• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1997 no.05
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• pp.95-100
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• 1997

In this paper, we propose a coding method to improve compression efficiency for MR image. This can be achieved by combining coding and segmentation scheme which removes noisy background region, which is meaningless for diagnosis, in MR image. The wavelet coder encodes only diagnostically significant foreground regions refering to segmentation map. Our proposed algorithm provides about 15% of bitrate reduction when compared with the same coder which is not combined with segmentation scheme. And the proposed scheme shows better reconstructed image Qualify than JPEG at the same compression ratio.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.11 no.3 s.32
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• pp.349-362
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• 2006

There are several data broadcasting standards that the developers should apply when develops any interactive digital TV contents. In Korea, we adopts ACAP(Advanced Common Application Platform) as terrestrial data broadcasting standard, MHP(Multimedia Home Platform) fur satellite data broadcasting and OCAP(OpenCable Application Platform) for cable data broadcasting. Therefore, content providers must develop different applications which suited for different standards - even if the application is exactly same. This is waste of time and energy. This paper suggests a solution to solve this problem among different broadcasting platforms - MHP, OCAP and ACAP. We compared these specifications, and found out what APIs are typically used far applications. Then we designed XML file structures that can be used to define contents of applications. We also implemented an authoring tool which automatically generates XML files by interaction with users. This paper also ascertains Xlet applications, produced by the authoring tool, works properly on each different data broadcasting standard - MHP, OCAP and ACAP.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.218-222
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• 2009

In this paper, we present a CPW-based 77 GHz 3-stage power amplifier MMIC for automotive radar systems. The power amplifier MMIC has been realized using a 130 nm $In_{0.88}$GaP/$In_{0.4}$AlAs/$In_{0.4}$GaAs metamorphic high-electron mobility transistors(mHEMTs) technology and an output stage with a cascode configuration. This produced a good output power and gain performance at 77 GHz. The fabricated power amplifier MMIC exhibited a small-signal gain of 18 dB, an output power of 17 dBm and 9 % power added efficiency(PAE) at 77 GHz with a total gate width of 800 ${\mu}m$ in the output stage. These performances could be useful to low-cost and small-sized components for 77 GHz automotive radar systems.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.436-450
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• 2005

In this paper we propose an integrated media format for a photo album including media resources and corresponding meta-data The main purpose of the integrated media is to be more reusable meta-data and to facilitate constructing a photo album from a large number of photo images as well. The proposed media format is based on MAF(multimedia Application Format) which is recently going on progress in MPEG standards. In this paper, we propose the integrated media consisting of JPEG data and content-based meta-data based on MPEG-7 MDS. We verified the usefulness of the proposed media through experiments with implementation of encoder and photo MAF player for the MAF-based media format.

• Human Ecology Research
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• v.57 no.4
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• pp.473-483
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• 2019

Smartphones are representative multimedia devices capable of various functions that have emerged due to the development of information communication technologies (ICTs). The popularization of smartphones has changed the way ICTs media is used; consequnetly, it is expected that smartphones will influence family life by changing family communications and time use. However, there is a gap between the empirical research on ICTs media and family. This study explores any correlations in the amount of time spent on smartphones between a husband and wife. We marged 1,444 married couples' media diaries from the 8th Korean Media Panel Survey (2017) to analyze the average amount of time spent on communications and leisure shopping using smartphones. The results show that husbands' time use for communication has increased similarly to wives' time use. In addition, husbands' time use for leisure and shopping was positively related to wives' time spent on communications and leisure shopping. The findings show that the use of smartphones is interrelated within the family and suggested that a family systems approach is needed in ICTs media research. Future studies will provide a deeper understanding of the impact of ICTs media and how families are using a variety of ICTs media devices such as smartphones.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.23 no.8 s.86
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• pp.67-75
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• 2005

This study analyzed the relationships between expenditures on transportation and those on communications, using consumer expenditure data from the U.S. for the 19 years 1984-2002. We first identified 12 categories of goods for transportation and communications, and then applied the linear approximate Almost Ideal Demand System(LA/AIDS) method for estimating consumer demand functions based on aggregating the categories to five (public transportation, personal vehicle capital, personal vehicle operation, electronic communications media, and print communications media) due to the small sample size. Expenditure and price elasticities were also calculated at mean values of expenditure shares. The results indicate that transportation and communications categories have both substitutive(e.g. public transportation and electronic communications media) and complementary(e.g. private vehicle capital and electronic communications media) relationships. Additionally, expenditures in the transportation categories are generally more income-elastic than those in communications.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.103-124
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• 2010

Social communications using information and communication technologies (ICT) for social interactions have been making a significant impact on task performance in organizations. However, most of the existing studies on ICT (e.g., telephone and email) have only focused on technical improvement of communication efficiencies (e.g., information exchange and storage). In this paper, we claim that ICT may be another alternative source of knowledge creation that enables employees to work, find solutions, and achieve their goals faster and better. We investigate the impact of ICT in terms of both tasks and social aspects with knowledge creation as task performance. Also, we investigate the moderating effect of media synchronicity on these relationships. This study contributes to the understanding of contemporary communications media usage and its performance in organizations. We collected and analyzed survey data of 248 company employees, using PLS. The results indicate that task urgency and social influence directly affect ICT usage, and even knowledge creation. Also the media synchronicity moderates the relationship between the characteristics of a given task and ICT usage and the relationship between ICT usage and knowledge creation. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are also discussed in the paper.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2009.01a
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• pp.203-206
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• 2009

This paper represents an efficient algorithm to segment objects from the background using multiple images of distinct luminous intensities. The proposed algorithm obtains images with different luminous intensities using a camera flash. From the multiple intensities for a pixel, a saturated luminous intensity is estimated together with the slope of intensity rate. Then, we measure the sensitivities of pixels from their slopes. The sensitivities show different patterns according to the distances from the light source. Therefore, the proposed algorithm segments near objects using the sensitivity information by minimizing an energy function. Experimental results on various objects show that the proposed algorithm provides accurate results without any user interaction.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 1998.06b
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• pp.5-9
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• 1998

In this paper, we propose an error-resilient transmission technique for the H.263 video data stream over wireless networks. The proposed algorithm employs bit rearrangement hierarchically, providing the robust and exact synchronization against the bit errors, without requiring extra redundant information. In addition, we propose the recovery algorithm for the lost or erroneous motion vectors. We implement the encoder and decoder, based on the H.263 standard, and evaluate the proposed algorithm through intensive computer simulation. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm yields good image quality, in spite of the channel errors, and prevents the error propagation both in the spatial and the temporal domain efficiently.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.40-42
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 합성곱 기반의 얼굴 검출기 Dual Shot Face Detector (DSFD)에 대하여, 특징점 맵의 희소화와 채널 프루닝 목적 함수를 사용하여 네트웍 경량화를 수행하였다. 특징점 맵을 희소화하기 위해 L1 목적 함수를 사용했고, 특징점 맵의 채널 프루닝을 하기 위해 채널 최대값이 가장 낮은 채널들의 합을 최소화 시키는 목적함수를 적용했다. 기존의 신경망은 특징점 맵 희소화 비율이 45%였고 두 목적 함수를 적용했을 때 69.67% 로 희소화 비율이 높아진 것을 확인했다. 얼굴 검출 성능을 다양한 조명, 크기, 환경, 각도, 표정의 얼굴들을 포함하는 영상들로 이뤄진 Wider Face 데이터 셋으로 실험한 결과, average precision은 하락 했고 easy validation set에서 0.9257, hard validation set에서 0.8363 였다.