• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.922-928
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• 2009

In H.264 as the newest video standard, 9 modes are used in order to predict the signal values of a block composed with several pixels by intra prediction. From these process, H.264 can bring high compression ratio in the encoded signal but the use of total 9 modes can give the inefficiency of the increase of the complexity induced by the amount of operation processing or the number of searching which is applied to compare adjacent pixels. This paper proposes a simplification method of prediction mode for the intra-picture coding by considering subjective interest region. There are certain region being interested within a picture of the video sequence. This region requires better subjective picture quality than the other regions. The proposed method increases the simplification of prediction mode by providing just essential modes of total 9 modes for less interest regions compared with the interest region. It is possible to get the additional 11%$\sim$15% simplification of the prediction mode by the proposed method, compared with the conventional method which simplifies the prediction mode for all of the picture by using the prediction characteristics only.

• Transactions of the Society of Information Storage Systems
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.155-160
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• 2005

In this paper, the channel decoder promising reliable data retrieving in noisy holographic channel has been developed for holographic WORM(write once read many) system. It covers various DSP(digital signal processing) blocks, such as align mark detector, adaptive channel equalizer, modulation decoder and ECC(error correction code) decoder. The specific schemes of DSP are designed to reduce the effect of noises in holographic WORM(H-WORM) system, particularly in prototype of DAEWOO electronics(DEPROTO). For real time data retrieving, the channel decoder is redesigned for FPGA(field programmable gate array) based hardware, where DSP blocks calculate in parallel sense with memory buffers between blocks and controllers for driving peripherals of FPGA. As an input source of the experiments, MPEG2 TS(transport stream) data was used and recorded to DEPROTO system. During retrieving, the CCD(charge coupled device), capturing device of DEPROTO, detects retrieved images and transmits signals of them to the FPGA of hardware channel decoder. Finally, the output data stream of the channel decoder was transferred to the MPEG decoding board for monitoring video signals. The experimental results showed the error corrected BER(bit error rate) of less than $10^{-9}$, from the raw BER of DEPROTO, about $10^{-3}$. With the developed hardware channel decoder, the real-time video demonstration was possible during the experiments. The operating clock of the FPGA was 60 MHz, of which speed was capable of decoding up to 120 mega channel bits per sec.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.18-23
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose the input image selection-method to improve the reconstructed high-resolution (HR) image quality. To obtain ideal super-resolution (SR) reconstruction image, all input images are well-registered. However, the registration is not ideal in practice. Due to this reason, the selection of input images with low registration error (RE) is more important than the number of input images in order to obtain good quality of a HR image. The suitability of a candidate input image can be determined by using statistical and restricted registration properties. Therefore, we propose the proper candidate input Low Resolution(LR) image selection-method as a pre-processing for the SR reconstruction in automatic manner. In video sequences, all input images in specified region are allowed to use SR reconstruction as low-resolution input image and/or the reference image. The candidacy of an input LR image is decided by the threshold value and this threshold is calculated by using the maximum motion compensation error (MMCE) of the reference image. If the motion compensation error (MCE) of LR input image is in the range of 0 < MCE < MMCE then this LR input image is selected for SR reconstruction, else then LR input image are neglected. The optimal reference LR (ORLR) image is decided by comparing the number of the selected LR input (SLRI) images with each reference LR input (RLRI) image. Finally, we generate a HR image by using optimal reference LR image and selected LR images and by using the Hardie's interpolation method. This proposed algorithm is expected to improve the quality of SR without any user intervention.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2018.10a
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• pp.255-257
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• 2018

Recently, as the frequency of use of video media increases in various fields, the importance of signal processing is increasing. However, many kinds of noise are generated in the transmission and reception process and affect the information of the signal. For this reason, the noise removal is essential as a preprocessing process. In this paper, we propose an algorithm to remove mixed noise of impulse noise and AWGN. The proposed algorithm restores the image through noise determination and pixel change for efficient noise removal. Unlike the conventional method, noise is removed by minimizing both noise effects. Simulation showed excellent noise removal characteristic results were compared and analyzed using the PSNR for such decisions.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.53 no.3
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• pp.197-205
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• 2004

In this paper, we studied on the hardware implementation of a 3${\times}$3 window weighted median filter using bit-level sorting algorithm. The weighted median filter is a generalization of the median filter that is able to preserve :,harp changes in signal and is very effective in removing impulse noise. It has been successfully applied in various areas such as digital signal and video/image processing. The weighted median filters are, for the most part, based on word-level sorting methods, which have more hardware and time complexity, However, the proposed bit-serial sorting algorithm uses weighted adder tree to overcome those disadvantages. It also offers a simple pipelined filter architecture that is highly regular with repeated modules and is very suitable for weighted median filtering. The algorithm was implemented by VHDL and graphical environment in MAX＋PlusII of ALTERA. The simulation results indicate that the proposed design method is more efficient than the traditional ones.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.12 no.11
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• pp.1572-1580
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• 2009

