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Multiple Barcode Watermarking Technique for Improve Robustness and Imperceptibility (강인성과 비지각성 향상을 위한 다중 바코드 워터마킹 기법)

  • Seo, Jung-Hee;Park, Hung-Bog
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.1723-1729
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    • 2016
  • Digital watermarking is tried to get an optimum tradeoffs between its performance characteristics, robustness, transparency and capacity. This paper is, therefore, suggesting a watermarking technique that builds multiple barcodes in various frequency bands to implement embedded watermarks that is imperceptible and robust against various attacks. Even though a watermark technique with duplicated barcode watermarks embedded in various frequency bands can satisfy robustness as there is high possibility that watermarks embedded in an image remains after various attacks, the duplicated barcode data can weaken imperceptibility. Thus, to satisfy the conflicting characteristic requirements of watermarks, robustness and imperceptibility, different barcode data is embedded in each frequency band. The test shows that ownership authentication with the technique suggested in this thesis does not require specialized hardware, and extracted watermarks can be easily identified through a mobile barcode scanner app, which allows low complexity, low cost and swift identification.

Construction of Wireless Sensor Network for Intelligent Home (지능형 홈을 위한 무선 센서 네트워크 구성)

  • Whang Se-Hee;Jang In-Hun;Sim Kwee-Bo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.695-700
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    • 2005
  • In the sensor network, a lot of sensor nodes are scattered sparsely and organizes a united communication network between each node. After that, environmental information around each sensor node are gathered and analyzed. Because each node operates under resource constraint, the efficiency and hardware specification of a node should be maximized. There exist technical constraints until now but recent technical progress in IC fabrication and wireless network enables to construct a tiny embedded system, which has the properties of low cost, low power consumption, multi functions. Wireless sensor network becomes a modern research field with technical improvements, is studied in numerous laboratories, and is called as diverse different project names - Wireless Integrated Network Sensors (WINS), Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET), Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN). TinyOS is one of leading project and is widely used. In this paper, we suggest a sensor network, which uses TinyOS platforms and aims for context awareness in a home environment.

A study on counting number of passengers by moving object detection (이동 객체 검출을 통한 승객 인원 개수에 대한 연구)

  • Yoo, Sang-Hyun
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2020
  • In the field of image processing, a method of detecting and counting passengers as moving objects when getting on and off the bus has been studied. Among these technologies, one of the artificial intelligence techniques, the deep learning technique is used. As another method, a method of detecting an object using a stereo vision camera is also used. However, these techniques require expensive hardware equipment because of the computational complexity of used to detect objects. However, most video equipments have a significant decrease in computational processing power, and thus, in order to detect passengers on the bus, there is a need for an image processing technology suitable for various equipment using a relatively low computational technique. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a technique that can efficiently obtain the number of passengers on the bus by detecting the contour of the object through the background subtraction suitable for low-cost equipment. Experiments have shown that passengers were counted with approximately 70% accuracy on lower-end machines than those equipped with stereo vision camera.

High-Speed Reed-Solomon Decoder Using New Degree Computationless Modified Euclid´s Algorithm (새로운 DCME 알고리즘을 사용한 고속 Reed-Solomon 복호기)

  • 백재현;선우명훈
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.459-468
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    • 2003
  • This paper proposes a novel low-cost and high-speed Reed-Solomon (RS) decoder based on a new degree computationless modified Euclid´s (DCME) algorithm. This architecture has quite low hardware complexity compared with conventional modified Euclid´s (ME) architectures, since it can remove completely the degree computation and comparison circuits. The architecture employing a systolic away requires only the latency of 2t clock cycles to solve the key equation without initial latency. In addition, the DCME architecture using 3t+2 basic cells has regularity and scalability since it uses only one processing element. The RS decoder has been synthesized using the 0.25${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. Faraday CMOS standard cell library and operates at 200MHz and its data rate suppots up to 1.6Gbps. For tile (255, 239, 8) RS code, the gate counts of the DCME architecture and the whole RS decoder excluding FIFO memory are only 21,760 and 42,213, respectively. The proposed RS decoder can reduce the total fate count at least 23% and the total latency at least 10% compared with conventional ME architectures.

An Implementation of CAN Communication Interface using the Embedded Processor System based on FPGA (FPGA 기반의 임베디드 프로세서 시스템을 이용한 CAN 통신 인터페이스 구현)

  • Koo, Tae-Mook;Park, Young-Seak
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.53-62
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    • 2010
  • Recently, various industrial embedded systems including vehicles controlled electronically are evolving to distributed multi-micro controller system. Accordingly, there is a need for standard CAN(Controller Area Network) protocol that ensures high stability and reliability of communication and is simple to construct object-oriented system with high control efficiency. CAN communication interface used general-purpose processor doesn't have many limitations in various application development because of fixed hardware architecture. This paper design and implement a CAN communication interface system based on FPGA. It is verified function and performance of system through monitoring communication with existing AT90CAN128 controller. Implemented CAN communication interface can be reused in development of application systems based on FPGA. And it provides low-cost, small-size and low-power design advantages.

