• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2023

Image segmentation is a very crucial step in effective digital image processing. In the past decade, several research contributions were given related to this field. However, a general segmentation algorithm suitable for various applications is still challenging. Among several image segmentation approaches, graph-based approach has gained popularity due to its basic ability which reflects global image properties. This paper proposes a methodology to partition the image with its pixel, region and texture along with its intensity. To make segmentation faster in large images, it is processed in parallel among several CPUs. A way to achieve this is to split images into tiles that are independently processed. However, regions overlapping the tile border are split or lost when the minimum size requirements of the segmentation algorithm are not met. Here the contributions are made to segment the image on the basis of its pixel using min-cut/max-flow algorithm along with edge-based segmentation of the image. To segment on the basis of the region using a homogenous optimum cut algorithm with boundary segmentation. On the basis of texture, the object type using spectral partitioning technique is identified which also minimizes the graph cut value.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2017

가상광고는 컴퓨터 그래픽을 이용하여 스포츠영상과 같은 미디어제작영상에 제품의 이미지, 로고, 선전문구 등을 삽입하는 광고기법이다. 최근 영상처리 기술과 컴퓨터 성능의 상승으로 인해 스포츠영상에 가상광고를 삽입하기 위한 기술적인 요소가 충족되어 영상 내에 가상광고의 삽입이 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 또한 자동적인 가상광고 삽입을 위한 영상 처리 기술이 가상광고 영역에서 중요한 연구 분야로 자리 잡고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 스포츠 영상 내에서 자동적으로 가상광고를 삽입하기 위해 영상처리 기법과 기계학습을 활용하여 저정보 영역을 추출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안 방법은 영상의 밝기 정도를 히스토그램을 통해 분석하고 기계학습 방법을 활용하여 저정보 영역을 추출한다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.74-82
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• 2008

The objective of this paper is to remove noises of image based on the heuristic noises filter and to extract a tumor region by using morphology techniques in breast ultrasound image. Similar objective studies have been conducted based on ultrasound image of high resolution. As a result, efficiency of noise removal is not fine enough for low resolution image. Moreover, when ultrasound image has multiple tumors, the extraction of ROI (Region Of Interest) is not accomplished or processed by a manual selection. In this paper, our method is done 4 kinds of process for noises removal and the extraction of ROI for solving problems of restrictive automated segmentation. First process is that pixel value is acquired as matrix type. Second process is a image preprocessing phase that is aimed to maximize a contrast of image and prevent a leak of personal information. In next process, the heuristic noise filter that is based on opinion of medical specialist is applied to remove noises. The last process is to extract a tumor region by using morphology techniques. As a result, the noise is effectively eliminated in all images and a extraction of tumor regions is possible though one ultrasound image has several tumors.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.2994-3001
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 영역병합 방법을 이용한 칼라 영상 분할 방법을 제안하였다. 영상 분할 전단계에서 비선형 필터링 방법을 이용한 평활화와 채도 강화 및 명도 평균화를 수행하여, 영상 내 존재하는 비균질성을 줄이고, 칼라 히스토그램의 zero-crossing 정보를 이용한 비균일 양자화를 수행하여 유사한 칼라성분을 가지는 영역들을 분할하였다. 웨이브릿 변환의 고주파 대역 에너지를 이용하여 분할된 초기 영역의 윤곽성분 강도를 측정하였고, 이를 통해 병합 후 후보영역을 선정하였다. 영역병합을 위한 영역간 유사도 측정은 R, G, B 칼라성분의 유클리디안 거리를 측정하여 수행하였다. 제안된 방법은 기존의 방법에 비해 불규칙한 광원으로 불필요한 영역이 분할되는 것을 줄일 수 있었고, 이를 실험을 통해 입증하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권9호
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• pp.4386-4404
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• 2016

Most existing salient object detection algorithms commonly employed segmentation techniques to eliminate background noise and reduce computation by treating each segment as a processing unit. However, individual small segments provide little information about global contents. Such schemes have limited capability on modeling global perceptual phenomena. In this paper, a novel salient object detection algorithm is proposed based on region merging. An adaptive-based merging scheme is developed to reassemble regions based on their color dissimilarities. The merging strategy can be described as that a region R is merged with its adjacent region Q if Q has the lowest dissimilarity with Q among all Q's adjacent regions. To guide the merging process, superpixels that located at the boundary of the image are treated as the seeds. However, it is possible for a boundary in the input image to be occupied by the foreground object. To avoid this case, we optimize the boundary influences by locating and eliminating erroneous boundaries before the region merging. We show that even though three simple region saliency measurements are adopted for each region, encouraging performance can be obtained. Experiments on four benchmark datasets including MSRA-B, SOD, SED and iCoSeg show the proposed method results in uniform object enhancement and achieve state-of-the-art performance by comparing with nine existing methods.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.473-474
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• 2011

