• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.379-380
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• 2009

히스토그램 스트레칭이나 히스토그램 균등화 등 기존 대비 향상 기법들과 히스토그램 균등화 기반의 수많은 방법들은 저대비에 소수의 화소들이 넓게 퍼져 있는 영상에 대해서 만족할만한 결과를 내지 못한다. 따라서 본 논문은 군집화 방법을 이용한 새로운 영상 대비 향상 기법을 제안한다. 히스토그램의 군집수는 원영상의 히스토그램을 분석하여 얻을 수 있다. 히스토그램 성분들을 K-means 알고리즘을 이용하여 군집화한다. 그리고 히스토그램 군집 범위와 군집의 화소수 비율을 비교하여 히스토그램 스트레칭과 히스토그램 균등화를 선택적으로 적용한다. 실험 결과로부터 제안한 방법이 기존의 대비 향상 기법들보다 더 효과적임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.631-633
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• 2002

본 논문은 대용량 클러스터 기반의 웹 서버 상에서 새로운 내용 기반 부하 분산 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 웹 서버 로그의 URL 항목에 해시 함수를 적용하여 얻어지는 해시 값에 요청 빈도와 전송될 과일 크기를 누적하여 히스토그램을 생성한다. 그 결과로 생성된 히스토그램의 누적 분포에 히스토그램 균등화 변환함수를 적용하여 각각의 서버 노드에 해시 값에 따라 분포하는 부하를 균등하게 할당할 수 있다. 제안된 부하 분산 기법의 효율성 검증을 위한 시뮬레이션에서 히스토그램 균등화 기법은 서버의 지역적인 캐시 활용과 부하의 균등분산 등의 장점으로 우수한 성능을 나타냄을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.369-372
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• 2002

본 논문은 대용량 클러스터 기반의 웹 서버를 위한 새로운 내용 기반 부하 분산 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 웹 서버 로그의 URL 항목에 해시 함수를 적용하여 얻어지는 해시 값에 요청 빈도와 전송될 파일 크기를 누적하여 히스토그램을 생성한다. 그 결과로 생성된 히스토그램의 누적 분포에 히스토그램 균등화 변환함수를 적용하여 각각의 서버 노드에 해시 값에 따라 분포하는 부하를 균등하게 할당할 수 있다. 제안된 부하 분산 기법의 효율성 검증을 위한 시뮬레이션에서 히스토그램 균등화 기법은 서버의 지역적인 캐시 활용과 부하의 균등 분산 등의 장점으로 우수한 성능을 나타냄을 보인다.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.239-244
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• 2009

Image contrast enhancement has an important role in image processing applications. Conventional contrast enhancement techniques, histogram stretching and histogram equalization, and many methods based on histogram equalization often fail to produce satisfactory results for broad variety of low-contrast images. So, this paper proposes a new image contrast enhancement method based on the clustering method. The number of cluster of histogram is found by analysing the histogram of original image. The histogram components is classified using K-means algorithm. And then these histogram components are performed histogram stretching and histogram equalization selectively by comparing cluster range with pixel rate of cluster. From the expremental results, the proposed method was more effective than conventional contrast enhancement techniques.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1231-1236
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• 2006

The contrast control of images with narrow dynamic range is a simple method among enhancement methods for low intensity of image. Histogram equalization is the most common method for this purpose, which stretches the dynamic range of intensity Conventional methods would fail to enhance images with extremely dark and bright regions, because of not considering the shape of histogram. In this paper, we propose a novel adaptive histogram equalization based on histogram matching with multiple Gaussian transformation function. As a result, output images with a couple of peaks of histogram could be improved and the details such as edges in dark regions could be appeared better than conventional method subjectively.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.1117-1124
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• 2018

