• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제30B권1호
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• pp.90-98
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• 1993

A Gaussian is formed by diffusing a spot excitation. In this paper, a diffusion neural network model is derived from the diffusion equation. And it is shown that a difference of two Gaussians(DOG) may have the same shape as a Laplacian of Gaussian(LOG), A neural network model executing a DOG convolution by diffusing an external excitation is proposed. By this model intensity changes of image may be detected. This model may be implemented economically because each neuron has only four fixed-valued synapes.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.108-111
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• 2002

This paper proposes an new water mark embedding and extraction technique which extends the direct sequence spread spectrum technique. The proposed technique approximates the complexity of image and block in spatial domain using Laplacian filtering and watermark is adaptively embedded in the mid-frequency DCT components. Local parity bits are attached to higher-frequency DCT components and they are used to detect extraction errors and correct those errors. In extraction process the proposed method boosts the higher frequency components of image and extracts the watermark by demodulation and this information is verified and adjusted by parity bits. Experimental results show it is invisible and robust to several external attacks.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.69-78
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• 2018

This paper presents a precise edge detection algorithm for the critical dimension (CD) measurement of a Thin-Film Transistor Liquid-Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) pattern. The sigmoid surface function is proposed to model the blurred step edge. This model can simultaneously find the position and geometry of the edge precisely. The nonlinear least squares fitting method (Levenberg-Marquardt method) is used to model the image intensity distribution into the proposed sigmoid blurred edge model. The suggested algorithm is verified by comparing the CD measurement repeatability from high-magnified blurry and noisy TFT-LCD images with those from the previous Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) based sub-pixel edge detection algorithm and error function fitting method. The proposed fitting-based edge detection algorithm produces more precise results than the previous method. The suggested algorithm can be applied to in-line precision CD measurement for high-resolution display devices.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.99.1-99
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• 2002

In this paper, a computer-vision based pipe-inspection algorithm is developed. The algorithm uses the modified Hough transformation and a line-scanning approach to identify the edge line and radius of the pipe image, from which the eccentricity and dimension of the pipe-end is calculated. Line and circle detection was performed using Laplacian operator with input image which are acquired from the front and side cameras. In order to minimize the memory usage and the processing time, a clustering method with the modified Hough transformation for line detection. The dimension of inner and outer radius of pipe is calculated by proposed line-scanning method. The method scans several lines along t...

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2007

Wavelet Transform is amenable to efficient algorithms. So wavelet transform was adopted many signal processing and communication applications. For example, the wavelet transform was adopted as the transform for JPEG2000. However, Wavelet has weakness about smoothness along the contours and limited directional information. Hence, recently, some new transforms have been introduced to take advantage of this property. So we use to other transform, called contourlet transform in compression. In this paper, we propose a new method for image compression based on the contourlet transform, which has been recently introduced. Contourlet transform has a good result about images with smooth contours. Moreover, Contourlet is feasible multiresolution and multidirection expansion using non-separable filter bank. This treatise shows a good image representation after compressing using contourlet transform.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.886-890
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• 2013

In this paper, a 3D coordinates acquisition method for a mechanical assembly is developed by using multiview X-ray images. The multi-view X-ray images of an object are obtained by a rotary table. From the rotation transformation, it is possible to obtain the 3D coordinates of corresponding edge points on multi-view X-ray images by triangulation. The edge detection algorithm in this paper is based on the attenuation characteristic of the X-ray. The 3D coordinates of the object points are represented on a graphic display, which is used for the inspection of a mechanical assembly.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1998년도 하계학술대회 논문집 G
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• pp.2427-2429
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• 1998

Digital watermarking is the techinque which embeds the invisible signal into multimedia data such as audio, video, images, for copyright protection, including owner identification and copy control information. This paper proposes a new watermark embedding and extraction technique by extending the direct sequence spread spectrum technique. The proposed technique approximates the frequency component of pixels in spatial domain by using Laplacian mask and adaptively embeds the watermark considering the HVS to reduce the degradation of Image. In watermark extraction process, the proposed technique strengthens the high frequency components of image and extracts the watermark by demodulation. All this processes are performed in spatial domain to reduce the processing time.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.87-90
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• 2018

Various approaches have been proposed to convert low dynamic range (LDR) to high dynamic range (HDR). Of these approaches, the Multi Scale Fusion (MSF) algorithm based on Laplacian pyramid decomposition is used in many applications and demonstrates its usefulness. However, the pyramid fusion technique has no means for controlling the luminance component because the total number of pixels decreases as the pyramid rises to the upper layer. In this paper, we extract the reflection light of the image based on the Retinex theory and generate the weight map by adjusting the reflection component. This weighting map is applied to achieve an MSF-like effect during image fusion and provides an opportunity to control the brightness components. Experimental results show that the proposed method maintains the total number of pixels and exhibits similar effects to the conventional method.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2019

This study is concerned with the mechanism and structure of an optical microscope and an automatic multi-focus algorithm for automatically selecting sharp images from multiple foci of a cell. To obtain precise cell images quickly, a z-axis actuator with a resolution of $0.1{\mu}m$ was designed to control an optical microscope Moreover, a lighting control system was constructed to select the color and brightness of light that best suit the object being viewed. Cell images are captured by the instrument and the sharpness of each image is determined using Gaussian and Laplacian filters. Next, cubic spline interpolation and peak detection algorithms are applied to automatically find the most vivid points among multiple images of a single object. A cancer cell imaging experiment using propidium iodide staining confirmed that a sharp multipoint image can be obtained using this microscope. The proposed system is expected to save time and effort required to extract suitable cell images and increase the convenience of cell analysis.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.179-184
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• 2004

본 논문은 하이브리드 방법을 사용하여 영상내의 체형 외곽 선과 격자 패턴을 추출하여 3차원 체형 데이터를 획득하기 위한 새로운 영상분할 알고리즘을 제안한다. 체형 외곽 선을 추출하기 위한 영상분할 방법으로 최대 값 인식 알고리즘을 사용하였다. 이 방법은 에지에서의 접선 방향 값은 작지만 법선 방향 값은 큰 성질을 이용하여 일정 영역내의 픽셀들간의 변화 값 중 최대 값을 인식하는 알고리즘이다. 그리고 체형 외곽내의 격자 패턴은 격자 패턴 검출 알고리즘을 사용하여 추출하였다. 추출된 체형 외곽 선과 격자 패턴을 결합한 후 휴리스틱 방법인 연속 길이 테스트에 치한 격자 패턴의 연결 및 잡음제거를 하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 영상분할 방법은 기존의 기울기나 라플라시안 연산방법보다 매우 효과적인 결과를 가져 왔다.