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Enhancement of Iris Masking Security using DNN and Blurring (DNN과 블러링을 활용한 홍채 마스킹 보안 강화 기술)

  • Seungmin Baek;Younghae Choi;Chanwoo Hong;Wonhyung Park
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.141-146
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    • 2022
  • The iris, a biometric information, is safe, unique, and reliable, such as fingerprints, and is personal information that can significantly lower the misrecognition rate than other biometric authentication. However, due to the nature of biometric authentication, it is impossible to replace it if it is stolen. There is a case in which an actual iris photo is taken and 3d printed so that the eyes work as if they were in front of the camera. As such, there is a possibility of iris leakage through high-definition images and photos. In this paper, we propose to improve iris masking performance by supplementing iris region masking research based on existing blurring techniques. Based on the results derived in this study, it is expected that it can be used for the security of video conference programs and electronic devices.

Feasibility of Applying Mixed-Reality to Enhancing Safety Risk Communication in Construction Workplaces

  • Olorunfemi, Abiodun;Dai, Fei;Peng, Weibing
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2017.10a
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    • pp.225-234
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    • 2017
  • Mixed-reality technologies have proven to be valuable in many architecture, engineering and construction / facilities management (AEC/FM) applications. However, its potential of being adapted to facilitate hazard identification and risk communication in construction workplaces has yet to be fully explored. This paper makes an attempt to evaluate the feasibility of applying mixed-reality to enhancing safety risk communication in construction workplaces. Experiments have been designed in which Microsoft HoloLens® together with a developed application will be used to intervene in the practice of jobsite risk communication. A cross-sectional survey will then be followed to examine the effectiveness and acceptability of this technology through analysis on data collected from participants in the construction industry. The preliminary results show that this emerging HoloLens® technology, compared to the traditional communication methods (i.e., phone calls, walking up people and talk, and video conferencing), facilitates accurate, prompt safety communication on construction sites. Such findings signify the potential of applying mixed-reality to safety performance enhancement in the construction industry.

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A Study on the Utilization of Generative AI for Employment Portfolio Creation (취업 포트폴리오 제작을 위한 생성형 AI 활용 연구)

  • Kim Sungrim;Kwon Joonhee
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2024
  • This study explores how generative AI technology can be utilized to create more efficient and effective employment portfolios in the rapidly changing job market and recruitment landscape. To achieve this, the study first conducted an in-depth analysis of recent employment trends and recruitment patterns, categorizing various generative AI tools based on their application in areas such as resume writing, portfolio design, and video production. Particularly, this research includes a case study of a career planning course in a university setting, where generative AI was applied, to empirically evaluate its potential for educational use. Through this case study, the research thoroughly examines how generative AI can contribute to efficient job preparation and skill enhancement for job seekers. The findings suggest that generative AI plays a critical role in providing personalized information, generating creative ideas, and enhancing both the visual and functional quality of employment portfolios, ultimately contributing to increased competitiveness in the job market. The study also emphasizes the need for further research on the expanding scope and effectiveness of generative AI as the technology continues to evolve.

Evaluation of Usefulness of Portal Image Using Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) in the Patients Who Received Pelvic Radiation Therapy (골반강 내 방사선 치료 환자에서 Electronic Portal Imaging Device(EPID)를 이용한 Portal Image의 유용성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Woo Chul;Park Won;Kim Heon Jong;Park Seong Young;Cho Young Kap;Loh John J;Suh Chang Ok;Kim Gwi Eon
    • Radiation Oncology Journal
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.497-504
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    • 1998
  • Purpose : To evaluate the usefulness of electronic portal imaging device through objective compare of the images acquired using an EPID and a conventional port film Materials and Methods : From Apr. to Oct. 1997, a total of 150 sets of images from 20 patients who received radiation therapy in the pelvis area were evaluated in the Inha University Hospital and Severance Hospital. A dual image recording technique was devised to obtain both electronic portal images and port film images simultaneously with one treatment course. We did not perform double exposure five to ten images were acquired from each patient. All images were acquired from posteroanterior (PA) view except images from two patients. A dose rate of 100-300 Mu/min and a 10-MV X-ray beam were used and 2-10 MUs were required to produce a verification image during treatment. Kodak diagnostic film with metal/film imaging cassette which was located on the top of the EPID detector was used for the port film. The source to detector distance was 140 cm. Eight anatomical landmarks (pelvic brim, sacrum, acetabulum. iliopectineal line, symphysis, ischium, obturator foramen, sacroiliac joint) were assessed. Four radiation oncologist joined to evaluate each image. The individual landmarks in the port film or in the EPID were rated - very clear (1), clear (2), visible (3), not clear (4), not visible (5). Results : Using an video camera based EPID system. there was no difference of image quality between no enhanced EPID images and port film images. However, when we provided some change with window level for the portal image, the visibility of the sacrum and obturator foramen was improved in the portal images than in the port film images. All anatomical landmarks were more visible in the portal images than in the port film when we applied the CLAHE mode enhancement. The images acquired using an matrix ion chamber type EPID were also improved image qualify after window level adjustment. Conclusion : The quality of image acquired using an electronic portal imaging device was comparable to that of the port film. When we used the enhance mode or window level adjustment. the image quality of the EPID was superior to that of the port film. EPID may replace the port film.

