• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.67-72
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• 2012

In this paper, we present an image enhancement method for atmospherically degraded images using atmospheric light and transmission based on color analysis. We first generate a normalized image using maximum value of each RGB color channel. Then, each atmospheric light is estimated from RGB color channel respectively by calculating reflectance of an image. We also, generate a transmission using gamma coefficients from the Y channel of the image. We can significantly enhance the visibility of an image by using the estimated atmospheric light and the transmission. The proposed algorithm can remove atmospheric degradation components better than existing techniques because the color prevents color distortion which is common problem of existing techniques. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can improve visibility be removing fog, smoke, and dust.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.383-386
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• 2002

It is very important to inspect color of printed texture in the textile process. To distinguish the color of the printed texture, RGB color values obtained from a scanner must be transformed to the standard colorimetric system used in the textile industry. It is XYZ color system that is defined by CIE(Commission Internationale do 1Eclairage). The mapping from RGB to XYZ color values is not simple and the scanner has even a positional deviation of RGB colors. In this paper an automatic color inspection method using a general scanning machine is presented. We used a U(neural network) model to map RGB to XYZ and compensate the positional error. In the real experiments, this inspection system shows to get very exact XYZ values from the traditional scanner regardless of the measuring position.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.10b
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• pp.712-714
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• 2004

인터넷상의 대부분 이미지 검색엔진들은 이미지의 실제 내용보다는 이미지 파일명이나 부가적인 색인과 같은 문자 정보에 의존하여 이미지 검색을 하고 있다. 한편 이미지의 색상 정보를 비교에 사용하는 RGB 히스토그램 방법은 수행시간은 짧지만 형태는 고려하지 않기 때문에 높은 정확도는 기대하기 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 이미지의 실제 내용을 비교하여 비정형의 복잡한 물체를 검색하는 새로운 이미지 검색 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 이미지의 색상과 형태 정보를 담은 타일 서열을 local alignment 알고리즘으로 정렬하여 이미지 검색을 한다 비정형 물체인 음식 사진을 사용한 실험에서 기존의 방법 RGB 히스토그램을 이용한 방법보다 월등히 향상된 정확도를 나타내었다.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.13-17
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• 2024

A color sensor is an optical sensor used to take pictures of objects, including the human body, and reproduce them on a monitor. A color sensor quantifies the red, green, and blue light coming from an object and expresses it as a digital number, and can judge the state of the object by comparing the values ​​or the ratio.In this study, the standard colors displayed on the monitor were measured using a color sensor, and the magnitudes of the red, green, and blue components, or RGB values, were compared with the values ​​indicated by the computer. When measured with the TCS 34725 color sensor, even when the light generated by the computer consists of only one or two of red, green, and blue light, the color sensor detected all three components. Additionally, when the colors of two monitors with the same RGB values ​​were measured using a color sensor, different RGB values ​​were measured. These results can be attributed to the imperfection of the color filters used to express colors on the monitor and the imperfect optical characteristics of the photodiodes used in the color sensor. When photographing an object and judging its condition based on its color, you must use the same type of camera or smartphone.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.63-71
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• 2003

This paper describes a color image segmentation algorithm based on region merging using hue difference as a restrictive condition. The proposed algorithm using mathematical morphology and a modified watershed algorithm does over-segmentation in the RGB space to preserve contour information of regions. Then, the segmentation result of color image is acquired by repeated region merging using hue differences as a restrictive condition. This stems from human visual system based on hue, saturation, and intensity. Hue difference between two regions is used as a restrictive condition for region merging because it becomes more important factor than color difference if intensity is not low. Simulation results show that the proposed color image segmentation algorithm provides efficient segmentation results with the predefined number of regions for various color images.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.267-273
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• 2015

