• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.19-27
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• 2010

An region of interest processing technique is to handle preferentially some part of an image dynamically according to region of interest of the users in JPEG2000 image. A small image is not important, but in a big image the specified region that the user indicated has to be handled preferentially because it takes long time to display the whole image. If the user indicates a region of the outline image, the browser masks the region and sends the mask information to the source that transmitted the image. The server which got the mask information preferentially sends the code blocks matching the masks. Here, quickly generating mask information is important, so, in this paper using predefined 48 mask patterns, selecting one of the patterns according to the distribution of ROI(Region-of-Interest) and background, we remarkably reduced the time computing the mask region. Blocks that the patterns are applied are the blocks mixed of ROI and background in a block. If a whole block is an ROI or a background, these patterns are not applied. As results, comparing to the method that precisely handles ROI and background, the quality is unsatisfactory but the processing time remarkably reduced.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.317-320
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• 2003

In this paper, we present real-time, accurate face region detection and tracking technique for an intelligent surveillance system. It is very important to obtain the high-resolution images, which enables accurate identification of an object-of-interest. Conventional surveillance or security systems, however, usually provide poor image quality because they use one or more fixed cameras and keep recording scenes without any clue. We implemented a real-time surveillance system that tracks a moving person using pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras. While tracking, the region-of-interest (ROI) can be obtained by using a low-pass filter and background subtraction. Color information in the ROI is updated to extract features for optimal tracking and zooming. The experiment with real human faces showed highly acceptable results in the sense of both accuracy and computational efficiency.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.1676-1689
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• 2014

At present, the Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system has become a hot research topic in the computer vision field. In the CBIR system, the accurate extractions of low-level features can reduce the gaps between high-level semantics and improve retrieval precision. This paper puts forward a new retrieval method aiming at the problems of high computational complexities and low precision of global feature extraction algorithms. The establishment of the new retrieval method is on the basis of the SIFT and Harris (APISH) algorithm, and the salient region of interest points (SRIP) algorithm to satisfy users' interests in the specific targets of images. In the first place, by using the IPDSH and SRIP algorithms, we tested stable interest points and found salient regions. The interest points in the salient region were named as salient interest points. Secondary, we extracted the pseudo-Zernike moments of the salient interest points' neighborhood as the feature vectors. Finally, we calculated the similarities between query and database images. Finally, We conducted this experiment based on the Caltech-101 database. By studying the experiment, the results have shown that this new retrieval method can decrease the interference of unstable interest points in the regions of non-interests and improve the ratios of accuracy and recall.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.23 no.9A
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• pp.2325-2332
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• 1998

In this paper, the quality scalable coding of selected region is presented. If a region is semantically more important than the others, it is appropriate that the image compression shcem is capable of handling the regional semantic difference because the information loss of the region of interest is more severe. We propose the quality scalable coding with its model by interoducing the quality scale parameter. It is more extended and generalized image compression philosophy than te conventional coding. As an implementation of the proposed quality scalable coding, H.263 based scheme is presented. This scheme can control the temporal and spatial quality efficiently, and improve the reconstructed image quality of the region of interest.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.417-427
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of ecotourism with an endangered species, Crested ibis (Nipponia nippon). To achieve the goal, this study evaluated the concern on the Crested ibis and wetland environment by the public, the interest on the regional development, restoration of the Crested ibis, and interest to the region, and also, the behavioral intentions of the visitors to the Upo wetland. It was found that there were significant relationship between perceptions on the Crested ibis and the interests of the environment, perceptions of Crested ibis and the interest to region, perceptions of the Crested ibis restoration and interest to the environment, perceptions of Crested ibis restoration and the interests to the region, and the interest to the environment and behavioral intentions. But there was no significant relationship between the interests to the region and behavioral intentions.

• KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.321-328
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• 2017

We have implemented a technique to correct the brightness, saturation, and contrast of an image according to the degree of light, and further compensate the backlight. Backlight compensation can be done automatically or manually. For manual backlight compensation, we have to select the region of interest (ROI). ROI can be selected by connecting the outline of the desired object. We make users select the region delicately with the new magnetic lasso tool. The previous lasso tool has a disadvantage that the start point and the end point must be connected. However, the proposed lasso tool has the advantage of selecting the region of interest without connecting the start point and the end point. We can automatically obtain various results of backlight compensation by adjusting the number of k-means clusters for texture extraction and the threshold value for binarization.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.13 no.9
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• pp.868-874
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• 2007

This paper proposes an efficient partial matching system and representation by using a region-based method for 2D image, and we applied to an extraction of the ROI(Region of Interest) according to its matching score. The matching templates consist of the global pattern and the local one. The global pattern can make it by using region-based relation between center region and its rest regions in an object. And, the local pattern can be obtained appling to the same method as global, except relation between objects. As the templates can be normalized, we use this templates for extraction of ROI with invariant to size and position. And, our system operates only one try to match, due to normalizing of region size. To use our system for searching and examining if it's the ROI by evaluating the matching function, at first, we are searching to find candidate regions with the global template. Then, we try to find the ROI among the candidates, and it works this time by using the local template. We experimented to the binary and the color image respectively, they showed that the proposed system can be used efficiently for representing of the template and the useful applications, such as partially retrievals of 2D image.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.634-636
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• 2003

본 논문은 마스크 방식의 관심 영역(ROI, Region Of Interest) 부호 설계와 구현에 대하여 제시한다. 관심 영역에 대한 정지 영상 압축 알고리즘은 웨이블릿 변환과 사용자가 지정한 관심 영역을 결합하여 설계하였다. 즉, 사용자가 지정한 관심 영역을 이용하여 관심 영역 마스크를 생성한다. 양자화 과정에서 웨이블릿 계수들을 각 레벨과 서브밴드로 구분하고 생성된 관심 영역 마스크 정보를 이용하여 양자화 과정을 처리하여 부호화한다. 관심 영역에 대하여서는 높은 영상 품질과 그리고 전체 영상에 대하여서는 높은 압축을 동시에 실현시킬 수 있는 마스크 방식의 관심 영역 부호화 알고리즘을 설계하고 구현하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.215-218
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• 2003

JPEG2000은 ISO/ITU-T에 의해 개발된 가장 최근의 영상 압축 표준으로 기존의 JPEG 표준이 제공하는 압축 성능을 개선하고 새로운 기능을 제공해준다. 이러한 기능 중 하나는 관심영역(Region of Interest) 부호화이다. JPEG2000 표준에서는 이러한 관심영역 부호화를 위해 Part 1에서는 Maxshift 방법을 정의하고 있다. Maxshift 방법은 관심영역을 완전히 복원하기 전까지 배경이 복원되지 않는다. 또한 영상전체를 웨이블릿 변환을 함으로써 메모리와 계산량이 상당히 많아진다. 본 논문에서는 JPEG 2000에서 사용되는 Maxshift 방법에서 관심영역이 완전복원되기 전에는 배경영역이 복원되지 않는 단점을 보완하고 부호화효율과 메모리 사용을 줄일 수 있는 영상 타일링에 기반한 관심영역 부호화 방법을 제안한다.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.327-332
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• 2002

The main problems of computational complexity in object tracking are definition of objects, segmentations and identifications in non-structured environments with erratic movements and collisions of objects. The object's information as a region that corresponds to objects without discriminating among objects are considered. This paper describes the algorithm that, automatically and efficiently, recognizes and keeps tracks of interest-regions selected by users in video or camera image sequences. The block-based feature matching method is used for the region tracking. This matching process considers only dominant feature points such as corners and curved-edges without requiring a pre-defined model of objects. Experimental results show that the proposed method provides above 96% precision for correct region matching and real-time process even when the objects undergo scaling and 3-dimen-sional movements In successive image sequences.