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An Effective Noise Estimator for Use in Noise Reduction

  • Han, Hag-Yong;Kwon, Ho-Min;Lee, Sung-Mok;Lee, Gi-Dong;Kang, Bong-Soon
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.59-63
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    • 2011
  • Conventional noise reduction filtering schemes realize limited improvements of the peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) in the low-level noisy images. The flatness degree and the edge information are effectively used to estimate the noise volume. We propose a noise estimator for reducing noise in the AWGN (additive white gaussian noise) corrupted images using three intermediate image maps (FGM(flatness gray map), FIM(flatness index map), NEM(noise estimate map)). The proposed noise estimator is fed into the conventional noise reduction filters as a pre-processor. The performance of noise reduction is tested in the various AWGN corrupted images.

Dual Sliding Statistics Switching Median Filter for the Removal of Low Level Random-Valued Impulse Noise

  • Suid, Mohd Helmi;Jusof, M F.M.;Ahmad, Mohd Ashraf
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.1383-1391
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    • 2018
  • A new nonlinear filtering algorithm for effectively denoising images corrupted by the random-valued impulse noise, called dual sliding statistics switching median (DSSSM) filter is presented in this paper. The proposed DSSSM filter is made up of two subunits; i.e. Impulse noise detection and noise filtering. Initially, the impulse noise detection stage of DSSSM algorithm begins by processing the statistics of a localized detection window in sorted order and non-sorted order, simultaneously. Next, the median of absolute difference (MAD) obtained from both sorted statistics and non-sorted statistics will be further processed in order to classify any possible noise pixels. Subsequently, the filtering stage will replace the detected noise pixels with the estimated median value of the surrounding pixels. In addition, fuzzy based local information is used in the filtering stage to help the filter preserves the edges and details. Extensive simulations results conducted on gray scale images indicate that the DSSSM filter performs significantly better than a number of well-known impulse noise filters existing in literature in terms of noise suppression and detail preservation; with as much as 30% impulse noise corruption rate. Finally, this DSSSM filter is algorithmically simple and suitable to be implemented for electronic imaging products.

A study of Full Width at Half Maximum(FWHM) according to the Filter's Cut off level in SPECT camera (SPECT filter의 cut off level에 따른 반폭치(FWHM) 크기에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Soung-Ock;Kwon, Soo-Il
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2003
  • Filtering is necessary to reduce statistical noise and to increase image quality in SPECT images. Noises controled by low-pass filter designed to suppress high spatial frequency in SPECT image. Most SPECT filter function control the degree of high frequency supression by chosing a cut of frequency. The location of cut off frequency determines the affect image noise and spatial resolution. If select the low cut off frequency, its provide good noise suppression but insufficient image quantity and high cut off frequencies increase the image resolution but insufficient noise suppression. The purpose of this study was to determines the optimam cut off level with comparison of FWHM according to cut off level in each kiters-Band-limited, Sheep-logan, Sheep-logan Hanning, Generalized Hamming, Low pass cosine, Parazen and Butterworth filter in SPECT camera. We recorded image along the X, Y, Z-axis with $^{99m}TcO_4$ point source and measured FWHM by use profile curve. We find averaged length is $9.16\;mm{\sim}18.14\;mm$ of FWHM in X, Y, and Z-axis, and Band-limited and Generalized Hamming filters measures 9.16 mm at 0.7 cycle/pixel cut off frequency.

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Analysis of Noise Influence on a Chaotic Series and Application of Filtering Techniques (카오스 시계열에 대한 잡음영향 분석과 필터링 기법의 적용)

  • Choi, Min Ho;Lee, Eun Tae;Kim, Hung Soo;Kim, Soo Jun
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.31 no.1B
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    • pp.37-45
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    • 2011
  • We studied noise influence on nonlinear chaotic system by using Logistic data series which is known as a typical nonlinear chaotic system. We regenerated Logistic data series by the method of adding noise according to noise level. And, we performed some analyses such as phase space reconstruction, correlation dimension, BDS statistics, and DVS Algorithms which are known as the methods of nonlinear deterministic or chaotic analysis. If we see the results of analysis, the characteristics of data series are gradually changed from nonlinear chaotic data series to random stochastic data series according to increasing noise level. We applied Low Pass Filter (LPF) and Kalman Filter techniques for the investigation of removing effect of the added noise to data series. Typical nonparametric method cannot distinguish nonlinear random series but the BDS statistic can distinguish the nonlinear randomness of the time series. Therefore this study used the BDS statistic which is well known as nonlinear statistical method for the investigation of randomness of time series for the effect of removing noise of data series. We found that Kalman filter is better method to remove the noise of chaotic data series even for high noise level.

Vibration Sensing and Control of a Plate Using Optical Fiber Sensor (광섬유 센서를 이용한 평판의 진동 감지 및 제어)

  • Kim, Do-Hyung;Han, Jae-Hung;Yang, Seung-Man;Kim, Dae-Hyun;Lee, In;Kim, Chun-Gon;Hong, Chang-Sun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.459-464
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    • 2001
  • Vibration control of a plate using an optical fiber sensor and a PZT actuator is considered in this study. An aluminum plate with attached Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer (EFPI) and PZT actuator is prepared for experimental investigation. Vibration level of EFPI that can represent the mechanical strain without severe distortion is validated by forced vibration experiment. A numerical model of the plate is constructed based on the experimentally obtained frequency responses, and an optimal controller is designed for the multi-modal vibration suppression. It is found that the vibration level of the first three modes can be greatly reduced. The effect of low-pass filtering used to eliminate high frequency noise on the stability and control performance is also considered.

