• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.10a
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• pp.665-667
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• 2017

가상현실은 4차 산업 혁명의 키워드 중에 하나이다. 가상현실은 인간이 시간, 공간의 제약으로 인해 경험하지 못하는 것들을 새로운 플랫폼으로 경험하게 해주어 시간, 공간의 제약과 환경의 제약을 극복하게 해준다. 현재 게임으로 한정된 VR 콘텐츠를 사용자들이 촬영한 360도 동영상으로 보완할 수 있기 때문에 국내외 대기업에서도 360도 VR 동영상에 공을 들이고 있다. 특히, 360도 VR동영상은 방송, 쇼핑, 관광 등에 활용하기에 적합하여 관련 분야의 기업에서 360도 동영상을 활용하면 효율적인 비즈니스가 가능하다. 그러나 아직 국내에서는 본격적으로 360도 동영상 콘텐츠를 활용한 사례가 거의 없다. 본 연구에서는 360도 VR동영상에 대해 고찰하고 호텔기업에 활용 할 것을 제안하고 분석한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.143-144
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• 2018

360 비디오는 VR 응용의 확산과 함께 몰입형 미디어로 주목 받고 있으며, JVET(Joint Video Experts Team)에서 post-HEVC 로 진행중인 VVC(Versatile Video Coding)에 360 비디오 부호화도 함께 고려하고 있다. 360 비디오 부호화를 위하여 변환된 2D 영상은 투영 면(face) 간의 불연속성과 비활성 영역이 존재할 수 있으며 이는 부호화 효율을 저하시키는 원인이 된다. 본 논문에서는 SSP(Segmented Projection)에서의 이러한 불연속성과 비활성 영역을 줄이는 효율적인 기하학적 패딩(padding) 기법을 제시한다. 실험결과 제안 기법은 복사에 의한 패딩을 사용하는 기존 SSP 대비 주관적 화질이 향상된 것을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.549-558
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• 2018

We designed and implemented streaming server based on MEPG DASH, which is able to provide high quality video with low-latency live streaming service like 360 VR video on the existing cable network via low-spec media service devices such as IPTV and OTT(Over the Top) SettopBox. We also designed and applied management process which is cable of supporting services by cashing streaming video file(MPD, Segment Files) to reduce the server response delay time. Further more, we confimred that it is also able to provide high quality of tiled video streaming with over 50,000kbps bitrate and 8K@60P through the experiment.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.1293-1300
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• 2018

The $360^{\circ}$ video has a lot of image information and usefulness; however, the position of the audio source judged by hearing is different from the position on the screen. Therefore, human feels tired, the immersion decrease and user cant watch the video for Moreer time. In this paper, the concordance rate of the video and the audio localization is defined. The rate is expressed in a percentage. It means how much the system makes the sound localization real according to the position of the source on the screen. With this rate, the audio localization performance of immersive audio producing and playing system can be evaluated. It will be helpful for developers to make the higher performance system and expected to contribute to make makinguality system with reality.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.89-94
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• 2020

This study attempted to investigate cognitive load, vividness, and cybersickness in nursing students, in the last year of nursing college, who used a 360-degree video content for studying intravenous fluid infusion, one of the core fundamental nursing skills. The aim was to determine the correlation between the variables, and to decide whether the 360-degree video content can be used as an effective supplementary educational material in the regular curricula. This study, a descriptive research, was conducted from October 31, 2019 to November 14, 2019. The participants in this study were 64 students in the 4th year of nursing college at a university located in B City, South Korea. They were instructed to watch a 360-degree video content for intravenous infusion using a Samsung Head Mounted Display (HMD) while ensuring the safety of the students. The results showed that the scores, out of 7 points, for material design, self-evaluation, and physical effort for cognitive load in nursing students were 5.93±0.71, 5.92±0.71, and 5.64±0.74 points, respectively. In addition, the scores, out of 7 points, for mental effort and task difficulty were 2.55±1.08 and 1.94±0.75 points, respectively, and the scores for vividness and cybersickness in the participants were 5.82±0.84, and 2.57±0.98 points, respectively. Physical effort, self-evaluation, and material design for cognitive load in the participants were positively correlated with vividness (r=.379, r=.458, r=.507). In addition, mental effort for cognitive load was positively correlated with cybersickness (r=.684), whereas self-evaluation and material design were negatively correlated with cybersickness (r=-.388, r=-.343). Based on the results of this study, we believe that the 360-degree video content for intravenous fluid infusion can be used as an educational medium in regular and non-regular curricula. In addition, future studies are needed to specifically develop and verify teaching and learning methods on how to apply 360-degree video contents..

