• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.14-17
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• 2010

Following the proliferation of three-dimensional video contents and displays, many terrestrial broadcasting companies prepare for starting stereoscopic 3DTV service. In terrestrial stereoscopic broadcast, it is a difficult task to code and transmit two video sequences while sustaining as high quality as 2DTV broadcast attains due to the limited bandwidth defined by the existing digital TV standards such as ATSC. Thus, a terrestrial 3DTV broadcasting system with heterogeneous video coding systems is considered for terrestrial 3DTV broadcast where the left image and right images are based on MPEG-2 and H.264/AVC, respectively, in order to achieve both high quality broadcasting service and compatibility for the existing 2DTV viewers. Without significant change in the current terrestrial broadcasting systems, we propose a joint rate control scheme for stereoscopic 3DTV service. The proposed joint rate control scheme applies to the MPEG-2 encoder a quadratic rate-quantization model which is adopted in the H.264/AVC. Then the controller is designed for the sum of two bit streams to meet the bandwidth requirement of broadcasting standards while the sum of image distortions is minimized by adjusting quantization parameter computed from the proposed optimization scheme. Besides, we also consider a condition on quality difference between the left and right images in the optimization. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed bit rate control scheme outperforms the rate control method where each video coding standard uses its own bit rate control algorithm in terms of minimizing the mean image distortion as well as the mean value and the variation of absolute image quality differences.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.951-961
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• 2011

This paper proposes a signaling and multiplexing mechanism in service-compatible 3DTV broadcasting for guaranteeing backward-compatibility with legacy DTV. Recently, 3DTV experimental broadcasting services are being developed around advanced countries and the standardization of service-compatible 3DTV broadcasting which is able to provide high-quality stereoscopic videos in progress. Based on experimental results, we confirm that proposed method can be used as a common technology and a reference model for stereoscopic video transmission over terrestial, satellite and cable DTV platforms in 3DTV broadcasting service and system development.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.750-761
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• 2011

Currently, 3DTV technologies are being developed as the future services of the HD digital broadcast environment. As one of the various research topics to apply 3DTV technologies to the conventional broadcasting network, methods to configure stereoscopic videos are being studied. In this paper, we proposed a method to broadcast high quality stereoscopic videos based on analysis of a method to add a stereoscopic descriptor to the PMT of MPEG-2 transport streams and a method to transmit stereoscopic videos by the expansion of MPEG-C part 3 which are from precedent studies. The proposed technique maintains compatibility with conventional MPEG-2 transport streams by showing only reference video for models that do not support 3D broadcasting. Therefore, the compatibility between conventional broadcasting and stereoscopic videos should make this method useful when activating 3D services in the communications and broadcasting area

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.216-225
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• 2011

Following the proliferation of three-dimensional video contents and displays, many terrestrial broadcasting companies have been preparing for stereoscopic 3DTV service. In terrestrial stereoscopic broadcast, it is a difficult task to code and transmit two video sequences while sustaining as high quality as 2DTV broadcast due to the limited bandwidth defined by the existing digital TV standards such as ATSC. Thus, a terrestrial 3DTV broadcasting with a heterogeneous video codec system, where the left image and right images are based on MPEG-2 and H.264/AVC, respectively, is considered in order to achieve both high quality broadcasting service and compatibility for the existing 2DTV viewers. Without significant change in the current terrestrial broadcasting systems, we propose a joint rate control scheme for stereoscopic 3DTV service based on the heterogeneous dual codec systems. The proposed joint rate control scheme applies to the MPEG-2 encoder a quadratic rate-quantization model which is adopted in the H.264/AVC. Then the controller is designed for the sum of the left and right bitstreams to meet the bandwidth requirement of broadcasting standards while the sum of image distortions is minimized by adjusting quantization parameter obtained from the proposed optimization scheme. Besides, we consider a condition on maintaining quality difference between the left and right images around a desired level in the optimization in order to mitigate negative effects on human visual system. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed bit rate control scheme outperforms the rate control method where each video coding standard uses its own bit rate control algorithm independently in terms of the increase in PSNR by 2.02%, the decrease in the average absolute quality difference by 77.6% and the reduction in the variance of the quality difference by 74.38%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.92-95
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• 2012

