• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.193-204
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• 1997

In this research we propose the design of the Order Statistic-Adaptive Weighted Average Hybrid(OS-AWAH) filter which can suppress noise from the corrupted image sequence effectively while preserving the image structure. The proposed filter combines the desirable properties of the order static based spatial filter which can preserve the image structure while reducing noise and the adaptive weighted average based temporal filter which can adapt the filtering weights according to the amount of motion without motion estimation. Performance characteristics of the OS-AWAH filter in noisy sequences containing moving step edges are investigated throuth computer simulations and compared with the median based filters such as 3-D WM(weighted median) filter, MMF (multistage median filter), ADCWM(adaptive directional center weighted median) filter. The visual evaluations are also carried out by applyin gthe filters to the real images. The statistical analysis and experimental reslts show that the OS-AWAH filter is effective in preserving image structures while suppressing noise effectively without motion compensation preprocessing.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제6권10호
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• pp.2830-2837
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• 1999

Image processing steps are consist of image acquisition, preprocessing, region, segmentation and recognition. But image corrupted commonly by noise reduction methods, many filters were proposed like mean filter, median filter, weighted median filter, Cheikh filter, and Kyu-cheol lee filter as spatial noise reduction filtering. We propose a new edge detection algorithm so that we find out edge existence and nonexistence. In non-edge area, we selectively apply weighted median filter based upon using information of difference value between weighted median filter's value and center pixel's value. As a result, we finally prove a better performance of noise reduction by applying adaptive weighted median filter and improvement of processing time through using simple algorithm.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 1998년도 가을 학술발표논문집 Vol.25 No.2 (2)
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• pp.467-468
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• 1998

Impulsive noise appears as black and/or white spots in an image. It is usually caused by errors during the image acquisition or transmission through communication channels. This paper presents a study on the impulsive noise reduction filter of digital image. A much more effective method for removing impulse noise is weighted median filtering. But it loses some information by changing center value with no condition. We propose some new technique to change center value with some conditions. In this paper, the performance of conditional weighted median filter is compared to the commonly used median filter, mean filter, max/min filter, and weighted median filter. A quantitative comparison is performed on MSE (Mean Square Error), RMSE (Root Mean Square Error), and SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio). Proposed conditional weighted median filter can yield better performance than regular filters.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제53권3호
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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.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2011년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.379-381
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• 2011

The image signal is often affected by the existence of noise, noise can occur during image capture, transmission or processing phases. noises caused the degradation phenomenon and demage the original signal information. Many studies are being accomplished to restore those signals which corrupted by mixed noise. In this paper, we proposed mixed weighted filter for removing Gaussian and impulse noise. we first charge the noise type, then, Gaussian is removed by a weighted mean filter and impulse noise is removed by self-adaptive weighted median filter that can not only remove mixed noise but also preserve the details. And through the simulation, we compared with the conventional algorithms and indicated that proposed method significant improvement over many other existing algorithms and can preserve image details efficiently.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.631-643
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• 2016

Due to the block-based discrete cosine transform (BDCT), JPEG compressed images usually exhibit blocking artifacts. When the bit rates are very low, blocking artifacts will seriously affect the image's visual quality. A bilateral filter has the features for edge-preserving when it smooths images, so we propose an adaptive-weighted bilateral filter based on the features. In this paper, an image-deblocking scheme using this kind of adaptive-weighted bilateral filter is proposed to remove and reduce blocking artifacts. Two parameters of the proposed adaptive-weighted bilateral filter are adaptive-weighted so that it can avoid over-blurring unsmooth regions while eliminating blocking artifacts in smooth regions. This is achieved in two aspects: by using local entropy to control the level of filtering of each single pixel point within the image, and by using an improved blind image quality assessment (BIQA) to control the strength of filtering different images whose blocking artifacts are different. It is proved by our experimental results that our proposed image-deblocking scheme provides good performance on eliminating blocking artifacts and can avoid the over-blurring of unsmooth regions.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.237-243
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• 2015

최근, 영상처리는 디지털 시대의 급속 발전과 함께 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 영상 데이터를 처리, 전송, 저장하는 과정에서 여러 외부 원인에 의해 영상의 열화가 발생되며, 영상 열화의 주된 원인은 잡음에 의한 것으로 알려져 있다. 잡음을 제거하는 대표적인 방법은 CWMF(center weighted median filter), A-TMF(alpha-trimmed mean filter), AWMF(adaptive weighted median filter) 등이 있으며, 이러한 방법들은 복합잡음 환경에서의 잡음제거 특성이 다소 미흡하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 복합잡음을 제거하기 위하여 잡음 판단을 거친 후, 마스크의 메디안 값 및 공간 가중치를 적용하여 처리하는 영상복원 필터 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 그리고 객관적 판단을 위해 기존의 방법들과 비교하였으며, 판단의 기준으로 PSNR(peak signal to noise ratio)을 사용하였다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권7호
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• pp.962-967
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• 2014

In this paper, through a digital potentiometer and exponentially weighted moving average filter, pulse and PPG waveform measurable device was fabricated in radial artery. If this device is not proper about signal size in analog part, MCU can judge easily by adjusted amplification through digital potentiometer, using exponentially weighted moving average filter is able to filter out more clear value of ADC. I presumed pulse rate as value of measuring time between point of maximum contraction from sensing signal in radial artery of wrist. Therefore, this means can measure stable pulse rate and PPG waveform, finger as well as radial artery, whether signal size of each person is different finger as well as radial artery.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1227-1232
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• 2013

현재, 디지털 시대의 급속 발전과 함께 디지털 장치에 대한 수요가 급격히 성장되면서 영상의 화질에 대한 기대가 증가되고 있다. 그러나 영상은 여러 가지 원인에 의해 훼손되며, 그 주요원인은 잡음에 의한 것이다. 따라서 잡음제거에 대한 필요성이 대두되고 있으며, 잡음제거를 위한 활발한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 영상은 AWGN(additive white Gaussian noise)에 의해 많이 훼손되며, 평균 필터(mean filter) 등 기존의 방법들은 잡음제거 특성이 다소 미흡하다. 본 논문에서는 AWGN을 효과적으로 제거하기 위하여, 공간 가중치와 변형된 적응 가중치를 결합한 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 제안한 방법은 우수한 잡음제거 특성을 나타내었다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.252-255
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• 2014

영상처리는 디지털 시대를 맞이하여 영상복원 기술의 수요가 급증함에 따라 여러 분야에서 대중화되고 있다. 그러나 영상 데이터를 획득, 전송, 처리하는 과정에서 salt and pepper 잡음에 의해 영상이 훼손된다. 기존의 영상을 복원하는 대표적인 방법들은 SMF(standard median filter), CWMF(center weighted median filter), SWMF(switching weighted median filter) 등이 있으며, 이러한 필터들은 잡음 제거 및 에지 보존 특성이 다소 미흡하다. 따라서 제안한 알고리즘은 훼손된 영상을 복원하기 위해 변형된 메디안 필터를 제안하였다.