• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.223-232
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• 2023

A widely used method for monitoring land cover using high-resolution satellite images is to classify the images based on the colors of the objects of interest. In urban areas, not only major objects such as buildings and roads but also vegetation such as trees frequently appear in high-resolution satellite images. However, the colors of vegetation objects often resemble those of other objects such as buildings, roads, and shadows, making it difficult to accurately classify objects based solely on color information. In this study, we propose a method that can accurately classify not only objects with various colors such as buildings but also vegetation objects. The proposed method uses the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) image, which is useful for detecting vegetation objects, along with the RGB image and classifies objects into subclasses. The subclass classification results are fused, and the final classification result is generated by combining them with the image segmentation results. In experiments using Compact Advanced Satellite 500-1 imagery, the proposed method, which applies the NDVI and subclass classification together, showed an overall accuracy of 87.42%, while the overall accuracy of the subchannel classification technique without using the NDVI and the subclass classification technique alone were 73.18% and 81.79%, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2016.06a
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• pp.207-208
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• 2016

최근 차세대 비디오 코덱 기술로써 다양하게 논의 되고 있는 영상 내 지역적 밝기 보상 기술은 다수의 광원이 존재하는 영상 내 다른 영역 마다, 다른 밝기 변화 정도를 보상해주기 위한 방법이다. 상세하게는, 현재 CU의 주변 화소와 예측 블록의 주변 화소를 이용한 보상 계수를 계산하여 현재 CU의 예측 화소에 보상을 해주는 것이다. 이 때, 보상 계수를 구하기 위한 현재 CU와 예측 블록의 주변 화소들을 서브 샘플링함에 있어서, 현재 CU의 크기에 따라서 서브 샘플링율을 차등 설정하고 이에 따른 성능 변화를 분석한다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.403-411
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• 2023

Functional ultrasound imaging, such as elasticity imaging and micro-blood flow Doppler imaging, enhances diagnostic capability by providing useful mechanical and functional information about tissues. However, the implementation of functional ultrasound imaging poses limitations such as the storage of vast amounts of data in Radio Frequency (RF) data acquisition and processing. In this paper, we propose a sub-Nyquist approach that reduces the amount of acquired axial samples for efficient shear-wave elasticity imaging. The proposed method acquires data at a sampling rate one-third lower than the conventional Nyquist sampling rate and tracks shear-wave signals through RF signals reconstructed using band-pass filtering-based interpolation. In this approach, the RF signal is assumed to have a fractional bandwidth of 67 %. To validate the approach, we reconstruct the shear-wave velocity images using shear-wave tracking data obtained by conventional and proposed approaches, and compare the group velocity, contrast-to-noise ratio, and structural similarity index measurement. We qualitatively and quantitatively demonstrate the potential of sub-Nyquist sampling-based shear-wave elasticity imaging, indicating that our approach could be practically useful in three-dimensional shear-wave elasticity imaging, where a massive amount of ultrasound data is required.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2004

We developed a new PDP gray scale implementation method on the basis of the quantized memory addressing(QMA) principle. We defined three wall charge states; 'fully-on', 'off', and 'half-on', by controlling the width of address pulses. With these three wall charge state, we were able to express 255 level gray scale with only 7 sub-fields. Furthermore, in contrast to the conventional driving methods, the sub-field combinations for any two adjacent gray levels differ by only 1 sub-field, at worst, and therefore, eliminate the dynamic false contours. Since this method use 7 sub-field, the sustain discharge Period is increased by more than $70\%$ compared to the 12 sub-field method which reduces the dynamic false contours.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.12B no.4 s.100
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• pp.379-386
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• 2005

This paper provides a rigorous theory for analysis of quantization effects and optimum filter bank design in quantized multidimensional subband filter banks. Even though subband filter design has been a hot topic for last decades, a few results have been reported on the subband filter with a quantizer. Each pdf-optimized quantizer is modeled by a nonlinear gain-plus-additive uncorrelated noise and embedded into the subband structure. Using polyphase decomposition of the analysis/synthesis filter banks, we derive the exact expression for the output mean square quantization error. Based on the minimization of the output mean square error, the technique for optimal filter design methodology is developed. Numerical design examples for optimum nonseparable paraunitary and biorthogonal filter banks are presented with a quincunx subsampling lattice. Through the simulation, $10\~20\;\%$ decreases in MSE have been observed compared with subband filter with no quantizers especially for low bit rate cases.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.11B no.4
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• pp.411-420
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• 2004

