• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.27 no.10C
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• pp.912-920
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• 2002

As computer systems and communication technologies develop rapidly, CSCW(Computer Supported Collaborative Work) system appears nowadays, through which it is available to work on virtual space without any restriction of time and place. Most of CWCS systems depend on a special network and groupware. The systems of graphics and CAD are not so many because they are specified by hardware and application software. We propose a Web-based collaborative CAD system which is independent from any platforms, and develop a 3D solid modeler in the system. This system can be worked in the environment of Client/Server architecture. Clients connect to the design server through Java applet on WWW. The server is implemented by Java application.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.9-16
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• 2002

Recently, high dynamic range (HDR) compression has attracted much attention due to the wide availability of HDR images. In this paper, we present an HDR compression method using a progressive image, which is a multi-level image representation based on a progressive mesh. An HDR image can be decomposed into a base image and a sequence of details by conversion into a progressive image. This decomposition provides a good structure to highly compress the dynamic range while preserving image details. The base image and larger details are considerably scaled down but smaller details are slightly scaled down. Experimental results show that our method successfully generates HDR compressed images without halo artifacts by controlling two intuitive parameters.

• Archives of design research
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.77-86
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• 2002

3D computer applications provide various functions such as modeling, rendering, animation, lighting and so on. Lighting is the core element in that light visualizes shape and develops characteristics of surface. In spatial design, light is the most important factor in deciding color, texture and illumination level which are the basic factors of spatial design. The purpose of this study is to define the characteristics of lighting in digital space provided by the computer, based on the fact that physical space cannot be separated from digital space, and to show how light in the physical realm relates to computer graphics technologies. This study shows there are following characteristics of light in digital space; iconic light, modifiable surface, shadowless light, 2-dimensional perception, and the particulate aspect of light but not the wave aspect of light. Light in physical or digital space is capable of producing a visual sensation. The experimental space can be realized due to the lack of physics. Further study in new illumination procedures are required as computer media expands.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2000

This paper proposes a novel 3D representation of a plenoptic function that uses cylindrical maps placed on a circle. The proposed representation has an advantage over the previous one, concentric mosaics, in that it can render an object looking inward as well as looking outward of an environment. We also present an effective rendering technique for the representation that fully utilizes the depth information estimated or given for the cylindrical maps. This technique allows us to render more accurate images with novel views than point sampling or bilinear interpolation, which has been used for concentric mosaics.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.1-11
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• 2014

The quality of 2D-to-3D conversion depends on the accuracy of the assigned depth to scene objects. Manual depth painting for given objects is labor intensive as each frame is painted. Specifically, a human is one of the most challenging objects for a high-quality conversion, as a human body is an articulated figure and has many degrees of freedom (DOF). In addition, various styles of clothes, accessories, and hair create a very complex silhouette around the 2D human object. We propose an efficient method to estimate visually pleasing depths of a human at every frame in a monocular video. First, a 3D template model is matched to a person in a monocular video with a small number of specified user correspondences. Our pose estimation with sequential joint angular constraints reproduces a various range of human motions (i.e., spine bending) by allowing the utilization of a fully skinned 3D model with a large number of joints and DOFs. The initial depth of the 2D object in the video is assigned from the matched results, and then propagated toward areas where the depth is missing to produce a complete depth map. For the effective handling of the complex silhouettes and appearances, we introduce a partial depth propagation method based on color segmentation to ensure the detail of the results. We compared the result and depth maps painted by experienced artists. The comparison shows that our method produces viable depth maps of humans in monocular videos efficiently.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose haptic interfaces based on force feedback to provide a physical painting experience to virtual reality users. Through this system, the user can create surface-based painting holding a haptic stylus, while utilizing both visual feedback from the worn HMD and haptic feedback during painting. In particular, the haptic interfaces simulate the physical interaction between painting brush and painting, which can help to improve the spatial perception of users and compensate for visual feedback. This can reduce laborious drawing works to repeatedly paint strokes and therefore yield a better painting performance. As a result, users can experience more effective and realistic VR painting with this system.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.82-97
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• 1999

