• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.06d
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• pp.57-60
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• 2001

In this paper, we propose a new 3D object retrieval system using the shape information of 2D silhouette images. 2D images at different view points are derived from a 3D model and linked to the model. Shape feature of 2D image is extracted by a region-based descriptor. In the experiment, we compare the results of the proposed system with those of the system using curvature scale space(CSS) to show the efficiency of our system.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.1105-1112
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• 2020

Gait recognition, as a promising biometric, can be used in video-based surveillance and other security systems. However, due to the complexity of leg movement and the difference of external sampling conditions, gait recognition still faces many problems to be addressed. In this paper, an improved convolutional neural network (CNN) based on Gabor filter is therefore proposed to achieve gait recognition. Firstly, a gait feature extraction layer based on Gabor filter is inserted into the traditional CNNs, which is used to extract gait features from gait silhouette images. Then, in the process of gait classification, using the output of CNN as input, we utilize metric learning techniques to calculate distance between two gaits and achieve gait classification by k-nearest neighbors classifiers. Finally, several experiments are conducted on two open-accessed gait datasets and demonstrate that our method reaches state-of-the-art performances in terms of correct recognition rate on the OULP and CASIA-B datasets.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.321-322
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 로봇과 인간의 인터액션을 위해 인간 몸의 실루엣 및 액티브 스켈레톤 추출 기법을 제안한다. 연속된 이미지 정보로 부터 얻어진 옷영역등의 정보에서 background subtraction를 이용한 adaptive fusion을 통해 추출된 인간 몸의 실루엣을 바탕으로 active contour와 가상 신체 모델인 skeleton model을 응용하여 작은 움직임에 보다 강한 active skeleton model을 이용하여 인간 몸의 특징 점 위치를 추출하는 방법을 한다.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.354-362
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• 2006

This paper suggests a method for generating high qualify stereo video avatar to support visual communication in a CAVE$^{TM}$-like system. In such a system because of frequent change of light projected onto screens around user, it is not easy to extract user silhouette robustly, which is an essential step to generate a video avatar. In this study, we use an infrared reflective image acquired by a grayscale camera with a longpass filter so that the change of visible light on a screen is blocked to extract robust user silhouette. In addition, using two color cameras positioned at a distance of a binocular disparity of human eyes, we acquire two stereo images of the user for fast generation and stereoscopic display of a high quality video avatar without 3D reconstruction. We also suggest a fitting algorithm of a silhouette mask on an infrared reflective image into an acquired color image to remove background. Generated stereo images of a video avatar are texture mapped into a plane in virtual world and can be displayed in stereoscopic using frame sequential stereo method. Suggested method have advantages that it generates high quality video avatar taster than 3D approach and it gives stereoscopic feeling to a user 2D based approach can not provide.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.42 no.3 s.303
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• pp.23-30
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• 2005

As a human identification technique, gait recognition has recently gained significant attention. Silhouette-based gait recognition is one of the most popular methods. This paper aims to investigate features that determine the style of walking in silhouette-based gait recognition. Gait can be represented using two cues: static(shape) cue and dynamic(motion) cue. Most recently, research results have been reported in the literature that the characteristics of gait are mainly determined by static cue but not affected by dynamic cue. Unlike this, experimental results in this paper verifies that dynamic cue is as important as and in many cases more important than static cue. For experiments, we use two well-blown gait databases: UBC DB and Southampton Small DB. The images of UBC DB correspond to the 'ordinary' style of walking. The images of Southampton Small DB correspond to the 'disguised' (not ordinary by wearing special clothes or bags) style of walking. As results of experiments, the recognition rate was 100% by static cue and $95.2\%$ by dynamic cue for the images of UBC DB. For the images of Southampton Small DB, the recognition rate was $50.0\%$ by static cue and $55.8\%$ by dynamic cue. The risk against correct recognition was 0.91 by static cue and 0.97 by dynamic cue for the images of UBC DB. For the images of Southampton Small DB, the risk was 0.98 by static cue and 0.98 by dynamic cue. Consequently, the characteristics of ordinary gait are mainly determined by static cue but that of disguised gait by dynamic cue.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.1050-1063
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• 2008

A movie is a fiction made on a basis of an author's and a writer's imagination, but all sorts of properties mixed with each other and most realistically expresses the era which becomes the background of a movie and acts as a carrier that connects designers with consumers. Thus, this study was carried out to review how the fashion products that designer's intention and commercial value added are expressed in collections by comparing and analysing the costumes in the movie "The Great Gatsby" that described the life of America's upper-class in 1920s and the 04 S/S Y&Kei collection which were proceeding after getting inspiration from this movie. For this, literature materials were inspected in order to make a theoretical review on social and cultural background and costumes history background in 1920s and the photo materials on movie costume were collected and analysed using DVD video captures, as well as the photo materials on 04 S/S Y&Kei were collected and analyzed through the institute providing domestic fashion information. The following conclusion was deduced through this study. First, in 1920s which becomes the background of this study, the slim shape of Flapper which looks like a young and boy became an ideal figure condition and the straight silhouette with low waist line and the short skirt that rose to knee was popular. Second, as a result of analysing movie costume by classifying it in silhouette, colors, and materials, straight silhouette of low waistline with a near colored - tone seen in the pastel series, including white, beige, pink, and gray was mainly constituted and the metal colors like silver and gold were used. As a material, chiffon, satin, velvet, flower patterned prints, and beads were used, which represented luxurious life of women in the upper classes. Third, as a result of comparing and analysing, it turned out that there was a similarity. However, in dress collection for a heroine, some dissimilarity differentiated from a movie costumes was found out in that the dresses in collection expressed moderate beauty and modernism and elegant beauty at the same time by matching a variety of materials and using black color.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.10B no.6
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• pp.657-664
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• 2003

