• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.304-308
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• 2001

The increase of video data makes the demand of efficient retrieval, storing, and browsing technologies necessary. In this paper, a video segmentation method (scene change detection method, or shot boundary detection method) for the development of such systems is proposed. For abrupt cut detection, inter-frame similarities are computed using luminance and edge histograms and a cut is declared when the similarities are under th predetermined threshold values. A gradual scene change detection is based on the similarities between the current frame and the previous shot boundary frame. A correlation method is used to obtain universal threshold values, which are applied to various video data. Experimental results show that propose method provides 90% precision and 98% recall rates for abrupt cut, and 59% precision and 79% recall rates for gradual change.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.2287-2312
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• 2018

Extracting key visual information from images containing natural scene is a challenging task and an important step for the visually impaired to recognize information based on tactile graphics. In this study, a novel method is proposed for extracting salient regions based on global contrast enhancement and saliency cuts in order to improve the process of recognizing images for the visually impaired. To accomplish this, an image enhancement technique is applied to natural scene images, and a saliency map is acquired to measure the color contrast of homogeneous regions against other areas of the image. The saliency maps also help automatic salient region extraction, referred to as saliency cuts, and assist in obtaining a binary mask of high quality. Finally, outer boundaries and inner edges are detected in images with natural scene to identify edges that are visually significant. Experimental results indicate that the method we propose in this paper extracts salient objects effectively and achieves remarkable performance compared to conventional methods. Our method offers benefits in extracting salient objects and generating simple but important edges from images containing natural scene and for providing information to the visually impaired.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.9B no.3
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• pp.343-350
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• 2002

A scene change detection which involves finding a cut between two consecutive shots is an important step for video indexing and retrieval. This paper proposes an algorithm for fast and accurate detection of abrupt scene changes in an MPEG compressed domain with minimal decoding requirements arid computational effort. The proposed method compares two successive DC images of I-frames for finding the GOP (group of picture) which contain a scene change and uses macroblock-coded type information contained in B-frames to detect the exact frame where the scene change occurred. The experiment results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm has better detection performance, such as precision and recall rate, than the existing method using all DC images. The algorithm has the advantage of speed, simplicity and accuracy. In addition, it requires less amount of storage.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.55-62
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• 2017

The background of this study is the trend in which the genres of mobile games are becoming diverse based on advanced smart devices. However, since cut-scenes are still being regarded as somewhat unnecessary elements in digital games, this study seeks to suggest the functions and range of uses of cut-scenes. The scope of this study is to make classifications for the range of uses of cut-scenes in commercialized mobile games according to the genre, and investigate the characteristics of visual expression to create a frame for communicative styles of mobile games. The result of study was that different styles were identified regarding the use of cut-scenes in mobile games just as in existing digital games, however diverse attempts are not yet being made as in early digital games. Future study needs to be carried out on communication styles that match the characteristics of mobile game platforms, in which a module that can be applied in the introduction of a new platform is required.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.70-74
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• 2017

Given two stereo images of a scene, it is possible to recover a 3D understanding of the scene. This is the primary way that the human visual system estimates depth. This process is useful in applications like robotics, where depth sensors may be expensive but a pair of cameras is relatively cheap. In this work, we combined our interests to implement a graph cut algorithm for stereo correspondence, and performed evaluation against a baseline algorithm using normalized cross correlation across a variety of metrics. Experimental trials revealed that the proposed descriptor exhibited a significant improvement, compared to the other existing methods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1999.10b
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• pp.410-412
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• 1999

히스토그램 장면 전환 검출(histogram scene change detection) 기법은 입력 영상 내에 카메라 동작(camera operation)이 발생한 부분을 컷(cut)으로 나누는 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 프레임 사이의 움직임 벡터를 측정하여 카메라 동작이 일어났는지를 판단하고, 이를 이용하여 잘못된 컷의 인식을 막는다. 카메라 동작이 발생하는 샷의 경제는 컷이 될 수 없으므로, 이외의 샷에 대해 컬러 히스토그램 교집합(color histogram intersection)을 구해서 장면 전환 여부를 판단한다. 제안된 기법은 기존의 히스토그램 장면 전환 검출 기법보다 프리시젼(Precision) 면에서 성능 향상을 보였다.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.93-100
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• 2011

Cinematic camera techniques are being increasingly applied to the game development these days. In this study, the object movement and camera effect for the game development using the curve in the 3D space were discussed. The Catmull-Rom spline algorithm follows the curve more closely than the other curve algorithms. With the algorithm proposed in this study, the Catmull-Rom spline was dynamically created according to the user's input in multiple sections in the 3D space, and objects smoothly passed along the route. In addition, Cut-Scene section is specified using the Catmull-Rom spline and the object movement can be observed. The results of the study on the accuracy and efficiency of the curve showed that the Catmull-Rom spline is very efficient not only for the object movement but also for the cinematic camera technique.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.115-122
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• 2001

A scene change detection is an important step for video indexing and retrieval. This paper proposes an algorithm by a phased algorithm for fast and accurate detection of abrupt scene changes in an MPEG compressed domain with minimal decoding requirements and computational effort. The proposed method compares two successive I-frames for locating a scene change occurring within the GOP and uses macroblock-coded type information contained in B-frames to detect the exact frame where the scene change occurred. The algorithm has the advantage of speed, simplicity and accuracy. In addition, it requires less amount of storage. The experiment results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm has better detection performance, such as precision and recall rate, than the existing method using all DC images.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.868-876
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• 1999

In this paper, an efficient automatic video parsing technique on MPEG-compressed video that is fundamental for content-based indexing is described. The proposed method detects scene changes, regardless of IPB picture composition. To detect abrupt changes, the difference measure based on the dc coefficient in I picture and the macroblock reference feature in P and B pictures are utilized. For gradual scene changes, we use the macroblock reference information in P and B pictures. the process of scene change detection can be efficiently handled by extracting necessary data without full decoding of MPEG sequence. The performance of the proposed algorithm is analyzed based on precision and recall. the experimental results verified the effectiveness of the method for detecting scene changes of various MPEG sequences.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.24 no.9B
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• pp.1690-1696
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• 1999

Video sequence should be hierachically classified for the content-based retrieval. Cut detection algorithm is an essential process to classify shots. It is generally difficult for cut detection algorithms to detect cut points since a current frame is compared with a previous one, because movement of camera or object made adrupt scene change. We reduce ratio of failed cut detection so that compare the difference between frames of predicted cut point and their neighbors. In this paper, first we get predicted cut point, then we judge that the predicted cut point is true point or not. And we extracted DC images in MPEG video sequence for comparison. As a result of experiments. We confirmed that the cut detection ratio of the proposed algorithm is higher than of any other algorithms.