Design of Diigence/Indolence System using a Smart Phone (스마트폰을 이용한 근태관리시스템의 설계)

  • Jo, Hyun Joon;Lee, Dong Gi;Kim, Min Gyu;Park, Jin Soo;Kim, Dong Hyun;Ban, Chae Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2013.10a
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    • pp.307-309
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    • 2013
  • Diligence/Indolence records are the basic data at a human resource management and the essential data for measure salaries of employees. However, since the D/I systems using RFIDs or biometric sensors require hish costs to build and operate the D/I systems, it is difficult for to small business or self-employed business to use them. In this paper, we propose the Diligence/Indolence system to use the location identification of a smart phon. To locate the position of an employee, the WiFi signal of a smart phone and the wireless access point are exploited. Because the pre-owned hardware resources are used and initial building costs are low, it is easy for small business to use the proposed D/I system with low cost.

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Generation of Pattern Classifier using LFSRs (LFSR을 이용한 패턴분류기의 생성)

  • Kwon, Sook-Hee;Cho, Sung-Jin;Choi, Un-Sook;Kim, Han-Doo;Kim, Na-Roung
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.673-679
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    • 2014
  • The important requirements of designing a pattern classifier are high throughput and low memory requirements, and low cost hardware implementation. A pattern classifier by using Multiple Attractor Cellular Automata(MACA) proposed by Maji et al. reduced the complexity of the classification algorithm from $O(n^3)$ to O(n) by using Dependency Vector(DV) and Dependency String(DS). In this paper, we generate a pattern classifier using LFSR to improve efficiently the space and time complexity and we propose a method for finding DV by using the 0-basic path. Also we investigate DV and the attractor of the generated pattern classifier. We can divide an n-bit DS by m number of $DV_i$ s and generate various pattern classifiers.

Low-Power and High-Efficiency Class-D Audio Amplifier Using Composite Interpolation Filter for Digital Modulators

  • Kang, Minchul;Kim, Hyungchul;Gu, Jehyeon;Lim, Wonseob;Ham, Junghyun;Jung, Hearyun;Yang, Youngoo
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.109-116
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents a high-efficiency digital class-D audio amplifier using a composite interpolation filter for portable audio devices. The proposed audio amplifier is composed of an interpolation filter, a delta-sigma modulator, and a class-D output stage. To reduce power consumption, the designed interpolation filter has an optimized composite structure that uses a direct-form symmetric and Lagrange FIR filters. Compared to the filters with homogeneous structures, the hardware cost and complexity are reduced by about half by the optimization. The coefficients of the digital delta-sigma modulator are also optimized for low power consumption. The class-D output stage has gate driver circuits to reduce shoot-through current. The implemented class-D audio amplifier exhibited a high efficiency of 87.8 % with an output power of 57 mW at a load impedance of $16{\Omega}$ and a power supply voltage of 1.8 V. An outstanding signal-to-noise ratio of 90 dB and a total harmonic distortion plus noise of 0.03 % are achieved for a single-tone input signal with a frequency of 1 kHz.

A Study on the Effect of the Name Node and Data Node on the Big Data Processing Performance in a Hadoop Cluster (Hadoop 클러스터에서 네임 노드와 데이터 노드가 빅 데이터처리 성능에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Younghun;Kim, Yongil
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.68-74
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    • 2017
  • Big data processing processes various types of data such as files, images, and video to solve problems and provide insightful useful information. Currently, various platforms are used for big data processing, but many organizations and enterprises are using Hadoop for big data processing due to the simplicity, productivity, scalability, and fault tolerance of Hadoop. In addition, Hadoop can build clusters on various hardware platforms and handle big data by dividing into a name node (master) and a data node (slave). In this paper, we use a fully distributed mode used by actual institutions and companies as an operation mode. We have constructed a Hadoop cluster using a low-power and low-cost single board for smooth experiment. The performance analysis of Name node is compared through the same data processing using single board and laptop as name nodes. Analysis of influence by number of data nodes increases the number of data nodes by two times from the number of existing clusters. The effect of the above experiment was analyzed.

Distance Sensing of Moving Target with Frequency Control of 2.4 GHz Doppler Radar (2.4 GHz 도플러 레이다의 주파수 조정을 통한 이동체 거리 센싱)

  • Baik, Kyung-Jin;Jang, Byung-Jun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.152-159
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    • 2019
  • In general, a Doppler radar can measure only the velocity of a moving target. To measure the distance of a moving target, it is necessary to use a frequency-modulated continuous wave or pulse radar. However, the latter are very complex in terms of both hardware as well as signal processing. Moreover, the requirement of wide bandwidth necessitates the use of millimeter-wave frequency bands of 24 GHz and 77 GHz. Recently, a new kind of Doppler radar using multitone frequency has been studied to sense the distance of moving targets in addition to their speed. In this study, we show that distance sensing of moving targets is possible by adjusting only the frequency of a 2.4 GHz Doppler radar with low cost phase lock loop. In particular, we show that distance can be sensed using only alternating current information without direct current offset information. The proposed technology satisfies the Korean local standard for low power radio equipment for moving target identification in the 2.4 GHz frequency band, and enables multiple long-range sensing and radio-frequency identification applications.