• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.191-196
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• 2009

Volume rendering is a method which extracts meaningful information from volume data and visualizes those information. In general, since the size of volume data gets larger, it is very important to devise acceleration methods for interactive rendering speed. Min-max octree is data structure for high-speed volume rendering, however, its creation time becomes long as the data size increases. In this paper, we propose acceleration method of min-max octree generation using CUDA. Firstly, we convert one-dimensional array from volume data using space filling curve. Then we make min-max octree structures from the sequential array and apply them to acceleration of volume ray casting.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.8 no.9
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• pp.1239-1247
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• 2005

Basically, objects are discriminated by transfer functions in volume rendering . However, in some cases objects cannot be discriminated only with transfer functions. In these cases, objects are pre-segmented with other methods, and visualized based on the segmentation information. In this paper we present a way of assigning per-object transparency in visualization of segmented volumes. Semi-transparent rendering is used to effectively give context information about the observed object. Per-object transparency can be used as a very effective visualization tool especially when it is difficult to adjust transfer functions to make the object semi-transparent. We present several interpretations of the meaning of per-object transparency, and corresponding variations of the algorithm. We show that efficient implementations for interactive use are possible, by presenting an implementation using general graphics hardware.

• Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.177-189
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• 2013

3D modeling and rendering technologies are getting more attention from landscape planners and architects because the virtual reality based on 3D graphic technology could give more realistic experience to landscape simulation users and boost promotional effects. The 3D landscape simulation, however, not only requires a lot of cost and time in production, but also demands efforts to distribute to consumers due to various computing environment of them. The purpose of this study is to suggest a process for developing an interactive 3D landscape simulator with low-cost, which can support multi-platform functionality in high quality through reviewing related current software and web services. We select GIMP for 2D image texturing, SketchUpfor 3D modeling, Unity for real-time rendering, and Google Earth for terrain modeling considering price and workability and apply the developed process for Windows, Web, and Android versions to test the applicability for Sangji-ri, Gosam-myeon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.9A no.4
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• pp.581-588
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• 2002

In implementing interactive multimedia systems, real-time visualization plays an important role. This paper presents efficient data structures and algorithms for real-time terrain navigation. Terrain data set is usually too huge to display as is. Therefore LOD (levels of detail) methods and view frustum culling are essential tools. This paper describes in detail compact hierarchical data structures, fast view frustum culling, and efficient LOD construction/rendering algorithms. Unlike previous works, we use a precise screen-space error metric for vertex removal and a strict error threshold allowing sub-pixel -sized errors only. Nevertheless, we can achieve 22 fps on average in a PC platform. The methods presented in this paper also satisfy almost all of the requirements for interactive real-time terrain Visualization.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.237-247
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• 2001

In this paper we present an overview of existing state of the art visualization techniques fur the interactive analysis of results from numerical simulations and measurements. We describe the basic concepts and key ideas behind these different visualization methods in this paper. The potential of these techniques for an efficient integration into a virtual reality environment will be investigated. Furthermore we present our first demonstrator fur visualizing multiparametric data and give an outlook on our plans for further exploiting and developing these techniques in an upcoming project.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.243-247
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• 2005

디지털 방송은 비디오, 오디오와 더불어 데이터를 전송할 수 있다. 데이터 영역에는 셋톱박스(STB)에서 수행되는 애플리케이션(Xlet)이 포함된다. 디지털 방송은 애플리케이션을 이용해 보다 진보된 인터랙티브 프로그램을 제공할 수 있다. 그러나 이러한 인터렉티브 TV에서 3차원 객체의 활용은 아직 여러 제한사항으로 인해 어려움이 있다. 현재 제정된 DVB-MHP, SCTE-OCAP, ATSC-ACAP 등의 데이터 방송 표준은 3D 객체를 표현하기 위한 구체적인 방법을 기술하지 않고 있다. 또한, 상용셋톱박스에 탑재된 자바 가상 머신(Java Virtual Machine)은 3D 객체를 렌더링(Rendering)하기 위한 API를 제공하지 않고 있다. 그리고 이를 위한 별도의 플러그인(Plug-in)도 제공하지 않는다. 본 논문에서는 Interactive TV에서 3차원 객체를 표현하기 위해 필요한 기본개념과 기술 및 데이터 방송 표준을 분석하고, 이들을 통합하여 polygon 기반의 3D Graphic Engine을 제안한다. 특히, 본 논문에서 제안하는 3D Graphic Engine API는 각각의 표준에서 가용한 공통 API를 기반으로 설계 되었으며, Java Virtual Machine 1.1 환경에서 구동될 수 있도록 구현되었다.

