• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 한국방송공학회 2014년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.68-71
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• 2014

본 논문은 EBME(Extended Bilateral Motion Estimation)알고리듬에서 가중치수를 개선시켜 알고리듬을 제안하였다. 제안된 알고리듬은 EBME(Extended Bilateral Motion Estimation) MCI(Motion Compensated Interpolation)에서 고정된 확장블록을 대신하여 확장블록이 주변근처를 이동하면서 SOAD(Sum of Overlapped area Absolute Difference)를 통하여 향상된 가중치수를 찾는 알고리듬이다. 이 논문은 EBME알고리듬에 비해 PSNR(Peak Signal to Noise Ratio)이 향상된 성능을 보였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2004

In this paper, a transcoding method that transforms MPEG-4 video bitstream coded in 30 Hz frame rate into H.264 video bitstream of 15 Hz frame rate is proposed. The block modes and motion vectors in MPEG-4 is utilized in H.264 for block mode conversion and motion vector (MV) interpolation methods. The proposed three types of MV interpolation method can be used without performing full motion estimation in H.264. The proposed transcoder reduces computation amount for full motion estimation in H.264 and provides good quality of H.264 video at low bitrates. In experimental results, the proposed methods achieves 3.2-4 times improvement in computational complexity compared to the cascaded pixel-domain transcoding, while the PSNR (peak signal to noise ratio) is degraded with 0.2-0.9dB depending on video sizes.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• 제50권11호
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• pp.64-69
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• 2013

In this paper, a high-speed CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) based on a 10-bit two-step single-slope A/D converter is proposed. The A/D converter is composed of both a 5-bit coarse ADC and a 6-bit fine ADC, and the conversion speed is 10 times faster than that of the single-slope A/D converter. In order to have a small noise characteristics, further, a Digital Correlated Double Sampling(D-CDS) is also discussed. The proposed A/D converter has been fabricated with 0.13um 1-poly 4-metal CIS process, and it has a QVGA($320{\times}240$) resolution. The fabricated chip size is $5mm{\times}3mm$, and the power consumption is about 35mW at 3.3V supply voltage. The measured conversion speed is 10us, and the frame rate is 220 frames/s.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.1254-1259
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• 2010

In this paper, Low Computational Adaptive Expanded Block Search Motion Estimation Method is proposed. Proposed method classifies ME blocks as Average Motion Block(AMB) and Local Motion Block(LMB) according to correlation of reference frame. It could reduce the computational complexity with performing Modified Fast Search(MFS). And accuracy of MV is also increased by 4 sub-blocks on LMB and Block Expansion(BE). The experimental results show that the proposed method has better performance that increased 1.8dB than Diamond Search and 0.6dB than Full Search with 7.5 % computation of Full Search. The proposed method could be applied to video compression and Frame Rate Conversion(FRC).

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 한국방송공학회 2004년도 정기총회 및 학술대회
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• pp.233-236
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• 2004

다양한 처리능력을 가진 단말기들은 복잡한 네트워크, 환경의 호환성을 제공하기 위해서, 전송 네트워크 채널이 허용하는 범위내로 부호화 된 비디오의 비트 율을 적응적으로 맞춰 주어야 한다 트랜스코더는 특정 비트율로 부호화되어 있는 비디오를 원하는 비트율의 다시 변환하기 위해서 복호화 만 후 다시 부호와의 과정을 거쳐야 하기 때문에 이에 따른 계산량의 증가와 더불어 전송시간에 문제가 발생한다. 이를 해결하기 위한 한 가지 방법으로 제안된 것이 프레임 건너뜀 기법 즉 시간적 해상도 변환 트랜스코딩이다. 비디오를 부호화하는 과정에서 계산량을 가장 많이 차지하는 움직임 추정과정의 계산량을 줄임으로써 트랜스코딩을 수행하는데 소모되는 시간과 노력을 크게 줄이고, 건너뛰지 않고 남아있는 프레임에 더 많은 비트를 할당하여 요구되는 화질을 유지할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 움직임 벡터의 방향성을 고려한 움직임 벡터 재추정 기법과 정제 기법을 제안한다 제안된 기법인 E-FDVS(Efficient-Forward Dominant Vector Selection)는 움직임 벡터의 방향성을 고려하여 매크로블록과 움직임 벡터의 차이를 이용하여 움직임 벡터를 재추정한다. 그리고 제안한 기법인 DOS(Direction Oriented Search)를 사용하여 재추정 된 움직임 벡터의 방향으로 강한 움직임 벡터 정제를 함으로써 기존의 기법에 비해 우수한 화질을 제공한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.375-384
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• 2016

