• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.3357-3376
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• 2015

Wireless sensor network is an important research topic that has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. However, most of the interest has focused on wireless sensor network to gather scalar data such as temperature, humidity and vibration. Scalar data are insufficient for diverse applications such as video surveillance, target recognition and traffic monitoring. However, if we use camera sensors in wireless sensor network to collect video data which are vast in information, they can provide important visual information. Video sensor networks continue to gain interest due to their ability to collect video information for a wide range of applications in the past few years. However, how to efficiently store the massive data that reflect environmental state of different times in video sensor network and how to quickly search interested information from them are challenging issues in current research, especially when the sensor network environment is complicated. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a fast algorithm for extracting key frames from video and describe the design and implementation of key frame extraction and sharing in Android for wireless video sensor network.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2022

Recently, in wireless video sensor networks(WVSN), various schemes for efficient video data transmission have been studied. In this paper, a layer based cooperative relaying(LCR) algorithm is proposed for minimizing scalable video transmission distortion from packet loss in WVSN. The proposed LCR algorithm consists of two modules. In the first step, a parameter based error propagation metric is proposed to predict the effect of each scalable layer on video quality degradation at low complexity. In the second step, a layer-based cooperative relay algorithm is proposed to minimize distortion due to packet loss using the proposed error propagation metric and channel information of the video sensor node and relay node. In the experiment, the proposed algorithm showed that the improvement of peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) in various channel environments, compared to the previous algorithm(Energy based Cooperative Relaying, ECR) without considering the metric of error propagation.The proposed LCR algorithm minimizes video quality degradation from packet loss using both the channel information of relaying node and the amount of layer based error propagation in scalable video.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2017

A wireless image sensor node collecting image data for environmental monitoring or surveillance requires a large amount of energy to transmit the huge amount of video data. Even though solar energy can be used to overcome the energy constraint, since the collected energy is also limited, an efficient energy management scheme for transmitting a large amount of video data is needed. In this paper, we propose a method to reduce the number of blackout nodes and increase the amount of gathered data by selecting an appropriate video coding method according to the energy condition of the node in a solar-powered wireless video sensor network. This scheme allocates the amount of energy that can be used over time in order to seamlessly collect data regardless of night or day, and selects a high compression coding method when the allocated energy is large and a low compression coding when the quota is low. Thereby, it reduces the blackout of the relay node and increases the amount of data obtained at the sink node by allowing the data to be transmitted continuously. Also, if the energy is lower than operating normaly, the frame rate is adjusted to prevent the energy exhaustion of nodes. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme suppresses the energy exhaustion of the relay node and collects more data than other schemes.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.509-527
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• 2015

Wireless Video Sensor Networks (WVSNs) have become a leading solution in many important applications, such as disaster recovery. By using WVSNs in disaster scenarios, the main goal is achieving a successful immediate response including search, location, and rescue operations. The achievement of such an objective in the presence of obstacles and the risk of sensor damage being caused by disasters is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose a fault tolerance model of WVSN for efficient post-disaster management in order to assist rescue and preparedness operations. To get an overview of the monitored area, we used video sensors with a rotation capability that enables them to switch to the best direction for getting better multimedia coverage of the disaster area, while minimizing the effect of occlusions. By constructing different cover sets based on the field of view redundancy, we can provide a robust fault tolerance to the network. We demonstrate by simulating the benefits of our proposal in terms of reliability and high coverage.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.5149-5167
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• 2017

Reducing energy consumption in a wireless video sensor network (WVSN) is a crucial problem because of the high video data volume and severe energy constraints of battery-powered WVSN nodes. In this paper, we present an adaptive dynamic resizing approach for a SRAM communication buffer in a WVSN node in order to reduce the energy consumption and thereby, to maximize the lifetime of the WVSN nodes. To reduce the power consumption of the communication part, which is typically the most energy-consuming component in the WVSN nodes, the radio needs to remain turned off during the data buffer-filling period as well as idle period. As the radio ON/OFF transition incurs extra energy consumption, we need to reduce the ON/OFF transition frequency, which requires a large-sized buffer. However, a large-sized SRAM buffer results in more energy consumption because SRAM power consumption is proportional to the memory size. We can dynamically adjust any active buffer memory size by utilizing a power-gating technique to reflect the optimal control on the buffer size. This paper aims at finding the optimal buffer size, based on the trade-off between the respective energy consumption ratios of the communication buffer and the radio part, respectively. We derive a formula showing the relationship between control variables, including active buffer size and total energy consumption, to mathematically determine the optimal buffer size for any given conditions to minimize total energy consumption. Simulation results show that the overall energy reduction, using our approach, is up to 40.48% (26.96% on average) compared to the conventional wireless communication scheme. In addition, the lifetime of the WVSN node has been extended by 22.17% on average, compared to the existing approaches.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2014

