• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.417-424
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• 2016

In this paper, an accurate characterization of a fabricated X-band transmit/receive module is described with the process of generating control data to correct amplitude and phase deviations in an active electronically scanned array antenna unit. In the characterization, quantization errors (from both a digitally controlled attenuator and a phase shifter) are considered using not theoretical values (due to discrete sets of amplitude and phase states) but measured values (of which implementation errors are a part). By using the presented procedure for the characterization, each initial control bit of both the attenuator and the phase shifter is closest to the required value for each array element position. In addition, each compensated control bit for the parasitic cross effect between amplitude and phase control is decided using the same procedure. Reduction of the peak sidelobe level of an array antenna is presented as an example to validate the proposed procedure.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1225-1233
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• 1988

본 논문에서는 피라미드 부호화에서 몇가지 수행이 간단한 방법을 사용하여 0.3~0.5bits/pel의 고감축율에서도 양호한 품질의 영상을 얻고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 Laplace 평면 구성의 궤환방식, 3차원 예측기, 그리고 중앙집중 양자화기를 부호화시 도입하였다. 또한 최하층의 비트율을 대폭 감축하기 위해 조건부로 전송하는 방식과 전송하지 않고 에지 선명화하는 방식을 새로이 적용하였다. 실험 결과, 에지 선명화 방식에 의한 부호화시 0.3bits/pel의 엔트로피로 구해진 비트율에서도 비교적 양호한 품질의 영상을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.468-488
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• 2016

The paper proposes a novel framework for 3D face verification using dimensionality reduction based on highly distinctive local features in the presence of illumination and expression variations. The histograms of efficient local descriptors are used to represent distinctively the facial images. For this purpose, different local descriptors are evaluated, Local Binary Patterns (LBP), Three-Patch Local Binary Patterns (TPLBP), Four-Patch Local Binary Patterns (FPLBP), Binarized Statistical Image Features (BSIF) and Local Phase Quantization (LPQ). Furthermore, experiments on the combinations of the four local descriptors at feature level using simply histograms concatenation are provided. The performance of the proposed approach is evaluated with different dimensionality reduction algorithms: Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Orthogonal Locality Preserving Projection (OLPP) and the combined PCA+EFM (Enhanced Fisher linear discriminate Model). Finally, multi-class Support Vector Machine (SVM) is used as a classifier to carry out the verification between imposters and customers. The proposed method has been tested on CASIA-3D face database and the experimental results show that our method achieves a high verification performance.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.3272-3285
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• 2016

Recently, Vector of Locally Aggregated Descriptors (VLAD) has been proposed to index image by compact representations, which encodes powerful local descriptors and makes significant improvement on search performance with less memory compared against the state of art. However, its performance relies heavily on the size of the codebook which is used to generate VLAD representation. It indicates better accuracy needs higher dimensional representation. Thus, more memory overhead is needed. In this paper, we enhance VLAD image representation by using two level hierarchical-codebooks. It can provide more accurate search performance while keeping the VLAD size unchanged. In addition, hierarchical-codebooks are used to construct multiple inverted files for more accurate non-exhaustive search. Experimental results show that our method can make significant improvement on both VLAD image representation and non-exhaustive search.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 동영상을 효율적으로 부호화하기 위한 새로운 다중 해상도 움직임 보상방법과 잉여 양자화 방법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 동영상 부호화기는 다단계 웨이브렛 분해, 움직임 예측 및 움직임 보상. 대역내에서의 래스터 주사. 블록 Tree의 구성 및 블록 분할. 적응적 산술 부호화기로 구성된다. 제안된 동영상 부호화기는 단순하면서도 낮은 연산량을 필요로 하며. 임베디드 특성과 SNR 계위 부호화 특성과 같은 좋은 기능을 제공한다. 또한 기존에 제안되었던 웨이브렛 변환을 이용하는 동영상 부호화 방법과 비교하여 우수한 성능을 제공한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제23권9A호
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• pp.2289-2304
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• 1998