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TV White Space Low-noise and High-Linear RF Front-end Receiver (텔레비전 유휴 주파수 대역을 지원하는 저잡음 및 고선형 특성의 RF 수신기 설계)

  • Kim, Chang-wan
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.91-99
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    • 2018
  • This paper has proposed a low-noise and high-linear RF receiver supporting TV white space from 470 MHz to 698 MHz), which is implemented in $0.13-{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. It consists of a low-noise amplifier, a RF band-pass filter, a RF amplifier, a passive down-conversion mixer, and a channel-selection low-pass filter. A low-noise amplifier and RF amplifier provide a high voltage gain to improve the sensitivity level. To suppress strong and nearby interferers, two RF filtering schemes have been performed by using a RF BPF and a down-conversion mixer. The proposed LPF has been based on the common-gate topology and adopted a bi-quad cell to achieve -24dB/oct characteristics. In addition, the RF receiver can support the overall TV band by controlling a LO frequency. The simulated results show a voltage gain of 56 dB, a noise figure of less than 2 dB, and an out-of-channel IIP3 of -2.3 dBm. It consumes 37 mA from a 1.5 V supply voltage.

Fault Detection of Rolling Element Bearing for Low Speed Machine Using Wiener Filter and Shock Pulse Counting (위너 필터와 충격 펄스 카운팅을 이용한 저속 기계용 구름 베어링의 결함 검출)

  • Park, Sung-Taek;Weon, Jong-Il;Park, Sung Bum;Woo, Heung-Sik
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.22 no.12
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    • pp.1227-1236
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    • 2012
  • The low speed machinery faults are usually caused by the bearing failure of the rolling elements. As the life time of the bearing is limited, the condition monitoring of bearing is very important to maintain the continuous operation without failures. A few monitoring techniques using time domain, frequency domain and fuzzy neural network vibration analysis are introduced to detect and diagnose the faults of the low speed machinery. This paper presents a method of fault detection for the rolling element bearing in the low speed machinery using the Wiener filtering and shock pulse counting techniques. Wiener filter is used for noise cancellation and it clearly makes the shock pulse emerge from the time signal with the high level of noise. The shock pulse counting is used to determine the various faults obviously from the shock signal with transient pulses not related with the bearing fault. Machine fault simulator is used for the experimental measurement in order to verify this technique is the powerful tool for the low speed machine compared with the frequency analysis. The test results show that the method proposed is very effective parameter even for the signal with high contaminated noise, speed variation and very low energy. The presented method shows the optimal tool for the condition monitoring purpose to detect the various bearing fault with high accuracy.

Optimal Vibration Control of a Plate Using Optical Fiber Sensor and Piezoelectric Actuator (광섬유 센서와 압전 작동기를 이용한 평판의 최적 진동 제어)

  • Kim, Do-Hyung;Han, Jae-Hung;Yang, Seung-Man;Kim, Dae-Hyun;Lee, In;Kim, Chun-Gon;Hong, Chang-Sun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.294-301
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    • 2002
  • Vibration control of a plate using an optical fiber sensor and a piezoelectric actuator is considered in the present study, An aluminum plate with attached Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer (EFPI) and piezoelectric actuator is prepared for experimental investigation. Vibration level of EFPI that can represent the mechanical strain without severe distortion Is validated by forced nitration experiment. A linear time invariant system model is constructed based on the experimentally obtained frequency responses, and an optimal controller is designed for the multi-modal vibration suppression. Control performance is presented in frequency and time domains. It is found that the nitration level of the first three modes can be greatly reduced. The effect of low-pass filtering used to eliminate high frequency noise on the stability and control performance is also considered.

Study on Multi-Mode Monopulse Signal Processing System Providing Optimal Time Delay under High Doppler Condition (고속 도플러 편이 환경에서 최적 시간지연을 갖는 다중모드 모노펄스 신호처리에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jaemoon;Lim, Jaesung;Ahn, Huisoo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.582-589
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    • 2016
  • Multi-mode monopulse system is widely used for satellite terminal like UAV because of high tracking accuracy and low size/weight profile. In order to calculate tracking error, Multi-mode monopulse system utilizes high-order mode signal, and it should have enough C/N(carrier to noise) level therefore tracking system needs narrow band filtering of received satellite beacon signal as much as possible. However, UAV suffers for beacon frequency drift derived from Doppler effect due to satellite figure 8 movement and UAV maneuvering. Therefore wideband signal processing needs to be considered in advance for exact doppler compensation and consequent time delay. In this paper, we propose the multi-stage Digital Signal processing system for beacon signal, which could minimize the signal delay under high Doppler and low C/N condition.

Halftoning Method by CMY Printing Using BNM

  • Kim, Yun-Tae;Kim, Jeong-Yeop;Kim, Hee-Soo;Yeong Ho ha
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2000.07b
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    • pp.851-854
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    • 2000
  • Digital halftoning is a technique to make an equivalent binary image from scanned photo or graphic images. Low pass filtering characteristic of human visual system can be applied to get the effect of spatial averaging of local area consisted of black and white pixels for gray image. The overlapping of black dot decreases brightness and black dot is very sensitive to human visual system in the bright region. In this paper, for gray-level expression, only bright gray region in the color image is considered for blue noise mask (BNM) approach. To solve this problem, BNM with CMY dot is used for the bright region instead of black dot. Dot-on-dot model with single mask causes the problem making much black dot overlap, color distortion. Therefore approach with three masks for C, M and Y each is proposed to decrease pixel overlap and color distortion.

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