• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.30 no.5_6
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• pp.454-460
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose an efficient method for recognizing human lips. Based on Point Distribution Model, a lip shape is represented as a set of points. We calculate a lip model and the distribution of shape parameters using Principle Component Analysis and Gaussian mixture, respectively. The Expectation Maximization algorithm is used to determine the maximum likelihood parameter of Gaussian mixture. The lip contour model is derived by using the gray value changes at each point and in regions around the point and used to search the lip shape in a image. The experiments have been performed for many images, and show very encouraging result.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.846-852
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• 2012

The result of imaging segmentation becomes different with the parameters involved in the segmentation algorithms; therefore, the parameters for the optimal segmentation have been found through a try and error. In this paper, we propose the method to find the best values of parameters involved in the area-based active contour method using three-way ANOVA. The segmentation result applied by three-way ANOVA is compared with the optimal segmentation which is drawn by user. We use the global consistency rate for comparing two segmentations. Finally, we estimate the main effects and interactions between each parameter using three-way ANOVA, and then calculate the point and interval estimate to find the best values of three parameters. The proposed method will be a great help to find the optimal parameters before working the motion segmentation using piecewise constant model.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.10D no.1
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• pp.109-116
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• 2003

In this paper, a CORBA-based collaborative medical image analysis and visualization system, which provides high accessibility and usability of the system for the users on distributed environment is introduced. The system allows us to manage datasets and manipulates medical images such as segmentation and volume visualization of computed geometry from biomedical images in distributed environments. Using Bayesian classification technique and an active contour model the system provides classification results of medical images or boundary information of specific tissue. Based on such information, the system can create real time 3D volume model from medical imagery. Moreover, the developed system supports collaborative work among multiple users using broadcasting and synchronization mechanisms. Since the system is developed using Java and CORBA, which provide distributed programming, the remote clients can access server objects via method invocation, without knowing where the distributed objects reside or what operating system it executes on.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.15-22
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose a face recognition system by using the CCD color image. We first get the face candidate image by using YCbCr color model and adaptive skin color information. And we use it initial curve of active contour model to extract face region. We use the Eye map and mouth map using color information for extracting facial feature from the face image. To obtain center point of Log-polar image, we use extracted facial feature from the face image. In order to obtain feature vectors, we use extracted coefficients from DCT and wavelet transform. To show the validity of the proposed method, we performed a face recognition using neural network with BP learning algorithm. Experimental results show that the proposed method is robuster with higher recogntion rate than the conventional method for the rotation and scale variant.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.125-132
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• 2008

Omnidirectional camera system with a wide view angle is widely used in surveillance and robotics areas. In general, most of previous studies on estimating a projection model and the extrinsic parameters from the omnidirectional images assume corresponding points previously established among views. This paper presents a novel omnidirectional camera calibration based on automatic contour matching. In the first place, we estimate the initial parameters including translation and rotations by using the epipolar constraint from the matched feature points. After choosing the interested points adjacent to more than two contours, we establish a precise correspondence among the connected contours by using the initial parameters and the active matching windows. The extrinsic parameters of the omnidirectional camera are estimated minimizing the angular errors of the epipolar plane of endpoints and the inverse projected 3D vectors. Experimental results on synthetic and real images demonstrate that the proposed algorithm obtains more precise camera parameters than the previous method.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.111-114
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• 2001

게이트 심근 SPECT 영상은 좌심실 구혈률(EF), 확장기말 부피(end-diastolic volume), 수축기말(end-systolic volume)부피 등의 지표로 심근의 기능을 평가하는데 널리 이용된다. 이러한 지표들을 구하기 위해서는 심근 안팎의 경계선을 추출해야 한다. 본 연구는 좌심실의 SPECT short-axis 영상에서 전처리 과정을 거친 영상을 Hough Transform을 이용하여 초기점 설정한 후 심실 내외벽의 경계선을 추출하기 위해 Williams 가 제안한 Active Contour Model(snakes)을 이용하여 심근의 경계선을 자동으로 추출하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.04b
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• pp.496-498
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• 2001

Snake 모델(active contour model)은 초기값을 설정해주면 자동으로 임의의 물체의 윤곽을 찾아내는 알고리즘으로 영상에서 특정 영역을 분할하여 할 때 많이 이용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 칼라 영상에서 얼굴과 얼굴의 특징점을 찾는 방법으로 이 알고리즘을 적용한다. 특히, 주어진 영상의 RGB 값을 정규화(normalization) 해주는 전처리 과정을 통해 얼굴의 특징점 후보 영역을 얻어내는 초기 값을 설정해주어야 하는 과정을 생략해주고 보다 정확한 값을 얻을 수 있도록 구현한다. RGB 값을 이용한 정규화 과정을 적용한 방법과 적용하지 않은 방법을 구현한 결과를 비교해줌으로써, 정규화 과정을 거친 방법의 성능이 더 우수함을 보여준다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.740-745
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• 2003

Motion tracking and object segmentation are the most fundamental and critical problems in vision tasks suck as motion analysis. An active contour model, snake, was developed as a useful segmenting and tracking tool for rigid or non-rigid objects. Snake is designed no the basis of snake energies. Segmenting and tracking can be executed successfully by energy minimization. In this research, two new paradigms for segmentation and tracking are suggested. First, because the conventional method uses only intensity information, it is difficult to separate an object from its complex background. Therefore, a new energy and design schemes should be proposed for the better segmentation of objects. Second, conventional snake can be applied in situations where the change between images is small. If a fast moving object exists in successive images, conventional snake will not operate well because the moving object may have large differences in its position or shape, between successive images. Snakes's nodes may also fall into the local minima in their motion to the new positions of the target object in the succeeding image. For robust tracking, the condensation algorithm was adopted to control the parameters of the proposed snake model called "adaptive color snake model(SCSM)". The effectiveness of the ACSM is verified by appropriate simulations and experiments.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.29-34
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• 2002

In this paper, we present a new geometric active contour model based on level set methods introduced by Osher and Sethian for detection of object boundaries or shape and we adopt anisotropic diffusion filtering method for removing noise from original image. In order to minimize the processing time, we use the narrow band method which allows us to perform calculations in the neighborhood of the contour and not in the whole image. Using anisotropic diffusion filtering for each slice, we have the result with reduced noise and extracted exact shape. Volume rendering operates on three-dimensional data, processes it, and transforms it into a simple two-dimensional image.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.126-134
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• 1995

The crack initiation life evaluation which is the most commonly used approach in fatigue strength studies for the designers, is performed for the crankshaft of mid-size engine. In order to evaluate the fatigue strength, structural analysis model and applied loads on crankshaft are prepared based on the cyclic system. Using the response data of the finite element analysis, crack initiation life is predicted and plotted on crankshaft geometric model. In this analysis, general purpose programs such as PATRAN, NASTRAN and EMRC/NISA are actively utilized. Life distribution contour plots, which is not yet established as an active tool in actual design system of ship structure & components, are suggested and examples for active predicting procedure such as stress contour plotting in structure strength analysis, are illustrated. Additionally, several correlated equations for prediction of the crack initiation life are introduced and discussed to improve the fatigue strength prediction of crankshaft.