• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권11호
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• pp.2175-2190
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• 2011

This paper presents the effects of depth map quantization for multiview intermediate image generation using depth image-based rendering (DIBR). DIBR synthesizes multiple virtual views of a 3D scene from a 2D image and its associated depth map. However, it needs precise depth information in order to generate reliable and accurate intermediate view images for use in multiview 3D display systems. Previous work has extensively studied the pre-processing of the depth map, but little is known about depth map quantization. In this paper, we conduct an experiment to estimate the depth map quantization that affords acceptable image quality to generate DIBR-based multiview intermediate images. The experiment uses computer-generated 3D scenes, in which the multiview images captured directly from the scene are compared to the multiview intermediate images constructed by DIBR with a number of quantized depth maps. The results showed that there was no significant effect on depth map quantization from 16-bit to 7-bit (and more specifically 96-scale) on DIBR. Hence, a depth map above 7-bit is needed to maintain sufficient image quality for a DIBR-based multiview 3D system.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2014

Depth-image-based rendering is generally used in real-time 2D-to-3D conversion for 3DTV. However, inaccurate depth maps cause flickering issues between image frames in a video sequence, resulting in eye fatigue while viewing 3DTV. To resolve this flickering issue, we propose a new 2D-to-3D conversion scheme based on fast and robust depth-map generation from a 2D video sequence. The proposed depth-map generation algorithm divides an input video sequence into several cuts using a color histogram. The initial depth of each cut is assigned based on a hypothesized depth-gradient model. The initial depth map of the current frame is refined using color and motion information. Thereafter, the depth map of the next frame is updated using the difference image to reduce depth flickering. The experimental results confirm that the proposed scheme performs real-time 2D-to-3D conversions effectively and reduces human eye fatigue.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.52-62
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• 2014

입체 디스플레이 보급의 보편화가 진행됨에 따라, 입체 콘텐츠의 수요가 증가하고 있다. 이러한 증가에 맞추어 2010년도를 기점으로 2D to 3D 변환 콘텐츠가 부족한 수요를 충족시킬 대안으로 제시되었다. 그러나 입체효과만을 강조한 2D to 3D 변환콘텐츠가 생산되면서 시각적 피로도와 입체감에 대한 품질의 저하가 문제로 지적되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 2011년 개봉한 '명장 관우'에서, 13개 Scene을 선별하여 입체 변환 콘텐츠로 제작하고, 변환에 적용된 Depth-Map의 품질이 시각적 피로도와 입체감을 표현하는데 있어서, 적정성을 가지는가의 여부를 전문가 그룹을 대상으로 인터뷰 및 설문조사를 시행하였다. 움직임의 변화가 많은 영상에 적용한 Depth-Map의 구성방식은 입체변환 기술에 많이 사용되는 방법으로 전(前) 후(後)관계의 분석을 통해 계단식 구성방식으로 깊이 단계 지도를 제작하게 된다. 실험을 통하여, 본 연구에서 제시한 Depth-Map의 구성이 입체변환 콘텐츠 제작에 있어 시각적 피로도를 낮추고 입체감 향상에 타당한지에 대한 결과를 도출하였으며, 실험에 응한 전문가 그룹의 과반수이상이 긍정적인 반응을 표시하였다. 본 연구의 결과 빠른 움직임을 가지는 2D영상을 3D영상으로 변환하는데 적용한 계단식 Depth-map의 구성방식으로도 시각적 피로도를 감소시키고, 입체감 인식을 증가시키는데 효율성을 가진다는 결과를 도출하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1897-1903
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• 2011

본 논문은 2D/3D 변환을 위한 객체 추출과 깊이정보(Depth-map) 생성기법에 관한 연구이다. 2D영상을 3D로 변환하기 위해서는 영상 객체 추출, 영상 거리 인식, 영상 생성, 재보정 단계를 거치게 되는데 본 논문에서는 영상 객체 추출과 영상 거리 인식에 해당하는 깊이정보를 생성하는 방법을 제안한다. 3D 영상으로의 변환은 2D 영상에서의 객체 추출과, 추출된 객체와 주변 배경을 구별하기 위한 거리감을 할당하는 깊이정보 생성이 중요하다. 보다 정확한 객체 추출과 깊이정보를 생성하기 위해 기존의 Optical flow에서 잡음을 제거한 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법으로 2D 영상을 깊이정보가 포함된 영상으로 변환하여 영상의 깊이 정보가 추정됨을 알 수 있다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.1855-1862
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• 2010

