• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.5-10
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• 2010

This paper introduces a new fast motion estimation based on estimating a block matching error (i.e., sum of absolute difference (SAD)) between blocks which can eliminate an impossible candidate block much earlier than a conventional partial distortion elimination (PDE) scheme. The basic idea of the proposed scheme is based on predicting the total SAD of a candidate block using its partial SAD. In particular, in order to improve prediction accuracy and computational efficiency, a sub-sample based block matching and a selective pixel-based approaches are employed. In order to evaluate the proposed scheme, several baseline approaches are described and compared. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can reduce the computations by about 44% for motion estimation at the cost of 0.0005 dB quality degradation versus the general PDE algorithm.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.504-509
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• 1987

In this paper a characteristics of image which can be segmented based on the thresholding technique using a histogram was investigated employing 3 parameters: the variance of pixel value, the average mean difference between target and background and the target size. The threshold value for the histogram segmentation was determined by applying the hypothesis testing theory. The performance of the selected threshold was evaluated by computing a probability of error. Since a priori probability can be easily obtained from the histogram, it was found that the Bayes decision rule which theoretically guarantees the minimum probability of error works better than the minimax criterion rule.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.90-95
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• 2010

This paper describes the development of integrated head and eye tracker system. Vision based head tracker is performed and it has 7mm error in 300mm translation. The epi-polar method and point matching are used for determining a position of head and rotational degree. High brightness LEDs are installed on helmet and the installed pattern is very important to match the points of stereo system. Eye tracker also uses LED for constant illumination. A Position of gazed object(3m distance) is determined by pupil tracking and eye tracker has 1~5 pixel error. Integration of result data of each tracking system is important. RS-232C communication is applied to integrated system and triggering signal is used for synchronization.

• Journal of International Society for Simulation Surgery
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.7-9
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• 2015

Purpose In the many face-related application such as head pose estimation, 3D face modeling, facial appearance manipulation, the robust and fast facial feature extraction is necessary. We present the facial feature extraction method based on shape regression and feature selection for real-time facial feature extraction. Materials and Methods The facial features are initialized by statistical shape model and then the shape of facial features are deformed iteratively according to the texture pattern which is selected on the feature pool. Results We obtain fast and robust facial feature extraction result with error less than 4% and processing time less than 12 ms. The alignment error is measured by average of ratio of pixel difference to inter-ocular distance. Conclusion The accuracy and processing time of the method is enough to apply facial feature based application and can be used on the face beautification or 3D face modeling.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제33B권8호
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• pp.42-49
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• 1996

In this paper, we propose a satellite multispectral image data compression method using classified vector quantization. This method classifies each pixel vector considering band characteristics of multispectral images. For each class, we perform both intraband and interband vector quantization to romove spatial and spectral redundancy, respectively. And residual vector quantization for error images is performed to reduce error of interband vector quantization. Thus, this method improves compression efficiency because of removing both intraband(spatial) and interband (spectral) redundancy in multispectral images, effectively. Experiments on landsat TM multispectral image show that compression efficiency of proposed method is better than that of conventional method.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.209-215
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• 2022

This paper proposes a novel approach for training an unsupervised depth estimation algorithm. The objective of unsupervised depth estimation is to estimate pixel-wise distances from camera without external supervision. While most previous works focus on model architectures, loss functions, and masking methods for considering dynamic objects, this paper focuses on the training framework to effectively use depth cue. The main loss function of unsupervised depth estimation algorithms is known as the photometric error. In this paper, we claim that direct depth cue is more effective than the photometric error. To obtain the direct depth cue, we adopt the technique of knowledge distillation which is a teacher-student learning framework. We train a teacher network based on a previous unsupervised method, and its depth predictions are utilized as pseudo labels. The pseudo labels are employed to train a student network. In experiments, our proposed algorithm shows a comparable performance with the state-of-the-art algorithm, and we demonstrate that our teacher-student framework is effective in the problem of unsupervised depth estimation.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2023

During the medical data transmissions, the protection of the patient information is vital. Hence this work proposes a spatial domain watermarking algorithm that enhances the data payload (capacity) while maintaining the authentication and data hiding. The code is distributed at every pixel of the digital image and not only in the regions of non-interest pixels. But the image details are still preserved. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated using several performance measures such as the mean square error (MSE), the mean absolute error (MAE), and the peak signal to noise Ratio (PSNR), the universal image quality index (UIQI) and the structural similarity index (SSIM).

