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The Study of Comparison of DCT-based H.263 Quantizer for Computative Quantity Reduction (계산량 감축을 위한 DCT-Based H.263 양자화기의 비교 연구)

  • Shin, Kyung-Cheol
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.195-200
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    • 2008
  • To compress the moving picture data effectively, it is needed to reduce spatial and temporal redundancy of input image data. While motion estimation! compensation methods is effectively able to reduce temporal redundancy but it is increased computation complexity because of the prediction between frames. So, the study of algorithm for computation reduction and real time processing is needed. This paper is presenting quantizer effectively able to quantize DCT coefficient considering the human visual sensitivity. As quantizer that proposed DCT-based H.263 could make transmit more frame than TMN5 at a same transfer speed, and it could decrease the frame drop effect. And the luminance signal appeared the difference of $-0.3{\sim}+0.65dB$ in the average PSNR for the estimation of objective image quality and the chrominance signal appeared the improvement in about 1.73dB in comparision with TMN5. The proposed method reduces $30{\sim}31%$ compared with NTSS and $20{\sim}21%$ compared to 4SS in comparition of calculation quantity.

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Calculation and Application of Partial Charges (부분 전하의 계산과 응용)

  • Cho, Seung Joo
    • Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.226-230
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    • 2010
  • Calculation of partial charge is important in chemistry. However, because there are many methods developed, it is of considerable interest to know how to calculate and apply properly to address various chemical problems. For basis set, usually double zeta quality is acceptable, and double zeta polarization function would be enough for most cases. To describe electronic state more accurately, Many electron configurations would be necessary to describe highly strained or anionic species. The NPA population introduced new concept about amide bonds, i.e., the planar geometry of nitrogen atom may not come from resonance, but from the lowering of p-orbital energy by electronegative carbonyl carbon atom. The issues for hypervalent atomic charges was also addressed by various charge derivation scheme. When the charge schemes were applied to organolithium compounds, the ionic nature of boding was revealed. This comes from the fact that previous Mulliken partial atomic charges overemphasized the covalent character, wihout much justification. The other partial charge derivation schemes such as NPA(natural population analysis), IPP (Integrated Projected Population) showed that much more ionic picture. ESP potential derived charges are generally believed to be suitable to describe intermolecular interactions, therefore they are used for molecular dynamics simulations and CoMFA (comparative molecular field analysis). The charge derivation schemes using multipole polarization was mainly applied to reproduce experimental infrared spectroscopy. In some reports these schemes are also suitable for intermecular electrostatic interactions. Charges derived from electron density gradient have shown the some bonds are not straight, but actually bent. The proper choice of charge-calculation method along with suitable level of theory and basis set are briefly discussed.

A Study on the Fast Motion Estimation Coding by Moving Region Segmentation (동영역 분할에 의한 고속 움직임 추정 부호화에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Bong-Ho;Choi, Kyung-Soo;Kwak, No-Youn;Hwang, Byong-Won
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.88-97
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    • 2000
  • This paper presents motion estimation method using region segmentation information Motion estimation which is very difficult to be implemented only by software because of intensive computation cost, is implemented by special-purpose hardware in real-time applications In this paper, we propose region based motion estimation algorithm which can reduce the computation cost by using region segmentation information and setting the variable search window compared with FSMA algorithm Secondly, another proposed algorithm is to segment semantic region like face for selective coding and transfer of semantic region using segmented region information This work alms to improving the subjective quality of skin color region or face region m the picture that has slow motion and IS mainly composed of one or two speakers of video conference and video telephony applications.

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Thermal Infrared Image Enhancement Method Based on Retinex (Retinex 처리에 기반한 적외선 열상 이미지의 화질 개선)

  • Lee, Won-Seok;Kim, Kyoung-Hee;Lee, Sang-Won
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.32-39
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    • 2011
  • The output image of the uncooled thermal infrared camera is difficult the identification of target because of the limited dynamic range and the various noises. Retinex algorithm based on the theory of the human visual perception is known to be effective contrast enhancement technique. However, the image quality is insufficient when it is adopted to the narrow dynamic range image as the infrared image. In this paper, we propose the revised retinex algorithm to enhance the contrast of the infrared image. To improve the contrast enhancement performance, we designed the new dynamic range compression function instead of log function. To reduce the noise and compensate the loss of edge, we added the contrast compensation procedure in the MSR image generation process. According to the output picture comparing and numerical analysis, the proposed algorithm shows the better contrast enhancement performance and the more suitable method for the infrared image enhancement.

Error Concealment Method Based on POCS for Multi-layered Video Coding (다계층 비디오 코딩에 적용 가능한 POCS 기반 에러 은닉 기법)

  • Yun, Byoung-Ju
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.67-75
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    • 2009
  • Multi-layered video coding that provides scalability across the visual content has emerged for easily adaptive service over current heterogeneous network. However, the network is still error prone environment so that video service may suffer packet loss or erroneous decoding of the video. Especially distortion caused by the burst error may propagate to several pictures until intra refreshing, which will raise a terrific degradation of picture quality. To overcome the problem at terminal independently, we propose a new error concealment algorithm for the multi-layered video coding. The proposed method uses the similarity of between layers in the multi-layered video coding and POCS (Projections Onto Convex Sets) which is a powerful error concealment tool, but heavily dependent on initial values. To find adequate initial value which can reduce iteration times as well as achieve high performance, we took consideration into both features of layered approach coding and the correlation in neighbor blocks. The simulation results show that the proposed concealment method works well.

