• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.197-208
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• 1999

In this paper, we proposed a multimedia hardware architecture for video-conferencing in view of the multimedia data flow. By simulating the architecture model, we analyzed the bottleneck of multimedia data flow, varying video size, frame rate, number of participants, and video data compression rate. To confirm the simulation results, we also implemented and tested the architecture that almost includes the analyzed requirements for video- conferencing. From the analysis of I/O system, we found the considerations in designing a multimedia I/O system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.1061-1064
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• 2005

본 논문은 현재의 인터넷에서 서비스하기 어려운 HDTV급의 고화질 영상의 다채널 비디오 스트리밍 서비스를 효율적으로 하는 방법에 대해 설명한다. 현재의 인터넷에서는 인터넷의 특성상 다채널스트리밍 서비스가 힘든 상황이며, 이러한 부분을 해결하고자 코덱을 개선하거나 QoS 매커니즘을 적용하는 방법이 제안되고 있다. 하지만 추후 HDTV의 보급확산에 따른 HDTV급의 다채널 스트리밍 서비스는 망의 대역폭 확장만으론 해결하기 힘든 부분이다. 이에 본 논문은 IPv6 프로토콜을 사용하는 차세대인터넷에서 HDTV급의 영상을 다채널로 스트리밍 하는 효율적인 방법을 제시하며, 이를 통해 사용자들은 인터넷망을 통해 다채널의 HDTV급의 영상을 서비스 받을 수 있고, 사용자간에 HDTV 급의 화상회의 도구로도 활용할 수 있게 된다.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.83-86
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• 2018

Owing to high speed internet technologies, video conferencing systems are exploited in our home as well as work places using a laptop or a webcam. Although eye contact in the video conferencing system is significant, most systems do not support good eye contact due to improper locations of cameras. Several ideas have been proposed to solve the eye contact problem; however, some of them require complicated hardware configurations and expensive customized hardwares. In this paper, we propose a simple eye gaze correction method using the three-dimensional (3D) affine transformation. We also apply an image in-painting method to fill empty holes that are caused by round-off errors from the coordinate transformation. From experiments, we obtained visually improved results.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.21 no.11
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• pp.287-293
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• 2021

The purpose of this article is to consider the distance education system, its principles, features and means. One of its existing and promising tools is video conferencing. The article discusses the types of video conferencing, hardware and software, features and requirements for communication channels, types of information transmitted through these channels.

• Educational Technology International
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.107-125
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• 2009

This study seeks to prove three points through the research. The first point is to examine the changes of international attitudes with actual experiences using synchronous international distance learning. The second point is to examine the effectiveness of a synchronous international distance system. And the final point is to compare international attitudes among middle school and undergraduate school students in Korea and Japan. The study used the DVTS for audio and video communication tools and automatic translating chat as a text communication tool. This combination of communication tools was very effective for students from both countries to communicate for international collaborative learning activities. The study found several interesting patterns of attitude change from the results of the study. For whole category analysis, there are positive changes in four categories of international attitudes: consciousness to foreign countries, consideration for other's viewpoints, motivation for international education, and recognition for the counterpart country. However, there was no change in the nationality category.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.109-124
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• 1996

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.4 no.12
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• pp.3211-3218
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• 1997

This paper addresses an eye location algorithm which is essential process of human face tracking system for natural video-conferencing. In current video-conferencing systems, user's facial movements are restricted by fixed camera, therefore it is inconvenient to users. We Propose an eye location algorithm for automatic face tracking. Because, locations of other facial features guessed from locations of eye and scale of face in the image can be calculated using inter-ocular distance. Most previous feature extraction methods for face recognition system are approached under assumption that approximative face region or location of each facial feature is known. The proposed algorithm in this paper uses no prior information on the given image. It is not sensitive to backgrounds and lighting conditions. The proposed algorithm uses the valley representation as major information to locate eyes. The experiments have been performed for 213 frames of 17 people and show very encouraging results.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.11-23
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• 2011

In this paper, an accurate and fully automatic video object segmentation method is proposed for video conferencing systems in which the real-time performance is required. The proposed method consists of two steps: 1) accurate object extraction on the initial frame, 2) real-time object extraction from the next frame using the result of the first step. Object extraction on the initial frame starts with generating a cumulative edge map obtained from frame differences in the beginning. This is because we can estimate the initial shape of the foreground object from the cumulative motion. This estimated shape is used to assign the seeds for both object and background, which are needed for Graph-Cut segmentation. Once the foreground object is extracted by Graph-Cut segmentation, real-time object extraction is conducted using the extracted object and the double edge map obtained from the difference between two successive frames. Experimental results show that the proposed method is suitable for real-time processing even in VGA resolution videos contrary to previous methods, being a useful tool for immersive video conferencing systems.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.589-594
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• 2022

In an acceleration of 'untact' society during the COVID-19 pandemic, video conferencing platforms have been provided to connect the isolated and to overcome the limit of having interpersonal relationships. While these services brought a great deal of benefits, they also increased the number of people who suffer from additional fatigue from video conferencing. This study, thus, aimed to identify the factors of using video conferencing services and further to examine the relationship between the factors and the users' overall fatigue. Through focus-group interviews and survey, four main factors of fatigue (restriction from untact communication, difficulty of use, background set-ups, discomfort from excessive attention) were identified. This study also found the positive relationships of restriction from untact communication and background set-ups on the users' overall fatigue. The results does not only provide implication on defining new fatigue factors from young generations but also help practitioners and service providers to improve the deficits of services that the real users currently experience.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2014.06a
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• pp.441-442
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• 2014