• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.12B no.5 s.101
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• pp.513-520
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose a robust multi-watermarking method based on vector quantization using an index transform function. In contrast with the conventional watermark embedding methods to embed only one watermark at a time into the original image, we present a method to embed multiple watermarks for copyright protection. The proposed method efficiently enhances the robustness by index transform function which minimizes changes of vector quantization indices against various attacks. Experimental results show that the proposed method has a good robustness against various attacks compared with the conventional multi-watermarking method based on vector quantization.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.369-372
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose impr oved binary tree vector quantization based on spatial sensitivity which is one of the human visual properties. We combine the weights based on spatial masking effect according to changes of three primary colors in blocks of images with the process of splitting nodes using eigenvector in binary tree vector quantization. The test results show that the proposed method generates the quantized images with fine color and performs better than the conventional method in terms of clustering the similar regions. Also the proposed method can get the better result in subjective qualify test and PSNR.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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• v.31B no.12
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• pp.72-80
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• 1994

In this paper, we present a digital image data compression method using vector quantization preserving edges. A new vector quantization algorithm is proposed using a new sampling method and edge region extraction. The codebook generation time is faster than existing algorithms and the quality of decompressed images is much improved. Extrimental results suggest that the resultant compression ratio and PSNR are better than those of BPVQ and HMVQ methods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.796-798
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 벡터 양자화(Vector Quantization)를 이용해서 소유자의 저작물에 대해 저작권을 보호할 수 있는 디지털 워터마킹(Watermarking) 기법을 제안한다. 소유자의 워터마크 정보로는 사용자 정보를 비밀키를 이용해서 암호화한 데이터를 사용하며, 워터마킹 처리는 원본 이미지를 웨이블렛 기반의 벡터 양자화(Vector Quantization)에 사용되는 코드북(Coodbook)을 이용한다. 코드북을 사용함으로서 양질의 정보를 유지하면서 워터마킹을 효과적으로 처리할 수 있다.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.84-88
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• 2011

In this paper, a new competition strategy for learning vector quantization is proposed. The simple competitive strategy used for learning vector quantization moves the winning prototype which is the closest to the newly given data pattern. We propose a new learning strategy based on k-nearest neighbor prototypes as the winning prototypes. The selection of several prototypes as the winning prototypes guarantees that the updating process occurs more frequently. The design is illustrated with the aid of numeric examples that provide a detailed insight into the performance of the proposed learning strategy.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.16-22
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• 2001

Efficient quantization methods of the line spectrum pairs (LSP) which have good performances, low complexity and memory are proposed. The adaptive quantization range method utilizing the ordering property of LSP parameters is used in a scalar quantizer and a vector-scalar hybrid quantizer. As the maximum quantization range of each LSP parameter is varied adaptively on the quantized value of the previous order's LSP parameter, efficient quantization methods can be obtained. The proposed scalar quantization algorithm needs 31 bits/frame, which is 3 bits less per frame than in the conventional scalar quantization method with interframe prediction to maintain the transparent quality of speech. The improved vector-scalar quantizer achieves an average spectral distortion of 1 dB using 26 bits/frame. The performances of proposed quantization methods are also evaluated in the transmission errors.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.111-120
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• 2004

This paper proposes a vector error diffusion method for smear artifact reduction in the boundary region. This artifact mainly results from a large accumulation of quantization errors. In particular, color bands with a smear artifact, the width of a few pixels appear along the edges. Accordingly, to reduce this artifact, the proposed halftoning process excludes the large accumulated Quantization error by comparing the vector norms and vector angles between the error-corrected vector and eight primary color patches. When the vector norm of the error corrected vector is larger than those of eight primary color patches, the quantization error vector is excluded from the quantization error distribution process. In addition, the quantization error is also excluded when the angle between eight primary color patches and error corrected vector is large. As a result, the proposed method enables a visually pleasing halftone pattern to be generated by all three color separations into account in a device- independent color space and reduces smear artifact in the boundary regions.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.06c
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• pp.9-12
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• 2001

Learning vector quantization (LVQ) is a supervised learning technique that uses class information to move the vector quantizer slightly, so as to improve the quality of the classifier decision regions. In this paper we propose a selection method of initial codebook vectors for a teaming vector quantization (LVQ3) using support vector machines (SVM). The method is experimented with artificial and real design data sets and compared with conventional methods of the condensed nearest neighbor (CNN) and its modifications (mCNN). From the experiments, it is discovered that the proposed method produces higher performance than the conventional ones and then it could be used efficiently for designing nonparametric classifiers.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.27-37
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• 1991

This paper proposes the ESFVQ(energy subspace fuzzy vector quantization) that employs energy subspaces to reduce the quantizing distortion which is less than that of a fuzzy vector quatization. The ESFVQ is applied to a speaker adaptation method by which Korean words spoken by unknown speakers are recognized. By generating mapped codebooks with fuzzy histogram according to each energy subspace in the training procedure and by decoding a spoken word through the ESFVQ in the recognition proecedure, we attempt to improve the recognition rate. The performance of the ESFVQ is evaluated by measuring the quantizing distortion and the speaker adaptive recognition rate for DDD telephone area names uttered by 2 males and 1 female. The quatizing distortion of the ESFVQ is reduced by 22% than that of a vector quantization and by 5% than that of a fuzzy vector quantization, and the speaker adaptive recognition rate of the ESFVQ is increased by 26% than that without a speaker adaptation and by 11% than that of a vector quantization.

• Speech Sciences
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.17-28
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose a statistical approach to improve the performance of spectral quantization of speech coders. The proposed techniques compensate for the distortion in a decoded line spectrum pairs (LSP) vector based on a statistical mapping function between a decoded LSP vector and its corresponding original LSP vector. We first develop two codebook-based probabilistic matching (CBPM) methods based on linear mapping functions according to different assumption of distribution of LSP vectors. In addition, we propose an iterative procedure for the two CBPMs. We apply the proposed techniques to a predictive vector quantizer used for the IS-641 speech coder. The experimental results show that the proposed techniques reduce average spectral distortion by around 0.064dB.