• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.117-128
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• 2011

In this paper, we present a novel approach for contents-based medication image retrieval from a medication image database using the shape classification and color information of the medication. One major problem in developing a contents-based drug image retrieval system is there are too many similar images in shape and color and it makes difficult to identify any specific medication by a single feature of the drug image. To resolve such difficulty in identifying images, we propose a hybrid approach to retrieve a medication image based on shape and color features of the medication. In the first phase of the proposed method we classify the medications by shape of the images. In the second phase, we identify them by color matching between a query image and preclassified images in the first phase. For the shape classification, the shape signature, which is unique shape descriptor of the medication, is extracted from the boundary of the medication. Once images are classified by the shape signature, Hue and Saturation(HS) color model is used to retrieve a most similarly matched medication image from the classified database images with the query image. The proposed system is designed and developed especially for specific population- seniors to browse medication images by using visual information of the medication in a feasible fashion. The experiment shows the proposed automatic image retrieval system is reliable and convenient to identify the medication images.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.534-537
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• 2015

본 논문은 스마트폰 카메라를 이용하여 동공 반응 검사를 할 수 있는 스마트폰용 애플리케이션을 제안한다. 스마트폰의 카메라에 접사 렌즈를 부착한 후, 카메라 렌즈를 실험자의 눈 앞에 위치시켰으며, 빛 자극에 따른 전안부 영상을 촬영하였다. 스마트폰으로 얻은 전안부 영상을 HSV 컬러 모델로 변환 후 전처리와 필터를 걸쳐 동공을 검출하였다. 실험은 5명의 젊은 남성을 대상으로 수행되었으며 실험결과 71.2%의 동공 검출률을 얻었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2014.04a
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• pp.861-864
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• 2014

본 논문은 혀 미각 영역별 분석을 통해 신체의 이상 여부에 대한 정보를 제공하는 설진 진단 시스템의 첫 단계로 얼굴 영상에서 혀 영역을 검출하는 실험을 통하여 미각 영역별 분석의 기반을 다진다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 혀 영상을 획득한 후, Haar-like Feature를 이용하여 혀를 검출한다. 검출된 혀 영역은 HSV컬러모델의 특징을 이용하여 이진화 한 후, Connected Component Labeling을 이용하여 혀 영역 분리한다. 한방병원의 환자들의 혀 사진 100장을 이용하여 90%의 검출률을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.1-11
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• 2021

In a virtual environment, a 3D workspace and 3D interaction are possible, but most virtual reality applications use a 2D color picker. This paper implements a 3D color picker based on 3D color space in a virtual environment, and compares color selection performance with the existing 2D color picker. The 3D color picker is intuitive by using the 3D color space as it is, and it can position the 3D pointer at a specific point in the color space using a controller, which is a virtual reality device, so a user can select a color in one step. On the other hand, the 2D color picker has the advantage of being familiar with existing users who work with colors in a computer environment, but has a disadvantage that requires several steps of user interaction since it has to set color properties through 2D interfaces. Based on user experiments, we confirmed the usefulness of a 3D color picker in addition to a 2D color picker in a virtual environment, and it was possible to perform natural 3D work in a virtual environment using the 3D color picker.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.718-723
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a visual multi-touch air input device using vision cameras. The implemented device provides a barehanded interface which copes with the multi-touch operation. The proposed device is easy to apply to the real-time systems because of its low computational load and is cheaper than the existing methods using glove data or 3-dimensional data because any additional equipment is not required. To do this, first, we propose an image processing algorithm based on the HSV color model and the labeling from obtained images. Also, to improve the accuracy of the recognition of hand gestures, we propose a motion recognition algorithm based on the geometric feature points, the skeleton model, and the Kalman filter. Finally, the experiments show that the proposed device is applicable to remote controllers for video games, smart TVs and any computer applications.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.196-199
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 컬러영상의 검색을 위하여 대표색상의 통계적 특성과 그 공간적 분포를 이용하는 기법을 제안한다. 대표색상은 HSV 색상공간에서 빈도수가 가장 높은 1-8개의 색상영역으로 선택되는데, 대표색상의 값과 각 대표색상이 영상에서 어떻게 분포하느냐에 따라서 검색되는 영상의 종류와 객체의 형태가 크게 달라진다. 본 논문에서는 영상을 일정한 개수의 작은 영역으로 나누고 각 영역에서 각 대표색상이 충분히 존재하는지를 평가하여, 각 대표색상이 영상평면에서 분포한 상태를 이진화된 공간분포 지도로 표시한다. 이로부터 영상간의 대표색상마다 이진공간분포의 차이를 비교함으로써, 색상의 통계적 특성과 공간적 분포가 동시에 반영된 특징으로 영상을 검색한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 대표색상의 공간적 분포 모델을 이용한 영상검색 기법은 MPEG-7에서 정의한 대표색상 기반의 영상 검색보다 우수한 성능을 보여주었다. 이진공간분포 지도의 생성 방법 및 거리측정 파라미터에 대한 최적화가 이루어지면 영상검색 성능이 더욱 개선될 것으로 예상되며, 웹기반의 영상검색 시스템에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.10 no.1 s.33
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• pp.93-100
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• 2005

