• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.167-177
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• 2024

Iris segmentation is an initial step for identifying the biometrics of animals when establishing a traceability system for livestock. In this study, we propose a deep learning framework for pixel-wise segmentation of bovine iris with a minimized use of annotation labels utilizing the BovineAAEyes80 public dataset. The proposed image segmentation framework encompasses data collection, data preparation, data augmentation selection, training of 15 deep neural network (DNN) models with varying encoder backbones and segmentation decoder DNNs, and evaluation of the models using multiple metrics and graphical segmentation results. This framework aims to provide comprehensive and in-depth information on each model's training and testing outcomes to optimize bovine iris segmentation performance. In the experiment, U-Net with a VGG16 backbone was identified as the optimal combination of encoder and decoder models for the dataset, achieving an accuracy and dice coefficient score of 99.50% and 98.35%, respectively. Notably, the selected model accurately segmented even corrupted images without proper annotation data. This study contributes to the advancement of iris segmentation and the establishment of a reliable DNN training framework.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.22-26
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• 2006

In this paper we introduce a new circle detection algorithm for occluded on/off pupil and iris boundary extraction. The proposed algorithm employs 7-step processing to detect a center and radius of occluded on/off eye images using the property of the chords. The algorithm deals with two types of occluded pupil and iris boundary information; one is composed of circle-shaped, incomplete objects, which is called occluded on iris images and the other type consists of arc objects in which circular information has partially disappeared, called occluded off iris images. This method shows that the center and radius of iris boundary can be detected from as little as one-third of the occluded on/off iris information image. It is also shown that the proposed algorithm computed the center and radius of the incomplete iris boundary information which has partially occluded and disappeared. Experimental results on RGB images and IR images show that the proposed method has encouraging performance of boundary detection for pupil and iris segmentation. The experimental results show satisfactorily the detection of circle from incomplete circle shape information which is occluded as well as the detection of pupil/iris boundary circle of the occluded on/off image.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.227-230
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• 2002

A new iris segmentation and recognition method is described. Combining a statistical classification and elastic boundary fitting, the iris is first segmented robustly and accurately. Once the iris is segmented, one-dimensional signals are computed in the iris and decomposed into multiple frequency bands. Each decomposed signal is approximated by a piecewise linear curve connecting a small set of node points. The node points represent features of each signal. The similarity measture between two iris images is the normalized cross-correlation coefficients between simplified signals.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 학술회의 논문집 정보 및 제어부문 B
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• pp.392-395
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• 2003

This paper describes a new iris segmentation and recognition method, which is robust to noises. Combining statistical classification and elastic boundary fitting, the iris is first segmented. Then, the localized iris image is smoothed by a convolution with a Gaussian function, down-sampled by a factor of filtered with a Laplacian operator, and quantized using the Lloyd-Max method. Since the quantized output is sensitive to a small shift of the full-resolution iris image, the outputs of the Laplacian operator are computed for all space shifts. The quantized output with maximum entropy is selected as the final feature representation. An appropriate formulation of similarity measure is defined for the classification of the quantized output. Experimentally we showed that the proposed method produces superb performance in iris segmentation and recognition.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 얼굴과 동공을 검색하는 새로운 기법을 제시하며, 안전운행을 위한 운전자의 동공 감시에 적용한 실험결과를 포함하고 있다. 제시된 기법은 세 단계 주요 과정을 거치는데, 먼저 스킨칼라 세그먼테이션 기법으로 얼굴을 찾는 과정으로 이는 지금까지 사용된 휴리스틱모델이 아닌 학습과정 모델에 기반을 두고 있다. 다음에 얼굴 특징 세그먼테이션으로 눈, 입, 눈썹 등의 부분을 검출 하는데, 이를 위해 얼굴 각 부분에서 추출한 고유 특징들에 대한 PDF 추정을 사용하고 있다. 마지막으로 서큘러 하프 변환기법으로 눈 안의 동공을 찾아낸다. 제시된 기법을 조명이 다른 웹 얼굴 영상과 운전자의 CCD 얼굴 영상에 적용하여 동공을 찾아내는 실험을 하여, 높은 동공 검출율을 확인하였다.

