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Multiple-Classifier Combination based on Image Degradation Model for Low-Quality Image Recognition

저화질 영상 인식을 위한 화질 저하 모델 기반 다중 인식기 결합

  • Received : 2010.01.08
  • Accepted : 2010.04.27
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a multiple classifier combination method based on image degradation modeling to improve recognition performance on low-quality images. Using an image degradation model, it generates a set of classifiers each of which is specialized for a specific image quality. In recognition, it combines the results of the recognizers by weighted averaging to decide the final result. At this time, the weight of each recognizer is dynamically decided from the estimated quality of the input image. It assigns large weight to the recognizer specialized to the estimated quality of the input image, but small weight to other recognizers. As the result, it can effectively adapt to image quality variation. Moreover, being a multiple-classifier system, it shows more reliable performance then the single-classifier system on low-quality images. In the experiment, the proposed multiple-classifier combination method achieved higher recognition rate than multiple-classifier combination systems not considering the image quality or single classifier systems considering the image quality.

본 논문에서는 화질 저하 모델에 기반한 다중 인식기 결합을 이용하여 저화질 영상에 대한 인식 성능을 개선하기 위한 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 화질 저하 모델을 이용해 특정 화질에 각각 특화된 복수의 인식기들을 생성한다. 인식 과정에서는 인식기들의 결과를 가중 평균에 의해 결합함으로써 최종 결과를 결정한다. 이 때, 각 인식기의 가중치는 입력 영상의 화질 추정 결과에 따라 동적으로 결정된다. 입력 영상의 화질에 특화된 인식기에는 큰 가중치를, 그렇지 않은 인식기에는 작은 가중치를 지정한다. 그 결과, 입력 영상의 화질 변이에 효과적으로 적응할 수 있다. 뿐만 아니라, 복수의 인식기를 사용하기 때문에 저화질 영상에 대하여 단일 인식 시스템보다 더욱 안정적인 성능을 나타낸다. 제안하는 다중 인식기 결합 방법은 화질을 고려하지 않은 다중 인식기 결합 방법이나, 화질을 고려한 단일 인식 방법과 비교하여 더 높은 인식률을 보였다.

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