• Speech Sciences
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.181-192
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• 2004

This paper presents an efficient speech interactive agent rendering smooth car navigation and Telematics services, by employing embedded automatic speech recognition (ASR), distributed speech recognition (DSR) and text-to-speech (ITS) modules, all while enabling safe driving. A speech interactive agent is essentially a conversational tool providing command and control functions to drivers such' as enabling navigation task, audio/video manipulation, and E-commerce services through natural voice/response interactions between user and interface. While the benefits of automatic speech recognition and speech synthesizer have become well known, involved hardware resources are often limited and internal communication protocols are complex to achieve real time responses. As a result, performance degradation always exists in the embedded H/W system. To implement the speech interactive agent to accommodate the demands of user commands in real time, we propose to optimize the hardware dependent architectural codes for speed-up. In particular, we propose to provide a composite solution through memory reconfiguration and efficient arithmetic operation conversion, as well as invoking an effective out-of-vocabulary rejection algorithm, all made suitable for system operation under limited resources.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.28-36
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• 2002

In this paper. we propose an interactive broadcasting system based on MPEG-4 to provide Interactive services in digital TV broadcast. The proposed system is designed to support various functionalities such as authoringof MPEG-4. encapsulation of MPEG-4 Into MPEG-2 TS (Transport Stream) protocol, synchronization of MPEG-4 with MPEG-2 program. demultiplexing of MPEG-4 from MPEG-2 TS. decoding/rendering of MPEG-4 and interactivity through IP network on ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) platform. The interactive broadcasting system based on MPEG-4 Is used to provide interactive functionality In full for user. and it has a particular advantage of substitution for the ATSC or DVB platform. as well.

• Journal of the HCI Society of Korea
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.25-31
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• 2007

We develop an interactive relighting renderer allowing camera view changes based on a deep-frame buffer approach. The renderer first caches the rendering parameters for a given 3D scene in an auxiliary buffer with the same size of the output image. The rendering parameters independent from light changes are selected from the shading models used for shading pixels. Next, as the user interactively edits one light at one time, the relighting renderer instantly re-shades each pixel by updating the contribution of the changed light with the shading parameters cached in the deep-frame buffer. When the camera moves, the cache values should be re-computed because the currently cached values become obsolete. We present a novel method to synthesize them quickly from the cache images of the user specified cameras by using an image-based technique. This computations are all performed on GPU to achieve real-time performance.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.19-34
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• 2009

This paper presents an automatic rendering system for 3D meshes which generates images in the style of oriental black ink painting. In this paper, we analyze the characteristics of black ink painting and present some requirements for our black ink rendering system. Then we survey the steps used by artists to create black ink paintings. Based on the analysis of drawing steps, we propose a black ink rendering system which reproduces the key features of black ink painting through three sub-systems: the feature line layer, the interior shading layer, and the media layer. The main contribution of this paper is to introduce new methods which generate realistic and natural results very fast while any simulation methods are not used to satisfy real-time performance. We describe our implementation of each of these, and demonstrate our results in the major three styles of black ink painting: the outline style, the spontaneous style, and the outline-spontaneous style. Our system renders 3D models of moderate complexity at interactive frame rates. As a result, we expect that our system can be directly applied to real-time applications such as computer games and virtual environments.