• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.79-88
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• 2021

COVID-19 is putting the entire performance industry in a dire situation. One of the approaches to overcome this crisis is contactless performance business using video media. But, these contactless performance videos are now found to have their own issues. First, with the increasing demands for these videos, the need for higher-quality video products is also increasing. However, there are many organizations that cannot afford such an investment. Second, it is not possible to have the same unique experience of a live performance with the videos. 360-degree VR performance videos are now gaining attention as an alternative to cope with this issue. As such, the researcher reviewed the production of 360 VR performance videos in general based on the cases of the play and a children's story concert As a result, the researcher could confirm the three benefits of simulated 'live experience through a sense of reality', 'convenience of filming' and 'continuity of acting'. Also, the issues related to this approach including 'Lack of professional filming companies', 'Expensive viewing equipment', 'Absence of Platform' and 'Limitations of Camera Technology', among others have been identified, etc. Based on these findings, the researcher could propose strategies for improvement in order to utilize 360-degree VR performance videos.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.866-875
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• 2018

With the popularity of VR content, actual image based VR 360-degree video production using various shooting devices has attracted attention in recent years. Requiring a lot of work, the existing VR content production was possible only at the level of the research institute, but the recent miniaturization of cameras has made the VR actual image shooting more common to the content creators. In this paper, we compare and study various VR contents distribute in today's context and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of robust actual image-based 360 video production in terms of cost. We are to point out the disadvantages that make it difficult for existing video shooting experts to use and suggest a solution for this. The experiment shooting proved that it can be operated more manually than action cam or integrated camera and 360-degree shooting on a raw format support camera is more suitable for film type post-production.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2021.05a
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• pp.556-559
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• 2021

해당 연구는 Insta evo 360° 카메라로 촬영한 Equirectangular 형태의 영상을 활용하여 보행자에게 위험한 차량을 구분한 후 실시간적으로 차량 접근 알림을 주는 시스템에 관한 연구이다. 360° 영상 속 위험 차량 탐지와 추적을 위해 파노라마와 일반도로 이미지 데이터 세트로 전이학습 된 You Look Only Once v5 (YOLOv5), 객체 추적 알고리즘 Simple Online and Realtime Tracking with a Deep Association Metric (DeepSORT), 그리고 실험을 통해 개발한 비 위험 차량 필터링 알고리즘을 활용한다. Insta evo 360° 카메라를 머리 위에 얹어 촬영한 영상을 개발한 최종 시스템에 적용한 결과, 약 90% 정확도로 영상에서 비 위험 차량과 위험 차량을 구분할 수 있고, 위험 차량의 경우 차량의 방향을 시각적으로 알려줄 수 있다. 본 연구를 바탕으로 보행자 시야각 외부의 위험 차량에 대한 경고 알림을 주어 보행자 교통사고 발생 가능성을 줄이고, 전방위를 볼 수 있는 360° 카메라의 활용 분야가 보행 안전 시스템뿐만 아니라 더 다양해질 것으로 기대한다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.11 no.8
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• pp.767-772
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• 2016

The purpose of this paper is to develop a gimbal system installed in the UFV(unmanned flight vehicles) for 360 degree VR video. In particular, even if the UFV rotated any direction the camera position is fiexd to minimize the shaking using the gyro sensor and the camera system is stable for taking $360^{\circ}$ panorama VR images.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.896-913
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• 2018

Seam finding algorithm is one of the most important techniques to construct the high quality 360 VR image. We found that some degradations, such as ghost effect, are generated when the conventional seam finding algorithms (for examples, Voronoi algorithm, Dynamic Programming algorithm, Graph Cut algorithm) are applied, because those make the inefficient masks which cross the body of main objects. In this paper, we proposed an advanced seam finding algorithm providing the efficient masks which go through background region, instead of the body of objects. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms the conventional techniques in the viewpoint of the quality of the stitched image.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.51-52
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• 2016

