• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.04b
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• pp.556-558
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• 2001

전체 영상을 이용하지 않고 영상 안에 포함된 특정 객체 혹은 영역만을 이용하는 "영역에 의한 질의(query-by-region)" 방법은 내용기반 영상 검색 중 상위개념의 방법 이지만, 영상 분할의 한계, 여러개로 분할된 영역을 모두 검색하기 위한 인덱싱 문제, 유사성 측정 시 선형적으로 분리되지 않는 특징 값들에 대한 무리한 선형 조합으로 인한 검색 오류와 같은 많은 문제점을 안고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 영역 기반 영상 검색 시스템인 FRIP에 대하여 영상 분할의 한계를 극복하고, 사용자의 주관성을 영상 검색에 적용하기 위해 확률적 연관성 학습 모델(MPFRL)을 유사성 측정 단계에서 적용 하였고, 아울러 검색 모델로는 기존에 일반적으로 사용되어 오던, 선형 모델을 사용하지 않고 선형 모델보다 유연한 검색 결과를 보여주는 확률적 이접 부울 모델(PDB)을 사용하였다. 또한, 검색 시간을 단축 시키기 위해, 선형 검색 방법에 부울 AND 연산자를 적용 시킴으로써, 검색 시간을 상당부분 단축 할 수 있었다. 실험 결과, 본 논문에서 제안하는 방법(MPFRL+PDB)을 사용할 경우 검색 결과가 선형 조합 보다 향상되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 아울러 사용자 피드백을 통해 사용자가 특징 가중치를 일일이 조절하지 않더라도 단순한 몇 번의 클릭만으로 사용자의 주관성을 반영하고 보다 정확한 검색 결과를 보여 줄 수 있는 시스템을 설계 할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06c
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• pp.462-467
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• 2008

최근 웹 2.0 시대 참여, 공유, 개방 정신이 확대 되고, 다양한 디지털 저작물들이 대량 제작되어 활용되고 있다. 그리고 디지털 저작물의 특징상 누구나 손쉽게 무제한으로 복제와 유통이 가능함으로 디지털 저작물이 양은 기하급수적으로 증가하고 있다. 증가하는 이미지를 효과적으로 관리하고 검색하기 위해 색상, 질감, 모양 등을 이용한 내용기반 이미지 검색에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 색상을 이용한 이미지 검색방법의 하나로 색상 히스토그램을 이용한 검색 방법이 있다. 그러나 이는 공간적인 상호관계를 적절히 표현하지 못한다는 단점이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이미지에 나타나는 주요 색상 및 불변 모멘트 값과 이미지의 중앙을 중심으로 한 영역별 유사도 검사를 통한 내용기반 이미지 검색 시스템을 제안한다. 첫 번째 유사성 검사 단계에서는 이미지의 영역별로 가중치를 부여하여 추출한 대표색상 정보를 사용하여, 유사하지 않은 이미지를 제거하여 검색대상의 수를 줄인다. 두 번째 유사성 검사 단계에서는 이미지를 영역으로 나누고, 이미지의 중심 영역부터 영역을 확장하며 영역마다 구축된 인덱스 검색을 통해 영역기반 유사 이미지 검색을 수행 한다. 세 번 단계에서는 이미지의 변형에 불변한 값인 불변 모멘트를 사용하여, 영역별 검사에서 제외된 유사이미지를 재검사한다. 제안한 이미지 검색 방법은 10000개의 다양한 이미지로 구성된 이미지 데이터베이스에서 검색을 실험을 통해 검색의 정확도 및 회수율을 측정하였다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.4 no.5
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• pp.423-429
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• 2001

In this paper, we propose the improved method for retrieving images with DC element of DCT that is used in image compression such as JPEG/MPEG. The existing method retrieves images with DC of fixed block size DCT. In this method, the increase in the block size results in faster retrieving speed, but it lessens the accuracy. The decrease in the block size improves the accuracy, however, it degrades the retrieving speed. In order to solve this problem, the proposed method utilizes the variable block size DCT. This method first determines the existence of object regions within each block, and then creates an image region table. Based on this table, it determines the size of each block, following a simple rule; decrease the block size in the object regions, and increase the block size in the background regions. The proposed method using variable block size DCT improves about 15% in terms of the accuracy. Additionally, when there rarely exist images of same pattern, it is able to retrieve faster only by comparing the image region patterns.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.544-553
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• 2008

With the development of video editing technology, there are growing uses of overlay text inserted into video contents to provide viewers with better visual understanding. Since the content of the scene or the editor's intention can be well represented by using inserted text, it is useful for video information retrieval and indexing. Most of the previous approaches are based on low-level features, such as edge, color, and texture information. However, existing methods experience difficulties in handling texts with various contrasts or inserted in a complex background. In this paper, we propose a novel framework to localize the overlay text in a video scene. Based on our observation that there exist transient colors between inserted text and its adjacent background a transition map is generated. Then candidate regions are extracted by using the transition map and overlay text is finally determined based on the density of state in each candidate. The proposed method is robust to color, size, position, style, and contrast of overlay text. It is also language free. Text region update between frames is also exploited to reduce the processing time. Experiments are performed on diverse videos to confirm the efficiency of the proposed method.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.15D no.4
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• pp.463-474
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• 2008

