• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.1-11
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• 2004

In this paper we proposed a hierarchical ASM for real-time tracking of non-rigid objects. For tracking an object we used ASM for estimating object contour possibly with occlusion. Moreover, to reduce the processing time we used hierarchical approach for real-time tacking. In the next frame we estimated the initial feature point by using Kalman filter. We also added block matching algorithm for increasing accuracy of the estimation. The proposed hierarchical, prediction-based approach was proven to out perform the exiting non-hierarchical, non-prediction methods.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.36S no.11
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• pp.95-101
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• 1999

In this paper, we propose an adaptive method of tracking multiple moving objects using contour and features in surrounding conditions. We use an adaptive background model for robust processing in surrounding conditions. Object segmentation model detects pixels thresholded from local difference image between background and current image and extracts connected regions. Data association problem is solved by using feature extraction and object recognition model in searching window. We use Kalman filters for real-time tracking. The results of simulation show that the proposed method is good for tracking multiple moving objects in highway image sequences.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.9
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• pp.183-189
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose an object tracking method using the color information of the image in surveillance network. This method perform a object detection using of adaptive color model. Object contour detection plays an important role in application such as object recognition. Experimental results demonstrate successful object detection over a wide range of object's variation in color and scale. In applications to detect an object in real time, when transmitting a large amount of image data it is possible to find the mode of a color distribution. The specific color of an object is modified at dynamically changing color in image. So, this algorithm detects the tracking area information of object within relevant tracking area and only tracking the movement of that object.Through experiments, we show that proposed method is more robust than other methods under certain ideal situations.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.14B no.3 s.113
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• pp.171-182
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• 2007

We propose a simple method for tracking a nonparameterized subject contour in a single video stream with a moving camera and changing background. Then we present a method to eliminate the tracked contour object by replacing with the background scene we get from other frame. First we track the object using LOD (Level-of-Detail) canny edge maps, then we generate background of each image frame and replace the tracked object in a scene by a background image from other frame that is not occluded by the tracked object. Our tracking method is based on level-of-detail (LOD) modified Canny edge maps and graph-based routing operations on the LOD maps. We get more edge pixels along LOD hierarchy. Our accurate tracking is based on reducing effects from irrelevant edges by selecting the stronger edge pixels, thereby relying on the current frame edge pixel as much as possible. The first frame background scene is determined by camera motion, camera movement between two image frames, and other background scenes are computed from the previous background scenes. The computed background scenes are used to eliminate the tracked object from the scene. In order to remove the tracked object, we generate approximated background for the first frame. Background images for subsequent frames are based on the first frame background or previous frame images. This approach is based on computing camera motion. Our experimental results show that our method works nice for moderate camera movement with small object shape changes.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.107-113
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• 2014

In this study, we design and implement an eye-gaze estimation system based on the extraction of eye contour and pupil region. In order to effectively extract the contour of the eye and region of pupil, the face candidate regions were extracted first. For the detection of face, YCbCr value range for normal Asian face color was defined by the pre-study of the Asian face images. The biggest skin color region was defined as a face candidate region and the eye regions were extracted by applying the contour and color feature analysis method to the upper 50% region of the face candidate region. The detected eye region was divided into three segments and the pupil pixels in each pupil segment were counted. The eye-gaze was determined into one of three directions, that is, left, center, and right, by the number of pupil pixels in three segments. In the experiments using 5,616 images of 20 test subjects, the eye-gaze was estimated with about 91 percent accuracy.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.161-164
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• 2003

This paper proposes a hierarchical approach to active shape model using wavelet transform. The proposed algorithm allows us to use both global shape characteristics and finer details for model deformation. The statistical properties of the wavelet transform of a deformable model are analyzed by principal component analysis and used as priors in the contour's deformation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 1999.06b
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• pp.51-56
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 동영상에서 의미 있는 객체 영역을 추출하기 위해, 사람이 첫 장에서 관심 있는 객체를 표시하고, 그 다음 프레임부터는 사람의 도움 없이 객체를 추적하는 반자동 (semi-automatic) 방식의 객체 추적 알고리즘에 대해 개선된 알고리즘을 제안하고 이를 구현하였다. 제안한 객체 추적 알고리즘은 이전 프레임의 객체의 움직임을 이용하여 현재 프레임에서 대략적인 객체의 위치를 찾은 후, 윤곽선의 불확실도를 조사하고, 윤곽선을 재조정하여 정확한 객체의 위치를 찾는다. 제안한 알고리즘은 다양한 영상에서 만족할 만한 결과를 얻었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.04b
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• pp.754-756
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 칸투어 추적의 정확도 향상을 위하여 배경이 제거된 에지 중에서 실제로 추적하고자 하는 객체의 경계선에 존재하는 에지들을 선택하는 방법을 제안한다 우리는 전 프레임에 존재하는 객체 칸투어의 수직 방향 그래디언트를 계산한다. 또한 다양한 크기를 가진 면적의 개념을 사용한 그래디언트 계산은 노이즈에 의한 영향이나 작은 체크무늬의 텍스쳐를 가진 장면에서도 정확하게 객체의 경계선에 존재하는 에지를 선택할 수 있게 한다. 우리는 이렇게 다양한 크기로 계산된 그래디언트값들은 가중치를 사용하여 합으로 계산하고 이 값이 큰 에지들을 경계선에 존재하는 에지로 고려한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.24.3-24
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• 2001

In cases where strong a priori knowledge about the object being analyzed is available, it can be embedded into the formulation of the snake model. When prior knowledge of shape is available for a specific application, information concerning the shape of the desired objects can be incorporated into the formulation of the snake model as an active contour model. In this paper we show Five points algorithm can be applied to design invariant energy.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.839-844
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• 2003

This paper presents a method to segment wafer ID marks on poor quality images under uncontrolled lighting conditions of the semiconductor process. The active multiple templates matching method is suggested to search ID areas on wafers and segment them into meaningful regions and it would have been impossible to recognize characters using general OCR algorithms. This active template model is designed by applying a snake model that is used for active contour tracking. Active multiple template model searches character areas and segments them into single characters optimally, tracking each character that can vary in a flexible manner according to string configurations. Applying active multiple templates, the optimization of the snake energy is done using Greedy algorithm, to maximize its efficiency by automatically controlling each template gap. These vary according to the configuration of character string. Experimental results using wafer images from real FA environment are presented.