In virtual reality, there are increasing qualitative development in service technologies for realtime interaction system development, 3- dimensional contents, 3D TV and augment reality services. These services experience difficulties to generate depth value that is essential to recover 3D space to form solidity on existing contents. Hence, research for the generation of effective depth-map using 2D is necessary. This thesis will describe a shortcoming of an existing depth-map generation for the recovery of 3D space using 2D image and will propose an enhanced depth-map generation algorithm that complements a shortcoming of existing algorithms and utilizes the definition of depth direction based on the vanishing point within image.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2016

In this study we propose a method for 3D landform reconstruction and object modeling method by generating contour lines on the map using a depth sensor which abstracts characteristics of geological layers from the depth map. Unlike the common visual camera, the depth-sensor is not affected by the intensity of illumination, and therefore a more robust contour and object can be extracted. The algorithm suggested in this paper first abstracts the characteristics of each geological layer from the depth map image and rearranges it into the proper order, then creates contour lines using the Bezier curve. Using the created contour lines, 3D images are reconstructed through rendering by mapping RGB images of the visual camera. Experimental results show that the proposed method using depth sensor can reconstruct contour map and 3D modeling in real-time. The generation of the contours with depth data is more efficient and economical in terms of the quality and accuracy.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2015

The 3D-AVC standard aims at improving coding efficiency by applying new techniques for utilizing intra, inter and view predictions. 3D video scenes are rendered with existing texture video and additional depth map. The depth map comes at the expense of increased computational complexity of the encoding process. For real-time applications, reducing the complexity of 3D-AVC is very important. In this paper, we present a fast intra mode decision algorithm to reduce the complexity burden in the 3D video system. The proposed algorithm uses similarity between texture video and depth map. The best intra prediction mode of the depth map is similar to that of the corresponding texture video. The early decision algorithm can be made on the intra prediction of depth map coding by using the coded intra mode of texture video. Adaptive threshold for early termination is also proposed. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm saves the encoding time on average 29.7% without any significant loss in terms of the bit rate or PSNR value.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2009년도 정보 및 제어 심포지움 논문집
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• pp.28-30
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• 2009

This paper describes a 3-DTIP(3-D Tour Into Picture) using depth map for a Korean classical painting being composed of persons and landscape. Unlike conventional TIP methods providing 2-D image or video, our proposed TIP can provide users with 3-D stereoscopic contents. Navigating inside a picture provides more realistic and immersive perception. The method firstly makes depth map. Input data consists of foreground object, background image, depth map, foreground mask. Firstly we separate foreground object and background, make each of their depth map. Background is decomposed into polygons and assigned depth value to each vertexes. Then a polygon is decomposed into many triangles. Gouraud shading is used to make a final depth map. Navigating into a picture uses OpenGL library. Our proposed method was tested on "Danopungjun" and "Muyigido" that are famous paintings made in Chosun Dynasty. The stereoscopic video was proved to deliver new 3-D perception better than 2-D video.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제10권9호
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• pp.351-356
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• 2012

본 논문은 단일영상의 실안개 정보와 상대적 높이 단서를 기반으로 깊이 지도를 생성하고, 이를 이용하여 2D/3D 변환을 하는 기법에 관한 연구이다. 기존의 실안개 정보만을 깊이 지도로써 이용하는 경우, 안개가 없는 영상에서 오류가 발생할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 오류를 줄이기 위해, 상대적 높이 단서 기반의 깊이 지도를 생성하고, 실안개 정보와 결합하는 방법을 제안하였다. 또한 Mean Shift Segmentation을 이용한 gray scale 영상과 실안개 정보의 깊이 지도를 결합하여 객체의 경계를 선명화함으로써 3D 영상의 품질을 향상시킬 수 있도록 하였다. 입력영상과 최종 깊이 지도를 DIBR(Depth Image Based Rendering)을 통해 좌영상과 우영상의 시점영상을 생성하고, 적청영상의 형태로 결합함으로써 3D 영상을 생성하였고, 깊이 지도간의 PSNR을 측정하여 검증하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.3558-3577
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• 2017

In 2D-to-3D video conversion process, the virtual left and right view can be generated from 2D video and its corresponding depth map by depth image based rendering (DIBR). The depth map plays an important role in conversion system, so the copyright protection for depth map is necessary. However, the provided virtual views may be distributed illegally and the depth map does not directly expose to viewers. In previous works, the copyright information embedded into the depth map cannot be extracted from virtual views after the DIBR process. In this paper, a new copyright protection scheme for the depth map is proposed, in which the copyright information can be detected from the virtual views even without the depth map. The experimental results have shown that the proposed method has a good robustness against JPEG attacks, filtering and noise.