• 한국정보보호학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보보호학회 2006년도 하계학술대회
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• pp.133-137
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• 2006

In iris recognition, iris segmentation plays a very important role because its accuracy affects directly to the performance of the whole system. This paper proposes a new approach for segmenting iris that is fast, accurate and especially robust to occlusion and illumination. In this method, a circular filter is used for detecting the center of the inner circle. Then, a technique to linearize the limbus is applied and the limbus is detected using a linear filter. Experimental results show that the proposed method has promising performance for improving the iris recognition accuracy.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.399-401
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• 2007

With a growing emphasis on human identification, iris recognition has recently received increasing attention. Iris recognition includes eye imaging, iris segmentation, verification, and so on. In this letter, we propose a novel and efficient iris recognition method which employs a cumulative-sum-based grey change analysis. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can be used for human identification in efficient manner.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.425-434
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• 2011

The success of iris recognition depends mainly on two factors: image acquisition and an iris recognition algorithm. In this study, we present a system that considers both factors and focuses on the latter. The proposed algorithm aims to find out the most efficient wavelet family and its coefficients for encoding the iris template of the experiment samples. The algorithm implemented in software performs segmentation, normalization, feature encoding, data storage, and matching. By using the Haar and Biorthogonal wavelet families at various levels feature encoding is performed by decomposing the normalized iris image. The vertical coefficient is encoded into the iris template and is stored in the database. The performance of the system is evaluated by using the number of degrees of freedom, False Reject Rate (FRR), False Accept Rate (FAR), and Equal Error Rate (EER) and the metrics show that the proposed algorithm can be employed for an iris recognition system.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.169-174
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• 2008

최근 정보화 시대에 발맞추어 보안에 관한 중요성이 증가하고 있다. 따라서 지문, 장문, 서명, 홍채 인식과 같은 생체 인식시스템에 대한 관심이 급증하고 있고, 그 중에서 가장 신뢰성과 보안성에서 뛰어난 홍채 인식에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행중이다. 홍채 인식의 환한 연구는 많이 진행되어 왔지만 홍채 인식의 가장 큰 이슈는 홍채 영역 분할과 특징 추출로 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 곡선에 유연한 곡선 검출기를 이용하여 기존 원형 검출기가 갖는 문제점을 극복하고, 보다 정확한 홍채 영역 분할을 이루었다. 따라서 주변 환경의 변화에 신속히 대처할 수 있고, 기하학적인 경계 검출에 유용하다.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 홍채정보로 개인인증을 위한 USB-OTG(Uiversal Serial Bus On-the-go) 영상인식 모듈을 설계한다. 개인인증을 위해 사용자가 스마트 폰 버튼을 누를 필요가 없도록 스마트 기기를 안면주위의 여러 장의 안면영상을 획득 후, 눈 깜박임에 의한 화소 값 차로 안면과 홍채영역을 검색하는 영상인식 알고리듬을 제안한다. 본 연구에서는 인접한 눈을 뜬 영상과 눈을 감은 영상을 감지한 안면과 홍채 영상의 프레임 화소 값의 차이를 사용한다. 또한, 홍채 영역분할에 의한 동공과 홍채영역 위치를 빠르게 찾을 수 방법을 활용한다. 제안한 빠른 홍채영역의 위치탐색은 눈 영역의 적정한 그리드 크기에 의해 결정할 수 있다. 안면과 홍채영역의 제한된 영역을 탐색하는 홍채인식 카메라 모듈의 USB-OTG 인터페이스 통한 인접영상의 프레임 차이에 의해 검출할 수 있도록 설계하였다. 이로서 스마트 디바이스 사용자가 홍채 인식을 위해 눈을 깜빡이지 않고 대기해야 하는 불편함을 제거함으로써 사용자 편의성을 증대시킬 것으로 기대한다.