Image quantization 기술은 영역 평탄화 기술중 하나로서 NPR과 같은 컴퓨터 그래픽스 분야에서 널리 쓰이고 있는 기술 중 하나이다. 하지만 기존의 image quantization은 중요부분을 고려하지 않기 때문에 detail한 칼라 정보를 가지는 주요 영역이 있는 경우에는 그 결과가 좋지 못한 단점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위해, Sailency map을 이용해 영상의 주요 영역을 고려한 image Flattening 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 검출된 주요 영역을 좀 더 세분화해서 표현하므로 기존의 방법과 비교해 좀 더 좋은 결과를 보여준다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.295-311
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• 2019

The smart product market is growing year by year and is being used in many areas. There are various ways of interacting with smart products and users by inputting voice recognition, touch and finger movements. It is most important to detect an accurate hand region as a whole step to recognize hand movement. In this paper, we propose a method to detect accurate hand region in real time in various environments. A conventional method of detecting a hand region includes a method using depth information of a multi-sensor camera, a method of detecting a hand through machine learning, and a method of detecting a hand region using a color model. Among these methods, a method using a multi-sensor camera or a method using a machine learning requires a large amount of calculation and a high-performance PC is essential. Many computations are not suitable for embedded systems, and high-end PCs increase or decrease the price of smart products. The algorithm proposed in this paper detects the hand region using the color model, corrects the problems of the existing hand detection algorithm, and detects the accurate hand region based on various experimental environments.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1996년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1398-1400
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• 1996

In this paper, a method of the decision of the road direction for ALV(Autonomous Land Vehicle) road following by region-based segmentation is presented. The decision of the road direction requires extracting road regions from images in real-time to guide the navigation of ALV on the roadway. Two thresholds to discriminate between road and non-road region in the image are easily decided, using knowledge of problem region and polygonal approximation that searches multiple peaks and valleys in histogram of a road image. The most likely road region of the binary image is selected from original image by these steps. The location of a vanishing point to indicate the direction of the road can be obtained applying it to X-Y profile of the binary road region again. It can successfully steer a ALV along a road reliably, even in the presence of fluctuation of illumination condition, bad road surface condition such as hidden boundaries, shadows, road patches, dirt and water stains, and unusual road condition. Pyramid structure also saves time in processing road images and a real-time image processing for achieving navigation of ALV is implemented. The efficacy of this approach is demonstrated using several real-world road images.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.286-295
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• 2000

본 논문은 MR 영상의 비지도 분할을 위하여 MDL원리를 이용한 통계적 모델기반의 적응적 방법을 제안한다. 이 방법에서 조직 영역을 MRF로 모델링함으로써 잡음에 대응하고, 창으로 정의되는 국소영역 내의 밝기값을 가우스 혼합으로 모델링함으로써 영상의 비균일성을 흡수한다. 분할 알고리즘은 ICM을 기반으로 하며 MAP를 근사적으로 추정하고, 모델 파라미터를 국소영역으로부터 구한다. 파라미터 추정과 분할을 위한 창의 크기는 MDL원리를 이용하여 영상으로부터 추정한다. 실험에서 제안한 방법이 특히 비균일성이 있는 MR영상의 분할에서 국소영역의 영상특성을 잘 반영하였으며, 기존의 방법보다 더 좋은 결과를 보여주었다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1183-1202
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• 2017

Image restoration has been carried out by texture synthesis mostly for large regions and inpainting algorithms for small cracks in images. In this paper, we propose a new approach that allows for the simultaneous fill-in of different structures and textures by processing in a wavelet domain. A combination of structure inpainting and patch-based texture synthesis is carried out, which is known as patch-based inpainting, for filling and updating the target region. The wavelet transform is used for its very good multiresolution capabilities. The proposed algorithm uses the wavelet domain subbands to resolve the structure and texture components in smooth approximation and high frequency structural details. The subbands are processed separately by the prioritized patch-based inpainting with isophote energy driven texture synthesis at the core. The algorithm automatically estimates the wavelet coefficients of the target regions of various subbands using optimized patches from the surrounding DWT coefficients. The suggested performance improvement drastically improves execution speed over the existing algorithm. The proposed patch optimization strategy improves the quality of the fill. The fill-in is done with higher priority to structures and isophotes arriving at target boundaries. The effectiveness of the algorithm is demonstrated with natural and textured images with varying textural complexions.