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A Study on Regulation of Video on Demand Advertisements (주문형서비스(Video on Demand) 광고 규제에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Dae-keun;Kim, Ki-youn
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.145-159
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    • 2016
  • This study points out the problems of absence of the legislation for standard regulation on Video on Demand(VoD) advertisement which grows so fast lately, for this it recommends making legal references, which have the definition of non-linear broadcasting & VoD advertisement and VoD advertisement standard regulation in the merged Broadcasting Act, and adopting co-regulation system. Pay TV operators providing VoD service have the opportunities to make money as subscribers uses it increasingly. In case of linear service, the Broadcasting Act regulates the advertisement strictly, but not the VoD ads. The reason why is that Korean legislation including the Broadcasting Act does not have legal reference to regulate it, instead of that, it rely on the self-regulation system which is operated by pay-tv players who provide the VoD ads. So, there is the limitation to protect the minors such as children and youth from the harmful VoD ads, to be invulnerable for advertisers to influence to advertising agents, and to ensure the regulatory effectiveness under player-centric self-regulatory regime. In this context, this study analyses the how to regulate VoD ads standard with a three-pronged approach. First, it analyses the VoD ads regulation system in overseas countries, UK, Canada, EU and Ireland. Each country has the legal reference to regulate it in the Broadcasting Act or lower statures and adopts the co-regulatory regime the NRA and the 3rd entity operate together. Second, it reviews the objectives and scope of VoD ads standard. This study recommends that the objective of it is users protection and the scope of it is standard regulation not commercial practice. Third, this study researches how to legislate for regulation of VoD ads standard. Considering VoD service's characteristics(non-linear service) and legal position of Ads agency(i.e. pay tv operators), it suggest that legal reference will be in the integrated Broadcasting bill, which is the general law, not individual. If it is available to regulate VoD ads standard with co-regulatory regime, it expects the enhancement of user protection from the harmful VoD ads and make up sustainability of the pay-tv players' self-regulation.

Video Backlight Compensation Algorithm Based on Reliability of Brightness Variation (밝기 변화량의 신뢰도에 기반한 역광 비디오 영상의 보정 알고리듬)

  • Hyun, Dae-Young;Heu, Jun-Hee;Kim, Chang-Su;Lee, Sang-Uk
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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    • v.47 no.6
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    • pp.117-126
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    • 2010
  • In the case of failure images with controlling lighting like backlighting and excessive frontlinghting, the compensation scheme for a specific area in an image is required. The interested region is first selected by user in our method to compensate the first frame. Then we define the matching function of brightness and energy function is proposed with weight of matching function and the relationship among the neighbors. Finally, the energy is minimized by the graph-cut algorithm to compensate the brightness of the first frame. Other frames are straightforwardly compensated using the results of the first frame. The brightness variations of the previous frame is transmitted to the next frame via motion vectors. The reliability of the brightness variation is calculated based on the motion vector reliability. Video compensation result is achieved by the process of the image case. Simulation show that the proposed algorithm provides more natural results than the conventional algorithms.

