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Enhanced Real-Time Intermediate Flow Estimation for Video Frame Interpolation

  • Minseop Kim;Haechul Choi
    • Journal of Web Engineering
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    • v.20 no.8
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    • pp.2413-2432
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    • 2021
  • Recently, the demand for high-quality video content has rapidly been increasing, led by the development of network technology and the growth in video streaming platforms. In particular, displays with a high refresh rate, such as 120 Hz, have become popular. However, the visual quality is only enhanced if the video stream is produced at the same high frame rate. For the high quality, conventional videos with a low frame rate should be converted into a high frame rate in real time. This paper introduces a bidirectional intermediate flow estimation method for real-time video frame interpolation. A bidirectional intermediate optical flow is directly estimated to predict an accurate intermediate frame. For real-time processing, multiple frames are interpolated with a single intermediate optical flow and parts of the network are implemented in 16-bit floating-point precision. Perceptual loss is also applied to improve the cognitive performance of the interpolated frames. The experimental results showed a high prediction accuracy of 35.54 dB on the Vimeo90K triplet benchmark dataset. The interpolation speed of 84 fps was achieved for 480p resolution.

Optical Properties of Vertical Cavity Laser - Depleted Optical Thyristor for Low Threshold Current (낮은 문턱 전류를 위한 Vertical Cavity Laser - Depleted Optical Thyristor 의 레이징 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Choi Woon-Kyung;Choi Young-Wan
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.43 no.7 s.349
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2006
  • We show for the first time the optical properties of the selectively oxidized vertical cavity laser (VCL) - depleted optical thyristor (DOT), which has not only a low threshold current, but also a high sensitivity to the optical input light. In order to analyze their switching characteristics, nonlinear s-shaped current-voltage characteristics are calculated and the reverse full-depletion voltages (Vneg's) are obtained as function of semiconductor parameters by using a finite difference method (FDM). The selectively oxidized PnpN VCL-DOT clearly shows the nonlinear s-shaped current-voltage and lasing characteristics. A switching voltage of 5.24 V, a holding voltage of 1.50 V, a spectral response at 854.5 nm, and a very low threshold current of 0.65 mA is measured, making these devices attractive for optical processing applications.

Robust Optical Flow Detection Using 2D histogram with Variable Resolution (가변 분해능을 가진 2차원 히스토그램을 이용한 강건한 광류인식)

  • CHON Jaechoon;KIM Hyongsuk
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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    • v.42 no.3 s.303
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    • pp.51-64
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    • 2005
  • The proposed algorithm is to achieve the robust optical flow detection which is applicable for the case that the outlier rate is over $80\%$. If the outlier rate of optical flows is over $30\%$, the discrimination between the inliers and outlier with the conventional algorithm is very difficult. The proposed algorithm is to overcome such difficulty withthree steps of grouping algorithm; 1) constructing the 2 D histogram with two axies of the lengths and the directions of optical flows. 2) sorting the number of optical flows in each bin of the two-dimensional histogram in the descendingorder and removing some bins with lower number of optical flows than threshold 3) increasing the resolution of the two-dimensional histogram if the number of optical flows in a specific bin is over $20\%$ and decreasing theresolution if the number of optical flows is less than $10\%$. Such processing is repeated until the the number of optical flows falls into the range of $10\%-20\%$ in all the bins. The proposed algorithm works well on the different kinds of images with many of wrong optical flows. Experimental results are included.

DEVELOPMENT OF A STORAGE SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT DATA AND IMAGE DATA IN DENTISTRY USING THE OPTICAL LASER CARD (광 카드를 이용한 치과 진료자료 및 영상자료 저장 system 개발)

  • Shin, Yong-Pil;Lee, Chan-Young
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.110-140
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    • 1998
  • One of the problems facing in all modern dental hospitals is the much efforts, manpower and space are needed to effectively sort and stack patients' charts of the various dental departments. In addition, the storage and prompt arrangement of x-ray films is also a problem. Therefore, if dental charts as well as films could be computerized, it would be easier to store and keep them; by data basing, many space, manpower and cost would be saved: data could also be effectively managed for the purpose of academic researches. This would be an epoch -making event in the development of dental hospital management. The purpose of this study is to develop a dental information processing program, that will be used to store dental treatment records and digital image data using a new record media, the optical card. The patients' charts from the dental hospital were selected. The treatment records of the chart were put into the treatment data -recording area of the program, and the digital images of various dental x-ray films were made with a scanner. These data were stored in the optical card and analyzed to get the following results: 1. In this program it is possible to put treatment records and image data into and out from the optical card, and it is impossible to correct and delete all data recorded on the optical card. 2. All data in the optical card system can be searched and analyzed on database. 3. The resolution of image data stored in optical card is above 5.9 lp/mm. 4, All data of dental charts used as samples, stored to optical cards, occupies average 14%, In conclusion, with the development of the storage system using the optical card, a dental patient's life-time treatment record can be stored in one optical card and used as a substitute for the dental chart.

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Effect on 4H-SiC Schottky Rectifiers of Ar Discharges Generated in A Planar Inductively Coupled Plasma Source

  • Jung, P.G.;Lim, W.T.;Cho, G.S.;Jeon, M.H.;Lee, J.W.;Nigam, S.;Ren, F.;Chung, G.Y.;Macmillan, M.F.;Pearton, S.J.
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2003
  • 4H-SiC Schottky rectifiers were exposed to pure Ar discharges in a planar coil Inductively Coupled Plasma system, as a function of source power, of chuck power and process pressure. The reverse breakdown voltage ($V_B$) decreased as a result of plasma exposure due to the creation of surface defects associated with the ion bombardment. The magnitude of the decrease was a function of both ion flux and ion energy. The forward turn-on voltage ($V_F$), on-state resistance ($R_{ON}$) and diode ideality factor (n) all increased after plasma exposure. The changes in all of the rectifier parameters were minimized at low power, high pressure plasma conditions.