In this paper, when stereo image, satellite view and corresponding depth maps were used as the input data, we propose a new method that convert these data to data format suitable for compressing, and then by using these format, intermediate view is synthesized. In the transmitter depth maps are merged to a global depth map and satellite view are converted to residual image corresponding hole region as out of frame area and occlusion region. And these images subsampled to reduce a mount of data and stereo image of main view are encoded by HEVC codec and transmitted. In the receiver intermediate views between stereo image and between stereo image and bit-rate are synthesized using decoded global depth map, residual images and stereo image. Through experiments, we confirm good quality of intermediate views synthesized by proposed format subjectively and objectively in comparison to intermediate views synthesized by MVD format versus total bit-rate.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.182-188
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• 2008

A hyperthermophilic bacteria (strain HJ6) was isolated from a hot springs located in the Arima-cho, Hyogo, Japan. The cells were long-rod type ($2-4{\mu}m$), about $0.4{\mu}m$ in diameter. The pH and temperature for optimal growth were 6.5 and $80^{\circ}C$, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rDNA sequence and biochemical studies indicated that HJ6 belonged to the genus Thermus thermophilus (Tt). The gene encoding the Trehalose synthase (TS) was cloned and sequenced. The open reading frame (ORF) of the TtTS gene was composed of 2,898 nucleotides and encoded a protein (975 amino acids) with a predicted molecular weight of 110.56 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence of TtTS showed 99% and 83% identities to the Thermus caldophilus TS and Meiothermus ruber TS, respectively. TtTS gene was expressed in Escherichia coli cells, and the recombinant protein was purified to homogeneity. The optimal temperature and pH for Trehalose synthase activity were found to be $80^{\circ}C$ and 7.5, respectively. The half-life of heat inactivation was about 40 min at $90^{\circ}C$. The maximum trehalose conversion rate of maltose into trehalose by the enzyme increased as the substrate concentration increased, and reached 55.7% at the maltose concentration of 500 mM, implying that the enzyme conversion was dependent of the substrate concentration.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2017

Purpose: Damage to pulse crops by wild birds is a serious problem. The damage is to such an extent that the rate of damage during the period between seeding and cotyledon stages reaches 54.6% on an average. In this study, a crop-position detection method was developed wherein infrared (IR) sensors were used to determine the cotyledon position under a vinyl mulch. Methods: IR sensors that helped measure the temperature were used to locate the cotyledons below the vinyl mulch. A single IR sensor module was installed at three locations of the crops (peanut, red lettuce, and crown daisy) in the cotyledon stage. The representative thermal response of a $16{\times}4$ pixel area was detected using this sensor in the case where the distance from the target was 25 cm. A spatial image was applied to the two-dimensional temperature distribution using a non-integral moving-average method. The collected data were first processed by taking the moving average via interpolation to determine the frame where the variance was the lowest for a resolution unit of 1.02 cm. Results: The temperature distribution was plotted corresponding to a distance of 10 cm between the crops. A clear leaf pattern of the crop was visually confirmed. However, the temperature distribution after the normalization was unclear. The image conversion and frequency-conversion graphs were obtained based on the moving average by averaging the points corresponding to a frequency of 40 Hz for 8 pixels. The most optimized resolutions at locations 1, 2, and 3 were found on 3.4, 4.1, and 5.6 Pixels, respectively. Conclusions: In this study, to solve the problem of damage caused by birds to crops in the cotyledon stage after seeding, the vinyl mulch is punched after seeding. The crops in the cotyledon stage could be accurately located using the proposed method. By conducting the experiments using the single IR sensor and a sliding mechanical device with the help of a non-integral interpolation method, the crops in the cotyledon stage could be precisely located.