• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.35S no.2
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• pp.97-105
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• 1998

Subband/DCT coding has been introduced in order to transmit images of various resultions using one given image-codec, for nowadays there are various grades of quality in visual communication services. However, subband/DCT results in the increawse of multiplication number and memory size. In order to resolve this problem, we propose block-based subband/DCT coding in this paper. In block-based subband/DCT, the number of multiplications is not only reduced because we combine subband decomposistion with DCT, but the size of memory is also reduced because images can be parallel-processed block by block. We show that the number of multiplications is reduced, by analyzing the property ofblock-based subband/DCT matrix mathematically, and examine the performance of proposed coder, which adopts JPEG as backhand-coder after block-based subband/DCT.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.192-201
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• 2002

This paper develops a novel robust information hiding technique that uses channel codes derived from the error-correcting coder. The message encoded by the cover encoder is hidden in DCT transform domain of the cover image. The method exploits the sensitivity of human eyes to adaptively embed a visually recognizable message in an image without affecting the perceptual quality of the underlying cover image. Experimental results show that the proposed data hiding technique is robust to cropping operations, lossy JPEG compression, noise interference and secure against known stego attacks. The performance of the proposed scheme with turbo coder is superior to that without turbo coder.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.563-566
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• 2003

Quality measures play an important role in the field of image processing. Such measures are commonly used to assess the performance of different algorithms that are designed to perform a specific image processing task. In this paper we propose two novel measures for image quality assessment based on the notion of correlation between fuzzy sets. Two different definitions fur the correlation between fuzzy sets have been used. In order to calculate the proposed quality measures two approaches were evaluated, one with direct application of the measures to the image′s pixels and the other using the fuzzy set corresponding to the normalized histogram of the image. A comparative study of the proposed measures is performed by investigating their behavior using images with different types of distortions, such as impulsive "salt at pepper" noise, additive white Gaussian noise, multiplicative speckle noise, blurring, gamma distortion, and JPEG compression.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.38-45
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• 2007

We propose a preprocessing method for removing floating particles from underwater images based on an analysis of the image features. We compared baseline JPEG and wavelet codec methods to determine the method best suited for underwater images. The proposed preprocessing method enhanced the compression ratio and resolution, and provided an efficient means of compressing the images. The wavelet codec method yielded better compression ratios and image resolutions. The results suggest that the wavelet codec method linked with the proposed preprocess method provides an efficient codec processor and transmission system for underwater images that are used for searches and transmitted via ultrasonic communications.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.21-29
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• 1997

최근들어 디지털 영상 처리에 대한 필용성이 날로 증가하고 있으며, 디지털 영상 압축은 영상 정보의 저장과 전송을 위해 반드시 필요하다. CCITT와 ISO에 의해 만들어진 JPEG에서는 그래이스케일과 칼라 정지 영상 압축을 위한 표준안을 제안하였으며 약 1/10에서 1/50정도의 압축률하에서 시각적인 저하 없이 다양한 응용 분야에 적용할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 영상의 고주파 부분을 감소시켜 영상에서의 공간 중복성을 높여 압축률을 높일 수 있는 방안을 제안하였다. 고주파 부분을 감소시키기 위한 방법으로는 저역 필터를 사용하였으며, 공간영역에서의 필터로 메디안 필터와 컨벌루션을 사용하였고 주파수 영역에서의 필터로는 FFT를 사용하였다. 실험결과 저역 필터를 사용하여 고주파 부분을 감소시킬 수 있어 부가적인 압축률 향상을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.809-813
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• 2004

In this paper, we developed a network camera for CMOS camera module inspection. The design, implementation details including embedded linux porting and CPLD logics, and performance of network camera are described. The network camera consists of SoC(S3C4530A), CPLD and CMOS image sensor. In order to image data of CMOS image sensor we designed capture logics on CPLD by using VHDL program. Embedded Linux such as uClinux is performed on the network camera to utilize development environment and TCP/IP protocol specification. The application is based on socket communication between GUI on PC and Embedded Linux based network camera. When JPEG compression is applied, the transmission speed was improved enough for this system to be used for an alternative of expensive CCTV or remote monitoring system in a power plant and uninhabited places.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Information Technology Applications Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.335-338
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose a downlink power control scheme to apply in the unequal error protection multi-code CDMA mobile medicine system. The mobile medicine system contains (i) blood pressure and body temperature measurement value, (ii) ECG medical signals measured by the electrocardiogram device, (iii) mobile patient's history, (iv) G.729 audio signal, MPEG-4 CCD sensor video signal, and JPEG2000 medical image. By the help of the multi-code CDMA spread spectrum communication system with downlink power control scheme and unequal error protection strategy, it is possible to transmit mobile medicine media and meet the quality of service. Numerical analysis and simulation results show that the system is a well transmission platform in mobile medicine.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1980-1987
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• 2000

In this paper, an efficient watermarking technique in wavelet transform domain is proposed. Watermarking is embedding a digital signal called as 'watermark' into images to claim the ownership. In the proposed method, the image is 1-level wavelet transformed, and then the watermark with a binary stamp is embedded into the baseband. The watermark is embedded by inverting the polarities of he selected coefficient paris. In the inverting process, we can increase image quality by finding means and differences of the selected neighboring coefficient paris, and then adding values, which are inversely proportional to the differences, to th means. The experimental results show that the proposed method has good quality and is robust to various attacks such as the JPEG lossy comparison, noise addition, clipping, blurring, etc.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1956-1963
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• 2000

In this paper, a wavelet image coding scheme exploiting the correlation of neighboring VQ indices in eh wavelet domain is proposed. the codewords in each sub-codebook are re-ordered in terms of their energies in order to increase the correlation of he indices. Then, the generated indices after VQ can be further encoded by non-adaptive DPCM/Huffman method. LBG algorithm and a fast-PNN algorithm using k-d trees are used for generating a multiresolution codebook. Experimental results show that or scheme outperforms the ordinary wavelet VQ and JPEG at low bit rates.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.239-242
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• 2009

본 논문은 최근에 휘도 영상 부호화를 위해서 제안된 에지 선 기반의 쿼드트리 영상 압축 기법을 기초로 해서 이를 컬러 영상을 압축하도록 확장하고, 확장된 알고리즘을 C-언어를 사용해서 실제로 구현한 쿼드트리 영상 코덱을 소개한다. 개발된 코덱의 부호율-왜곡 성능과 복원영상의 주관적 화질을 JPEG과 비교할 때, 컬러 영상을 고화질로 부호화하는 경우에 개발된 쿼드트리 코덱의 성능이 특히 우수함을 확인하였다.