• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.737-745
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• 2008

In this paper, a novel neighborhood metric of histogram equalization (HE) algorithm for contrast enhancement is presented. We present a refinement of HE using neighborhood metrics with a general framework which orders pixels based on a sequence of sorting functions which uses both global and local information to remap the image greylevels. We tested a novel sorting key with the suggestion of using the original image greylevel as the primary key and a novel neighborhood distinction metric as the secondary key, and compared HE using proposed distinction metric and other HE methods such as global histogram equalization (GHE), HE using voting metric and HE using contrast difference metric. We found that our method can preserve advantages of other metrics, while reducing drawbacks of them and avoiding undesirable over-enhancement that can occur with local histogram equalization (LHE) and other methods.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.175-179
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• 2014

The histogram specification turns the shape of a histogram into that we want to specify. This technique can be applied usefully in various image processing fields such as machine vision. However, the histogram specification technique has its basic limits. For instance, the histogram does not have location information of pixels. Also, the accuracy of the specification drops because of quantization errors of the digitized image. In this paper, we proposed a multiresolution histogram specification method in order to improve the accuracy of specification in terms of resemblance between destination and source image. The experimental results show that the proposed method enhances the accuracy of the specification compared to the conventional methods.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2017

In this study, we propose a method which is based on "Image segmentation by histogram thresholding using hierarchical cluster analysis"/HCA/ and "A nonparametric approach for histogram segmentation"/NHS/. HCA method uses that all histogram bins are one cluster then it reduces cluster numbers by using distance metric. Because this method has too many clusters, it is more computation. In order to eliminate disadvantages of "HCA" method, we used "NHS" method. NHS method finds all local minima of histogram. To reduce cluster number, we use NHS method which is fast. In our approach, we combine those two methods to eliminate disadvantages of Arifin method. The proposed method is not only less computational than "HCA" method because combined method has few clusters but also it uses local minima of histogram which is computed by "NHS".

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.304-306
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• 2007

Methods of Object recognition from camera image are to compare features of color. edge or pattern with model in a general way. SIFT(scale-invariant feature transform) has good performance but that has high complexity of computation. Using simple color histogram has low complexity. but low performance. In this paper we represent a model as a color cooccurrence histogram. and we improve performance using pyramid matching. The color cooccurrence histogram keeps track of the number of pairs of certain colored pixels that occur at certain separation distances in image space. The color cooccurrence histogram adds geometric information to the normal color histogram. We suggest object recognition by pyramid matching of color cooccurrence histogram.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.101-109
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• 2004

Image enhancement for Infrared imaging system is mainly based on the global histogram equalization. The global histogram equalization(GHE) is a method in which each pixel is equalized by using a whole histogram of an image. GHE is speedy and effective for real-time imaging system but its method fails to enhance the fine details. On the other hand, the basic local histogram equalization(LHE) method uses sliding a window and. the pixels under the window region are equalized over the whole output dynamic range. The LHE is adequate to enhance the fine details. But this method is computationally slow and noises are over-enhanced. So various local histogram equalization methods have been already presented to overcome these problems of LHE. In this paper, a new regional dynamic range histogram equalization (RDRHE) is presented. RDRHE improves the equalization quality while reducing the computational burden.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.96-108
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• 2014

기존 히스토그램 평활화 방법을 사용하여 영상의 명암대비를 증가시킬 경우 과도한 밝기 변화로 인한 과포화 현상(over-enhancement), 계조현상(false contouring) 및 영상의 세부 정보가 없어지는 등의 왜곡이 발생한다. 특히 밝기 분포가 특정한 밝기 레벨에 밀집되어 있는 경우 이러한 왜곡이 두드러지게 나타나게 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 임계치를 이용한 히스토그램 클리핑을 통해 입력 히스토그램을 변형하는 개선된 평활화 방법들이 제시되었지만, 입력영상의 히스토그램 특성을 고려하지 않고 전체 히스토그램에 대해 동일한 임계치를 적용하기 때문에 명암대비 향상효과가 감소하고, 입력 영상의 특성을 유지하지 못해 부자연스러운 영상이 얻어지기도 한다. 본 논문에서는 기존 방식에서 발생하는 문제를 해결하기 위하여 입력영상의 히스토그램의 빈도수에 따른 차별적 압축방법을 적용하여 과도한 밝기 변화가 발생하는 문제를 억제하면서도 입력영상의 특성을 유지하는 새로운 평활화 방식을 제 안한다. 또한 입력영상의 특성에 따라 압축률의 강도를 제어하여 보다 효과적으로 명암대비 향상을 수행하는 방법을 제시한다.