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.96-104
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• 2011

제한된 계조를 사용하는 영상장치들은 연속계조 영상과 시각적으로 유사한 영상을 획득하기 위해 하프토닝(halftoning) 방법을 사용한다. 다양한 하프토닝 방법 중, 오차 확산법은 짧은 계산시간과 좋은 화질의 하프톤 영상(halftone image) 획득이 가능하여 다양한 응용 분야에 널리 사용되고 있다. 하지만 이 방법은 인접 픽셀에 오차를 확산하는 과정에서 경계선을 흩트리며, 이로 인해 경계선이 약화 되고, 영상의 선명도를 저하시킨다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위해 본 논문에서 제안된 방법은 Floyd-Steinberg 오차확산법의 필터 가중치를 기반으로 처리 픽셀의 오차와 인접픽셀의 경계선 정보를 고려하여 오차 필터를 적응적으로 결정한다. 이 방법은 경계선 강화를 위한 기존 방법들과 비교해 처리절차가 간단하여 상대적으로 적은 양의 프로세스 자원을 사용한다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 제안된 방법은 하프톤 영상의 경계선을 상당히 개선할 수 있었다. 이와 함께 객관적인 화질 평가를 위해 경계 상관도와 국부 평균 일치도를 이용하여 제안된 방법과 기존방법의 성능을 비교한다.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2016

As 3D geospatial information is demanded, terrestrial laser scanners which can obtain 3D model of objects have been applied in various fields such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), structural analysis, and disaster management. To acquire precise data, performance evaluation of a terrestrial laser scanner must be conducted. While existing 3D surveying equipment like a total station has a standard method for performance evaluation, a terrestrial laser scanner evaluation technique for users is not established. This paper categorizes and analyzes error sources which generally occur in terrestrial laser scanning. In addition to the prior researches about categorizing error sources of terrestrial Laser scanning, this paper evaluates the error sources by the actual field tests for the smooth in-situ applications.The error factors in terrestrial laser scanning are categorized into interior error caused by mechanical errors in a terrestrial laser scanner and exterior errors affected by scanning geometry and target property. Each error sources were evaluated by simulation and actual experiments. The 3D coordinates of observed target can be distortedby the biases in distance and rotation measurement in scanning system. In particular, the exterior factors caused significant geometric errors in observed point cloud. The noise points can be generated by steep incidence angle, mixed-pixel and crosstalk. In using terrestrial laser scanner, elaborate scanning plan and proper post processing are required to obtain valid and accurate 3D spatial information.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제9B권3호
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• pp.311-318
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• 2002

문서영상 구조분석은 문서영상을 세부 영역으로 분할하는 과정과 분할된 영역을 문자, 그림, 표 등으로 분류하는 과정을 포함한다. 이 중 영역분류 과정에서 영역의 크기, 흑화소 밀도, 화소 분포의 복잡도는 영역을 분류하는 기준이 된다. 그러나 그림의 경우 이러한 기준들의 범위가 넓어 경계를 정하기 어려우므로 다른 형태에 비해 상대적으로 오분류의 비율이 높다. 본 논문에서는 그림과 문자를 분류하는 과정에서 영역의 크기, 흑화소 밀도, 화소 분포의 복잡도에 의한 영향을 줄이기 위하여 메디안 필터를 이용하고, 영역확장 필터(region expanding filter)와 제한 조건들을 이용하여 영역분류에서의 오분류를 수정함으로써 상용제품을 포함한 기존 방법에 비해 그림과 문자의 분류가 우수한 문서영상 구조 분석 방법을 제안한다.