• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.2997-3017
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• 2020

With the advancement in the field of image processing, images are being processed using various image processing algorithms. Nowadays, many efficient content-aware image resizing techniques are being used to safeguard the prominent regions and to generate better results that are visually appealing and pleasing while resizing. Advancements in the new display device with varying screen size demands the development of efficient image resizing algorithm. This paper presents a survey on various image retargeting methods, comparison of image retargeting results based on performance, and also exposes the main challenges in image retargeting such as content preservation of important regions, distortion minimization, and improving the efficiency of image retargeting methods. After reviewing literature from researchers it is suggested that the use of the single operator in image retargeting such as scaling, cropping, seam carving, and warping is not sufficient for obtaining satisfactory results, hence it is essential to combine multiple image retargeting operators. This survey is useful for the researchers interested in content-aware image retargeting.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.469-472
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 모바일 기기의 디스플레이 비율을 고려한 복합적 Image retargeting 기법을 제안한다. 제안 기법은 다양한 비율을 가지는 광시야각 영상을 모바일기기에서 디스플레이하고자 할 때 줄어드는 과정에서 영상 내의 주요 영역의 손실을 최소화하고 자연스러운 결과 영상을 만들어내기 위해 영상의 saliency를 분석하여 에너지 분포와 gravity center를 구한다. 분석된 에너지 분포를 통해 영상을 동일한 에너지량을 가진 n개의 영역으로 분할하고 각 영역의 분포 특징에 따라 crop, linear scaling, seam carving의 기법을 최적의 영역에 복합적으로 적용하여 영상을 retargeting한다. 끝으로 제안하는 기법의 결과영상과 기존 기법의 결과 영상을 비교하여 제안 기법의 강점을 검증한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.943-950
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• 2011

In this paper, we presented an attention measurement method in 2D and 3D image/video to be applied for image and video retargeting and compressive processing. 2D attention is derived from the three main components, intensity, color, and orientation, while depth information is added for 3D attention. A rarity-based attention method is presented to obtain more interested region or objects. Displaced depth information is matched to attention probability in distorted stereo images and finally a stereo distortion predictor is designed by integrating low-level HVS responses. As results, more efficient attention scheme is developed from the conventional methods and performance is proved by applying for video retargeting.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.63-71
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a new real time image retargeting method which preserves the contents of an image. Since the conventional seam carving which is the well-known content-based image retargeting technology uses the dynamic programming method, the repetitive update procedure of the accumulation minimum energy map is absolutely needed. The energy map update procedure cannot avoid the processing time delay because of many operations by the image full-searching. The proposed method calculates the diffusion region of each seam candidates in the accumulation minimum energy map in order to reduce the update processing time. By using the diffusion region, several seams are extracted at the same time and the update number of accumulation energy map is reduced. Therefore, although the fast processing is possible, the quality of an image can be analogously maintained with an existing method. The experimental results show that the proposed method can preserve the contents of an image and adjust the image size on a real-time.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.18 no.11
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• pp.77-86
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a fast video retargeting method which preserves the contents of a video and converts the image size. Since the conventional Seam Carving which is the well-known content-aware image retargeting technique uses the dynamic programming method, the repetitive update procedure of the accumulation energy is absolutely needed to obtain seam. The energy update procedure cannot avoid the processing time delay because of many operations by the image full-searching. By applying the proposed method, frames which have similar features in video are classified into a scene, and the first frame of a scene is resized by the modified Seam Carving where multiple seams are extracted from candidate seams to reduce the repetitive update procedure. After resizing the first frame of a scene, all continuous frames of the same scene are resized with reference to the seam information stored in the previous frame without the calculation of the accumulation energy. Therefore, although the fast processing is possible with reducing complexity and without analyzing all frames of scene, the quality of an image can be analogously maintained with an existing method. The experimental results show that the proposed method can preserve the contents of an image and can be practically applied to retarget the image on real time.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.66-75
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• 2016

In this paper, we present a new method to reduce crosstalk of a glasses-free three-dimensional (3D) display using a multi-view image processing technique. Since crosstalk makes the current view image mixed with its neighboring ones, the output 3D image becomes severely blurred. We apply adaptive depth retargeting and view gradient-based crosstalk inverse filtering onto a multi-view image to minimize crosstalk of the glasses-free 3D display. In addition, overflow and underflow pixels are compensated by epipolar image pixel interpolation so that visual artifacts are minimized. Experimental results show that the proposed method reduces crosstalk more efficiently than the previous work while improving 3D image quality.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.1-4
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• 2016

In this paper, we present an algorithm for adjusting the position of a user-specified object considering image aesthetics. Specifically, the user-specified object is positioned according to the rule of thirds by inserting or deleting unimportant seam lines from the image. To find such seam lines, a novel weight map is designed using the spatial and color distances from the object. We also design and analyze two approaches to seam carving and insertion. Experimental results show that the proposed method can be used as an effective semi-automatic image recomposition scheme.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.437-450
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• 2022

Generative adversarial networks(GANs) have demonstrated remarkable success in image synthesis. However, since GANs show instability in the training stage on large datasets, it is difficult to apply to various application fields. A single image GAN is a field that generates various images by learning the internal distribution of a single image. In this paper, we investigate five Single Image GAN: SinGAN, ConSinGAN, InGAN, DeepSIM, and One-Shot GAN. We compare the performance of each model and analyze the pros and cons of a single image GAN.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06b
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• pp.236-239
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 영상의 중요한 정보를 유지하는 동시에 영상의 왜곡을 막으며, 영상의 크기를 줄이는 방법을 제시한다. 영상의 각 픽셀의 중요도를 측정 후, 가장 중요하지 않은 픽셀들을 제거하는데, 이 때 단순히 중요하지 않은 픽셀들을 제거하면, 이로 인해 영상의 왜곡이 생길 뿐 아니라 중요하지 않은 픽셀들이 가지고 있던 정황에 대한 정보도 잃게 된다. 이를 막기 위해 제시된 방법은 중요하지 않은 픽셀들을 제거한 후에, 그 픽셀들의 중요도를 주변으로 확산시키는 방법을 이용하여 영상의 왜곡을 막고, 영상의 정황을 보다 효과적으로 전달하며 영상 리타겟팅을 수행한다. 실험 결과는 제시된 방법의 효율성을 보여준다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.442-445
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 3차원 head-tracked 디스플레이를 이용하여 스테레오 영상을 리타겟팅 하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 카메라 간격을 조절함으로써 사용자 시점에 맞는 스테레오 영상을 제공한다. 특히 중간 시점 영상 생성 시 발생하는 비폐색 영역에 대해 스테레오 일관성을 고려한 홀 필링(hole filling)을 적용하여 보다 편안하고, 개인별로 최적화 된 입체감 및 깊이감을 제공하도록 한다. 제안한 방법을 검증하기 위해 3차원 그래픽 모델을 이용해 결과 영상을 비교하였으며, 사용성 테스트를 통해 리타겟팅 된 스테레오 영상이 사용자가 입체영상을 인지하는데 미치는 효과를 확인하였다.