• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.42 no.5 s.305
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• pp.73-78
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• 2005

Images coded by DCT based compression contain several quality degradations by quantization process. Among them contrast distortion is the important one because human eyes are sensitive to contrast. In case of low bit-rate coded image, we can not get an image having good quality due to quantization error. In this paper, we suggest a new scheme to enhance image's contrast in DCT domain. Proposed method enhances only edge regions. Homogeneous regions are not considered in this method. $8{\times}8$ DCT coefficient blocks are decomposed to $4{\times}4$ sub-blocks for detail edge region discrimination. we could apply this scheme to real-time application because proposed scheme is DCT based method.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.195-201
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• 2015

For median filtering (MF) detection in altered digital images, this paper presents a new feature vector that is formed from autoregressive (AR) coefficients via an AR model of the gradients between the neighboring row and column lines in an image. Subsequently, the defined 10-D feature vector is trained in a support vector machine (SVM) for MF detection among forged images. The MF classification is compared to the median filter residual (MFR) scheme that had the same 10-D feature vector. In the experiment, three kinds of test items are area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC), classification ratio, and minimal average decision error. The performance is excellent for unaltered (ORI) or once-altered images, such as $3{\times}3$ average filtering (AVE3), QF=90 JPEG (JPG90), 90% down, and 110% up to scale (DN0.9 and Up1.1) images, versus $3{\times}3$ and $5{\times}5$ median filtering (MF3 and MF5, respectively) and MF3 and MF5 composite images (MF35). When the forged image was post-altered with AVE3, DN0.9, UP1.1 and JPG70 after MF3, MF5 and MF35, the performance of the proposed scheme is lower than the MFR scheme. In particular, the feature vector in this paper has a superior classification ratio compared to AVE3. However, in the measured performances with unaltered, once-altered and post-altered images versus MF3, MF5 and MF35, the resultant AUC by 'sensitivity' (TP: true positive rate) and '1-specificity' (FN: false negative rate) is achieved closer to 1. Thus, it is confirmed that the grade evaluation of the proposed scheme can be rated as 'Excellent (A)'.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.17-23
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• 2003

In this Paper. we Propose a digital watermarking scheme for digital images based on a perceptual model, the frequency masking, texture making, and luminance masking Properties of the human visual system(HVS), which have been developed in the context of image compression. We embed two types of watermark, one is pseudo random(PN) sequences, the other is a logo image. To embed the watermarks, original images are decomposed into $8\times8$ blocks, and the discrete cosine transform(DCT) is carried out for each block. Watermarks are casted in the low frequency components of DCT coefficients. The perceptual model adjusts adaptively scaling factors embedding watermarks according to the local image properties. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme presents better results than that of non-perceptual watermarking methods for image qualify without loss of robustness.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.9C no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 2002

As existing analog video surveillance systems could save and retrieve data only in a limited space within short distance, it had many constraints in developing into various application systems. However, on the back of development of the Internet and computer technologies, digital video surveillance systems can be controlled from a remote location by web browser without space limits. Moreover, data compression and management technologies with Index Search algorithm make it possible to efficiently handling, storing, and retrieving a large amount of data and further motion detection algorithm enhances a recording speed and efficiency for a practical application, that is, a practical remote recordable video surveillance system using our efficient algorithms as mentioned, called WebCam. The WebCam server system can intelligently record and save video images digitized through efficient database management, monitor and control cameras in a remote place through user authentication, and search logs.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.311-318
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• 2014

As modern computer graphics technology has been developed, it is hard to discriminate computer graphics from photographic images with the naked eye. Advances in graphics technology has brought a lot of convenience to human, it has side effects such as image forgery, malicious edit and fraudulent means. In order to cope with such problems, studies of various algorithms using a feature that represents a characteristic of an image has been processed. In this paper, we verify directly the existing algorithm, and provide new features based a noise that represents the characteristics of the computer graphics well. And this paper introduces the method of using SVM(Support Vector Machine) with features proposed in previous research to improve the discrimination accuracy.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.386-392
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• 2015

Data in a image compression codec are processed with a specific regular block size. The processing order of block sized data is changed in specific function blocks and the data is packed in memory and read by a new sequence. To maintain a regular throughput rate, double buffering is normally used that interleaving two block sized memory to do concurrent read and write operations. Single buffering using only one block sized memory can be adopted to the simple data reordering, but when a complicate reordering occurs, irregular address changes prohibit from implementing adequate address generating for single buffering. This paper shows that there is a predictable and recurring regularity of changing address access orders within a finite updating counts and suggests an effective method to implement. The data reordering function using suggested idea is designed with HDL and implemented with TSMC 0.18 CMOS process library. In various scan blocks, it shows more than 40% size reduction compared with a conventional method.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.29 no.10C
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• pp.1484-1489
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• 2004