3차원 그래픽 렌더링은 화면상의 각 화소에 대하여 색깔뿐만 아니라 깊이 정보가지 계산해야 하기 때문에 방대한 계산량과 메모리 접근, 그리고 데이터 전송량을 필요로 하기 때문이다. 따라서 실시간 3차원 그래픽 처리를 위해서 병렬 처리 기법을 도입한다. 그러나 기존 그래픽 가속엔진은 병렬처리 기법으로 영상-병렬성을 이용한 화면 분할 방식을 사용하기 때문에 크게 두 가지 단점이 발생한다. 첫 번재는 화면 영역의 경게에 위치하는 다각형들에 대한 중복계산이고, 두 번째는 낮은 PE(Processing Element) 활용도이다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위한 방법으로 객체 기반 렌더링(OBR : Object Based Rendering)방식을 바탕으로 하는 그래픽 가속엔진을 제안하였다. OBR 시스템의 목적은 화면 분할 방식의 불필요한 오버헤드를 제거하여 수행 성능을 높이고, 자원을 효율적으로 사용하여 하드웨어 구성비용을 줄이는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 시뮬레이션을 통하여 OBR 시스템이 화면 분할 방식의 대표적인 그래픽 가속기인 PixelFlow와의 성능을 상대적으로 비교하였다. 결론적으로 OBR 시스템은 화면 분할 방식보다 더 적은 하드웨어 자원으로 보다 효율적으로 렌더링을 수해하였다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.112-122
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• 2020

In 3D computer graphics, a depth map is an image that provides information related to the distance from the viewpoint to the subject's surface. Stereo sensors, depth cameras, and imaging systems using an active illumination system and a time-resolved detector can perform accurate depth measurements with their own light sources. The 3D image information obtained through the depth map is useful in 3D modeling, autonomous vehicle navigation, object recognition and remote gesture detection, resolution-enhanced medical images, aviation and defense technology, and robotics. In addition, the depth map information is important data used for extracting and restoring multi-view images, and extracting phase information required for digital hologram synthesis. This study is oriented toward a recent research trend in deep learning-based 3D data analysis methods and depth map information extraction technology using a convolutional neural network. Further, the study focuses on 3D image processing technology related to digital hologram and multi-view image extraction/reconstruction, which are becoming more popular as the computing power of hardware rapidly increases.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.68-72
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• 2013

We developed an SD-OCT (Spectral Domain-Optical Coherence Tomography) system which uses a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) for processing. The image size from the SD-OCT system is $1024{\times}512$ and the speed is 110 frame/sec in real-time. K-domain linearization, FFT (Fast Fourier Transform), and log scaling were included in the GPU processing. The signal processing speed was about 62 ms using a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and 1.6 ms using a GPU, which is 39 times faster. We performed an in-vivo retinal scan, and reconstructed a 3D visualization based on C-scan images. As a result, there were minimal motion artifacts and we confirmed that tomograms of blood vessels, the optic nerve, and the optic disk are clearly identified. According to the results of this study, this SD-OCT can be applied to real-time 3D display technology, particularly auxiliary instruments for eye operations in ophthalmology.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.65-74
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• 2021

3D reconstruction means that reconstructing the 3D shape of the object in an image and a video. We proposed a progressive occupancy network architecture that can recover not only the overall shape of the object but also the local details. Unlike the original occupancy network, which uses a feature vector embedding information of the whole image, we extract and utilize the different levels of image features depending on the receptive field size. We also propose a novel network architecture that applies the image features sequentially to the decoder blocks in the decoder and improves the quality of the reconstructed 3D shape progressively. In addition, we design a novel decoder block structure that combines the different levels of image features properly and uses them for updating the input point feature. We trained our progressive occupancy network with ShapeNet. We compare its representation power with two prior methods, including prior occupancy network(ONet) and the recent work(DISN) that used different levels of image features like ours. From the perspective of evaluation metrics, our network shows better performance than ONet for all the metrics, and it achieved a little better or a compatible score with DISN. For visualization results, we found that our method successfully reconstructs the local details that ONet misses. Also, compare with DISN that fails to reconstruct the thin parts or occluded parts of the object, our progressive occupancy network successfully catches the parts. These results validate the usefulness of the proposed network architecture.