• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2010

In this paper, we propose a web inspection system (WIS) for real-time detection of paper defects which can cause critical fractures during papermaking process. Our system incorporates high speed line-scan camera, lighting system, and detection algorithm to provide robust and precise detection of paper defects in real-time. Since edge defects are very crucial to the paper fractures, our system focuses on the edge region of the paper instead of inspecting the whole paper area. In our algorithm, image projection and sub-pixel operation are utilized to detect the edge defects precisely and connected component labeling and shape analysis techniques are adopted to extract various kinds of the region defects. Experimental results revealed that our web inspection system is very efficient for detecting paper defects during papermaking processes.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2012

Recent developments in underwater image recognition methods have received large attention by the ocean engineering researchers. In this paper, an improved bi-dimensional empirical mode decomposition (BEMD) approach is employed to decompose the given underwater image into intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) and residual. We developed a joint algorithm based on BEMD and Canny operator to extract multi-pixel edge features at multiple scales in IMFs sub-images. So the multiple pixel edge extraction is an advantage of our approach; the other contribution of this method is the realization of the bi-dimensional sifting process, which is realized utilizing regional-based operators to detect local extreme points and constructing radial basis function for curve surface interpolation. The performance of the multi-pixel edge extraction algorithm for processing underwater image is demonstrated in the contrast experiment with both the proposed method and the phase congruency edge detection.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.69-78
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• 2018

This paper presents a precise edge detection algorithm for the critical dimension (CD) measurement of a Thin-Film Transistor Liquid-Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) pattern. The sigmoid surface function is proposed to model the blurred step edge. This model can simultaneously find the position and geometry of the edge precisely. The nonlinear least squares fitting method (Levenberg-Marquardt method) is used to model the image intensity distribution into the proposed sigmoid blurred edge model. The suggested algorithm is verified by comparing the CD measurement repeatability from high-magnified blurry and noisy TFT-LCD images with those from the previous Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) based sub-pixel edge detection algorithm and error function fitting method. The proposed fitting-based edge detection algorithm produces more precise results than the previous method. The suggested algorithm can be applied to in-line precision CD measurement for high-resolution display devices.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.392-398
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• 2013

As the essential techniques for the CD (Critical Dimension) measurement of the LCD pattern, there are various modules such as an optics design, auto-focus [1-4], and precise edge detection. Since the operation of image enhancement to improve the CD measurement repeatability, a ring type of the reflected lighting optics is devised. It has a simpler structure than the transmission light optics, but it delivers the same output. The edge detection is the most essential function of the CD measurements. The CD measurement is a vital inspection for LCDs [5-6] and semiconductors [7-8] to improve the production yield rate, there are numbers of techniques to measure the CD. So in this study, a new subpixel algorithm is developed through facet modeling, which complements the previous sub-pixel edge detection algorithm. Currently this CD measurement system is being used in LCD manufacturing systems for repeatability of less than 30 nm.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.1224-1242
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• 2018

Aiming at motion analysis and compensation, it is essential to conduct motion detection with images. However, motion detection and tracking from low-altitude images obtained from an unmanned aerial system may pose many challenges due to degraded image quality caused by platform motion, image instability and illumination fluctuation. This research tackles these challenges by proposing a modified joint transform correlation algorithm which includes two preprocessing strategies. In spatial domain, a modified fuzzy edge detection method is proposed for preprocessing the input images. In frequency domain, to eliminate the disturbance of self-correlation items, the cross-correlation items are extracted from joint power spectrum output plane. The effectiveness and accuracy of the algorithm has been tested and evaluated by both simulation and real datasets in this research. The simulation experiments show that the proposed approach can derive satisfactory peaks of cross-correlation and achieve detection accuracy of displacement vectors with no more than 0.03pixel for image pairs with displacement smaller than 20pixels, when addition of image motion blurring in the range of 0~10pixel and 0.002variance of additive Gaussian noise. Moreover,this paper proposes quantitative analysis approach using tri-image pairs from real datasets and the experimental results show that detection accuracy can be achieved with sub-pixel level even if the sampling frequency can only attain 50 frames per second.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2020

