• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.265-272
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• 2015

A new technology on video frame rate up-conversion (FRUC) is presented by combining the median filter and motion estimation (ME) with an occlusion detection (OD) method. First, ME is performed to have a motion vector. Then, the OD method is used to refine motion vector in the occlusion region. Since the wrong motion vector can be obtained with high possibility in the occluded area, a median filtering that less depends on the motion vector is applied to that area, and since the motion vector is continuous and robust in the non-occluded area, BDMC(Bi-Directional Motion Compensated interpolation) is applied to obtain interpolated image in that area. BDMC using the bi-directional motion vectors achieves good results when continuity and robustness of the motion vector is higher. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm provides better performance than the conventional approach. The average gain of PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) is approximately 0.16 dB in the test sequences compared with BDMC.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08a
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• pp.810-813
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• 2007

Recently, mobile video communication is getting more and more popular. Visual quality and computational complexity are primary factors affecting performance of video communication. Frame rate up-conversion (FRC) is necessary for achieving high visual quality in mobile projection displays. In this paper, a FRC method using motion compensation based on block matching algorithm (BMA) with adaptive block size is proposed. In order to improve the accuracy of the estimated motion vectors, the motion vector refinement technique is proposed. Experiment results indicate that the proposed technique exhibits better performance with lower hardware complexity compared to the conventional methods.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.927-929
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• 2011

Since DVC (Distributed Video Coding) and FRUC (Frame Rate Up Conversion) techniques need to have an efficient motion compensated frame interpolation algorithms. Conventional works of these applications have mainly focused on the performance improvement of overall system. But, in some applications, it is necessary to evaluate how well the MCI (Motion Compensated Interpolation) frame matches the original frame. For this aim, this paper deals with the modeling methods for evaluating the block-based matching cost. First, several matching criteria, which have already been dealt with the motion compensated frame interpolation, are introduced and then combined to make estimate models for the size of MSE (Mean Square Error) noise of the MCI frame to original one. Through computer simulations, it is shown that the block-based cost evaluation models are tested and can be effectively used for estimating the MSE noise.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.46 no.5
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• pp.135-142
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• 2009

Since hold-type display systems have been developed, frame-rate up conversion (FRUC) is an essential technique to improve the temporal resolution in the display. FRUC improves the temporal resolution by interpolating one or multiple intermediate frames between two adjacent frames. In this paper, a new frame-rate up-conversion algorithm based on bilateral motion refinement with rotation is proposed. First, we perform bi-directional motion estimation between adjacent two frames to obtain a motion vector for each block. Then, we apply a modified median filtering to motion vectors for outlier-rejection and motion field smoothing. The filtered motion vectors are updated by the bilateral motion refinement with rotation. After the refined motion vector is obtained, the intermediate frame is generated by applying the overlapped block motion compensation (OBMC). Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm provides a better performance than the previous methods subjectively and objectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2017.06a
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• pp.66-69
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 프레임율 향상 기법 (Frame Rate Up-Conversion, FRUC)에 사용되는 새로운 움직임 예측(motion estimation)알고리즘을 제시한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 단 방향 움직임 예측(unilateral motion estimation)에 의해 순방향 및 역방향의 움직임 벡터(motion vector)를 독립적으로 추정한다. 움직임 벡터를 찾은 후, weighted motion vector smoothing(WMVS)가 적용된다. 다음으로, 보간 프레임 (interpolated frame)의 관점에서 현재 블록의 인접 블록들의 모션 벡터들을 후보들로 사용하여 현재 블록과 가장 잘 일치하는 움직임 벡터를 찾는다. 그 후, 선택된 움직임 벡터를 현재 블록의 유도 움직임 벡터 (guidance motion vector)로 정한다. 그런 다음 motion vector shifting error 를 없애기 위해 motion vector refinement (MVR)가 진행된다. 마지막 단계에서는 각 움직임 벡터의 신뢰도를 계산하여 순방향 및 역방향 움직임 벡터 중 최종 움직임 벡터를 선택한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2019.06a
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• pp.309-312
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 계산의 복잡성을 줄이고 피크 신호 대 잡음 비율(PSNR) 성능을 개선하기 위한 새로운 프레임 상향 변환 (Frame Rate Up Conversion) 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘을 사용하기 위한 모션 추정 과정(Motion Estimation) 은 이전 프레임과 현재 프레임에서 마크로블록(Macroblock) 값의 최소 차이값(Sum of absolute differences) 을 이용하여 보간된 프레임(Interpolated Frame) 의 마크로블록이 가지게 되는 모션 벡터 값을 추출한다. 이 때 반복된 배경 패턴 및 여러 움직임들 때문에 모션 추정 과정에서 출력되는 벡터값이 비정상적으로 출력되는 경우가 있다. 여기서 제안된 알고리즘을 통해 모션 벡터값들의 특이치(Outlier) 를 검출하고 이를 교정하기 위한 분산값(Variance) 을 이용하여 모션 벡터 평활화 작업(Motion Vector Smoothing) 을 거친다. 이와 같이 제안된 알고리즘을 이용하여 실험한 결과값으로 프레임률 상향 변환 과정을 통해 상대적으로 계산의 복잡성은 낮으면서 양호한 PSNR 값이 출력됨을 확인할 수 있다.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