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.233-240
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to provide a 360-degree video on intensive care unit admission guidance to family members admitted to the intensive care unit, and then to identify anxiety, safety perception, and satisfaction. This study was a single-group pre-post design, and the data collection period was from October 1, 2020 to August 30, 2021. The subjects of this study were 19 people who applied 360 degree hospitalization guide video. For data analysis, SPSS WIN 24.0 program was used, and real number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum value, maximum value, and Wilcoxon signed rank test were used. The subjects' anxiety before intervention was an average score of 6.21±2.30 and the anxiety after intervention was an average score of 3.95±2.46, which was statistically significant (z=4.13, p<.001). The safety consciousness of the subjects before the intervention was an average of 4.08±0.39 and the safety consciousness after the intervention was an average of 4.54±0.48, which was statistically significant (z=5.00, p=.001). The highest level of satisfaction with the 360-degree hospitalization guidance image of the subjects was 4.58±0.51 and the lowest was 4.16±0.96. In this study, when 360-degree hospitalization guide video was applied, there was a difference in anxiety and safety perception, and satisfaction was high. Based on the research results, various programs for guardian education can be developed and utilized in the future.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.3165-3181
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• 2019

Spherical videos, which are also called 360-degree videos, have become increasingly popular due to the rapid development of virtual reality technology. However, the large amount of data in such videos is a huge challenge for existing transmission system. To use the existing encode framework, it should be converted into a 2D image plane by using a specific projection format, e.g. the equi-rectangular projection (ERP) format. The existing high-efficiency video coding standard (HEVC) can effectively compress video content, but its enormous computational complexity makes the time spent on compressing high-frame-rate and high-resolution 360-degree videos disproportionate to the benefits of compression. Focusing on the ERP format characteristics of 360-degree videos, this work develops a fast decision algorithm for predicting the coding unit depth interval and adaptive mode decision for intra prediction mode. The algorithm makes full use of the video characteristics of the ERP format by dealing with pole and equatorial areas separately. It sets different reference blocks and determination conditions according to the degree of stretching, which can reduce the coding time while ensuring the quality. Compared with the original reference software HM-16.16, the proposed algorithm can reduce time consumption by 39.3% in the all-intra configuration, and the BD-rate increases by only 0.84%.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.848-859
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• 2022

This paper presents a novel 360-degree video streaming system for large-scale immersive displays and its ongoing implementation. Recent VR systems aim to provide a service for a single viewer on HMD. However, the proposed 360-degree video streaming system enables multiple viewers to explore immersive contents on a large-scale immersive display. The proposed 360-degree video streaming system is being developed in 3 research phases, with the final goal of providing 6DoF. Currently, the phase 1: implementation of the 3DoF 360-degree video streaming system prototype is finished. The implemented prototype employs subpicture-based viewport-dependent streaming technique, and it achieved bit-rate saving of about 80% and decoding speed up of 543% compared to the conventional viewport-independent streaming technique. Additionally, this paper demonstrated the implemented prototype on UCSB AlloSphere, the large-scale instrument for immersive media art exhibition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2019.06a
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• pp.140-143
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 사용자 시점에 대응하는 고화질 360 비디오 제공을 위해 다시점 360 비디오 중복성 제거기법을 적용하고 잔여 비디오를 하나의 영상으로 병합하여 압축 후 전송하는 시스템을 구현한다. 사용자 움직임 적응적 360 비디오 스트리밍을 지원하는 three degrees of freedom plus (3DoF+)를 위한 시스템은 다시점에서 촬영된 다수의 고화질 360 비디오 전송을 요구한다. 이에 대한 방안으로 다시점 비디오 간 중복성 제거를 위한 3D warping 을 기반으로 하는 뷰 간 중복성 제거 기술과 비디오 복원에 필요한 타일들만 추출 및 병합해주는 잔여 뷰 병합 기술에 대한 구현 내용을 설명한다. 제안된 시스템을 기반으로 다시점 360 비디오 전송을 수행하면, 기존 high-efficiency video coding (HEVC)을 사용하여 전송했을 때 대비 최대 20.14%의 BD-rate 감소가 가능함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.1329-1336
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• 2016

This paper develops a 360 degree video system using multiple off-the-shelf webcams and a set of embedded boards. Existing 360 degree cameras have shortcomings that they do not support real-time video generation since recorded videos should be copied to computers or smartphones which then provide stitching. Another shortcoming is that wide FoV(Field of View) cameras are not able to provide sufficiently high resolution. Moreover, resulting images are visually distorted bending straight lines. By employing an array of 65 degree FoV webcams, we were able to generate videos on the spot and achieve over 6K resolution with much less distortion. We describe the configuration and algorithms of the proposed system. The performance evaluation results of our early stage prototype system are presented.