• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제31B권8호
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• pp.87-98
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• 1994

Object-oriented analysis-synthesis coding subdivides each image of a sequence into moving objects and compensates the motion of each object. Thus it can reconstruct real motion better than conventional motion-compensated coding techniques at very-low-bit-rates. It uses a mapping parameter technique for estimating motion information of each object. Since a mapping parameter technique uses gradient operators it is sensitive to redundant details and noise. To accurately determine mapping parameters, we propose a new analysis method using integral projections for estimation of gradient values. Also to reconstruct correctly the local motion the proposed algorithm divides an image into segmented objects each of which having uniform motion information while the conventional one assumes a large object having the same motion information. Computer simulation results with several test sequences show that the proposed image analysis method in object-oriented analysis-synthesis coding shows better performance than the conventional one.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2014

This paper addresses the framework of object-oriented image coding, describing a new algorithm, based on monodimensional Legendre polynomials, for texture approximation. Through the use of 1D orthogonal basis functions, the computational complexity which usually makes prohibitive most of 2D region-oriented approaches is significantly reduced, while only a slight increment of distortion is introduced. In the aim of preserving the bidimensional intersample correlation of the texture information as much as possible, suitable pseudo-bidimensional basis functions have been used, yielding significant improvements with respect to the straightforward 1D approach. The algorithm has been experimented for coding still images as well as motion compensated sequences, showing interesting possibilities of application for very low bitrate video coding.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.519-525
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• 2016

This paper addresses the framework of object-oriented image coding, describing a new algorithm, based on monodimensional Legendre polynomials, for texture approximation. Through the use of 1D orthogonal basis functions, the computational complexity which usually makes prohibitive most of 2D region-oriented approaches is significantly reduced, while only a slight increment of distortion is introduced. In the aim of preserving the bidimensional intersample correlation of the texture information as much as possible, suitable pseudo-bidimensional basis functions have been used, yielding significant improvements with respect to the straightforward 1D approach. The algorithm has been experimented for coding still images as well as motion compensated sequences, showing interesting possibilities of application for very low bitrate video coding.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 1997년도 Proceedings International Workshop on New Video Media Technology
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• pp.19-24
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• 1997

This paper describes an image segmentation technique for the object-oriented coding at very low bit rates. By noting that, in the object-oriented coding technique, each objects are represented by 3 parameters, namely, shape, motion, and color informations, we propose a segmentation technique, in which the 3 parameters are fully exploited. To achieve this goal, starting with the color space conversion and the noise reduction, the input image is divided into many small regions by the K-menas algorithm on the O-K-S color space. Then, each regions are merged, according to the shape and motion information. In simultations, it is shown that the proposed technique segments the input image into relevant objects, according to the shape and motion as well as the colors. In addition, in order to evaluate the performance of the proposed technique, we introduce the notion of the interesting regions, and provide the results of encoding the image with emphasizing the interesting regions.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.2043-2052
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• 1997

차세대 부호화 기법중 객체기반 영상부호화 기법은 전형적인 화상전화용 영상에 적합하다. 이 방법에서는 어떤 움직임 모델일 설정하여 영상분석을 하는가에 따라 성능에 큰 영향을 미친다. 본 연구에서는 효율적인 영상분석 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 이전 영상과 현재 영상의 차 영상(frame difference)의 표준편차를 구하여 그 값을 기준으로 배경과 움직임 영역을 추출한다. 창내에서 화소값의 합이 문턱값 이상이며 그 창내의 가운데 점을 움직임 영역으로 간주한다. 추출한 움직임 영역으로부터 움직임 내개변수 구할 때 움직임 영역에서 에지연산자를 사용하여 물체의 영역을 구하여 관찰점(observation point)을 선택하면 올바른 움직임 매개변수를 추정 할 수 있다. 또한, 이전 영상과 현재 영상의 관찰점에서의 변화량 및 인접화소의 변화량을 같이 고려함으로써 잡음의 영향을 줄였다. 그 결과 물체 중심의 관찰점 선택과 잡음의 영향 제거로 움직임 매개변수를 좀더 정확하고 빠르게 구할 수 있었다. 실험결과 제안한 방법이 기존의 방법보다 더 나은 화질을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제11B권6호
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• pp.653-660
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• 2004

객체지향 분석-합성 부호화는 일련의 영상들을 여러 개의 동 객체로 분할한 후 각 객체의 움직임을 추정하고 보상한다. 그것은 각 객체에 있는 움직임 정보를 추정하기 위해 변환 파라미터 기법을 적용하는데 이때 변환 파라미터 기법은 그레디언트 연산자를 사용하기 때문에 매우 복잡한 계산이 요구된다. 본 논문의 목적은 객체지향 분석-합성 부호화에서 계층적 구조를 사용한 효율적인 변환파라미터 기법을 개발하는 것이다. 이러한 목표를 달성하기 위해 본 논문은 계층적 구조를 사용한 하이브리드 변환파라미터 추정 방법과 적응형 변환 파라미터 방법의 두 가지 알고리듬을 제안한다. 전자는 파라미터 검증 방법을 사용하는데 원 영상을 1/4로 축소한 저해상도 영상에서 파라미터 검증 처리 방법에 의해 6-파라미터 또는 8-파라미터로 추정한다. 후자는 동일한 계층적 방법을 적용한 다음 변환 파라미터를 적응적으로 추정하기 위해 temporal co-occurrence 행렬에 기반 한 움직임 량을 측정하는 움직임 판단기준을 사용한다. 이러한 방법은 고속이며, 병렬처리 기법을 사용할 경우 쉽게 하드웨어로 구현할 수 있는 이점이 있다. 이론 분석 및 모의시험 결과 제안한 방법이 기존 방법에 비해 약 1/4 정도로 월등한 계산량 감축을 얻을 수 있었으며, 아울러 제안한 방법들에 의해 복원된 신호대 잡음비는 6-파라미터와 8-파라미터 추정 방법에 의해 복원된 결과들 사이에 있음을 보여 준다.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제33B권3호
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• pp.96-108
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• 1996

In this paper, we propose an object-oriented coding method in low bit-rate channels using block-based motion vectors and residual image compensation. First, we use a 2-stage algorithm for estimating motion parameters. In the first stage, coarse motion parameters are estimated by fitting block-based motion vectors and in the second stage, the estimated motion parametes are refined by the gradient method using an image reconstructed by motion vectors detected in the first stage. Local error of a 6-parameter model is compensted by blockwise motion parameter correction using residual image. Finally, model failure (MF) region is reconstructed by a fractal mapping method. Computer simulation resutls show that the proposed method gives better performance than the conventional ones in terms of th epeak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) and compression ratio (CR).

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.3033-3045
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• 1996

In this paper, we propse an object-oriented coding method in low bit-rate channels using pyramid structure and residual image compensation. In the motion estimation step, global motion is estimated using a set of multiresolution images constructed in a pyramid structure. We split an input image into two regions based on the gradient value. Regions with larte motions obtain observation points at low resolution level to guarantee robustness to noise and to satisfy a motion constraint equation whereas regions with local motions such as eye, and lips get observation points at the original resolution level. Local motion variations and intesity variations of an image reconstructed by the golbal motion are compensated additionally by using the previous residual image component. Finally, the model failure (MF) region is compensated by the pyramid mapping of the previous displaced frame difference (DFD). Computer simulation results show that the proposed method gives better performance that the convnetional one in terms of the peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR), compression ratio (CR), and computational complexity.