This paper proposes a new motion vector smoothing and motion compensation method to increase the frame rate of videos. The proposed method reduces false motion vector smoothing by improving the weight with reflecting accuracy to overcome the limitation of the conventional motion vector smoothing using the adaptively weighted vector median. Also, to improve the interpolated image quality of the conventional OBMC(Overlapped Block Motion Compensation), a scheme that divides an original block into 4 sub-blocks and then generates the interpolated frame using the reestimated motion vector for each sub-block is proposed. The simulation results prove that the proposed method can provide much better objective and subjective image quality than the conventional method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.650-652
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• 2022

Frame rate up-conversion (FRUC) algorithm is an image interpolation technology that improves the frame rate of moving pictures. This solves problems such as screen shake or blurry motion caused by low frame rate video in high-definition digital video systems, and provides viewers with a more free and smooth visual experience. In this paper, we propose a video compression technique using deep learning-based FRUC algorithm. The proposed method compresses and transmits after excluding some images from the original video, and uses a deep learning-based interpolation method in the decoding process to restore the excluded images, thereby compressing them with high efficiency. In the experiment, the compression performance was evaluated using the decoded image and the image restored by the FRUC algorithm after encoding the video by skipping 1 or 3 pages. When 1 and 3 sheets were excluded, the average BD-rate decreased by 81.22% and 27.80%. The reason that excluding three images has lower encoding efficiency than excluding one is because the PSNR of the image reconstructed by the FRUC method is low.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.7 no.10
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• pp.2448-2463
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• 2013

The traditional block-based motion compensation methods in frame rate up-conversion (FRUC) only use a single uniquely motion vector field. However, there will always be some mistakes in the motion vector field whether the advanced motion estimation (ME) and motion vector analysis (MA) algorithms are performed or not. Once the motion vector field has many mistakes, the quality of the interpolated frame is severely affected. In order to solve the problem, this paper proposes a novel joint overlapped block motion compensation method (8J-OBMC) which adopts motion vectors of the interpolated block and its 8-neighbor blocks to jointly interpolate the target block. Since the smoothness of motion filed makes the motion vectors of 8-neighbor blocks around the interpolated block quite close to the true motion vector of the interpolated block, the proposed compensation algorithm has the better fault-tolerant capability than traditional ones. Besides, the annoying blocking artifacts can also be effectively suppressed by using overlapped blocks. Experimental results show that the proposed method is not only robust to motion vectors estimated wrongly, but also can to reduce blocking artifacts in comparison with existing popular compensation methods.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.7C
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• pp.548-553
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• 2008

To reduce the bit-rate requirements imposed by a network or satisfy processing limitations imposed by a terminal, Conversion the temporal resolution of a video bit stream is a technique that may be used. This paper discusses the problem of reduced resolution transcoding of compressed video bit streams, and discussed the technique for temporal transcoding. To speed up this operation, a video transcoder usually reuses the coded motion vectors from the input video bit stream. In this paper we propose an enhanced motion re-estimation technique to maintain higher quality of coded frames. The performance of experimental results can be improved while maintaining low computational complexity for a reduced frame rate video transcoder.