• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.10 no.11
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• pp.1439-1445
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose a fast motion estimation algorithm using initial matching errors by sorting square sub-blocks to find complex sub-block area adaptively based on partial calculation of SAD(sum of absolute difference) while keeping the same prediction quality compared with the PDE(partial distortion elimination) algorithm. We reduced unnecessary calculations with square sub-block adaptive matching scan based initial SAD calculation of square sub-block in each matching block. Our algorithm reduces about 45% of computations for block matching error compared with conventional PDE(partial distortion elimination) algorithm without any degradation of prediction quality, and for algorithm will be useful to real-time video coding applications using MPEG-4 AVC or MPEG-2.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.159-172
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• 2018

In many epidemiological studies, missing values in the outcome arise due to censoring. Such censoring is what makes survival analysis special and differentiated from other analytical methods. There are many methods that deal with censored data in survival analysis. However, few studies have dealt with missing covariates in survival data. Furthermore, studies dealing with missing covariates are rare when data are clustered. In this paper, we conducted a simulation study to compare results of several missing data methods when data had clustered multi-structured type with missing covariates. In this study, we modeled unknown baseline hazard and frailty with Bayesian B-Spline to obtain more smooth and accurate estimates. We also used prior information to achieve more accurate results. We assumed the missing mechanism as MAR. We compared the performance of five different missing data techniques and compared these results through simulation studies. We also presented results from a Multi-Center study of Korean IBD patients with Crohn's disease(Lee et al., Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology, 28, 188-194, 2012).

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.142-150
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• 2004

MPEG-4 AVC is an international video coding standard that is being developed. The standardization is mainly targeted at a very high compression ratio. MPEG-4 AVC is a general video coding technology that may be used in various applications. Therefore, MPEG-4 AVC needs an efficient rate control method to be applied in various communication environments. This paper is based on the rate control method that considers human visual characteristic. In this paper, we propose the constant bit rate control method using adaptive quantization and scene change detection. Experiments performed using various test images and experimentation results exhibits a favorable performance over existing rate control methods.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.36S no.4
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• pp.83-92
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 Jue Chang 과 John R. Glover 가 1993년에 제안한 회귀적 적응 주기 신호 검출기[1]를 소개하고 이를 구현하기 위한 최적의 실시간 알고리즘을 제안하여 회귀적 주기 신호 검출기의 실용적인 응용 예를 제시하였다. 회귀적 적응 주기신호 검출기(FALE:Feedback Adaptive Line Enhancer)는 기존의 적응 주기 신호 검출기에 회귀 경로를 달아줌으로써, 필터 차수를 같게 했을 때 낮은 신호 대 잡음비 환경 하에서 더 높은 필터 이득과 더 낮은 추정 오차를 얻을 수 있다. 회귀 경로를 통해 들어오는 필터 출력 신호는 회귀 이득 상수 값에 따라 전체 시스템의 성능이 달라지므로 최적의 회귀 이득 상수를 찾아내는 것이 중요하며 이는 회귀 이득 상수를 변화시키며 최적의 결과값(최소 추정오차)을 유도하는 실험을 통해 얻을 수 있다. 한편, 이를 구현하는 문제에 있어서는 일잔 최적의 회귀 이득 상수 값이 정해지면 회귀 이득 상수가 초기 값으로부터 최적 값에 도달하는 변화율과 변화 유형이 시스템의 실시간 구현 및 성능에 중요한 영향을 미치게 된다. 본 논문에서는 실험을 통해 최적의 구현 알고리즘을 찾아냄으로써 Jue Chang 과 John R, Glover가 제시한 이론적인 수렴율과 수렴 성능을 유지하면서 실시간으로 동작하는 시스템을 구현하고 모의실험을 통한 성능분석 결과를 제시하였다.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.73-81
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• 2006

The home network is generally separated from the Internet, as it is made up of a private network due to security issues and the lack of IPv4 addresses space. Also, a user may want to move from a terminal to another terminal connected in the home network during communicating with people outside the home. In this case, people connected in the Internet, or another home network could not communicate the user at the home. These limitations prevent a SIP-capable device connected in the home network from communicating with another SIP-capable device connected in the Internet or the outside of the home network. To overcome the limitations, This paper proposes the Adaptive SIP Application Server System as a software architecture that a user inside of the home can communicate with people outside of the home when the home is composed of a private IP-based network. Moreover, the proposed architecture provides the session mobility that allows the user to maintain a media session even if changing the terminal inside of the home during the session established. The proposed system was implemented over a home server device which acts functionality as a connection point for transmitting IP packets between a home network and the Internet.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.34S no.1
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• pp.124-131
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• 1997

