• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권11호
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• pp.2175-2190
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• 2011

This paper presents the effects of depth map quantization for multiview intermediate image generation using depth image-based rendering (DIBR). DIBR synthesizes multiple virtual views of a 3D scene from a 2D image and its associated depth map. However, it needs precise depth information in order to generate reliable and accurate intermediate view images for use in multiview 3D display systems. Previous work has extensively studied the pre-processing of the depth map, but little is known about depth map quantization. In this paper, we conduct an experiment to estimate the depth map quantization that affords acceptable image quality to generate DIBR-based multiview intermediate images. The experiment uses computer-generated 3D scenes, in which the multiview images captured directly from the scene are compared to the multiview intermediate images constructed by DIBR with a number of quantized depth maps. The results showed that there was no significant effect on depth map quantization from 16-bit to 7-bit (and more specifically 96-scale) on DIBR. Hence, a depth map above 7-bit is needed to maintain sufficient image quality for a DIBR-based multiview 3D system.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.2434-2448
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• 2014

This research proposed the domain division depth map quantization for multiview intermediate image generation using Depth Image-Based Rendering (DIBR). This technique used per-pixel depth quantization according to the percentage of depth bits assigned in domains of depth range. A comparative experiment was conducted to investigate the potential benefits of the proposed method against the linear depth quantization on DIBR multiview intermediate image generation. The experiment evaluated three quantization methods with computer-generated 3D scenes, which consisted of various scene complexities and backgrounds, under varying the depth resolution. The results showed that the proposed domain division depth quantization method outperformed the linear method on the 7- bit or lower depth map, especially in the scene with the large object.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2012

최근 깊이영상을 기반으로 한 3D 기술이 3D 공간감지, 3D 영상획득, 3D 인터랙션, 3D 게임 등 다양한 분야에서 응용되고 있다. 깊이영상을 생성하기 위해서는 깊이 카메라를 이용하게 되는데, 이렇게 생성된 깊이영상의 화질을 개선하기 위한 다양한 시도들이 이루어지고 있다. 본 눈문에서는 이러한 깊이 카메라 기반의 3D 응용에 있어서 깊이 영상을 개선하기 위해 영역기반의 에지 검출기를 사용하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 제한된 환경에서의 깊이영상을 획득하는 과정에서 발생 할 수 있는 화질열화를 후처리 또는 전처리를 통해 개선함으로써 보다 향상된 깊이 영상을 제공한다. 다양한 실험결과를 통해서 개선된 깊이영상을 객관적 화질 평가를 위해 가상시점 참조 소프트웨어에 적용하여 비교함으로써 최대 0.42dB의 화질 향상을 확인하였다. 또한 영상의 실제 시청 환경과 가장 유사한 방법인 DSCQS(Double Stimulus Continuous Quality Scale)방법을 통해서 주관적 화질의 객관적 평가를 수행함으로써 개선된 깊이영상의 효용성을 다시 확인하였다.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제5권9호
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• pp.237-246
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• 2016

DIBR (Depth Image Based Rendering)은 동일 시점의 색상 영상과 깊이 영상을 참조해서 임의 개수의 중간 시점 영상을 생성하는 기법으로 무안경식 다시점 입체 디스플레이를 위한 콘텐츠 제작에 활용할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 DIBR 기법을 사용해서 생성되는 다시점 중간 영상의 객관적 품질에 깊이 정확도가 미치는 영향에 대해 설명한다. 본 연구는 먼저 사람이 인지할 수 없는 범위에서 왜곡을 보장하기 위한 최소 깊이 양자화 계수를 도출한다. 그리고 장면 구성의 특성에 따라 같은 양자화 수준에서 깊이 정보의 정확도를 효과적으로 표현하기 위한 비균등 영역분할 양자화 방법을 선형 양자화와 비교 분석한 결과를 제시한다.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2021년도 봄 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.162-163
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• 2021

Currently, the depth of cracks is measured using ultrasonic detectors in maintenance practice. This method consists of measuring the depth of cracks by attaching ultrasonic depth measuring equipment to the concrete surface, and there are restrictions on the timing and location of the inspection. These limitations can be addressed through the development of image-based crack depth measurement AI technology. If crack depth measurements are made based on images, restrictions on the timing and location of inspections can be lifted because images acquired with simple filming equipment can be used as input information. To efficiently develop these artificial intelligence technologies, it is essential to identify the interrelationship between crack depth measurements and image characteristic information. Thus, this study is a basic study of the development of image-based crack depth measurement AI technology and aims to identify image characteristic information related to crack depth.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2014

Depth-image-based rendering is generally used in real-time 2D-to-3D conversion for 3DTV. However, inaccurate depth maps cause flickering issues between image frames in a video sequence, resulting in eye fatigue while viewing 3DTV. To resolve this flickering issue, we propose a new 2D-to-3D conversion scheme based on fast and robust depth-map generation from a 2D video sequence. The proposed depth-map generation algorithm divides an input video sequence into several cuts using a color histogram. The initial depth of each cut is assigned based on a hypothesized depth-gradient model. The initial depth map of the current frame is refined using color and motion information. Thereafter, the depth map of the next frame is updated using the difference image to reduce depth flickering. The experimental results confirm that the proposed scheme performs real-time 2D-to-3D conversions effectively and reduces human eye fatigue.

• Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.191-197
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• 2016

Since 3D measurement technologies have been widely used in manufacturing industries edge detection in a depth image plays an important role in computer vision applications. In this paper, we have proposed an edge detection process in a depth image based on the image based smoothing and morphological operations. In this method we have used the principle of Median filtering, which has a renowned feature for edge preservation properties. The edge detection was done based on Canny Edge detection principle and was improvised with morphological operations, which are represented as combinations of erosion and dilation. Later, we compared our results with some existing methods and exhibited that this method produced better results. However, this method works in multiframe applications with effective framerates. Thus this technique will aid to detect edges robustly from depth images and contribute to promote applications in depth images such as object detection, object segmentation, etc.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2012

깊이영상기반 렌더링(depth image-based rendering, DIBR)이란 색상 영상과 각 화소에 대응하는 거리 정보로 이루어진 깊이 영상(depth map)을 이용하여 가상 시점에서의 영상을 합성하는 기술을 말한다. DIBR을 이용하면 3차원 TV에 적합한 컨텐츠를 생성할 수 있지만, 가상 시점에서의 영상을 합성하는 과정에서 원영상에 존재하지 않는 영역, 즉, 비폐색(disocclusion) 영역이 드러나는 등 여러 가지 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 구조광으로 깊이 정보를 획득하는 Kinect 깊이 카메라를 이용한 가상시점 영상생성 기술을 제안한다. 깊이 카메라로부터 색상 영상과 그에 대응하는 깊이 영상을 획득한 다음, 깊이 영상에 대한 전처리 기술을 수행한다. 전처리가 끝난 깊이 영상은 중간 시점으로 워핑되고, 워핑 과정에서 발생하는 절삭 오차를 제거하기 위해 Median 필터링을 적용한다. 그런 다음, 색상 영상은 워핑된 깊이 영상의 깊이 값을 사용해서 중간 시점으로 워핑된다. 비폐색(disocclusion) 영역을 채우기 위해 배경 기반의 인페인팅 기술을 적용한다. 실험 결과를 통해, 본 논문에서 제안한 방법이 자연스러운 스테레오 영상을 생성한 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.1171-1187
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• 2012

A depth adjustment method for visual fatigue reduction for depth-image-based rendering (DIBR) system is proposed. One important aspect of the method is that no calibration parameters are needed for adjustment. By analyzing 3D image warping, the perceived depth is expressed as a function of three adjustable parameters: virtual view number, scale factor and depth value of zero parallax setting (ZPS) plane. Adjusting these three parameters according to the proposed parameter modification algorithm when performing 3D image warping can effectively change the perceived depth of stereo pairs generated in DIBR system. As the depth adjustment is performed in simple 3D image warping equations, the proposed method is facilitative for hardware implementation. Experimental results show that the proposed depth adjustment method provides an improvement in visual comfort of stereo pairs as well as generating comfortable stereoscopic images with different perceived depths that people desire.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권9호
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• pp.1613-1631
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• 2011

Several metrics have been reported in the literature to assess stereo image quality, mostly based on visual attention or human visual sensitivity based distortion prediction with the help of disparity information, which do not consider the combined aspects of human visual processing. In this paper, visual attention and depth assisted stereo image quality assessment model (VAD-SIQAM) is devised that consists of three main components, i.e., stereo attention predictor (SAP), depth variation (DV), and stereo distortion predictor (SDP). Visual attention is modeled based on entropy and inverse contrast to detect regions or objects of interest/attention. Depth variation is fused into the attention probability to account for the amount of changed depth in distorted stereo images. Finally, the stereo distortion predictor is designed by integrating distortion probability, which is based on low-level human visual system (HVS), responses into actual attention probabilities. The results show that regions of attention are detected among the visually significant distortions in the stereo image pair. Drawbacks of human visual sensitivity based picture quality metrics are alleviated by integrating visual attention and depth information. We also show that positive correlation with ground-truth attention and depth maps are increased by up to 0.949 and 0.936 in terms of the Pearson and the Spearman correlation coefficients, respectively.