• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.4 no.5
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• pp.423-429
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• 2001

In this paper, we propose the improved method for retrieving images with DC element of DCT that is used in image compression such as JPEG/MPEG. The existing method retrieves images with DC of fixed block size DCT. In this method, the increase in the block size results in faster retrieving speed, but it lessens the accuracy. The decrease in the block size improves the accuracy, however, it degrades the retrieving speed. In order to solve this problem, the proposed method utilizes the variable block size DCT. This method first determines the existence of object regions within each block, and then creates an image region table. Based on this table, it determines the size of each block, following a simple rule; decrease the block size in the object regions, and increase the block size in the background regions. The proposed method using variable block size DCT improves about 15% in terms of the accuracy. Additionally, when there rarely exist images of same pattern, it is able to retrieve faster only by comparing the image region patterns.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-17
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• 1998

Video information is an important component of multimedia systems such as Digital Library, World-Wide Web (WWW), and Video-On-Demand (VOD) service system. Video information has hierarchical document structure inherently, so it is named "structure video document" in this paper. This paper proposes a data model, a query language, and an indexing scheme for structured video documents in order to store, retrieve, and share video documents efficiently. In representing structured video documents, the object-oriented data modeling technique is used since the hierarchical structure information can be modeled as complex objects. We also define object types for the structure information. Our query language supports not only content-based retrieval, which means the queries based on the structure of video documents, and spatial/temporal relation for video documents. In order to perform structure queries efficiently, as well as to reduce the storage overhead of indices, an optimized inverted index structure is proposed.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.9 no.9
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• pp.1139-1149
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• 2006

This paper describes a novel and efficient algorithm, which extracts focused objects from still images with low depth-of-field (DOF). The algorithm unfolds into four modules. In the first module, a HOS map, in which the spatial distribution of the high-frequency components is represented, is obtained from an input low DOF image [1]. The second module finds OOI candidate by using characteristics of the HOS. Since it is possible to contain some holes in the region, the third module detects and fills them. In order to obtain an OOI, the last module gets rid of background pixels in the OOI candidate. The experimental results show that the proposed method is highly useful in various applications, such as image indexing for content-based retrieval from huge amounts of image database, image analysis for digital cameras, and video analysis for virtual reality, immersive video system, photo-realistic video scene generation and video indexing system.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.691-701
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• 2000

Software documents consists of a number of objects and relationships between them, and structure of documents can be changed frequently. In this paper, we propose a version storage and consistency management model for fine-grained software objects based on operations applied to edit software objects. An object has an interface and can be updated only through operations defined in its interface. Operations applied to objects are recorded in the operation history, which is used to retrieve versions of a document and manage consistency between documents. Because versions of an object are stored and retrieved using the operation delta, it is not needed to compare versions of a document to extract delta and it is easy to identify the changes between versions in order to propagate the changes. Consistencies between documents are managed using dependencies between objects and kinds of the operations applied to the objects. Therefore unnecessary version propagation can be avoided. This paper presents a formal model of version retrieval and consistency management at the fine-grained level based on operations applied to the objects.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.28 no.10
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• pp.732-742
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• 2001

The concept of an agent has become important in computer science and has been applied to the number of application domains such electronic commerce and information retrieval. But, no one has proposed yet in software test. The test agent system applied the concept of an agent to software test is new test tool. It consists of the User Interface Agent. the Test Case Selection & Testing Agent and the Regression Test Agent. Each of these agents, with their intelligent rules, carry out the tests autonomously by empolying the object-oriented test processes. This system has 2 advantages. Firstly since the tests are carried our autonomously, it minimizes tester interference and secondly, since redundant-free and consistent effective test cases are intellectually selected, the testing time is reduced while the fault detection effectiveness improves. In this paper, by actually showing the testing process being carried out autonomously by the 3 agents that form the TAS, we show that the TAS minimizes tester interference. By also carrying out the 4 different types of experiments on the RE-Rule, CTS-Rule, overall TAS experiment, and the fault-detection effectiveness experiment on the RE-Rule, we show the cut-down on the testing time and improvement in the fault detection effectivity.

• Journal of KIISE:Databases
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.110-118
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• 2002

This paper presents a 3-D graphic database system based on XML that supports content-based retrievals of 3-D images, Most of graphics application systems are currently centered around the processing of 2-D images and research works on 3-D graphics are mainly concerned about the visualization aspects of 3-D image. They do not support the semantic modeling of 3-D objects and their spatial relations. In our data model, 3-D images are represented as compositions of 3-D graphic objects with associated spatial relations. Complex 3-D objects are mode]ed using a set of primitive 3-D objects rather than the lines and polygons that are found in traditional graphic systems. This model supports content-based retrievals of scenes containing a particular object or those satisfying certain spatial relations among the objects contained in them. 3-D images are stored in the database as XML documents using 3DGML DTD that are developed for modeling 3-D graphic data. Finally, this paper describes some examples of query executed in our Web-based prototype database system.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.25-30
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• 2003

Recently, development of digital technology is occupying a large part of multimedia information like character, voice, image, video, etc. Research about video indexing and retrieval progresses especially in research relative to video. In this paper, we propose new algorithm(Frame Feature Comparison) for MPEG video segmentation. Shot, Scene Change detection is basic and important works that segment it in MPEG video sequence. Generally, the segmentation algorithm that uses much has defect that occurs an error detection according to a flash of camera, movement of camera and fast movement of an object, because of comparing former frames with present frames. Therefore, we distinguish a scene change one more time using a scene change point detected in the conventional algorithm through comparing its mean value with abutted frames. In the result, we could detect more corrective scene change than the conventional algorithm.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.329-334
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• 2006

We have reconstructed 3-dimensional images by using the digital holographic microscope and the Mask-cut phase unwrapping algorithm. Off-axis holograms recorded with a magnified image of the microscopic object lens and reference beam are numerically reconstructed in amplitude and phase image by the Fresnel diffraction approximation. We have simultaneously reconstructed 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional images of the sub-micrometer objects.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2003.10d
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• pp.113-118
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• 2003

기존 문서 검색 시스템의 경우 단순히 문서 내에서 텍스트를 추출한 후 그 텍스트를 색인, 검색하는 형태를 가지고 있었다. 본 논문에서는 MS Word, Excel, HWP 등 다양한 형태의 문서에서 텍스트, 표, 이미지, 차트, 동영상 등의 문서 개체를 분석, 색인하고 이를 검색하는 시스템의 개발 방법을 제외하였다. 제안된 시스템은 문서의 내부 자료 구조를 CDML(Composite Document Markup Language)로 변환하고, 이를 색인, 저장함으로 기존의 전문 검색 시스템의 한계를 효과적으로 극복했으며, 문서 내의 검색 대상 개체로 자동 이동하고 하일라이팅 시키는 기술을 구현함으로 사용자 편익성을 높였다. 개발된 시스템의 성능을 평가한 결과, 다양한 문서 형식에 대해 평균 97% 이상의 CDML변환 성공률과 개체 검색 성공률을 보였으며, 이진 파일에서 직접 개체를 추출함으로 매우 높은 분석 및 색인 속도가 달성되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 논문에서 소개된 새로운 패러다임의 문서 검색 솔루션을 통해 다양한 기술적 상업적 파급 효과가 기대되고 있다.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.1254-1258
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• 2010

In information retrieval, different surface forms of the same object can cause poor performance of systems. In this paper, we propose the method extracting alternative words using translation words as features of each word extracted from parallel corpus, korean/english title pair of patent information. Also, we propose an association word filtering method to remove association words from an alternative word list. Evaluation results show that the proposed method outperforms other alternative word extraction methods.