• 대한음성학회지:말소리
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• 제55권
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• pp.131-142
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• 2005

A mismatch between the training and the test conditions often causes a drastic decrease in the performance of the speech recognition systems. In this paper, non-linear transformation techniques based on histogram equalization in the acoustic feature space are studied for reducing the mismatched condition. The purpose of histogram equalization(HEQ) is to convert the probability distribution of test speech into the probability distribution of training speech. While conventional histogram equalization methods consider only the probability distribution of a test speech, for noise-corrupted test speech, its probability distribution is also distorted. The transformation function obtained by this distorted probability distribution maybe bring about miss-transformation of feature vectors, and this causes the performance of histogram equalization to decrease. Therefore, this paper proposes a new method of calculating noise-removed probability distribution by using assumption that the CDF of noisy speech feature vectors consists of component of speech feature vectors and component of noise feature vectors, and this compensated probability distribution is used in HEQ process. In the AURORA-2 framework, the proposed method reduced the error rate by over $44\%$ in clean training condition compared to the baseline system. For multi training condition, the proposed methods are also better than the baseline system.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.76-86
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• 2017

In this study, we propose an automatic contrast enhancement method based on transfer function modification (TFM) by histogram equalization. Previous histogram-based global contrast enhancement techniques employ histogram modification, whereas we propose a direct TFM technique that considers the mean brightness of an image during contrast enhancement. The mean point shifting method using a transfer function is proposed to preserve the mean brightness of an image. In addition, the linearization of transfer function technique, which has a histogram flattening effect, is designed to reduce visual artifacts. An attenuation factor is automatically determined using the maximum value of the probability density function in an image to control its rate of contrast. A new quantitative measurement method called sparsity of a histogram is proposed to obtain a better objective comparison relative to previous global contrast enhancement methods. According to our experimental results, we demonstrated the performance of our proposed method based on generalized measures and the newly proposed measurement.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 효율적인 명암도 향상 알고리즘으로 가중치 히스토그램 수정을 제안한다. 명암도 향상을 위하여 히스토그램 평활화와 히스토그램 스트레칭은 효과적인 방법들이다. 하지만, 히스토그램 평활화와 히스토그램 스트레칭은 지나친 명암도 향상을 가져올 수 있다. 가중치 히스토그램 수정을 이용하는 제안하는 방법은 부작용 없이 기존 명함도 향상하는 방법들 보다 자연스럽고 향상된 결과를 가진다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2014

이전 연구에서 퍼지 C-Means의 중심 데이터로 이루어진 보조 데이터를 이용한 히스토그램 등화기법을 제안하였다. 보조 데이터를 이용한 히스토그램 등화기법은 사용하는 참조 집합의 크기에 따라 화자 식별 성능에 영향을 받는다. 그러나 인식 시점에서 최적의 파라미터를 찾기는 어렵다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 화자 식별을 위한 다수 투표 방식에 기반을 둔 보조 데이터를 이용한 히스토그램 등화기법을 제안한다. 다수 투표 기반의 제안한 방법은 여러 종류의 보조 데이터를 이용한 히스토그램 등화기법으로 입력 음성을 분류한다. 본 연구에서 제안한 방법을 CMN(Cepstral Mean Normalization), MVN(Mean and Variance Normalization), HEQ(Histogram Equalization)와 같은 기존의 특징 정규화 방법 및 보조 데이터를 이용한 히스토그램 등화기법과 비교한다.