The advancement of information technology and the popularization of Internet has explosively increased the amount of multimedia contents. Therefore, the requirement of multimedia recommendation to satisfy a user's needs increases fastly. Up to now, CF is used to recommend general items and multimedia contents. However, general CF doesn't reflect visual characteristics of image contents so that it can't be adaptable to image recommendation. Besides, it has limitations in new item recommendation, the sparsity problem, and dynamic change of user preference. In this paper, we present new image recommendation method FBCF (Feature Based Collaborative Filtering) to resolve such problems. FBCF builds new user profile by clustering visual features in terms of user preference, and reflects user's current preference to recommendation by using preference feedback. Experimental result using real mobile images demonstrate that FBCF outperforms conventional CF by 400% in terms of recommendation ratio.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.421-434
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• 2012

Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) is one of the important components of optical properties of seawater to determine ecosystem dynamics in a given marine area. The optical characteristics of CDOM may depend on the various ecosystem and environmental variables in the sea and those variables may vary region to region. Therefore, the retrieval algorithm for determining light absorption coefficient of CDOM ($a_{CDOM}$) using satellite remote sensing reflectance ($R_{rs}$) developed from other region may not be directly applicable to the other region, and it must be validated using an in-situ ground-truth observation. We have tested 6 known CDOM algorithms (three Semi-analytical and three Empirical CDOM algorithms) developed from other regions of the world ocean with laboratory determined in-situ values for the East Sea using field data collected during seven oceanographic cruises in the period of 2009~2011. Our field measurements extended from the coastal waters to the open oceanic type CASE-1 Waters. Our study showed that Quasi-Analytical Algorithm (QAA_v5) derived $a_{CDOM}$(412) appears to match in-situ $a_{CDOM}$(412) values statistically. Semi-analytical algorithms appeared to underestimate and empirical ones overestimated $a_{CDOM}$ in the East Sea. $a_{CDOM}$(412) value was found to be relatively high in the relatively high satellite derived-chlorophyll-a area. $a_{CDOM}$(412) value appears to be influenced by the amount of chlorophyll-a in seawater. The outcome of this work may be referenced to develop $a_{CDOM}$ algorithm for the new Korean Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI).

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 2017

Surface air temperature ($T_{air}$) is a key variable for the meteorology and climatology, and is a fundamental factor of the terrestrial ecosystem functions. Satellite remote sensing from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) provides an opportunity to monitor the $T_{air}$. However, the several problems such as frequent cloud cover and mountainous region can result in substantial retrieval error and signal loss in MODIS $T_{air}$. In this study, satellite-based $T_{air}$ was estimated under both clear and cloudy sky conditions in Gangwon Province using Aqua MODIS07 temperature profile product (MYD07_L2) and GCOM-W1 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) brightness temperature ($T_b$) at 37 GHz frequency, and was compared with the measurements from the Automated Mountain Meteorology Stations (AMOS). The application of ambient temperature lapse rate was performed to improve the retrieval accuracy in mountainous region, which showed the improvement of estimation accuracy approximately 4% of RMSE. A simple pixel-wise regression method combining synergetic information from MYD07_L2 $T_{air}$ and AMSR2 $T_b$ was applied to estimate surface $T_{air}$ for all sky conditions. The $T_{air}$ retrievals showed favorable agreement in comparison with AMOS data (r=0.80, RMSE=7.9K), though the underestimation was appeared in winter season. Substantial $T_{air}$ retrievals were estimated 61.4% (n=2,657) for cloudy sky conditions. The results presented in this study indicate that the satellite remote sensing can produce the surface $T_{air}$ at the complex mountainous region for all sky conditions.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.812-820
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• 2012

In this paper, multiple pedestrians tracking system using Histogram of Oriented Gradient and occlusion detection is proposed. The proposed system is applicable to Intelligent Surveillance System. First, we detect pedestrian in a image sequence using pedestrian's feature. To get pedestrian's feature, we make block-histogram using gradient's direction histogram based on HOG(Histogram of Oriented Gradient), after that a pedestrian region is classified by using Linear-SVM(Support Vector Machine) training. Next, moving objects are tracked by using position information of the classified pedestrians. And we create motion trajectory descriptor which is used for content based event retrieval. The experimental results show that the proposed method is more fast, accurate and effective than conventional methods.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2009

Demands for a system which enable users to retrieve any kind of geographic and regional information over the Web have been increasing. However, in order to obtain geographic or regional information over the web, users still need to search web pages related to region by inputting keywords and to arrange the searched results with map. We can solve that problem by using the fact that most of geographic and regional information contain geographic keywords related to location. In this paper, we propose a system to retrieve geographic and regional information efficiently. For the purpose, we present a conceptual model based on three layers of "Real-World", "Knowledge", and "Applications", from the web space and construct the above link process. These layers are connected to each other and enable users to navigation information over the linkage. Especially, users can obtain various correlated information about geographic information and properties.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.191-194
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• 2001

The availability of the inexpensive, large main memories coupled with the demand for faster response time are bringing a new perspective to database technology. The Web GIS used by u unspecified number of general public in the internet needs high speed response time and frequent data retrieval for spatial analysis rather than data update. Therefore, it is appropriate to use main memory as a underlying storage structures for the Web GIS data. In this paper, we propose a data representation method based on relative coordinates and the size of the MBR. The method is able to compress the spatial data widely used in the Web GIS into smaller volume of memory. We also propose a memory resident spatial index with simple mechanism for processing point and region queries. The performance test shows that the index is suitable for managing the skewed data in terms of the size of the index and the number of the MBR intersection check operations.