Recently, a wide range of products incorporating cutting-edge technology are being introduced in various sectors of design. Belkin's WeMo or Phillips' Hue are representative examples. In this context, the color-responsive lighting bookcase is a design product that would satisfy the needs of contemporary consumers who seek entertainment in their purchases. By installing lightings that change color according to the user's behavior, this design reconceptualizes the bookcase as a source of entertainment rather than a mundane object of household furnishing. The lighting apparatus can be detached and reattached, serving as stand-alone equipment. The lighting bookcase is modularized, comprising extensions equipped with MCU (Micro Controller Unit), RGB LED and color sensors. The bookcase as a whole is extendable towards four directions up to nine units with the lighting bookcase at the center. The extended, multiple lighting bookcases are wired to receive power from the main bookcase, and are equipped with RGB LEDs but not with MCUs or color sensors. Receiving power and color signals from the main lighting bookcase, the sub-bookcases feature changing shades of color. Also, it includes IoT(internet of Things). This study is a proposal of a design product, modularized to control the shades of the bookcase lighting using these sensors.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.35 no.7
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• pp.340-353
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• 2008

A computational color palette extraction model is introduced to describe paint brush objectively and efficiently. In this model, a color palette is defined as a minimum set of colors in which a painting can be displayed within error allowance and extracted by the two step processing of color grouping and major color extraction. The color grouping controls the resolution of colors adaptively and produces a basic color set of given painting images. The final palette is obtained from the basic color set by applying weighted k-means clustering algorithm. The extracted palettes from several famous painters are displayed in a 3-D color space to show the distinctive palette styles using RGB and CIE LAB color models individually. And the two experiments of painter classification and color transform of photographic image has been done to check the performance of the proposed method. The results shows the possibility that the proposed palette model can be a computational color analysis metric to describe the paint brush, and can be a color transform tool for computer graphics.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.70-75
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• 2003

It is very important to inspect the color of printed texture in the textile process. The standard colorimetric system used for the recognition of the color in the textile industry. It uses XYZ color system defined by CIE (Commission Internationale de 1Eclairage), but is too expensive. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a color inspection system of the printed texture using a color scanner. Because the scanner uses RGB value for color, it is necessary the mapping from RGB to XYZ. However, the mapping is not simple, and the scanner has even positional deviation because of the geometric characteristics. To transform from RGB to XYZ, we used a NN (neural network) model and also compensated the positional deviation. In real experiments, we could get fairly exact XYZ value from the proposed color inspection system in spite of using a color scanner with large measuring area.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.273-274
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• 2006

칼라기반 영상 검색에서 칼라의 색상 정보를 이용하는 기법에 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 칼라의 색상 정보와 명암 정보인 Gray-level의 특징자를 이용해서 영상을 검색하는 시스템을 제안한다. 칼라영상의 RGB 각각의 픽셀 값들을 R값, G값, B값의 크기순으로 배열하고 칼라 그레이-레벨을 구한 뒤 양자화 한다. 이러한 칼라의 특징 정보를 사용함으로써 이미지의 확대, 축소, 회전에도 강인한 검색을 할 수 있음을 실험을 통하여 성능의 우수함을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2000.10b
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• pp.915-918
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 색상정보를 이용한 얼굴 검출 알고리즘에 대해 소개하고자 한다. 여러 개의 얼굴 검출에 적용되는 이 알고리즘은 피부색의 학습 과정과 입력영상에 대한 얼굴 검출 과정으로 크게 두 가지로 나눌 수 있다. 특히 본 연구에서는 피부색이 본 논문에서 제안한 새로운 RGB 영역에서 직선을 이루는 특징을 이용하여 학습 data를 구성한다. 이렇게 구성된 data를 입력영상에 적용함으로써 1차 얼굴 후보영역을 결정한다. 그런 후 1차 후보영역을 세로방향과 가로방향으로 투영시킴으로써 최종 얼굴영역을 찾아낸다. 실험을 통해 이 알고리즘은 기존의 색상정보를 이용한 얼굴 검출 방법에 비해 얼굴개수에 상관없이 높은 검출 성공률을 보여주었다.