• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.787-789
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• 2017

Edge detection is used in many applications such as image analysis, pattern recognition and computer vision. Existing edge detection methods, there is such Sobel, Prewitt, Roberts, and LoG(Laplacian of Gaussian). In the conventional edge detection method, edge detection is insufficient because the change of the pixel brightness is small when the original image is in low illumination. Therefore, in this paper, we proposed a function to convert the pixel brightness of low illumination image to solve this problem. And it was compared by applying the conventional methods Sobel, Prewitt, Roberts, LoG(Laplacian of Gaussian) to determine the performance of the pixel brightness transform function.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.1680-1686
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• 2015

Edge detection is an essential preprocessing for most image processing application, and there are several existing detection methods such as Sobel, Roberts, Laplacian, LoG(Laplacian of Gaussian) operators, etc. Those existing edge detection methods have not given satisfactory results since they do not offer enough pixel brightness change in low light level environment. Therefore, in this study new algorithms using brightness transfer function in the preprocessing and for edge detection applying standard deviation and average-weighted local masks are proposed. In addition, the performance of proposed algorithms was evaluated in comparison with the existing edge detection methods such as Sobel, Roberts, Prewitt, Laplacian, LoG operators.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.711-721
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• 2012

The objective of this study is to propose an efficient 3D reconstruction method for developing a stereo-vision-based haptics system which can replace "robotic eyes" and "robotic touch." The haptic rendering for 3D images requires to capture depth information and edge information of stereo images. This paper proposes the 3D reconstruction methods using LoG(Laplacian of Gaussian) algorithm and DoG(Difference of Gaussian) algorithm for edge detection in addition to the basic 3D depth extraction method for better haptic rendering. Also, some experiments are performed for evaluating the CPU time and the error rates of those methods. The experimental results lead us to conclude that the DoG method is more efficient for haptic rendering. This paper may contribute to investigate the effective methods for 3D image reconstruction such as in improving the performance of mobile patrol robots.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.69-73
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose a new method for measuring fine dust through a LoG(Laplacian of Gaussian)-based edge detection technique. CCTV-based images in a video are collected for fine dust measurement, and image ranges are designated through RoI(Region of Interest). After clustering by applying the GMM(Gaussian Mix Model) to the specified area, we detect edge through the LoG algorithm and measure the detected edge strength. The concentration of fine dust is determined based on the measured intensity data of the edge. In this paper, we propose algorithm as the effectiveness of experiment. As a result of collecting and applying CCTV image in the video installed around the laboratory of this school for a month from June to July, the measured result value was proved through this experiment to be sufficient to calculate the concentration and range of fine dust.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.735-741
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• 2014

Edge in images appears when a great difference shows up in light and shade between pixels and includes data of the subject's size, location direction and etc. The edge is generally detected by the methods such as Sobel, Roberts, Laplacian, LoG(Laplacian of Gaussian) and etc. However, in AWGN(additive white Gaussian noise) added images, quality of the edge becomes slightly uncertain. Therefore, this paper proposed edge detection algorithm using modified mask of weighting to improve the quality of the existing methods. And in order to verify the performance efficiency of the proposed method, processed image and PFOM(Pratt's figure of merit) has been used as valuation standard for a comparison with the existing methods.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.709-718
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• 1992

A new edge detection operator superimposing two displaced Gaussian smoothing filters Is proposed as an approximate operator for the DroG(flrst derivative of Gaussian) known as a sub-op-timal step edge detector. The performance of the proposed edge detector Is very close to that of the DroG with the performance criteria . signal to noise ratio, locality, and multiple response. And the computational complexity can be reduced almost by a half of that of DroG, because of the use of common 2-D smoothing filter for DroG and LoG ( Laplacian of Gausslan) systems.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.1973-1980
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• 2014

Edge detection for such as image, lane and object recognition is important image processing method. And some traditional method for this, there are Sobel, Prewitt, Roberts, Laplacian, LoG(Laplacian of Gaussian) and so on. Characteristics of these methods are insufficient in the salt & pepper noise added image. In order to improve such a problem of conventional methods, in this paper, we proposed an algorithm applying the weighted mask for detecting an edge by setting the local mask centered on the adjacent of the central pixel if central pixel of the mask is non-noise, it is intactly set by element of estimated mask, after calculating estimated mask if it is noise.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.5
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• pp.218-223
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• 2013

The performances of previous edge detection methods such as Sobel, Prewitt, and LoG(Laplacian of Gaussian) are insufficient for images degraded in AWGN(additive white Gaussian noise). Therefore, in this paper, we proposed an edge detection algorithm using a modified coefficient masks with gradient masks and distance weight mask. In order to confirm and verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, we simulated and compared proposed algorithm to conventional methods on various standard images added AWGN with a standard deviation ${\sigma}$=15, 30 and proposed algorithm shows superior edge detection characteristics in processed images.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.05a
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• pp.787-789
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• 2014

Image processing is presently used in various areas such as smart phone, smart TV, and portable PC. Likewise, edge detection plays an important role in most of the applications. As such, studies for the detection of edge are continually underway. Roberts, Laplacian and LoG(lapacian of Gaussian) are the representative edge detection methods, but these methods do not offer optimal edge detection characteristic in case of the image that is damaged by Salt & Pepper noises. As such, this study presented algorithm with superior edge detection characteristic by utilizing the elements of local mask in Salt & Pepper noise environment.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.1115-1128
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• 2023

In this paper, a novel hybrid method for multi-focus image fusion is proposed. The method combines the advantages of wavelet transform-based methods and focus-measure-based methods to achieve an improved fusion result. The input images are first decomposed into different frequency sub-bands using the discrete wavelet transform (DWT). The focus measure of each sub-band is then calculated using the Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) operator, and the sub-band with the highest focus measure is selected as the focused sub-band. The focused sub-band is sharpened using an unsharp masking filter to preserve the details in the focused part of the image.Finally, the sharpened focused sub-bands from all input images are fused using the maximum intensity fusion method to preserve the important information from all focus images. The proposed method has been evaluated using standard multi focus image fusion datasets and has shown promising results compared to existing methods.