨이블릿 변환의 효율이 좋은 대안이 될 수 있다는 것을 보여왔다. 웨이블릿 변환기반의 압축에서 EZW, EBCOT 그리고 SPIHT 등을 사용할 수 있다. 하지만 부대역 단위의 제로트리 기반의 알고리즘들은 고해상도의 영상에 대해서 고압축으로 코딩할 경우에 비트스트림 제어 시 악영향을 줄 수 있으며, EBCOT는 지나치게 복잡도가 높다. 이를 보완하기 위해 본 논문에서는 홀로그램의 압축을 위해 양자화된 웨이블릿 트리를 사용하여 압축하는 방법을 제안한다. 양자화 트리는 해당 홀로그램의 대표 계수 값을 양자화하여 획득한다. 양자화 트리를 사용하여 양자화한 후에 원본과의 차이 값을 SPIHT를 통해 압축하여 목표 BPP에 맞게 압축한다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.587-597
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• 2020

In this paper, we analyze the normalization that occurs when processing digital hologram and propose an optimized quantization method. In JPEG Pleno, which standardizes the compression of holograms, full complex holograms are defined as complex numbers with 32-bit or 64-bit precision, and the range of values varies greatly depending on the method of hologram generation and object type. Such data with high precision and wide dynamic range are converted to fixed-point or integer numbers with lower precision for signal processing and compression. In addition, in order to reconstruct the hologram to the SLM (spatial light modulator), it is approximated with a precision of a value that can be expressed by the pixels of the SLM. This process can be refereed as a normalization process using quantization. In this paper, we introduce a method for normalizing high precision and wide range hologram using quantization technique and propose an optimized method.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.93-108
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• 2019

Guaranteeing interoperability between devices and applications is the core role of standards organizations. Since its first JPEG standard in 1992, the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) has published several image coding standards that have been successful in a plethora of imaging markets. Recently, these markets have become subject to potentially disruptive innovations owing to the rise of new imaging modalities such as light fields, point clouds, and holography. These so-called plenoptic modalities hold the promise of facilitating a more efficient and complete representation of 3D scenes when compared to classic 2D modalities. However, due to the heterogeneity of plenoptic products that will hit the market, serious interoperability concerns have arisen. In this paper, we particularly focus on the holographic modality and outline how the JPEG committee has addressed these tremendous challenges. We discuss the main use cases and provide a preliminary list of requirements. In addition, based on the discussion of real-valued and complex data representations, we elaborate on potential coding technologies that range from approaches utilizing classical 2D coding technologies to holographic content-aware coding solutions. Finally, we address the problem of visual quality assessment of holographic data covering both visual quality metrics and subjective assessment methodologies.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.145-155
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• 2019

Holography is a technique that can acquire and reproduce 3D objects nearly perfectly by representing both the amplitude and phase of light. Recently, digital holography has received considerable attention because it is simpler than analog holography from acquisition to reproduction. The data size of the digital hologram increases tremendously as the quality of digital holograms depends on their pixel pitch and resolution. Hence, efficient compression is necessary to realize holographic imaging services. In this report, we introduce recent digital hologram compression techniques and JPEG Pleno holography, which is the first international standardization activity for digital hologram compression. Furthermore, we discuss the future of this field.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.143-154
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• 2021

In this paper, we propose a method of compressing digital hologram standardized data provided by JPEG Pleno. In numerical reconstruction of digital holograms, the addition of random phases for visualization reduces speckle noise due to interference and doubles the compression efficiency of holograms. Holograms are composed of completely complex floating point data, and due to ultra-high resolution and speckle noise, it is essential to develop a compression technology tailored to the characteristics of the hologram. First, frequency characteristics of hologram data are analyzed using various wavelet filters to analyze energy concentration according to filter types. Second, we introduce the subband selection algorithm using energy concentration. Finally, the JPEG2000, SPIHT, H.264 results using the Daubechies 9/7 wavelet filter of JPEG2000 and the proposed method are used to compress and restore, and the efficiency is analyzed through quantitative quality evaluation compared to the compression rate.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.164-181
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• 2019

This paper introduces the analysis and development of digital holographic data codec technology to effectively compress hologram data. First, the generation method and data characteristics of the hologram standard data set provided by JPEG Pleno are introduced. We analyze energy compaction according to hologram generation method using discrete wavelet transform and discrete cosine transform. The quantization efficiency according to the hologram generation method is analyzed by applying uniform quantization and non-uniform quantization. We propose a transformation method quantization method suitable for hologram generation method through transform and quantization experiments. Finally, holograms are compressed using standard compression codecs such as JPEG, JPEG2000, AVC/H.264 and HEVC/H.265 and the results are analyzed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.377-379
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• 2020

The hologram data is having a dependence on the pixel pitch of the SLM (spatial light modulator) and the wavelength of light, and the quality of the digital hologram is proportional to the unit pixel pitch and the total resolution. In addition, since each pixel has a complex value, the amount of data in the digital hologram also increases exponentially, and the size is bound to be very large. Therefore, in order to efficiently handle digital hologram files, it is essential to reduce the file size through a codec and store it. Recently, research on enhancing image quality damaged by the codec is actively underway. In this paper, the hologram image of JPEG Pleno, which is the standard hologram data, was used, and the image quality damage that occurs whenthe holographic image is encoded and decoded through the JPEG2000, AVC, and HEVC codec is enhanced with a deep learning network to find out whether the image quality can be improved. we also compare and quantitatively find out the degree of improvement in image quality.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.55-78
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• 2023

The fringe pattern obtained through a DHM (Digital Holographic Microscopy) contains the thickness information of the sample. However, there is a disadvantage that the data capacity is large. Therefore, a compression method that can reduce the data size while minimizing damage to the thickness information of the sample contained in the fringe pattern is required. This paper presents the phase compression method and confirmed through experiments that the phase compression method is more efficient that the fringe pattern compression method used in JPEG Pleno Holography. As a result of evaluation using RMSE, BD-Rate and PSNR the phase compression method showed up to 92.39% improvement in performance than the fringe pattern compression method. In addition, experiment were conducted under various conditions to compare and analyze the compression performance for each condition. In the case of the fringe pattern compression method, it includes not only the phase information for calculating the thickness of the sample but also other information, whereas the phase compression method compresses only the phase information after removing unnecessary information from the fringe pattern. It is judged to have high performance.