• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.250-256
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• 2014

Non-reference P frame coding is used to enhance coding efficiency in low-delay encoding configuration of Internet Video Coding (IVC), which is being standardized as a royalty-free video codec in MPEG. The existing method of non-reference P frame coding which was adopted in the reference Test Model of IVC (ITM) 4.0 adaptively applies a non-reference P frame with a fixed coding structure based on the magnitude of motion vectors (MVs), however, which unexpectedly degrades the coding efficiency for some sequences. In this paper, the existing non-reference P frame coding is improved by changing non-reference P frame coding structure and applying a new adaptive method using the ratio of the amount of generated bits of non-reference frames to that of reference frames as well as MVs. Experimental results show that the proposed non-reference P frame coding gives 6.6% BD-rate bit saving in average over ITM 7.0.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.319-329
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• 2016

Internet Video Coding (IVC) is a royalty-free codec currently being developed in MPEG. Coding efficiency of IVC codec has been steadily enhanced and it was reported that the performance of Committee Draft (CD) version is comparable to H.264/AVC High Profile (HP) in terms of objective and subjective qualities. In this paper, we present some coding tools that have been proposed for enhancing the coding efficiency of IVC during the developing process in MPEG along with brief overview of IVC codec architecture and coding algorithms. The coding tools include both of normative tools and informative tools such as non-reference P frame coding, DC mode intra prediction, Lagrange multiplier selection, and extension of chroma intra prediction modes. Improvement obtained by each tool is presented in terms of algorithm and coding gain based on the experiments. As a result of the experiment, the coding tools give the average bit saving of 8.8%, 0.4%, 0.4%, and 0.0%, respectively, in the low-delay coding mode.

• Broadcasting and Media Magazine
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.12-18
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• 2002

JVT is an international video coding standard that is being developed jointly by VCEG of ITU and MPEG of ISO. The standardization efforts are targeted mainly for a very high compression ratio. JVT is a general video coding technology that may be used in various application fields. JVT began to work seriously on the profiles and levels issues since Geneva meeting, January 2002. Profiles are sub sets of technical tools from the entire tools and levels limit processing power and memory resources of a decoder As of now, three profiles of Baseline, Main and X (not defined name yet) and hierarchically structured levels are defined in JVT FCD. The profiling issue is very important for the JVT s initial objective of Baseline royalty free policy. Royalty free Baseline profiling is currently under practical hurdles and this issue may impact as one of critical factors on the success of JVT standard.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.41-53
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• 2010

In this paper, we discuss patent pool and a patent valuation scheme for fair royalty distribution among the patents in a pool. In the knowledge-based economy, intellectual capital-the accumulation of technology and know-how-is recognized as the most important source of company's competitive advantage and economic growth. By providing exclusive rights to patent holders, the patent system aims to encourage innovation-invention & commercialization of new technologies-in order to raise the standard of living. However, drawbacks of patent system, which occur as the number of patents issued increases rapidly and patent ownership is fragmented, may slow down the innovation efforts seriously. A promising solution is the patent pool approach, which was for instance employed by the U.S. congress during World War I to free the airplane manufacturers from the patent tangle by letting them license all the patents for a fee. It is necessary to figure out relative technological contribution of patent for fair distribution of royalty revenues among patent holders. The Rating/Ranking Method seems to fit to that valuation purpose. We examined technology valuation models from various organizations and selected a set of more influential valuation factors which can be incorporated as scoring criteria in the Rating/Ranking Method.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.86-96
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• 2013

VP8, an open web media video format, has recently attractedmuch attention, particularly from major web browser companies, as a video codec for HTML5 on internet due to its good coding efficiency and royalty-free policy. Compared to other video compression schemes such as H.264/AVC, it has several distinctive coding tools that help to ensure good coding efficiency and low decoding complexity. In this paper, we investigate its coding techniques and analyze its rate-distortion (R-D) coding performance as compared to that of H.264/AVC.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2014.06a
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• pp.262-263
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• 2014