Nowadays as video services grow rapidly, it is important for the service providers to provide customized services. Video ranking plays a key role for the service providers to attract the subscribers. In this paper we propose a weekly video ranking mechanism based on the quantified user engagement. The traditional QoE ranking mechanism is relatively subjective and usually is accomplished by grading, while QoS is relatively objective and is accomplished by analyzing the quality metrics. The goal of this paper is to establish a ranking mechanism which combines the both advantages of QoS and QoE according to the third-party data collection platform. We use data mining method to classify and analyze the collected data. In order to apply into the actual situation, we first group the videos and then use the regression tree and the decision tree (CART) to narrow down the number of them to a reasonable scale. After that we introduce the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model and use Elo rating system to improve the fairness of our system. Questionnaire results verify that the proposed solution not only simplifies the computation but also increases the credibility of the system.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2014

최근에 무선 비디오 감사, 무선 비디오 센서 네트워크 그리고 무선 모바일 비디오와 같은 다시점 비디오 서비스에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 다시점 비디오 신호처리에서 다수 개의 다른 카메라에서 획득되는 영상 사이에 존재하는 높은 상관성을 이용하는 것은 매우 핵심적인 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 카메라들 사이에 상호작용을 요구하지 않고, 다시점 분산 비디오 부호화에 효과적으로 사용할 수 있는 적응적인 다시점 보간 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 비선형적인 블록 예측, 시차 보상 시점 예측 그리고 비신뢰 블록에 대한 채우기 기법 등으로 구성된다. 모의실험을 통하여 제안한 방식은 기존의 방식에 비해 우수한 성능을 보인다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.493-495
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 zigbee로 구성된 무선 센서 네트워크 기반의 재난재해 감지 시스템에서 쿼드콥터를 이용한 영상 데이터 수집 및 노드 대체 방법을 제안한다. 기존의 영상을 이용한 무선 센서 네트워크 기반의 시스템에서는, 카메라가 고정되어 있어 넓은 지역을 관측하지 못한다. 기존의 시스템은 노드가 재난재해로 인해 누락되는 상황에서 대체방안이 제시되지 않는 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 쿼드콥터에 IP 카메라와 통신 노드를 장착하여 센서 노드의 신뢰성 향상과 대체 노드로 활용하는 방법을 제안한다. 기존의 시스템보다 쿼드콥터의 영상을 통한 센서노드 및 실시간 상황 정보의 신뢰성을 향상시킬 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2009년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.672-676
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• 2009

최근 지능형 감시카메라에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 현재의 연구들은 대부분 통합시스템 구현보다는 단일 모듈에 대한 성능향상에 중점을 두고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 얼굴검출, 모션 센서 통합 모듈로 구성하는 무선 감시 시스템을 구현하였다. 무선 감시 시스템의 구현에는 sharp사의 카메라 모듈과 ecom사의 무선영상전송 모듈, roboblock의 ZigBee RF 무선컨트롤 송수신 모듈을 사용 하였고, 모션 센서 모듈에는 PANASONIC의 AMN14111를 사용하였다. OpenCV 라이브러리를 이용한 얼굴검출과 MFC로 소프트웨어를 구현하였다. 본 논문에서 구현한 시스템은 모션 센서를 이용하는 영상 감시 시스템이나 얼굴검출이 필요한 시스템, 원격조정이 필요한 작업환경에 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.671-680
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• 2015

무선 센서 네트워크에서 에너지 효율을 높이기 위해 클러스터링 방법이 제안되었다. 클러스터링 방법은 데이터를 수집하고 전달하는 계층 구조를 형성하고 있다. 그러나 대용량 데이터를 전송하는 무선 멀티미디어 센서 네트워크에서 기존의 무선 센서 네트워크의 클러스터링 기법은 과도한 데이터 전송에너지 소모량과 극도로 짧은 수명으로 인하여 적용하는 데에 어려움이 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 상황에 따른 협력 통신 기법을 적용한 대용량 데이터 전송 방법으로 EEAC를 제안하여 에너지 효율을 높였다. 실험결과 제안방법은 기존의 방법보다 에너지 효율이 약 2.5배 향상되었음을 보였다.