We propose a novel still image compression system, which is superior in its function than the JPEG2000 system developed by David Taubman. The system shows 40 : 1 high compression ratio using $2\times2$ bitmatrix subblock coding. The $2\times2$ bitmatrix subblock is constructed in the bitplanes by organizing the bits into subblocks composing of $2\times2$matrices. The arithmetic coding performs the high compression by the bitmatrices in the subblock. The input of the system consists of a segmentation mode and a ROI(Region Of Interest) mode. In segmentation mode, the input image is segmented into a foreground consisting of letters and a background consisting of the remaining region. In ROI mode, the input image is represented by the region of interest window. The high compression ratio shows that the proposed system is competent among the JPEG2000 products currently in the market. This system also uses gray coding to improve the compression ratio.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.155-160
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• 2006

This paper presents the hierarchical block matching algorithm using the 4 subbands of the wavelet transformation and the thresholding method. The proposed algorithm improves the PSNR performance of the reconstructed image using the 4 subbands of the wavelet transformation and reduces the computational complexity by thresholding the motion vector. The experimental results of the proposed algorithm for 'Carphone' image and 'Mother and Daughter' image show that if the thresholding value is 0, the computational complexity is increasing up to 16% and the PSNR performance of the reconstructed image improves the 0.16dB in comparison with that of the existing. hierarchical motion estimation algorithm. In addition, as the thresholding value is increasing, the computational complexity reduces up to 8% and the PSNR performance of the reconstructed image is similar.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.536-537
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• 2015

지역적으로 영상의 대비를 개선하는 알고리즘은 X-ray 영상에서 효과적인 대비 개선의 결과를 얻을 수 있는 방법이다. 그러나 일반영상과는 다른 X-ray 영상의 특성으로 과도한 개선과 인접한 지역간의 특성이 비슷하지 않은 경우가 있기 때문에 부자연스러운 결과를 발생시킨다. 본 논문은 위와 같은 문제들을 해결하기 위해 비 중첩 서브블록 기반 영상 대비 개선 알고리즘으로 각 서브블록당 대비 개선 적용 방법과 블록화 현상 제거 방법을 제안한다. 제안 대비 개선 방법은 적절한 대비 개선과 빠른 연산 결과를 보이며, 블록화 제거 방법은 자연스러운 최종 결과를 얻는다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.176-179
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• 2021

최근 딥 러닝 기법의 하나인 합성곱 신경망(Convolutional Neural Network, CNN)은 영상 잡음(Noise) 제거 분야에서 전통적인 기법보다 좋은 성능을 나타내고 있지만 학습하는 과정에서 영상 내 디테일한 부분이 손실될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 웨이블릿 변환(Wavelet Transform)을 기반으로 영상 내 디테일 정보도 같이 학습하여 영상 디테일을 향상하는 잡음 제거 합성곱 신경망 네트워크를 제안한다. 제안하는 네트워크는 디테일 향상 서브 네트워크(Detail Enhancement Subnetwork)와 영상 잡음 추출 서브 네트워크(Noise Extraction Subnetwork)를 이용하게 된다. 실험을 통해 제안하는 방법은 기존 알고리듬보다 디테일 손실 문제를 효과적으로 해결할 수 있었고 객관적 품질 평가인 PSNR(Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio)와 주관적 품질 비교에서 모두 우수한 결과가 나온 것을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.161-164
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 웨이블릿에 의한 원 영상의 주파수 성분들을 스케일링에 의한 해상도 변화를 이용하여, 여러개의 서브밴드들로 나누어질 수있다는 성질을 이용하여 각각의 서브밴드들을 이용하여 워터마크를 삽입·검출하는 기법을 제안하고 있다. 보통 디지털 워터마크는 크게 주파수 영역 워터마크와 공간 영역 워터마크의 두 가지 분야로 분류될 수 있다. 주파수 영역 워터마크는 영상 데이터를 주파수 공간으로 변환하고 그 주파수 영역들 중에서 인간의 시각에 덜 민감한 성분에 워터마크를 삽입하게 되고, 이는 인간 시각 시스템을 더 효과적으로 활용한 것으로 인간시각으로 감지할 수 없는 영역인 고주파수 성분에 워터마크를 삽입하게된다.