• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.124-131
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose a Progressive scalable video coding algorithm using frequency weighting in the DCT domain. Since the human visual system (HVS) can be modeled as a nonlinear point transformation, called the modulation transfer function (MTF), we tan use the frequency weighting matrix to enhance the video image quality. We change this frequency weighting matrix into the frequency shift matrix to apply to the bit-plane coding method for the fine granular scalable (FGS) video coding We also define a new error metric JNDE (just noticeable difference) to measure the perceptual image quality in terms of human vision.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.38-38
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 웨이브릿 영역에서의 영역 분류와 대역간 예측 및 선택적 벡터 양자화를 이용한 다분광 화상테이타 압축 기법을 제안하였다. 이 방법에서는 각 대역을 웨이브릿 변환 후, 각 대역의 기저밴드의 대역별 특성을 이용하여 영역 분류를 행하였다. 그리고, 다른 대역과 해상도가 동일하고 공간적 분산이 작으며 분광적 상관성이 큰 기준대역 (reference channel)을 결정한 뒤, 이를 영역별 스칼라 및 분류별 가변 벡터 양자화를 행하여 부호화 하였다. 또한 기준대역과의 대역간 상관성이 큰 대역들에 대해서는 영역별 대역간 예측을 행한 후, 활동도가 높은 블록에 대해서만 선택적 벡터 양자화로 부호화를 행하였다. 이때, 활동도가 높은 블록들의 위치정보는 기준대역으로부터 얻어지는 임계치 지도 (threshold map; THMAP)를 이용하였다. 즉, 제안한 방법에서는 각 대역에 대해 웨이브릿 영역에서의 영역 분류 후 영역별 대역간 예측을 행함으로써 다분광 화상데이타에 존재하는 대역간 중복성을 제거하고 선택적 벡터 양자화를 행함으로써 대역내 중복성을 효과적으로 제거하여 압축효율을 향상시킨다. 실제 원격 센싱된 인공위성 화상데이타에 대한 실험을 통하여 제안한 기법의 부호화 효율이 기존의 기법에 비하여 우수함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.344-352
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• 2001

In this paper, we propose a cross-correlation property and a related technique based on the validity of image block in a public watermarking and we embed messages into the high frequency band in the DCT domain because of its imperceptibility and fragility. As a result, we were able to inspect the identity of valid block between error corrected original images and watermarked images through experiments. And we confirmed the viability of this cross-correlation as an application for future public watermarking.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.20-27
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• 2007

Generally, the TFT-LCD image signal have nonuniform brightness and are composed of largely varying background signal, noise signal and abruptly changing Mura signal within Mura region. In this paper, Mura region enhancing algorithms using the proposed modified-MTF, which describes how human-visual-system's sensitivity varies in frequency domain, is proposed. The validity of the proposed algorithm was demonstrated ideal 1-dimensional signal and also then it was also tested TFT-LCD image. By the experimental results, the proposed algorithm is very effective in TFT-LCD image Mura enhancement.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.87-94
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• 2008

In this paper, we present a directional error concealment technique to compensate a lost block. Generally, the strong edge of an image has the large amounts of the variance because of its large coefficients in the wavelet domain. For estimating edge direction of a lost block, a $X^2$ hypothesis-testing problem is applied using the variance of wavelet coefficients. The lost block is interpolated according to the estimated edge direction. The pixels for interpolation is obtained from the edge direction. The proposed method outperforms the previous methods in objective and subjective qualities.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.46 no.5
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• pp.143-150
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• 2009

In this paper, we present a spatial domain error concealment method to recover a lost block in intra-coded frames. The edge directions of the lost block are estimated by the difference values of the border pixels of the accurately received blocks. The lost block is interpolated according to the estimated edge directions. Our algorithm can adaptively recover a lost block according to the estimated edge direction. The distances between pixels are used as weights for interpolation. In spite of the low computational cost, the proposed method outperforms the previous methods in objective and subjective qualities.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.88-94
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• 2008

A DCT-based energy-ratio measure for autofocus in digital camera is proposed in this paper. This measure, namely AC2DC1 and AC5DC1, determines the sharpness of an image using a ratio between AC and DC energy in the DCT domain. This method is derived from energy analysis of DCT coefficients. Autofocus score calculation method is used to assess the performance of the proposed measure and to compare it with other measures. Experimental results under various conditions verify the robustness of the proposed focus measure for the Gaussian as well as impulsive noises.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.379-385
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to compare the ability of an engineered Escherichia coli to degrade chlorpyrifos (Cp) using an organophosphorus hydrolase enzyme, encoded in both Flavobacterium sp. ATCC 27551 or Pseudomonas diminuta, by employing the Lpp-OmpA chimera and the N-terminal domain of the ice nucleation protein as anchoring motifs. Tracing of the expression location of the recombinant protein using SDS-PAGE showed the presentation of OPH by both anchors on the outer membrane. This is the first report on the presentation of OPH on the cell surface by Lpp-OmpA under the control of the T7 promoter. The results showed cell growth in the presence of Cp as the sole source of energy, without growth inhibition, and with higher whole-cell activity for both cells harboring plasmids pENVO and pELMO, at approximately 10,342.85 and 10,857.14 U/mg, respectively. Noticeably, the protein displayed by pELMO was lower than the protein displayed by pENVO. It can be concluded that Lpp-OmpA can display less protein, but more functional OPH protein. These results highlight the high potential, of both engineered bacteria, for use in the bioremediation of pesticide-contaminated sources in the environment.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.08a
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• pp.102-106
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• 2008

Forensic Marking is the technology that enables the service providers (SP) to identify the illegal digital contents distributors by first inserting markings (data indicating the user information and playback time) in realtime into the digital contents at time of playback of digital contents, and then later by extracting inserted markings from the contents which are illegally captured from the multimedia device such as IPTV STBs and distributed over the Internet. Digital Rights Management (DRM), which is a very popular content protection technology, has the security hole that can be vulnerable because the encrypted digital contents are transformed into their original plaintext forms after the decrypting process on the STBs. Therefore Forensic Marking (FM) has now become a companion content protection solution to DRM. This article describes a new way of tracking up to 4 illegal content users in FM implementation using the blue-difference chroma component of YCbCr color space. This FM technology has many advantages like fast processing time and easy portability to STB devices compared to that of the traditional watermarking processing in the frequency domain.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.493-500
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• 2021

Argyrins are a group of anticancer and antibacterial octapeptide bioactive substances isolated from myxobacteria. In this study, we showed that the myxobacterium Archangium gephyra MEHO_001, isolated in Korea, produces argyrins A and B. MEHO_001 cells tend to aggregate when cultured in liquid media. Hence, a dispersion mutant, MEHO_002, was isolated from MEHO_001. The MEHO_002 strain produced approximately 3.5 times more argyrins than that produced by the wild-type strain MEHO_001. We determined the whole-genome sequence of A. gephyra MEHO_002 and identified a putative argyrin biosynthetic gene cluster comprising five genes, arg1-arg5, encoding non-ribosomal peptide synthases and tailoring enzymes. Inactivation of arg2 by plasmid insertion disrupted argyrin production. The amino acid sequences of the proteins encoded by arg2-arg5 of A. gephyra MEHO_002 were 90-98% similar to those encoded by the argyrin biosynthetic genes of Cystobacter sp. SBCb004, an argyrin-producing myxobacterium with identical domain organization.