Audio Quality Enhancement at a Low-bit Rate Perceptual Audio Coding (저비트율로 압축된 오디오의 음질 개선 방법)

  • 서정일;서진수;홍진우;강경옥
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.566-575
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    • 2002
  • Low-titrate audio coding enables a number of Internet and mobile multimedia streaming service more efficiently. For the help of next-generation mobile telephone technologies and digital audio/video compression algorithm, we can enjoy the real-time multimedia contents on our mobile devices (cellular phone, PDA notebook, etc). But the limited available bandwidth of mobile communication network prohibits transmitting high-qualify AV contents. In addition, most bandwidth is assigned to transmit video contents. In this paper, we design a novel and simple method for reproducing high frequency components. The spectrum of high frequency components, which are lost by down-sampling, are modeled by the energy rate with low frequency band in Bark scale, and these values are multiplexed with conventional coded bitstream. At the decoder side, the high frequency components are reconstructed by duplicating with low frequency band spectrum at a rate of decoded energy rates. As a result of segmental SNR and MOS test, we convinced that our proposed method enhances the subjective sound quality only 10%∼20% additional bits. In addition, this proposed method can apply all kinds of frequency domain audio compression algorithms, such as MPEG-1/2, AAC, AC-3, and etc.

Hierrachical manner of motion parameters for sports video mosaicking (스포츠 동영상의 모자익을 위한 이동계수의 계층적 향상)

  • Lee, Jae-Cheol;Lee, Soo-Jong;Ko, Young-Hoon;Noh, Heung-Sik;Lee Wan-Ju
    • The Journal of Information Technology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.93-104
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    • 2004
  • Sports scene is characterized by large amount of global motion due to pan and zoom of camera motion, and includes many small objects moving independently. Some short period of sports games is thrilling to televiewers, and important to producers. At the same time that kinds of scenes exhibit exceptionally dynamic motions and it is very difficult to analyze the motions with conventional algorithms. In this thesis, several algorithms are proposed for global motion analysis on these dynamic scenes. It is shown that proposed algorithms worked well for motion compensation and panorama synthesis. When cascading the inter frame motions, accumulated errors are unavoidable. In order to minimize these errors, interpolation method of motion vectors is introduced. Affined transform or perspective projection transform is regarded as a square matrix, which can be factorized into small amount of motion vectors. To solve factorization problem, we preposed the adaptation of Newton Raphson method into vector and matrix form, which is also computationally efficient. Combining multi frame motion estimation and the corresponding interpolation in hierarchical manner enhancement algorithm of motion parameters is proposed, which is suitable for motion compensation and panorama synthesis. The proposed algorithms are suitable for special effect rendering for broadcast system, video indexing, tracking in complex scenes, and other fields requiring global motion estimation.

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An AP Selection Scheme for Enhancement of Multimedia Streaming in Wireless Network Environments (무선 네트워크 환경에서 멀티미디어 서비스를 위한 AP 선정 기법)

  • Ryu, Dong-Woo;Wang, Wei-Bin;Kang, Kyung-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.997-1005
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    • 2010
  • Recently, there has been a growing interest in the use of WLAN technology due to its easy deployment, flexibility and so on. Examples of WLAN applications range from standard internet services such as Web access to real-time services with strict latency/throughput requirements such as multimedia video and voice over IP on wireless network environments. Fair and efficient distribution of the traffic loads among APs(Access Points) has become an important issue for improved utilization of WLAN. This paper focuses on an AP selection scheme for achieving better load balance, and hence increasing network resource utilization for each user on wireless network environments. This scheme makes use of active scan patterns and the network delay as main parameters of load measurement and AP selection. This scheme attempts to estimate the AP traffic loads by observing the up/down delay and utilize the results to maximize the link resource efficiency through load balancing. We compared the proposed scheme with the original SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio)-based scheme using the NS-2(Network Simulation.2). We found that the proposed scheme improves the throughput by 12.5% and lower the network up/down link delay by 36.84% and 60.42%, respectively. All in all, the new scheme can significantly increase overall network throughput and reduce up/down delay while providing excellent quality for voice and video services.

Performance Enhancement by Scaling Soft Bit Information of APSK (APSK 변조 방식에 대한 연판정 출력의 스케일링을 통한 성능 개선)

  • Zhang, Meixiang;Kim, Sooyoung
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.38C no.10
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    • pp.858-866
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    • 2013
  • In the DVB-S2, which is the technical specification of the second generation digital video broadcasting via satellite, APSK modulation scheme along with LDPC coding schemes are defined. APSK is a multi-lelvel PSK modulation scheme and decoding of LDPC coded signal requires soft decision information. Therefore, the APSK demodulator at the receiver should have capability of estimating soft information. In this paper, we introduce a method to estimate soft information by using simple distance estimation, and show that this method overestimates the soft information. Subsequently, this overestimated soft information leads to performance degradation. In order to overcome this problem, we propose a scaling method to improve the performance at the receiver In addition, we show that the proposed scaling scheme enables us to estimate the soft information with linear order complexity and produce the performance close to the maximum likelihood detection.