The Characteristics of the Particle Position Along an Optical Axis in Particle Holography (입자 홀로그래피에서 입자의 광축 방향 위치 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Choo Yeon-Jun;Kang Bo-Seon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.30 no.4 s.247
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    • pp.287-297
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    • 2006
  • The Holographic Particle Velocimetry system can be a promising optical tool for the measurements of three dimensional particle velocities. One of inherent limitations of particle holography is the very long depth of field of particle images, which causes considerable difficulty in the determination of particle positions in the optical axis. In this study, we introduced three auto-focusing parameters corresponding to the size of particles, namely, Correlation Coefficient, Sharpness Index, and Depth Intensity to determine the focal plane of a particle along the optical axis. To investigate the suitability of the above parameters, the plane image of dot array screens containing different size of dots was recorded by diffused illumination holography and the positions of each dot in the optical axis were evaluated. In addition, the effect of particle position from the holographic film was examined by changing the distance of the screen from the holographic film. All measurement results verified that the evaluated positions using suggested auto-focusing parameters remain within acceptable range of errors. These research results may provide fundamental information for the development of the holographic velocimetry system based on the automatic image processing.

Grinding Characteristic of ZrO$_2$ Ceramics Ferrule (지르코니아 세라믹스 페룰의 연삭 특성)

  • 이석우;최영재;김기환;최헌종
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.1911-1915
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    • 2003
  • Today optical communication industry is developed; demand of optical communication part is increased. ZrO$_2$ ceramic ferrule is very significant part which determines transmission efficiency and quality of information in the optical communication part by connector of optical fibers. Being different from metal grinding, material removal through brittle fracture plays an important role in ZrO$_2$ ceramic grinding. Most of ZrO$_2$ ceramic ferrule processes are grinding which request high processing precision. Particularly, concentricity and cylindricity of inner and outer diameter are very important. The co-axle grinding process of ZrO$_2$ ceramic ferrule is to make its concentricity all of uniform before centerless grinding. Surface integrity of ZrO$_2$ ceramic ferrule is affected by grinding conditions, and equipment. In this study, surface integrity of workpiece according to such as a change of grinding wheel speed, feed rate, regulating wheel speed and grinding force is investigate to improve the concentricity and roundness of ZrO$_2$ ceramic ferrule from many experiments. Thus, if possible be finding highly efficient and quality grinding conditions.

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Performance of a Partial Burst Retransmission Mechanism in OBS Networks (버스트 부분 재전송 메커니즘을 적용한 OBS 네트워크 성능 분석)

  • Um Tai-Won;Choi Seong Gon;Choi Jun Kyun;Jeong Tae Soo;Kang Sungsoo
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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    • v.12C no.6 s.102
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    • pp.927-932
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    • 2005
  • We investigate the effects on performance of using a partial retransmission mechanism in Optical Burst Switched(OBS) networks. In our scheme, the lost segments of a burst are retransmitted in the OBS layer. We also propose an optical resource reservation using the partial retransmission mechanism. Our scheme attempts to improve the burst contention resolution and optical channel utilization. The performance of the proposed mechanism is analyzed by NS2 simulations. Simulation results indicate that link utilization of the OBS network is improved makedly at the expense of signaling and ingress buffers.

Regularization Parameter Determination for Optical Flow Estimation using L-curve (L-curve를 이용한 광학 흐름 추정을 위한 정규화 매개변수 결정)

  • Kim, Jong-Dae;Kim, Jong-Won
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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    • v.14B no.4
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    • pp.241-248
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    • 2007
  • An L-curve corner detection method is proposed for the determination of the regularization parameter in optical flow estimation. The method locates the positive peak whose curvature difference from the just right-hand negative valley is the maximum in the curvature plot of the L-curve. while the existing curvature-method simply finds the maximum in the plot. Experimental results show that RMSE of the estimated optical flow is greater only by 0.02 pixels-per-frame than the least in the average sense. The proposed method is also compared with an existing curvature-method and the adaptive pruning method, resulting in the optical flow estimation closest to the least RMSE.

A Study on Photoresist Stripping and Damage Using Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (대기압 플라즈마를 이용한 감광제 제거 공정과 damage에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, In-Uk;Yang, Seung-Kook;Song, Ho-Young;Park, Se-Geun;O, Beom-Hoan;Lee, Seung-Gol;Lee, El-Hang
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.152-155
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    • 2003
  • Ashing of photoresist was investigated in dielectric barrier discharges in atmospheric pressure by changing applied voltage, frequency, flow rate. we analyzed the plasma by Optical Emission Spectroscopy(OES) to monitor the variation of active oxygen species. Another new peaks of oxygen radical is observed by addition of argon gas. This may explain the increase in ashing rate with argon addition. With the results of Optical Emission Spectroscopy(OES), we can find the optimized ashing conditions. MIS capacitor for monitoring charging damage by the plasma was also studied. The results suggest the dielectric barrier discharges(DBD) can be an efficient, alternative Plasma source for general surface processing.

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