섀도우 매핑 알고리즘에서 섀도우 맵이 확대되면 계단형 섀도우 실루엣이 나타난다. 본 논문에서는 재구성된 실루엣을 이용하여 소프트 섀도우를 생성한다. 먼저 섀도우 실루엣은 선형 또는 2차 곡선 모델을 기반으로 한 서브 텍셀 엣지 검출 방법을 통해 확보한다. 그리고 적분을 이용하여 정확한 섀도우 밝기의 평균을 얻기 위해 적분 기반 섀도우 필터링 알고리즘을 사용한다. 본 논문은 상기 과정을 통해 앨리어싱 현상이 두드러지는 실루엣을 효과적으로 제거하며 소프트 섀도우를 효율적으로 생성하는 방법을 제시한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.2312-2325
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a preprocessing method that it is to correct the distortion of text area in Korean signboard images as a preprocessing step to improve character recognition. Distorted perspective in recognizing of Korean signboard text may cause of the low recognition rate. The proposed method consists of four main steps and eight sub-steps: main step consists of potential vertical components detection, vertical components detection, text-boundary estimation and distortion correction. First, potential vertical line components detection consists of four steps, including edge detection for each connected component, pixel distance normalization in the edge, dominant-point detection in the edge and removal of horizontal components. Second, vertical line components detection is composed of removal of diagonal components and extraction of vertical line components. Third, the outline estimation step is composed of the left and right boundary line detection. Finally, distortion of the text image is corrected by bilinear transformation based on the estimated outline. We compared the changes in recognition rates of OCR before and after applying the proposed algorithm. The recognition rate of the distortion corrected signboard images is 29.63% and 21.9% higher at the character and the text unit than those of the original images.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2016

A new lane detection algorithm is proposed for the analysis of DNA fingerprints from a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) gel electrophoresis image. Although several research results have been previously reported, it is still challenging to extract lanes precisely from images having abrupt background brightness difference and bent lanes. We propose an edge based algorithm for calculating the average lane width and lane cycle. Our method adopts sub-pixel algorithm for extracting rising-edges and falling edges precisely and estimates the lane width and cycle by using k-means clustering algorithm. To handle the curved lanes, we partition the gel image into small portions, and track the lane centers in each partitioned image. 32 gel images including 534 lanes are used to evaluate the performance of our method. Experimental results show that our method is robust to images having background difference and bent lanes without any preprocessing.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.320-324
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• 2010

Multi-Layer Ceramic Circuit(MLCC) in the face of thousands of fine pitch multi hole is processed. However, the fine pitch multi hole has a size of only a few micrometers. Therefore, in order to curtail the measurement time and reduce error, the image processing measurement method is required. So, we proposed an image processing measurement algorithm which is required to accurately measure the fine pitch multi hole. The proposed algorithm gets image of the fine pitch multi hole, extracts object from the image by morphological process, and extracts the parameters of its position and feature by edge detecting process. In addition, we have used the sub-pixel algorithm to improve accuracy. As a result, the proposed algorithm shows 97% test-retest measurement reliability within 2 ${\mu}m$. We found that the algorithm was wellsuited for measuring the fine pitch multi hole.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1672-1686
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 이산 웨이블릿 변환(discrete wavelet transform: DWT)을 이용한 단일영상 기반의 초고해상도 기법(super-resolution)과, 복수영상 기반의 초고해상도 기법을 제시하고 두 기법을 혼합한 새로운 초고해상도 기법 기법을 제안한다. 기존의 단일 영상 기반의 초고해상도 기법의 경우 처리 시간이 빠르다는 장점이 있으나 영상 보간 시 사용할 수 있는 정보량이 제한적이다. 또한 기존 복수영상 기반의 초고해상도 기법은 단일 영상을 사용했을 경우보다 영상의 보간 시 많은 정보를 사용할 수 있으나 영상의 내용에 따라 기법의 적용이 제한적이고, 컷(cut)의 경계 부근에서 기법의 성능이 매우 떨어지는 단점이 있다. 제안된 기법에서는 컷 검출(cut-detection) 기법을 통해 각 장면의 경계부근에서 적응적으로 단일영상 기반의 초고해상도 기법을 사용한다. 또한 움직임 벡터의 정규화 및 블록 단위의 윤곽선(edge) 패턴 분석을 통해 여러 제한조건에 강한 복수 영상 기반의 초고해상도 기법을 제안한다. 실험을 통하여 제안된 기법이 객관적, 주관적으로 기존의 기법보다 우수한 성능을 보이는 것을 확인하였다.