• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.86-95
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• 2009

SIFT is an algorithm to extract vectors at pixels around keypoints, in which the pixel colors are very different from neighbors, such as vertices and edges of an object. The SIFT algorithm is being actively researched for various image processing applications including 3D image reconstructions and intelligent vision system for robots. In this paper, we implement a hardware to sift feature detection algorithm for real time processing in embedded systems. We estimate that the hardware implementation give a performance 25ms of $1,280{\times}960$ image and 5ms of $640{\times}480$ image at 100MHz. And the implemented hardware consumes 45,792 LUTs(85%) with Synplify 8.li synthesis tool.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.138-144
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• 2010

This paper presents the experimental analysis of a F-Hessian SIFT-Based Railroad Level-Crossing Safety Vision System. Region of surveillance, region of interests, data matching based on extracting feature points has been examined under the laboratory condition by the model rig on a small scale. Real-time system were observed by using SIFT based on F-Hessian feature tracking method and other common algorithm.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.1-10
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• 2013

In this paper, we implement the SIFT(Scale-Invariant Feature Transform) algorithm for feature point extraction using a many-core processor, and analyze the performance, area efficiency, and system area efficiency of the many-core processor. In addition, we demonstrate the potential of the proposed many-core processor by comparing the performance of the many-core processor with that of high-performance CPU and GPU(Graphics Processing Unit). Experimental results indicate that the accuracy result of the SIFT algorithm using the many-core processor was same as that of OpenCV. In addition, the many-core processor outperforms CPU and GPU in terms of execution time. Moreover, this paper proposed an optimal model of the SIFT algorithm on the many-core processor by analyzing energy efficiency and area efficiency for different octave sizes.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.102-103
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 임베디드 환경을 위한 객체인식 시스템의 구조 및 실시간 처리를 위한 객체인식기의 하드웨어설계를 제안한다. 제안된 구조는 SIFT(Scale Invariant Feature Transform)를 이용하여 사물의 특징점을 추출하고, 비교하여 객체를 인식한다. SIFT는 영상의 크기 및 회전 등의 변화에 적응이 뛰어난 알고리즘이지만, 복잡한 연산이 반복되어 연산시간이 많은 특성상 임베디드 환경에서 실시간 처리가 어렵다. 따라서 해당 알고리즘을 하프웨어로 설계하여, 임베디드 사물인식 시스템에 적용한다. 사물인식의 빠른 처리와 인식영역의 구분을 위해 JSEG 영상분할 알고리즘을 활용하며, SIFT 특징점 추출 연산과 병렬 실행이 가능하도록 SIFT와 함께 하드웨어 구조로 설계한다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.202-207
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• 2013

This paper implemented the conventional FAST and BRIEF algorithm as hardware on Zynq-7000 SoC Platform. Previous feature-based hardware accelerator is mostly implemented using the SIFT or SURF algorithm, but it requires excessive internal memory and hardware cost. The proposed FAST & BRIEF accelerator reduces approximately 57% of internal memory usage and 70% of hardware cost compared to the conventional SIFT or SURF accelerator, and it processes 0.17 pixel per Clock.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.17B no.5
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• pp.355-362
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• 2010

Face tracking is to estimate the motion of a non-rigid face together with a rigid head in 3D, and plays important roles in higher levels such as face/facial expression/emotion recognition. In this paper, we propose an AAM-based face tracking algorithm. AAM has been widely used to segment and track deformable objects, but there are still many difficulties. Particularly, it often tends to diverge or converge into local minima when a target object is self-occluded, partially or completely occluded. To address this problem, we utilize the scale invariant feature transform (SIFT). SIFT is an effective method for self and partial occlusion because it is able to find correspondence between feature points under partial loss. And it enables an AAM to continue to track without re-initialization in complete occlusions thanks to the good performance of global matching. We also register and use the SIFT features extracted from multi-view face images during tracking to effectively track a face across large pose changes. Our proposed algorithm is validated by comparing other algorithms under the above 3 kinds of occlusions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.89-90
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 ultrasound image Right Parasagittal Liver에 edge detection을 적용한 후, 특징점 검출 알고리즘인 Scale Invarient Feature Transfom(SIFT)를 이용하여 특징점의 위치를 살펴보도록 한다. edge detection 알고리즘으로는 Canny edge detection과 Prewitt edge detection을 적용하기로 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.313-314
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 특징점 검출 알고리즘을 적용하여 ultrasound image에서 특징점을 검출하는 것과 object dectection을 위한 keypoints가 object에 올바르게 위치하는지를 검증하는 실험을 진행한다. 특징점 검출을 위한 알고리즘으로는 Scale Invariant Feature Transform(SIFT)과 Harris corner detection 을 적용하여 검증한다.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.1-10
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• 2019

Object-based image matching algorithms have been widely used in the image processing and computer vision fields. A variety of applications based on image matching algorithms have been recently developed for object recognition, 3D modeling, video tracking, and biomedical informatics. One prominent example of image matching features is the Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) scheme. However many applications using the SIFT algorithm have implemented based on stand-alone basis, not client-server architecture. In this paper, We initially implemented based on client-server structure by using SIFT algorithms to identify and match objects in biomedical images to provide useful information to the user based on the recently released Mobile platform. The major methodological contribution of this work is leveraging the convenient user interface and ubiquitous Internet connection on Mobile device for interactive delineation, segmentation, representation, matching and retrieval of biomedical images. With these technologies, our paper showcased examples of performing reliable image matching from different views of an object in the applications of semantic image search for biomedical informatics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.488-490
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 문서 영상에서 글자 분할 및 인식이 필요 없는 단어 검색 알고리즘을 제안한다. 글자 분할을 하지 않고 검색하기 위해 영상 검색에 사용되는 SIFT특징을 이용하였다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 사용자가 입력한 질의어를 질의 영상으로 변환하고, 질의 영상에서 SIFT특징을 추출한다. 추출된 특징은 문서영상에서 추출한 특징과 매칭을 통해 매칭점 쌍을 생성한다. 생성된 매칭점 쌍들을 군집화 조건에 따라 군집화 한다. 군집화는 질의 영상과 지리적 분포가 유사하게 군집화 되도록 설계되었다. 생성된 군집은 군집에 포함된 특징점의 개수가 많을수록 질의 영상과 유사하다. 따라서 N개 이상의 원소를 가지는 군집을 결과로 출력한다. 실험한 결과 제안하는 알고리즘의 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.