For the performance analysis and traffic control of ATM networks carrying video sequences, need an appropriate video traffic model. In this paper, we propose a new traffic model for MPEG compressed videos which are widely used for any type of video applications at th emoment. The proposed modeling scheme uses scene-based traffic characteristics and considers the correlation between frames of consecutiv GOPs. Using a simple scene detection algorithm, scene changes are modeled by state transitions and the number of GOPs of a scene state is modeled by a geometric distirbution. Frames of a scene stte are modeled by mean I, P, and B frame size. For more accurate traffic modeling, quantization errors (residual bits) that the state transition model using mean values has are compensated by autoregressive processes. We show that our model very well captures the traffic chracteristics of the original videos by performance analysis in terms of autocorrelation, histogram of frame bits genrated by the model, and cell loss rate in the ATM multiplexer with limited buffers. Our model is able to perrorm translations between levels (i.e., GOP, frame, and cell levels) and to estimate very accurately the stochastic characteristics of the original videos by each level.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.662-671
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• 2017

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of death in the world. As a non-invasive imaging modality, computed tomography angiography (CTA) is now usually used in clinical practice for CAD diagnosis. Precise quantification of coronary stenosis is of great interest for diagnosis and treatment planning. In this paper, a novel cluster method based on a Modified Student's t-Mixture Model is applied to separate the region of vessel lumen from other tissues. Then, the area of the vessel lumen in each slice is computed and the estimated value of it is fitted with a curve. Finally, the location and the level of the most stenoses are captured by comparing the calculated and fitted areas of the vessel. The proposed method has been applied to 17 clinical CTA datasets and the results have been compared with reference standard degrees of stenosis defined by an expert. The results of the experiment indicate that the proposed method can accurately quantify the stenosis of the coronary artery in CTA.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2006년도 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS Vol.2
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• pp.211-215
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• 2006

In this paper, design and applications of a generalized, versatile and customizable IF signal generator that can model the modernized GPS and Galileo signal is given. It generates IF sampled data that can be directly used by a software receiver. Entire constellation of satellites which is independent of satellite-user geometry is easily determined using a real or simulated ephemeris data. Since the IF center frequency, sampling frequency and quantization bit number are user location dependent parameters, their effects are also considered in IF signal generator. The generalized IF signal generator will be very well suited for the development phase of a software receiver due to its versatility. The full access to the sampling frequency, front-end filter definition and ADC parameters also offers a great opportunity for cost-effective analysis of tracking loops and error mitigation techniques at the receiver level. Interference sources can be easily added to the generator to simulate specific environments. This software IF signal generator can also be used to feed a multi-frequency multi-system software receiver for the prototyping of a combined GPS/Galileo receiver. The test result using the generated signals and a real software receiver shows the effectiveness of the implemented IF signal generator.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.93-101
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• 2007

혼재 네트워크 (heterogeneous networks) 환경에서는 IPTV 서비스를 위해 계층부호화 방식 (SVC, Scalable Video Coding)이 사용될 것이다. 본 논문은 공간적 (spatial), 품질적 (quality), 시간적 (temporal) 세 가지의 계층화 방식을 (scalable coding) 혼합한 혼합 계층화 방식 (hybrid scalable coding)에서 최종 디스플레이 되는 레벨에 따라 계층간 참조 (inter-layer reference)하는 계층을 결정하는 방식에 대하여 분석하였다. 공간적 계층화에서 위신호(僞信號) (aliasing) 방지를 위해 제거되는 고주파 성분과 품질적 계층화에서 양자화에 의해서 생기는 잡음간의 관계에 따라 공간적 하부 계층에서 요구되는 품질은 어느 정도가 적합한지를 결정한다. 본 논문은 공간적 계층화와 품질적 계층화의 레벨 선택은 비디오 시퀀스의 특성에 따라 결정되어야함을 보인다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.429-440
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• 2007

A coded excitation has been studied to improve the performance for ultrasound imaging in term of SNR, imaging frame rate, contrast to tissue ratio, and so forth. However, it requires a complicated arbitrary waveform transmitter for each active channel that is typically composed of a multi-bit Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) and a linear power amplifier (LPA). Not only does the LPA increase the cost and size of a transmitter block, but it consumes much power, increasing the system complexity further and causing a heating-up problem. This paper proposes an optimized 1.5bit fourth order sigma-delta modulation technique applicable to design an efficient arbitrary waveform generator with greatly reduced power dissipation and hardware. The proposed SDM can provide a required SQNR with a low over-sampling ratio of 4. To this end, the loop coefficients are optimized to minimize the quantization noise power in signal band while maintaining system stability. In addition, the decision level for the 1.5 bit quantizer is optimized for a given input waveform, which results in the SQNR improvement of more than 5dB. Computer simulation results show that the SQNR of a FM(frequency modulated) signal generated by using the proposed method is about 26dB, and the peak side-lobe level (PSL) of its compressed waveform on receive is -48dB.