• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권7호
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• pp.2434-2448
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• 2014

This research proposed the domain division depth map quantization for multiview intermediate image generation using Depth Image-Based Rendering (DIBR). This technique used per-pixel depth quantization according to the percentage of depth bits assigned in domains of depth range. A comparative experiment was conducted to investigate the potential benefits of the proposed method against the linear depth quantization on DIBR multiview intermediate image generation. The experiment evaluated three quantization methods with computer-generated 3D scenes, which consisted of various scene complexities and backgrounds, under varying the depth resolution. The results showed that the proposed domain division depth quantization method outperformed the linear method on the 7- bit or lower depth map, especially in the scene with the large object.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1313-1318
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• 2015

Current touch pen requires the special equipments to detect a touch and its price increases in proportion to the screen size. In this paper, we propose a method for detecting a touch and implementing a pen using the depth information. The proposed method obtains a background depth image using a depth camera and extracts an object by comparing a captured depth image with the background depth image. Also, we determine a touch if the depth value of the object is the same as the background and then provide the pen event. Using this method, we can implement a cheaper and more convenient touch pen.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2013

This study proposes technology using Active Shape Model to track the object separating it by depth-sensors. Unlike the common visual camera, the depth-sensor is not affected by the intensity of illumination, and therefore a more robust object can be extracted. The proposed algorithm removes the horizontal component from the information of the initial depth map and separates the object using the vertical component. In addition, it is also a more efficient morphology, and labeling to perform image correction and object extraction. By applying Active Shape Model to the information of an extracted object, it can track the object more robustly. Active Shape Model has a robust feature-to-object occlusion phenomenon. In comparison to visual camera-based object tracking algorithms, the proposed technology, using the existing depth of the sensor, is more efficient and robust at object tracking. Experimental results, show that the proposed ASM-based algorithm using depth sensor can robustly track objects in real-time.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.3018-3038
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• 2020

In the stereoscopic or multiview display, the depth video illustrates visual distances between objects and camera. To promote the computational efficiency of depth video encoder, we exploit the intra prediction of depth videos under Versatile Video Coding (VVC) and observe a diverse distribution of intra prediction modes with different coding unit sizes. We propose a hybrid scheme to further boost fast depth video coding. In the first stage, we adaptively predict the HADamard (HAD) costs of intra prediction modes and initialize a candidate list according to the HAD costs. Then, the candidate list is further improved by considering the probability distribution of candidate modes with different CU sizes. Finally, early termination of CU splitting is performed at each CU depth level based on the Bayesian theorem. Our proposed method is incorporated into VVC intra prediction for fast coding of depth videos. Experiments with 7 standard sequences and 4 Quantization parameters (Qps) validate the efficiency of our method.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37C권9호
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• pp.751-756
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 색상 카메라와 Time-of-Flight (TOF) 깊이 카메라를 이용해 촬영된 장면에서 전경 영역을 분리하고 영상의 고해상도 깊이 정보를 구하는 방법에 대해 제안한다. 깊이 카메라는 장면의 깊이 정보를 실시간으로 측정할 수 있는 장점이 있지만 잡음과 왜곡이 발생하고 색상 영상과의 상관도도 떨어진다. 따라서 이를 색상 영상과 함께 사용하기 위한 색상 영상의 영역화 및 깊이 카메라 영상의 3차원 투영(warping) 작업, 깊이 경계 영역 탐색 등을 진행한 후, 전경의 객체를 분리하고, 객체와 배경에 대하여 깊이 값 계산한다. 깊이 카메라로부터 얻은 초기 깊이 정보를 이용하여 색상 영상에서 구해진 깊이 맵은 기존의 방법인 스테레오 정합 등의 방법보다 우수한 성능을 나타내었고, 무늬가 없는 영역이나 객체 경계 영역에서도 정확한 깊이 정보를 구할 수 있었다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.1140-1154
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• 2015

Multiple Description (MD) coding is a promising alternative for the robust transmission of information over error-prone channels. Lattice vector quantization (LVQ) is a significant version of MD techniques to design an MD image coder. However, different from the traditional 2D texture image, the 3D depth image has its own special characteristics, which should be taken into account for efficient compression. In this paper, an optimized MDLVQ scheme is proposed in view of the characteristics of 3D depth image. First, due to the sparsity of depth image, the image blocks can be classified into edge blocks and smooth blocks, which are encoded by different modes. Furthermore, according to the boundary contents in edge blocks, the step size of LVQ can be regulated adaptively for each block. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, which show better rate distortion performance compared with the conventional MDLVQ.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.132-138
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• 2013

In this paper, an accelerated generation algorithm to effectively generate an elemental image array in computational integral imaging system is proposed. In the proposed method, the depth information of 3D object is extracted from the images picked up by a stereo camera or depth camera. Then, the elemental image array can be generated by using the proposed accelerated generation algorithm with the depth information of 3D object. The resultant 3D image generated by the proposed accelerated generation algorithm was compared with that the conventional direct algorithm for verifying the efficiency of the proposed method. From the experimental results, the accuracy of elemental image generated by the proposed method could be confirmed.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2003

물체의 홀로그램은 물체의 깊이위치에 대한 정보뿐 아니라 물체의 깊이분포에 대한 정보도 가지고 있다. 그러나 두 가지 정보는 프린지 패턴(fringe pattern)의 형태로 서로 썩여있어 홀로그램으로부터 물체의 깊이위치에 대한 정보를 분리해내기 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 물체의 깊이 및 위치분포에 대한 정보를 갖는 단일 결띠 홀로그램(single-sideband hologram)으로부터 물체의 깊이위치에 대한 정보만을 가우시안 저-대역 필터를 이용해 추출해내고 그를 수치적 방법으로 해석해 물체의 깊이위치를 얻어내는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 또한 추출된 깊이위치를 이용하여 물체의 깊이위치에서 홀로그램을 복원해낸다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.1350-1353
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• 2009

Conventional depth extraction in integral imaging is based on the disparity information between the elemental images. Since the disparity is measured in pixel unit, however, the extracted depth is discrete, resulting in the quantization error. Moreover, the quantization error grows as the object depth increases, which limits the accuracy of the depth extraction for distant objects. In this paper, we propose a new method for depth extraction in integral imaging using sub-pixel registration information between subimages to obtain linear and accurate depth.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.195-204
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• 2014

This paper presents the depth evaluation for object detection by automated assembling robots. Pattern distortion analysis from a structured light system identifies an object with the greatest depth from its background. An automated assembling robot should prior select and pick an object with the greatest depth to reduce the physical harm during the picking action of the robot arm. Object detection is then combined with a depth evaluation to provide contour, showing the edges of an object with the greatest depth. The contour provides shape information to an automated assembling robot, which equips the laser based proxy sensor, for picking up and placing an object in the intended place. The depth evaluation process using structured light for an automated electronics assembling robot is accelerated for an image frame to be used for computation using the simplest experimental set, which consists of a single camera and projector. The experiments for the depth evaluation process required 31 ms to 32 ms, which were optimized for the robot vision system that equips a 30-frames-per-second camera.