• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.6-13
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• 2015

With the spread of various kinds of cameras such as digital cameras and DSLR and a growing interest in high-definition and high-resolution images, a method that synthesizes multiple images is being studied among various methods. High Dynamic Range (HDR) images store light exposure with even wider range of number than normal digital images. Therefore, it can store the intensity of light inherent in specific scenes expressed by light sources in real life quite accurately. This study suggests feature points synthesis algorithm to improve the performance of HDR panorama recognition method (algorithm) at recognition and coordination level through classifying the feature points for image recognition using more than one multi frames.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2016.01a
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• pp.33-35
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 모바일 디바이스를 이용하여 촬영한 이미지 또는 이미 모바일 디바이스에 저장된 이미지를 사용자가 검색을 위한 질의어로 사용할 수 있는 방법에 대하여 제안한다. 기존의 모바일 검색엔진을 그대로 활용하기 위해 이미지 어노테이션에 기반한 태깅 키워드를 검색 이미지와 매칭하여 질의하는 방식으로 구현하며, 이 과정에서 이미지의 분석과 분류를 위한 SVM(Support Vector Machine)과 SIFT(Scale Invariant Feature Transform) 알고리즘을 사용하였으며, 이미지 어노테이션 태깅에 대한 키워드 매칭을 위해 빅데이터에서의 MapReduce를 응용하였다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.41-52
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• 2018

This paper presents a method for accurate camera self-calibration based on SIFT Feature Detection and image quality assessment. We performed image quality assessment to select high quality images for the camera self-calibration process. We defined high quality images as those that contain little or no blur, and have maximum contrast among images captured within a short period. The image quality assessment includes blur detection and contrast assessment. Blur detection is based on the statistical analysis of energy and standard deviation of high frequency components of the images using Discrete Cosine Transform. Contrast assessment is based on contrast measurement and selection of the high contrast images among some images captured in a short period. Experimental results show little or no distortion in the perspective view of the images. Thus, the suggested method achieves camera self-calibration accuracy of approximately 93%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.06b
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• pp.286-288
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• 2006

영상 이해는 컴퓨터 비전의 가장 높은 수준의 처리 기법이다. 영상을 이해하기 위해서는 위치 정보, 물체 존재정보와 같은 기본 컨텍스트들을 추출하는 것이 중요하다. 그러나 실내 환경의 영상 정보는 카메라의 흔들림이나 각도, 빛의 상태에 따라 불확실해지기 때문에 이러한 불확실함에 강인한 영상 인식 기법이 필요하다. 동적 베이지안 네트워크(DBN)는 이러한 불확실한 정보의 처리에 강인하며 장소와 물체의 관계등 고수준의 컨텍스트를 모델링하는데 좋은 성능을 보이는 확률 모델이다. 또한 DBN은 이전 상태를 추론에 활용할 수 있으므로 장소 인식과 같은 컨텍스트의 추출에 좋다. 본 연구에서는 불확실한 실내 환경 영상으로부터 영상 전처리를 통해 특징값을 추출하고, 회전이나 크기 변화에 강인한 물체인식기법인 크기불변 특징 변환기법(SIFT)을 이용하여 물체 존재정보를 추출하여 고수준 컨텍스트가 모델링된 DBN 추론으로 장소 및 물체를 인식하는 방법을 제안한다. 실제 대학 실내 환경에서의 실험으로 DBN을 이용한 영상 인식기법이 좋은 성능을 보임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.19-22
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• 2006

In this paper we present a vision based place recognition method which uses Bayesian method with feed back of image retrieval. Both Bayesian method and image retrieval method are based on interest features that are invariant to many image transformations. The interest features are detected using Harris-Laplacian detector and then descriptors are generated from the image patches centered at the features' position in the same manner of SIFT. The Bayesian method contains two stages: learning and recognition. The image retrieval result is fed back to the Bayesian recognition to achieve robust and confidence. The experimental results show the effectiveness of our method.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.66 no.1
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• pp.107-113
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• 2017

Unlike regular images, there is no ground truth for bio surface images. Result of biosurface imaging is not only significantly affected by the environment and the condition of the bio surface, it requires more detailed expression than regular images. Therefore, unlike algorithms tested on regular images, studies on bio surface images requires a highly precise optimization process. We aim to optimize the graph cut algorithm, known to be the most outstanding among the stereo visions, by considering baseline, lambda, and disparity range. Optimal results were in the range of 1~10 for lambda. The disparity ranged from -30 to -50, indicating an optimal value in a slightly higher range. Furthermore, we verified the tested optimization data using SIFT.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.26-32
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• 2011

This paper proposes a new method to process panoramic image stitching using SURF(Speeded Up Robust Features). Panoramic image stitching is considered a problem of the correspondence matching. In computer vision, it is difficult to find corresponding points in variable environment where a scale, rotation, view point and illumination are changed. However, SURF algorithm have been widely used to solve the problem of the correspondence matching because it is faster than SIFT(Scale Invariant Feature Transform). In this work, we also describe an efficient approach to decreasing computation time through the homography estimation using RANSAC(random sample consensus). RANSAC is a robust estimation procedure that uses a minimal set of randomly sampled correspondences to estimate image transformation parameters. Experimental results show that our method is robust to rotation, zoom, Gaussian noise and illumination change of the input images and computation time is greatly reduced.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.984-987
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 단일 카메라를 이용하여 차량의 위치를 검출하고 연속적으로 입력되는 영상에서의 차량의 움직임을 추적하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 차량의 특징을 검출하기 위해 대표적으로 사용하는 SIFT와 SURF 알고리즘보다 성능이 좋은 Ferns 알고리즘을 사용하고 Optical Flow Tracker를 이용하여 차량의 위치를 추적한다. 신뢰도를 높이기 위해서 이전 프레임에서 학습되지 않은 특징에 대해 지속적으로 학습하여 새로운 학습결과를 도출하여 업데이트한다. 기존의 차량 검출 알고리즘보다 본 논문에서 제안하는 알고리즘이 Ferns에 의한 학습과 Optical Flow Tracking의 상호작용으로 높은 매칭률과 효율성을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.141-143
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• 2004

This paper presents an algorithm in which a feature map is built and localization of a mobile robot is carried out for indoor environments. The algorithm proposes an approach which extracts scale-invariant features of natural landmarks from a pair of stereo images. The feature map is built using these features and updated by merging new landmarks into the map and removing transient landmarks over time. And the position of the robot in the map is estimated by comparing with the map in a database by means of an Extended Kalman filter. This algorithm is implemented and tested using a Pioneer 2-DXE and preliminary results are presented in this paper.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.235-243
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• 2008

Object tracking is a common vision task to detect and trace objects between consecutive frames. It is also important for a variety of applications such as surveillance, video based traffic monitoring system, and so on. An efficient moving vehicle clustering and tracking algorithm suitable for traffic monitoring system is proposed in this paper. First, automatic background extraction method is used to get a reliable background as a reference. The moving blob(object) is then separated from the background by mean shift method. Second, the scale invariant feature based method extracts the salient features from the clustered foreground blob. It is robust to change the illumination, scale, and affine shape. The simulation results on various road situations demonstrate good performance achieved by proposed method.