Image Coding Using DCT Map and Binary Tree-structured Vector Quantizer (DCT 맵과 이진 트리 구조 벡터 양자화기를 이용한 영상 부호화)

  • Jo, Seong-Hwan;Kim, Eung-Seong
    • The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.81-91
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    • 1994
  • A DCT map and new cldebook design algorithm based on a two-dimension discrete cosine transform (2D-DCT) is presented for coder of image vector quantizer. We divide the image into smaller subblocks, then, using 2D DCT, separate it into blocks which are hard to code but it bears most of the visual information and easy to code but little visual information, and DCT map is made. According to this map, the significant features of training image are extracted by using the 2D DCT. A codebook is generated by partitioning the training set into a binary tree based on tree-structure. Each training vector at a nonterminal node of the binary tree is directed to one of the two descendants by comparing a single feature associated with that node to a threshold. Compared with the pairwise neighbor (PPN) and classified VQ(CVQ) algorithm, about 'Lenna' and 'Boat' image, the new algorithm results in a reduction in computation time and shows better picture quality with 0.45 dB and 0.33dB differences as to PNN, 0.05dB and 0.1dB differences as to CVQ respectively.

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Implementation of UEP using Turbo Codes and EREC Algorithm for Video Transmission (동영상 전송을 위하여 터보코드와 EREC알고리즘을 이용한 UEP설계)

  • 심우성;허도근
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.25 no.7A
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    • pp.994-1004
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, bitstreams are composed of using H.263 for a moving picture coding in the band-limited and error-prone environment such as wireless environment. EREC sub-frames are implemented by applying the proposed EREC algorithm in order to be UEP for the real data parts of implemented bitstreams. Because those are able to do resynchronization with a block unit, propagation of the error can be minimized, and the position of the important bits such as INTRADC and MVD can be known. Class is separated using the position of these important bits, and variable puncturing tables are designed by the class informations and the code rates of turbo codes are differently designed in according to the class. Channel coding used the turbo codes, and an interleaver to be designed in the turbo codes does not eliminate redundancy bits of the important bits in applying variable code rates of EREC sub-frames unit and is always the same at the transmitter and the receiver although being variable frame size. As a result of simulation, UEP with the code rate similar to EEP is obtained a improved result in the side of bit error probability. And the result of applying it to image knows that the subjective and objective quality have been improved by the protection of important bits.

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The reliability of tablet computers in depicting maxillofacial radiographic landmarks

  • Tadinada, Aditya;Mahdian, Mina;Sheth, Sonam;Chandhoke, Taranpreet K;Gopalakrishna, Aadarsh;Potluri, Anitha;Yadav, Sumit
    • Imaging Science in Dentistry
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the reliability of the identification of anatomical landmarks in panoramic and lateral cephalometric radiographs on a standard medical grade picture archiving communication system (PACS) monitor and a tablet computer (iPad 5). Materials and Methods: A total of 1000 radiographs, including 500 panoramic and 500 lateral cephalometric radiographs, were retrieved from the de-identified dataset of the archive of the Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology of the University Of Connecticut School Of Dental Medicine. Major radiographic anatomical landmarks were independently reviewed by two examiners on both displays. The examiners initially reviewed ten panoramic and ten lateral cephalometric radiographs using each imaging system, in order to verify interoperator agreement in landmark identification. The images were scored on a four-point scale reflecting the diagnostic image quality and exposure level of the images. Results: Statistical analysis showed no significant difference between the two displays regarding the visibility and clarity of the landmarks in either the panoramic or cephalometric radiographs. Conclusion: Tablet computers can reliably show anatomical landmarks in panoramic and lateral cephalometric radiographs.

A Cultural Approach to the Digital transition (지상파 TV의 디지털 전환에 대한 문화적 인식과 접근)

  • Kim, Pyung-Ho
    • Korean journal of communication and information
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    • v.21
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    • pp.63-86
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    • 2003
  • Digital TV is expected to usher in a new era of TV. Thanks to digital and network technologies, TV will no more be a dumb terminal as it is today. It will incorprate the computer and thus become an intelligent device which serves not only high quality broadcast programming, but a variety of information services much like the current networked-computer. However, the real world picture of digital TV is clearly different from such a rosy vision. Albeit too early to tell, the cases in Europe and the US attest that the digital transition suffers a setback in terms of technology, policy, business, marketing, and the users. As such, the digital transition is generally problematized in terms of policy, business model, marketing strategy, and so on. Comparatively speaking, the issues of technology, policy, business and marketing are not so complicated than that of digital TV users because of the cultural issues involved in the adoption of digital TV. In other words, the technological transition to digital TV is far easier than its cultural transition. The cultural transition demands policy makers and industries of different approaches to successfully facilitating the digital transition.

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A Hardware Design for Realtime Correction of a Barrel Distortion Using the Nearest Pixels on a Corrected Image (보정 이미지의 최 근접 좌표를 이용한 실시간 방사 왜곡 보정 하드웨어 설계)

  • Song, Namhun;Yi, Joonhwan
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.49-60
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we propose a hardware design for correction of barrel distortion using the nearest coordinates in the corrected image. Because it applies the nearest distance on corrected image rather than adjacent distance on distorted image, the picture quality is improved by the image whole area, solve the staircase phenomenon in the exterior area. But, because of additional arithmetic operation using design of bilinear interpolation, required arithmetic operation is increased. Look up table(LUT) structure is proposed in order to solve this, coordinate rotation digital computer(CORDIC) algorithm is applied. The results of the synthesis using Design compiler, the design of implementing all processes of the interpolation method with the hardware is higher than the previous design about the throughput, In case of the rear camera, the design of using LUT and hardware together can reduce the size than the design of implementing all processes with the hardware.