Contrast enhancement plays an important role in various computer vision systems, since their usability can be improved with visibility enhancement of the images affected by weather and lighting conditions. This paper introduces a histogram modification algorithm that reflects the properties of original images in order to eliminate the saturation effect and washed-out of image details due to the over-enhancement. Our method modifies the original histogram so that an additive term fill histogram pits and the gamma correction suppresses histogram spikes. The parameters for the additive term and gamma correction are adjusted automatically according to statistical properties of the images. Experimental results for various low contrast and hazy images demonstrate that the proposed contrast enhancement improves visibility and reduces haze components effectively, while preserving the characteristics of original images, than the conventional methods.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.4475-4481
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• 2014

A histogram equalization method have been used traditionally for the image enhancement of low quality images. This uses the transformation function, which is a cumulative density function of an input image, and it has mathematically maximum entropy. This method, however, may yield whitening artifacts. This paper proposes the weighted histogram equalization method based on histogram equalization. It has Weber-Fechner's law for a human's vision characteristics, and a dynamic range modification to solve the problem of some methods, which yield a transformation function, regardless of the input image. Finally, the proposed transformation function was calculated using the weighted average of Weber-Fechner and the histogram equalization transformation functions in a modified dynamic range. The simulation results showed that the proposed algorithm effectively enhances the contrast in terms of the subjective quality. In addition, the proposed method has similar or higher entropy than the other conventional approaches.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.285-297
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 특정한 객체의 색 분포 모델링으로부터 얻어지는 가중 색 히스토그램과 지배적인 색의 영상공간 분포특성을 이용한 내용기반 영상 검색 방법을 제안한다. 특정한 객체의 예로 사람 얼굴을 선택했고, 그것의 색 분포를 u*-v* 색도 공간에서 모델링 했으며, 모델의 정규화된 부피를 균등 양자화된 색도 공간의 각 빈(bin)의 히스토그램 값에 대한 가중치로 결정하고, 결정된 가중치를 히스토그램 정합 과정에 적용하였다. 또한 색 히스토그램 값이 큰 특정한 수의 빈으로 정의되는 지배적인 색의 영상 공간 분포를 가중 색 히스토그램과 함께 유사성의 측정기준으로 사용하였다. 제안한 검색 방법을 500여개의 영상에 대해 실험한 결과 제안한 방법이 얼굴을 포함하는 영상을 질의로 주었을 때 얼굴을 포함하는 영상을 우선적으로 찾는데 효과적임을 확인하였다.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.16B no.4
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• pp.263-270
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• 2009

Histogram Equalization (HE) is a very popular technique for enhancing the contrast of an image. HE stretches the dynamic range of an image using the cumulative distribution function of a given input image, therefore improving its contrast. However, HE has a well-known problem : when HE is applied for the contrast enhancement, there is a significant change in brightness. To resolve this problem, we propose An Adaptive Contrast Enhancement Algorithm using Subhistogram Area-Ratioed Histogram Redistribution, a new method that helps reduce excessive contrast enhancement. This proposed algorithm redistributes the dynamic range of an input image using its mean luminance value and the ratio of sub-histogram area. Experimental results show that by this redistribution, the significant change in brightness is reduced effectively and the output image is able to preserve the naturalness of an original image even if it has a poor histogram distribution.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.2192-2200
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose an efficient vehicle image compensation algorithm based on Histogram Equalization. The proposed a vehicle image compensation algorithm was elimination to the vehicle image shake using motion compensation and motion estimation. And, algorithm was calculated the histogram of pixel values from each sub-image by dividing the image as the constant size areas in order to image enhancement. Also, it had enhancement to the image by adjusting the gradient. The proposed algorithm was evaluate the difference between of performance and time, image by applied to the IP, and were confirmed the image enhancement with removing of vehicle camera image shake. In this paper, the proposed vehicle image enhancement algorithm was demonstrated effectiveness when compared to existing vehicle image stabilization, because the elimination of shake for the vehicle images used real-time processing without using a memory. And it was obtained the reduction effect of the computation time by the calculated through block matching, and obtained the better restoration result for naturalness of the image with the lowest noise.