Combing through entire video files for the purpose of recognizing and retrieving matching movies requires much time and memory space. Instead, most current similar movie-matching methods choose to analyze only a part of each movie's video-image information. Yet, these methods still share a critical problem of erroneously recognizing as being different matching videos that have been altered only in resolution or converted merely with a different codecs. This paper proposes an audio-information-based search algorithm by which similar movies can be identified. The proposed method prepares and searches through a database of movie's spectral peak information that remains relatively steady even with changes in the bit-rate, codecs, or sample-rate. The method showed a 92.1% search success rate, given a set of 1,000 video files whose audio-bit-rate had been altered or were purposefully written in a different codec.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.311-320
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• 2018

Recently, the use of digital audio and video as proof in criminal and all kinds of litigation is increasing, and scientific investigation using digital forensic technique is developing. With the development of computing and file editing technologies, anyone can simply manipulate video files, and the number of cases of manipulating digital data is increasing. As a result, the integrity of the evidence and the reliability of the evidence Is required. In this paper, we propose a technique for extracting the Electrical Network Frequency (ENF) through a grid of power grids according to the geographical environment for power supply, and then performing signal processing for peak detection using QIFFT. Through the detection algorithm using the standard deviation, it was confirmed that the video file was falsified with 73% accuracy and the forgery point was found.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 1999.11b
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• pp.187-191
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• 1999

비디오 프로그램에서 영상 내에 포함되어 있는 문자정보는 동영상의 내용 검색 및 색인을 위한 비디오 분할에 사용될 수 있다. 일반적으로 장면 내에 포함되어 있는 문자들은 해상도가 낮고 글자 크기와 형태가 다양하기 때문에 추출과 인식이 어려울 뿐만 아니라 의도하지 않은 배경화면의 문자인 경우도 많기 때문에 내용기반 검색에는 사용되기가 어렵다. 그러나 비디오 내에 포함된 문자정보가 나타나는 시작 프레임과 끝나는 프레임을 검출하여 비디오 프로그램을 분할함으로써 내용기반요약정보를 만들 수 있으며, 동영상의 내용 검색 및 색인에 사용할 수 있다. 일반적으로 문자정보의 추출에 의해서 비디오를 분할할 때 음성정보는 전혀 고려되지 않으므로 분할된 비디오 정보를 재생할 경우음성신호가 단어 또는 어절/음절의 임의의 점에서 시작되고 끝나게 되어 듣기에 부자연스럽게 된다 따라서 본 논문에서는 뉴스방송의 비디오 프로그램에서 문자정보가 포함되어 는 비디오의 시작 프레임과 끝 프레임을 중심으로 그에 대응되는 구간의 음성신호를 검출한 후 이를 적절히 처리하여 분할 된 비디오를 재생할 때 음성신호가 보다 자연스럽게 들릴 수 있도록 하는 방법에 대해 연구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1992.06a
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• pp.168-168
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• 1992

사회활동이 활발하게 됨에 따라 사무실에서의 효율적인 업무수행을 위한 여러 가지 요구사항이 대두되고 있다. 그 일환으로 최근 기업내 회의소집 및 회의시간을 단축하고, 이동에 필요한 여행경비를 절감하기 위하여 원격 화상회의(Video Conference)나 음성회의(Voice Conference) 시스템이 주목을 받게 되었고, 이를 구축하여 활용하는 기업도 증가하고 있다. 원격회의 시스템에서는 다수인이 서로 다른 장소에서 동시에 참가하기 때문에 참가자 전원이 동일장소에 있는 것 같은 현장감을 느끼게 해주어야만 정확한 의사전달이 이루어질 수 있을 것이다. 그러기 위해서는 터미널 상호간에 입체영상정보와 입체 음향정보가 중요한 역할을 한다. 본고에서는 음향의 현장감 통신을 위하여 연구되고 있는 음상제어 방식, Stereo재생 방식, 3차원 음장재생 방식에 관한 특징을 기술하고, 그 장,단점을 비교 고찰한다. 또한 그 구성이 간단하고 다수인이 회의에 참석하기 위한 근거리 음장 재생 방식에 관한 예비실험에 관하여 보고한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1992.07b
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• pp.1250-1254
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• 1992

This paper describes the designed and fabricated thermal imaging system with the SPRITE(Signal PRocessing in The Element) detector, operating in the 3-12 micron band. This system consists of an afocal telescope, a scan unit containing the SPRITE detector, an electronic processor unit and a cooler. The optical scan system utilizing rotating polygon and oscillating mirror, is 2-dimensional serial/parallel scan type using five elements of the detector. And the electronic processor unit performs digital scan conversion to reform the parallel data stream into serial analog data compatable with conventional RS-170 video. The scan field of view is 40 ${\times}$ 26.7 and the MRTD(Minium Resolvable Temperature Difference) is 0.6 K at 7.5 cycles/mm. The acquired thermal image indicates that this system has a satisfactory performance.