최근 360 및 VR(Virtual Reality) 영상의 구성 및 전송을 위해 Facebook이 기존 메르카토르도법을 사용하는 것 대신 "Transform"의 방법을 제시하여 큐브 및 피라미드 형태로의 이미지 전송하는 방식을 발표했다. 본 논문은 이 변형기법을 기반으로, 6개의 카메라로 360VR영상을 촬영할 경우 "Transform"이 가지는 큐브 형태를 이용 기존보다 효과적이고 가벼워 실시간 스트리밍에 적합한 360VR이미지 변형법을 제안한다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.529-535
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• 2020

As the main technology of the 4th industrial revolution, immersive 360-degree video contents are drawing attention. The market size of immersive 360-degree video contents worldwide is projected to increase from $6.7 billion in 2018 to approximately $70 billion in 2020. However, most of the immersive 360-degree video contents are distributed through illegal distribution networks such as Webhard and Torrent, and the damage caused by illegal reproduction is increasing. Existing 2D video industry uses copyright filtering technology to prevent such illegal distribution. The technical difficulties dealing with immersive 360-degree videos arise in that they require ultra-high quality pictures and have the characteristics containing images captured by two or more cameras merged in one image, which results in the creation of distortion regions. There are also technical limitations such as an increase in the amount of feature point data due to the ultra-high definition and the processing speed requirement. These consideration makes it difficult to use the same 2D filtering technology for 360-degree videos. To solve this problem, this paper suggests a feature point extraction and identification technique that select object identification areas excluding regions with severe distortion, recognize objects using deep learning technology in the identification areas, extract feature points using the identified object information. Compared with the previously proposed method of extracting feature points using stitching area for immersive contents, the proposed technique shows excellent performance gain.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.39-40
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• 2018

현재의 게임 영상 작품 중에서 파괴 특수효과는 그 강렬한 충격과 놀라움으로 광범위하게 사용된다. 360도 파노라마 영상이 가져다 주는 몰입감과 공간 감각은 파괴 특수효과의 시각 충격력을 더 강화시킨다. 본 논문의 핵심은 Houdini의 RBDSolver를 통해서 연서 소재를 모의하여 사실적인 파괴 특수효과를 제작에 있으며 또한 실질적인 제작의 방식으로 작업 흐름을 표현하고 분석하는데 있다. 따라서 Houdini이 제작한 파괴 특수효과와 360도 파노라마 영상을 결합하고 거기에다 Youtube를 사용하여 표현하는 것이 이번 연구의 새로운 포인트가 된다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.335-341
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• 2018

This study is a study on effective stitching technique for video recorded by using a dual-lens $360^{\circ}$ camera composed of two fisheye lenses. First of all, this study located a problem in the result of stitching by using a bundled program. And the study was carried out, focusing on looking for a stitching technique more efficient and closer to perfect by comparatively analyzing the results of stitching by using Autopano Video Pro and Autopano Giga, professional stitching program. As a result, it was shown that the problems of bundled program were horizontal and vertical distortion, exposure and color mismatch and unsmooth stitching line. And it was possible to solve the problem of the horizontal and vertical by using Automatic Horizon and Verticals Tool of Autopano Video Pro and Autopano Giga, problem of exposure and color by using Levels, Color and Edit Color Anchors and problem of stitching line by using Mask function. Based on this study, it is to be hoped that $360^{\circ}$ VR video content closer to perfect can be produced by efficient stitching technique for video recorded by using dual-lens $360^{\circ}$ camera in the future.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.375-381
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• 2017

The America film, Beauty and Beast has grossed over 4,273,401 after being released for 21 days. The growth of movie profit in the video market is also developing rapidly. In this paper, we will focus on the PLF(Premium Large-Format) video technology, because PLF video technology can help audience to enhance the sense of 'immersion' and enjoy a different visual feast. In PLF video technology, IMAX, screen X, 360 degrees circular screen are the most important formats. By comparative analysis of these 3 formats, the biggest difference is their number of screens and appearance. Based on the result we can understand the 3 kinds of PLF platforms better and help us to make a choice between them. In addition, further research about the manufacture method of PLF technology will be discussed.