Given a video frame in terms of its 8${\times}$8 block-DCT coefncients, we wish to obtain a downsized or upsized version of this Dame also in terms of 8${\times}$8 block DCT coefficients. The DCT being a linear unitary transform is distributive over matrix multiplication. This fact has been used for downsampling video frames in the DCT domains in Dugad's, Mukherjee's, and Park's methods. The downsampling and upsampling schemes combined together preserve all the low-frequency DCT coefficients of the original image. This implies tremendous savings for coding the difference between the original frame (unsampled image) and its prediction (the upsampled image).This is desirable for many applications based on scalable encoding of video. In this paper, we extend the earlier works to various DCT sizes, when we downsample and then upsample of an image by a factor of two. Through experiment, we could improve the PSM values whenever we increase the DCT block size. However, because the complexity will be also increase, we can say there is a tradeoff. The experiment result would provide important data for developing fast algorithms of compressed-domain image/video resizing.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.239-247
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose a system that the Linux is ported in embedded system with peripheral devices of CIS(CMOS Image Sensor) and GPS module. The system acquires GGA sentence from GPS module by recognizing camera and GPS is used module in Linux kernel. And then the received location information is used to include still image acquired through CIS According to this paper, We compose hardware for embedded system, attach board (including camera), port Linux BootLoader and Kernel. And. then we realize that it insert kernel in CIS control device driver and GPS module device driver.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.431-437
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• 2007

Multi-Spectral Camera(MSC) on the KOMPSAT-2 satellite was developed and launched as a main payload to provide 1m of GSD(Ground Sampling Distance) for one(1) channel panchromatic imaging and 4m of GSD for four(4) channel multi-spectral imaging at 685km altitude covering l5km of swath width. Since the compression on MSC image chain was required to overcome the mismatch between input data rate and output date rate JPEG-like method was selected and analyzed to check the influence on the performance. In normal operation the MSC data is being acquired and transmitted with lossy compression ratio to cover whole image channel and full swath width in real-time. In the other hand the MSC performance have carefully been handled to avoid or minimize any degradation so that it was analyzed and restored in KGS(KOMPSAT Ground Station) during LEOP(Launch and Early Operation Phase). While KOMPSAT-2 had been developed, new compression method based upon wavelet for space application was introduced and available for next satellite. The study on improvement of image chain including new compression method is asked for next KOMPSAT which requires better GSD and larger swath width In this paper, satellite image chain which consists of on-board image chain and on-ground image chain including general MSC description is briefly described. The performance influences on the image chain between two on-board compression methods which are or will be used for KOMPSAT are analyzed. The differences on performance between two methods are compared and the better solution for the performance improvement of image chain on KOMPSAT is suggested.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.114-117
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• 2010

특정 대상 또는 외부 자극에 대해 반사적이고 직관적으로 발생하는 느낌으로 정의되는 감성은 자신의 경험을 바탕으로 개개인이 서로 다른 반응을 보이는 특징을 가진다. 이러한 감성은 맞춤형, 적응형 및 개인화된 서비스를 요구하는 현대사회에서 반드시 필요하고 연구되어야 하는 대상이다. 하지만, 감성은 외부 자극에 따라 빠르게 변하고 객관성을 유지하기 어려울 뿐 아니라 복합적으로 나타나기 때문에 측정하거나 표현하기가 매우 어렵다. 시각정보는 감성을 이해하고 전달하는 데 큰 비중을 차지하며, 대상에 대한 종합적인 정보를 전달하여 빠르게 인지하고 이해하는데 많은 도움을 준다. 그 중 색채정보는 대상의 객관적인 특정, 심리적 속성 및 사회적 배경을 반영할 수 있어 복합적인 감성을 효과적으로 표현하고 전달한다. 많은 연구를 통해 감성과 색채정보 간의 관계를 생성하고 정의하였지만, 단일 시각정보로 감성을 표현하는 것은 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 종합적인 시각정보를 고려한 감성연구를 제안하기 위해 대용량의 감성어휘와 이미지를 수집하였다. 감성어휘는 The Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention(CSEA)에서 생성한 균형 감성어휘 중 273개를 사용하였고 감성이미지는 객관성과 공통성을 유지하기 위해 사용자의 참여가 활발하고 이미지에 부착된 태그가 비교적 정확한 Flickr를 사용하여 수집하였다. 감성어휘 당 약 500개의 이미지를 수집하고자 시도하였고, 총 130,944개의 감성이미지 후보를 수집하였다. 한 번 수집된 이미지는 중복을 피하였고, JPEG형식으로 저장되어 있다. 또한, 각 이미지에는 사용자 태그가 평균적으로 약 25개가 포함되어 있고, 총 2,l47,645개의 태그를 수집하였다.