This study is to desist and implement an efficient microbial medical image retrieval system based on knowledge and content of them which can make use of more accurate decision on colony as doll as efficient education for new techicians. For this. re first address overall inference to set up flexible search path using rule-base in order U redure time required original microbial identification by searching the fastest path of microbial identification phase based on heuristics knowledge. Next, we propose a color ffature gfraction mtU, which is able to extract color feature vectors of visual contents from a inn microbial image based on especially bacteria image using HSV color model. In addition, for better retrieval performance based on large microbial databases, we present an integrated indexing technique that combines with B+-tree for indexing simple attributes, inverted file structure for text medical keywords list, and scan-based filtering method for high dimensional color feature vectors. Finally. the implemented system shows the possibility to manage and retrieve the complex microbial images using knowledge and visual contents itself effectively. We expect to decrease rapidly Loaming time for elementary technicians by tell organizing knowledge of clinical fields through proposed system.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.39-46
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• 2015

This paper presents an automatic method to detect and count the cells from microorganism images based on mobile environments. Cell counting is an important process in the field of biological and pathological image analysis. In the past, cell counting is done manually, which is known as tedious and time consuming process. Moreover, the manual cell counting can lead inconsistent and imprecise results. Therefore, it is necessary to make an automatic method to detect and count cells from biological images to obtain accurate and consistent results. The proposed multi-step cell counting method automatically segments the cells from the image of cultivated microorganism and labels the cells by utilizing topological analysis of the segmented cells. To improve the accuracy of the cell counting, we adopt watershed algorithm in separating agglomerated cells from each other and morphological operation in enhancing the individual cell object from the image. The system is developed by considering the availability in mobile environments. Therefore, the cell images can be obtained by a mobile phone and the processed statistical data of microorganism can be delivered by mobile devices in ubiquitous smart space. From the experiments, by comparing the results between manual and the proposed automatic cell counting we can prove the efficiency of the developed system.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.826-832
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose a tongue diagnosis system for determining the presence of specific taste crack area as a first step in the digital tongue diagnosis system that anyone can use easily without special equipment and expensive digital tongue diagnosis equipment. Training DB was developed by the Haar-like feature, Adaboost learning on the basis of 261 pictures which was collected in Oriental medicine. Tongue candidate regions were detected from the input image by the learning results and calculated the average value of the HUE component to separate only the tongue area in the detected candidate regions. A tongue area is separated through the Connected Component Labeling from the contour of tongue detected. The palate regions were divided by the relative width and height of the tongue regions separated. Image on the taste area is converted to gray image and binarized with each of the average brightness values. A crack in the presence or absence was determined via Connected Component Labeling with binary images.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.6_1
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• pp.1211-1224
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• 2023

Clouds cause many difficult problems in observing land surface phenomena using optical satellites, such as national land observation, disaster response, and change detection. In addition, the presence of clouds affects not only the image processing stage but also the final data quality, so it is necessary to identify and remove them. Therefore, in this study, we developed a new cloud detection technique that automatically performs a series of processes to search and extract the pixels closest to the spectral pattern of clouds in satellite images, select the optimal threshold, and produce a cloud mask based on the threshold. The cloud detection technique largely consists of three steps. In the first step, the process of converting the Digital Number (DN) unit image into top-of-atmosphere reflectance units was performed. In the second step, preprocessing such as Hue-Value-Saturation (HSV) transformation, triangle thresholding, and maximum likelihood classification was applied using the top of the atmosphere reflectance image, and the threshold for generating the initial cloud mask was determined for each image. In the third post-processing step, the noise included in the initial cloud mask created was removed and the cloud boundaries and interior were improved. As experimental data for cloud detection, CAS500-1 L2G images acquired in the Korean Peninsula from April to November, which show the diversity of spatial and seasonal distribution of clouds, were used. To verify the performance of the proposed method, the results generated by a simple thresholding method were compared. As a result of the experiment, compared to the existing method, the proposed method was able to detect clouds more accurately by considering the radiometric characteristics of each image through the preprocessing process. In addition, the results showed that the influence of bright objects (panel roofs, concrete roads, sand, etc.) other than cloud objects was minimized. The proposed method showed more than 30% improved results(F1-score) compared to the existing method but showed limitations in certain images containing snow.