Reliable tracking of moving humans is essential to motion estimation, video surveillance and human-computer interface. This paper presents a new approach to human motion tracking that combines appearance-based and model-based techniques. Monocular color video is processed at both pixel level and object level. At the pixel level, a Gaussian mixture model is used to train and classily individual pixel colors. At the object level, a 3D human body model projected on a 2D image plane is used to fit the image data. Our method does not use inverse kinematics due to the singularity problem. While many others use stochastic sampling for model-based motion tracking, our method is purely dependent on nonlinear programming. We convert the human motion tracking problem into a nonlinear programming problem. A cost function for parameter optimization is used to estimate the degree of the overlapping between the foreground input image silhouette and a projected 3D model body silhouette. The overlapping is computed using computational geometry by converting a set of pixels from the image domain to a polygon in the real projection plane domain. Our method is used to recognize various human motions. Motion tracking results from video sequences are very encouraging.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.682-684
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 동적인 실제 객체로부터 얻어진 깊이 맵으로부터 3차원 메쉬 모델을 생성할 때, 영상의 경계정보를 기반으로 효율적인 비정규 메쉬를 생성하는 기법을 제안한다. 우선 깊이 맵으로부터 소수의 특징점과 경계영역에서의 실루엣 점을 추출한다. Delaunay 삼각화 기법을 적용할 때 경계 피부에 발생하는 불필요한 삼각형들을 효율적으로 제거하기 위해 실루엣점으로 구성된 경계 라인을 제약조건으로 사용한다. 즉 깊이 맵으로부터 경계 영역 정보를 추출하고 이를 기반으로 관심 객체의 비정규 삼각 메쉬에 존재하는 불필요한 외부 삼각형을 제거한다. 최종적으로 생성된 3차원 메쉬에 포함된 형상 노이즈를 제거하기 위해 메쉬 스무딩 기법을 적용하고, 깊이 맵과 동시에 획득된 컬러 영상을 텍스쳐링하여 3차원 메쉬를 생성한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.04c
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• pp.289-291
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• 2003

3차원 형상 모델의 비교 연구는 의학, 분자 생물학, 컴퓨터 그래픽스 등의 분야에서 다루게 되는 기본적인 문제들 중의 하나이다. 본 논문에서는 3차원 형상 모델간의 유사성을 측정하기 위한 방법을 제안한다. 본 시스템은 삼각형 메쉬 모델을 유사성 평가에 사용한다. 유사성 비교를 위해 실루엣 영상을 이용하고, 유사 점도의 계산을 위한 측도(metric)로는 부피(Volume), 곡률(Curvature), 직선거리(Euclidean Distance)를 사용한다. 또한 다양한 방식에 의해 획득된 형상 모델의 비교를 위하여 먼저 포즈 정규화(Pose Normalization)를 한 후 유사성 평가 작업을 수행한다. 본 논문에서 제시한 3차원 형상 비교 시스템은 형상 비교대상들에 대한 전체 변형 및 부분 변형, 그리고 회전등에 강인함을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.10b
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• pp.505-507
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• 2001

실루엣 에지를 찾거나 디스플레이하는 것은 컴퓨터 비전에서부터 비사실적인 렌더링(nonphotorealistic rendering)에 이르기까지 여러 응용분야에서 중요한 의미를 가진다. NPR(nonphotorealistic rendering)에서 가장 초점을 두는 것은 컴퓨터로 렌더링된 결과가 사람이 그린듯한 효과를 줄 수 있느냐에 있다. 본 논문에서는 점진적 메쉬와 실루엣 에지 렌더링을 통해 사람이 임의의 객체를 점진적으로 스케치하는 효과를 보여 줄 수 있는 방법을 제시한다. 다단계 메쉬 생성은 대용량의 메쉬를 효율적으로 다루기 위한 것으로 점진적인 렌더링이나 전송, 상세도, 제어 등에 이용되는 기술이다. 메쉬 간략화에서는 볼륨과 정계를 보존 할 수 있는 간략화 기법을 이용하였다. 간략화 수행시 원본 메쉬에 대한 히스토리를 저장할 수 있는 점진적 메쉬(Progressive Mesh)구조를 구성한 뒤 기본메쉬를 점진적으로 상세하게 해 나감으로써 실루엣 렌더링을 수행하게 된다. 실루엣 에지에 대해 파라미터화된 브러쉬 함수(Parameterized Brush Functions)를 적용하여 다양한 스타일로 점진적인 스케칭 효과를 낼 수 있는 기법을 제시한다.