대한민국에서 3DTV 방송서비스는 더 이상 '미래방송서비스'가 아니다. EBS는 올해 4월 지상파 DTV 주파수에서 세계최초로 2D/3D 혼용방송서비스를 실시하였으며, 오는 10월 15일에는 APC(Automatic Program Controller)와 연동하여 방송스케줄에 따라 자동으로 3D 방송을 송출하는 시스템을 구축하여 2차 시범방송을 진행할 예정이다. 이렇게 3D 방송을 위한 기술적 준비는 차근차근 이루어지고 있음에 반하여, 3D 방송서비스에 대한 시청자의 호응은 그다지 크지 않다. 이것은 방송되는 3D 콘텐츠의 양과 질이 부족하기 때문으로 풀이된다. 이 같은 3D 방송서비스의 장애요소에 착안하여, 본 논문에서는 3D 콘텐츠 제작효율을 높이고, 만들어지는 3D 방송콘텐츠의 품질을 높이기 위한 하나의 방법으로서, 제작현장에서 활용할 수 있는 3D 콘텐츠 제작과 밀접한 관련이 있는 새로운 참조지표인 '입체충실도(Depth Fidelity)'를 정의하여 제안하고자 한다. 입체충실도를 도출하기 위해 우선 양안식(兩眼式) 3D 입체영상의 특징을 분석하였고, 시청자 체감 가상깊이를 계산하여 활용하였다. 또한 연구를 통해 도출한 입체충실도 계산 알고리즘이 적용된 EBS 입체계산기(Stereoscopic Calculator) 애플리케이션을 개발하여 안드로이드 스마트폰에서 이용할 수 있도록 함으로써, 카메라감독과 프로듀서 등 방송제작 현업 스태프들이 연구결과를 활용할 수 있도록 했다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.911-923
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• 2012

Recently, 3DTV and 3D displays have been released in the market. Accordingly, the production of stereoscopic images has gained much interest. Stereoscopic image being composed of left and right images are currently delivered to viewers without any modifications. The researches on the enhancement of depth perception using high-frequency components and the re-production of natural color by color compensation have been carried out for 2D images. The application of such 2D technologies to 3D stereoscopic images is an aim of this paper. This paper proposes the enhancement of 3D perception by color transformation. For this, we propose a stereo matching method for obtaining a depth map and two color transformation methods such as contrast transformation and background darkening. The effectiveness of the proposed method was verified through experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.128-130
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• 2013

양안식 3DTV 비디오의 효율적인 압축을 위해 다양한 기술들이 연구되었으며, 그 중 좌우영상으로 상이한 해상도의 영상을 사용하는 비대칭 양안식 영상은 인간의 시각시스템이 상이한 해상도의 양안식 양상을 높은 쪽 영상의 품질에 가깝게 인지하는 특성을 이용한 대표적인 비트레이트를 절감 방식이다. 이에 다양한 연구에서 좌우해상도 차이에 따른 화질 저하 정도를 측정하려는 시도가 이루어졌으나, 기존 연구에서는 적정 시청거리를 고려하지 않고 좌우 영상의 크기만을 고려하여 실험하였으며 따라서 각 연구별로 상이한 실험 결과가 도출되었다. 본 연구에서는 인간의 시각 시스템을 고려하여 적정 시청거리를 계산하고, 이에 따라 좌우영상 비율 별 화질평가를 수행하였다. 특히 본 연구에서는 좌영상을 IID급 방송콘텐츠로 가정하고, 우영상을 모바일 방송콘텐츠로 가정함으로써, 실험 결과의 방송 서비스 활용가능성을 높였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.838-846
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• 2016

The objective of digital broadcasting has evolved from providing a plain video service to offering a realistic visual experience. Technologies such as 3DTV and UHDTV have been suggested to achieve this new objective by providing an immersive and stereoscopic visual experience. However, owing to the high bandwidth requirements of such services, the broadcasting industry has faced a challenge to find a new transport mechanism for overcoming the bandwidth limitation. The standardization organizations, the Advanced Television Systems Committee, Digital Video Broadcasting, and Telecommunications Technology Association, have been working on the integration of broadcasting and a broadband network (IP) to resolve the bandwidth issue of realistic video services. This paper introduces a frame-level timeline synchronization and transport system target decoder model for providing a stable 3DTV service over a hybrid network. The experimental results indicate that the proposed technologies can be successfully adopted as a reference model in a broadcast-broadband hybrid 3DTV service and other IP-associated hybrid broadcasting services.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.211-218
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• 2002

This paper introduces the HD 3DTV camera and 3DTV receiver that are compatible with the ATSC HDTV broadcasting system. The developed 3DTV camera is based on stereoscopic techniques, and it has control function to control both left and right zoom lens simultaneously and to control the vergence. Moreover, in order to control the vergence manually and to eliminate the synchronization problem of the both images, the 3DTV camera has the 3DTV video multiplexing function to combine the left and right images into the single image. The developed 3DTV signal, and it has the various analog/digital interfaces. The performance of the developed system is confirmed by shooting the selected soccer game in 2002 FIFA KOREA/JAPANTM World Cup and by broadcasting the match. The HD 3DTV camera and receiver will be applied to the 3DTV industries such as 3D movie, 3D game, 3D image processing, 3DTV broadcasting system, and so on.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.471-482
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• 2011

This paper introduces an development of high-definition(HD) 3DTV experimental broadcasting system and its experimental service that has been launched via three broadcasting network including terrestrial, cable and satellite in the late of 2010. This 3DTV experimental broadcasting service employs an innovative 3DTV broadcasting mechanism, called as dual stream method in which left and right images are encoded by using each video encoder and multiplexed using MPEG-2 system technology for guaranteeing backward-compatibility with legacy DTV. This paper specifically describes the developed experimental broadcasting system, concentrating on 3DTV re-multiplexer and 3DTV receiver. Finally, implementation and terrestrial 3DTV experimental broadcasting service results will be introduced from the point of objective and subjective evaluation.