현재 MPEG 에서 Royalty-Free 비디오 코덱인 Type-1 표준으로 진행중인 IVC(Internet Video Coding)에서는 저지연 모드(LD: Low-Delay) 부호화 구조에서 비참조 P 프레임 부호화 기법을 적응적으로 사용하여 부호화 이득을 얻고 있다. 비참조 P 프레임 기법은 P 프레임의 타입을 지정하여 고정된 부호화 구조의 비참조 P 프레임을 적용하고 있으나, ITM(IVC Test Model) 9.0 에 구현된 부호화 구조는 다중참조 프레임(MRF: Multiple Reference Frame)을 사용할 때 시간적 예측 거리가 먼 참조 프레임을 먼저 예측하는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 다중참조 프레임에서 기존의 P 프레임 타입 설정을 변경하여 비참조 P 프레임의 부호화 구조를 개선하였다. 실험결과 제안 기법은 시퀀스에 따른 큰 성능 저하 없이 기존 기법 대비 0.6% 정도의 추가적인 비트율 감소로 얻음으로써 비참조 P 프레임 기법이 ITM 9.0 대비 7.9% 정도의 비트율 감소를 얻음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.176-179
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 JCT-VC 에서 2013 년 1 월에 표준화가 완료된 High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)과 구글에서 2013 년 6 월에 개발 완료 예정인 VP9 의 압축 효율 비교를 수행한다. HEVC 는 UHD 등 고화질 방송 등에 대응하도록 디자인 되었으며, VP9 은 유튜브 (YouTube) 등과 같은 인터넷 비디오 스트리밍에 적합하도록 디자인되었다. VP9 의 경우 HEVC 와는 달리 로열티 프리 (royalty-free)를 지향하며 오픈소스 (open source) 방식으로 개발이 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 HEVC 와 VP9 의 디자인 차별점을 소개하고, 랜덤 액세스 환경(Random Access, RA)과 저지연 환경 (Low Delay, LD)에서 HEVC 와 VP9 의 압축 효율을 비교한다. 실험 결과에 따르면, 방송 및 패키지 미디어 등에서 많이 사용될 랜덤 액세스 환경에서는 VP9 이 HEVC 대비 32.7% 열세를 보인다. 비디오 컨퍼런스등과 같은 저지연 환경에서는 VP9 이 HEVC 대비 26.7% 열세를 보인다. VP9 의 경우 개발이 완료된 것이 아니므로, 향후 압축 효율의 향상이 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.555-556
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• 2015

MPEG 의 Royalty-Free 비디오 코덱의 하나로 표준화 중인 IVC(Internet Video Coding)에서는 화면내(intra) 예측부호화에서 부호화 이득을 위하여 $4{\times}4$ 블록 예측 및 $4{\times}4$ 블록 변환을 포함하고 있다. 반면, 화면간(inter) 예측부호화에서는 $16{\times}16$ 블록에서 최소 $8{\times}8$ 블록까지의 가변크기 블록에 대한 예측만 가능하다. 보다 복잡한 영상의 경우 보다 작은 블록에 대한 화면간 예측을 통하여 부호화의 성능 개선을 개선할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 화면간 예측의 블록 크기를 $4{\times}4$ 블록까지 확장하여 화면간 예측부호화 성능을 개선한다. 실험결과 제안기법은 기존의 ITM 12.0 대비 다양한 테스트 시퀀스의 휘도성분에서 평균적으로 비트율 절감의 이득은 없으나 대부분의 클래스에서 성능개선을 보였고 추가적인 최적화가 필요함을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.157-158
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• 2013

현재 MPEG에서 무료(Royalty-Free) 비디오 코덱으로 표준화 중인 IVC(Internet Video Coding)에서는 인트라 부호화를 위하여 DC 모드의 한 가지 예측 모드만 사용하고 있다. 이러한 기존의 인트라 부호화 기법은 부호화 모드를 시그널링할 필요가 없고 부호화 시간이 빠른 장점이 있지만 인트라 예측의 정확도가 많이 떨어짐에 따라 부호화 효율이 저하된다. 본 논문에서는 IVC의 인트라 부호화 성능 향상을 위하여 4 가지 예측 모드를 지원한다. 즉, 공간적 상관성을 고려하여 평활화된 참조화소 값을 사용하는 평활화된 다중모드 인트라 부호화 기법을 제안한다. 실험결과 제안된 기법은 All-Intra 부호화 구조에서 기존의 ITM 6.0 대비 7.4% 정도의 비트율 감소를 얻음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.403-411
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• 2010

This research demonstrates a 3D virtual visualization of urban environment and video fusion for effective damage prevention and surveillance system using open standard. We present the visualization and interaction simulation method to increase the situational awareness and optimize the realization of environmental monitoring through the CCTV video and 3D virtual environment. New camera prototype was designed based on the camera frustum view model to project recorded video prospectively onto the virtual 3D environment. The demonstration was developed by the X3D, which is royalty-free open standard and run-time architecture, and it offers abilities to represent, control and share 3D spatial information via the internet browsers.