• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.415-421
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• 2014

In this paper, we proposed problem and improvement of halftoning using random space filling curve. Random space filling curve is developed as a solution for shortcoming which space filling curve has self-similarity. It is used to reduce regular pattern can be occurred in constant brightness area in order that randomness apply to scanning path. But there is a problem that some area along scanning path can show too bright result in halftoning using random space filling curve. In this paper, we analyzed cause of problem and proposed single pixel error diffusion as a solution method. This method can avoid over-accumulated error and show better result in halftoning.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.648-653
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• 2018

Analysis of a specific wavelength band of a video signal is an old research field. However, studies on the analysis of signals having the characteristics of a specific wavelength band or the generation of samples have been conducted actively in recent years. In this paper, we analyze the signal of digital halftoned image. The interpretation of halftoning in terms of signals was first made by Ulichney. We have come to the view that the signal characteristics between pixels used for half toning are good for blue noise. Lau has developed a halftoning method that uses green-noise characteristics by using output-dependent feedback as an error diffusion method. Jho has developed a method for producing halftoned images using a reaction diffusion model. In this paper, we analyze reaction diffusion halftoning in terms of signal to show green noise and compare it with existing green noise half tone.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.147-150
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• 2004

워터마킹은 디지털 영상에 저작권 정보를 삽입하여 불법복제를 막는 중요한 기술이다. 지금까지는 주로 온라인 디지털 영상에 대한 워터마크 연구가 주로 이루어져 왔다. 본 논문은 온라인이 아닌 인쇄된 영상에서의 워터마킹 기술을 다룬다. 워터마크 비트에 따라 디더링시 사용하는 임계값 패턴을 다르게 하여 인쇄 영상 안에 워터마크를 삽입한다. 워터마크의 추출은 하프토닝된 인쇄 영상을 역하프토닝하여 원래의 그레이스케일 영상으로 복원한 다음, 워터마크 삽입 때 사용한 여러 개의 디더링 임계값 패턴을 사용하여 디더링한 후, 이 결과를 원래의 하프토닝 영상과 비교하여 가장 많이 일치하는 임계값 패턴을 찾아냄으로써 추출된다. 실험을 통하여 제안된 방법이 기존의 방법보다 워터마크 추출률이 우수하며 스캐너와 프린터의 하드웨어적인 특성을 고려한 공격시에도 더 강인함을 보였다.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.984-990
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• 2009

Halftoning is very important image processing techniques in the digital printing industry which is a process of converting a continuous-tone image to bi-level tone image. In this paper we introduce a new digital halftoning method based on maze generation algorithm as a replacement algorithm of halftoning with space-filling curve. Previous error-diffusion methods based on space-filling curve suffer from regular pattern artifacts from uniform scan pattern. We use maze generation algorithm to remove this undesirable pattern of space-filling curve method.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.79-85
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• 2013

In this paper, we discussed the traditional methods of generating digital halftoning image and DCT transform. Then we propose a new and simple halftoning algorithm that is based on DCT transformation. We do the feasibility test to verify the proposed algorithm. So we assessed several images generated by adjusting weights of DCT coefficients. As a result, we got the better result for weights of the ramp function type than for weights of the step function type through experiment. As a simple application, we can apply our algorithm to the MPEG video for generating the halftoning video.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.1C
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• pp.72-80
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• 2009

Look-up table based inverse halftoning from the digital color halftone image is proposed in this paper, which uses vector adaptive filter for the nonexisting patterns in the table. Halftone image is obtained from a continuous -tone image, which can be restored into continuous one from the digital binary image by way of inverse halftoning method. Look-up table based method usually processes fast and has even performances over the various halftoning. The numbers of pixels in the pattern of table and the method how to define the table elements for each R, G, B channels can effect largely for its performance. The proposed method uses 16 pixels in the table considering the diversity of the expressions from their patterns and with memory size as well. This also proposed how to combine R, G, B channels into one. Experimental results showed the better performance in the expression of colors, better color restoration and the short processing time compared with the conventional ones.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.227-236
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• 2003

This paper proposes a modified jointly-blue noise mask (MJBNM) method using the S-CIELAB color measure as digital color halftoning method. Based on an investigation of the relation between the pattern visibility and the chromatic error, of a blue noise pattern, a halftoning method is proposed that reduces the chromatic error, while preserving a high quality blue noise pattern. Accordingly, to reduce the chrominance error, the low-pass filtered error and S-CIELAB chrominance error are both considered during the mask generation procedure and calculated for single and combined patterns. Using the calculated low-pass filtered error, the patterns are then updated by either adding or removing dots from the multiple binary patterns. Finally, the pattern exhibiting the lower S-CIELAB chrominance error is selected. Experimental results demonstrated that the proposed algorithm can produce a visually pleasing half toned image with a lower chrominance error than the JBNM method.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.43 no.1 s.307
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• pp.17-26
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• 2006

The error diffusion method is one of the digital halftoning processes that transforms the continuous-tone image to the binary image and the method has the excellent reproduction ability. However the error diffusion method using the permanent threshold has difficulty in proper binarization, so the method has the periodic pattern and is unpleasant to the eye. In this paper, to reduce defects and to binarize properly, we propose the error diffusion method using the adaptive threshold. Depending on the intensity distribution of the input gray scale image, we decided on the adaptive threshold with the average of the intensities. The error diffusion method with the adaptive threshold has the better performance than the existing method and is evaluated with experiments and comparisons.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose a new method dispersing spatially C(Cyan), M(Magenta), Y(Yellow) instead of K(black) in the bright region. The overlapping of black dots decreases brightness in the dark region, and black dots are very sensitive to human visual system in the bright region. Therefore, to avoid this problem, bright and dark gray region in the color image is considered in the proposed approach. A new method which uses CMY simultaneously in single mask is proposed, and CMY dots are used dispersing spatially for the bright region instead of black dot by this method. And tone curve connection is used to consider the gray level of dark region. In previous method, BNM (Blue Noise Mask) has high granularity and a narrow dynamic range. But the proposed method has the low granularity, wide dynamic range, and high contrast properties. Because the proposed method uses three times dots spatially in the different position than a conventional BNM, it can express more spatial information and a similar gray level compared with BNM.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.850-856
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• 2011

The error diffusion method is one of the digital halftoning methods that diffuses quantization errors of current processing pixel to neighboring pixels and get a high-quality black-white image. This method has the problematic case which partially increase or decrease summation of diffused errors in the process of diffusing the quantization error. In this paper, we analyze Floyd-Steinberg method, Jarvis-Judice-Ninke method, Stucki method, and Shiau-Fan method as a representative case of error diffusion methods and propose a solution method of this problem.