There have been many demands for th ereal-time image compression. The image compression systems have a wide range of applications. However, real-time encoding is hard to implement because it needs a large amount of computations. In particular, the discrete cosine transform (DCT) and motion estimatio require a large number of arithmetic oeprations compared to other algorithms in MPEG-2. The conventional fasdt DCT algorithms have focused on the reduction of the number of additions more cycles and more expense in realization. Because TMS320C80 has special structure, new approach for implementation of DCT is suggested. The selection of adaptive algorithm and optimization is requried TMS320C80 are analyzed an dsome adaptive DCT algorithms are selected. The DCT algorithms are optimized and implemented. Chens and lees DCT algorithms among various fast algorithms are selected because 1-D approach is effective in the view of th einternal structure of TMS320C80. According to the simulation result, Lees algorithm is more effective in speed and has little difference in precision. On the basis of the result, the possibility of DCT implementation for real-time MPEG-2 system is verified and the required number of the processor, called advanced DSP, is decided for real-time MPEG-2 encoding and decoding.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.195-200
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• 2009

As 4G mobile communication systems require high transmission rates with reliability, the need for efficient error correcting code is increasing. In this paper, a novel LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) decoder is introduced. The LDPC code is one of the most popular error correcting codes. In order to improve performance of the LDPC decoder, we use SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) estimation results to adjust coefficients of modified UMP-BP (Uniformly Most Probable Belief Propagation) algorithm which is one of widely-used LDPC decoding algorithms. An advantage of Modified UMP-BP is that it is amenable to implement in hardware. We generate the optimal values by simulation for various SNRs and coefficients, and the values are stored in a look-up table. The proposed decoder decides coefficients of the modified UMP-BP based on SNR information. The simulation results show that the BER (Bit Error Rate) performance of the proposed LDPC decoder is better than an LDPC decoder using a conventional modified UMP-BP.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.2 no.2 s.3
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• pp.225-232
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• 1998

Currently NTSC, PAL, and SECOM are widely used for TV broadcasting systems. In Korea, NTSC has been used to reduce transmission bandwidth and broadband flickers using the Interlaced scanning method. Image data in the Interlaced scanning method require De-interlacing compensation for PC-based multimedia applications. The existing compensation algorithms such as ZOI, FOI, and ELA provieds simple computations and effective image compensation while the PSNR is low and horizontal and vertical edges are hardly detected. In this paper, the ADI(Adaptive De-Interlacing) algorithm that can increase PSNR and detect horizontal and vertical edges is proposed and a hardware system is implemented using three ACTEL 1020B FPGA chips. The system consists of the algorithm part implemented using two FPGAs and the memory control part implemented using rest one. Also the system operation is investigated for real time processing.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.13 no.4 s.35
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• pp.355-364
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• 2005

Vector data sets (e.g. maps) are currently major sources of displaying, querying, and identifying locations of spatial features in a variety of applications. Especially in mobile environment, the needs for using spatial data is increasing, and the relative large size of vector maps need to be smaller. Recently, there have been several studies about vector map compression. There was clustering-based compression method with novel encoding/decoding scheme. However, precedent studies did not consider that spatial data have to be updated periodically. This paper explores the problem of existing clustering-based compression method. We propose an adaptive approximation method that is capable of handling data updates as well as reducing error levels. Experimental evaluation showed that when an updated event occurred the proposed adaptive approximation method showed enhanced positional accuracy compared with simple cluster based compression method.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.1-16
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• 2014

In this work, we address the so-called sensor reachback problem for Wireless Sensor Networks, which consists in collecting the measurements acquired by a large number of sensor nodes into a sink node which has major computational and power capabilities. Focused on applications such as Structural Health Monitoring, we propose a cooperative communication protocol that exploits the spatio-temporal correlations of the sensor measurements in order to save energy when transmitting the information to the sink node in a non-stationary environment. In addition to cooperative communications, the protocol is based on two well-studied adaptive filtering techniques, Least Mean Squares and Recursive Least Squares, which trade off computational complexity and reduction in the number of transmissions to the sink node. Finally, experiments with real acceleration measurements, obtained from the Canton Tower in China, are included to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.