• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.133-142
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• 2020

In this research, we describe the method of implementing a 360-degree panorama using one projector, in terms of hardware and in the production of projected pre-distortion images. We propose a method of installing a projector and a reflector on the central ceiling of the space to minimize the shadows generated based on the position of the spectators. We used a virtual camera and virtual space where the projector and hemisphere positions were set to the same as in the exhibition space in Unity. After the image projected on the screen was mapped on the wall of the virtual space, the pre-distortion image was created by the method of capturing from the virtual camera using the ray tracing technique. When the produced pre-distortion image is hemispherical reflected and projected by the projector installed at the same position as the virtual camera, the image is reflected and projected 360 degrees on the panoramic screen.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.699-702
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• 2015

다중의 영상을 이용하여 하나의 파노라마 영상을 제작하는 기법은 컴퓨터 비전, 컴퓨터 그래픽스 등과 같은 여러 분야에서 널리 연구되고 있다. 파노라마 영상은 하나의 카메라에서 얻을 수 있는 영상의 한계, 즉 예를 들어 화각, 화질, 정보량 등의 한계를 극복할 수 있는 좋은 방법으로서 가상현실, 로봇비전 등과 같이 광각의 영상이 요구되는 다양한 분야에서 응용될 수 있다. 파노라마 영상은 단일 영상과 비교하여 보다 큰 몰입감을 제공한다는 점에서 큰 의미를 갖는다. 현재 다양한 파노라마 영상 제작 기법들이 존재하지만, 대부분의 기법들이 공통적으로 파노라마 영상을 구성할 때 각 영상에 존재하는 특징점 및 대응점을 검출하는 방식을 사용하고 있다. 본 논문에서 사용한 SURF(Speeded Up Robust Features) 알고리즘은 영상의 특징점을 검출할 때 영상의 흑백정보와 지역 공간 정보를 활용하는데, 영상의 크기 변화와 시점 검출에 강하며 SIFT(Scale Invariant Features Transform) 알고리즘에 비해 속도가 빠르다는 장점이 있어서 널리 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 두 영상 사이 또는 하나의 영상과 여러 영상 사이에 대응되는 매칭을 계산하여 파노라마영상을 생성하는 처리 방법을 구현하고 기술하였다.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.43-49
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• 2019

Nowadays, one-person media broadcasting has become popular, and with the progress of this popularity, multimedia techniques which can support such broadcasting are also becoming more and more advanced. One of the most emerging multimedia technique used in this field is the virtual reality technology which sets the one-person media broadcasting environment as a virtual reality environment. However, as such an environment requires instruments of high cost, it is not easy for normal individuals to constitute such environments. Therefore, in this paper we propose how to construct virtual reality-like panoramas with a multiple of smartphones. For this purpose, we designed a special rig which can hold firmly 8 smartphone cameras which have overlapping view of the environment such that panorama stitching becomes possible. To reduce the computation cost, we precomputed the homography matrices, and used 1-D pointer structures to store the computed coordinate values.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.273-278
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• 2017

Recently, one of the areas where research is being actively conducted is the Internet of Things (IoT). The field of using the Internet of Things system is increasing, coupled with a remarkable increase of the use of the camera. However, general cameras used in the Internet of Things have limited viewing angles as compared to those available to the human eye. Also, cameras restrict observation of objects and the performance of observation. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a panoramic image stitching method using feature extraction and matching based on an embedded system. After extracting the feature of the image, the speed of image stitching is improved by reducing the amount of computation using the necessary information so that it can be used in the embedded system. Experimental results show that it is possible to improve the speed of feature matching and panoramic image stitching while generating a smooth image.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.775-784
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• 2019

Image stitching is a technique for solving the problem of narrow field of view of a camera by composing multiple images. Recently, as the use of content such as Panorama, Super Resolution, and 360 VR increases, the need for faster and more accurate image stitching technology is increasing. So far, many algorithms have been proposed to satisfy the required performance, but the objective evaluation method for measuring the accuracy has not been standardized. In this paper, we present the problems of PSNR and SSIM(Structural similarity index method) measurement methods and propose a Local Differential Pixel Mean method. The LDPM evaluation method that includes geometric similarity and brightness measurement information is proved through a test, and the advantages of the evaluation method are revealed through comparison with SSIM.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.147-153
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• 2022

Most of the metaverse service is a gamification type of metaverse solution composed by placing 3D objects on a 360 panoramic world base. However, the metaverse webtoon service is lacking in implementation and research. In this study, a method for realizing a 2D flat image form in a 3D space and a realistic 360-degree panoramic webtoon metaverse service were studied. The research process consisted of basic storytelling and design work for webtoon production, panoramic image creation to convert the produced image into 360-degree form, and content creation process for viewing 360-degree directions. Finally, we implemented shading and material work with game engine tools so that you can enjoy virtual reality-based webtoons. The webtoon-based metaverse study studied the process of creating a 360-degree panoramic webtoon from content that can only be viewed in 2D format. Accordingly, it is thought that webtoons will also be presented as a standard for the production and implementation method for the metaverse service.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.65-75
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• 2017

As a 360-degree image carries information of all directions, it often has too much information. Moreover, in order to investigate a 360-degree image on a 2D display, a user has to either click and drag the image with a mouse, or project it to a 2D panorama image, which inevitably introduces severe distortions. In consequence, investigating a 360-degree image and finding an object of interest in such a 360-degree image could be a tedious task. To resolve this issue, this paper proposes a method to find a region of interest and produces a 2D naturally looking image from a given 360-degree image that best matches a description given by a user in a natural language sentence. Our method also considers photo composition so that the resulting image is aesthetically pleasing. Our method first converts a 360-degree image to a 2D cubemap. As objects in a 360-degree image may appear distorted or split into multiple pieces in a typical cubemap, leading to failure of detection of such objects, we introduce a modified cubemap. Then our method applies a Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) network based object detection method to find a region of interest with a given natural language sentence. Finally, our method produces an image that contains the detected region, and also has aesthetically pleasing composition.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.09a
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• pp.415-418
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• 2001

The automatic construction of large, high-resolution image mosaics is an active area of reasearch in the fields of photogrammetry, computer vision, image processing, and computer graphics. In this study, we describe a automatic mosaicing method that makes a panorama from images by placing camera in a emitted-grid. In the images captured by cameras, there must be a matched area and the area is in the particular area of the image. Initial transformation matrix, there(ore, is calculated from points searched in the partial area. It is possible to find best transformation matrix by Levenberg-Marquardt method. Finally, each images are multiplied by blending function and stitched by the transformation matrix to complete panoramic image.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.127-131
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• 2007

This paper presents a new matching scheme for creating a single panoramic image from a sequence of partially overlapping images of the same object or scene. This matching scheme is based directly on the searching algorithm, using a multiscale approach to the Hooke-Jeeves algorithm. Matching scheme evaluation was performed using simulated pattern images. The proposed matching scheme reveals good results and could be effectively applied to real ultrasound applications.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.52-57
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose a panorama-based object tracking scheme for wide-view surveillance systems that can detect and track moving objects with a pan-tilt camera. A dynamic mosaic of the background is progressively integrated in a single image using the camera motion information. For the camera motion estimation, we calculate affine motion parameters for each frame sequentially with respect to its previous frame. The camera motion is robustly estimated on the background by discriminating between background and foreground regions. The modified block-based motion estimation is used to separate the background region. Each moving object is segmented by image subtraction from the mosaic background. The proposed tracking system has demonstrated good performance for several test video sequences.