• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.27-32
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• 2013

Shape From Focus (SFF) is a passive optical technique to recover 3D structure of an object that utilizes focus information from 2D images of the object taken at different focus levels. Mostly, SFF methods use a single focus measure to compute image focus quality of each pixel in the image sequence. However, it is difficult to recover accurate 3D shape using a single focus measure, as different focus measures perform differently in diverse conditions. In this paper, a nonlinear Total Variation (TV) based approach is proposed for 3D shape recovery. To improve the result of surface reconstruction, several initial depth maps are obtained using different focus measures and the resultant 3D shape is obtained by diffusing them through TV. The proposed method is tested and evaluated by using image sequences of synthetic and real objects. The results and comparative analysis demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.

• KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.23-28
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• 2017

Shape from focus (SFF) is a technique used to reconstruct 3D shape of objects from a sequence of images obtained at different focus settings of the lens. In this paper, a new shape from focus method for 3D reconstruction of microscopic objects is described, which is based on gradient operator in Mathematical Morphology. Conventionally, in SFF methods, a single focus measure is used for measuring the focus quality. Due to the complex shape and texture of microscopic objects, single measure based operators are not sufficient, so we propose morphological operators with multi-structuring elements for computing the focus values. Finally, an optimal focus measure is obtained by combining the response of all focus measures. The experimental results showed that the proposed algorithm has provided more accurate depth maps than the existing methods in terms of three-dimensional shape recovery.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.66-71
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• 2019

In shape from focus (SFF) methods, the quality of image focus volume plays a vital role in the quality of 3D shape reconstruction. Traditionally, a linear 2D filter is applied to each slice of the image focus volume to rectify the noisy focus measurements. However, this approach is problematic because it also modifies the accurate focus measurements that should ideally remain intact. Therefore, in this paper, we propose to enhance the focus volume adaptively by applying 3-dimensional weighted least squares (3D-WLS) based regularization. We estimate regularization weights from the guidance volume extracted from the image sequences. To solve 3D-WLS optimization problem efficiently, we apply a technique to solve a series of 1D linear sub-problems. Experiments conducted on synthetic and real image sequences demonstrate that the proposed method effectively enhances the image focus volume, ultimately improving the quality of reconstructed shape.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.8-13
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• 2010

Shape form focus (SFF) is a technique that reconstructs 3D shape of an object using image focus. Although many SFF methods have been proposed, there are still notable inaccuracy effects due to noise and non-optimization of image characteristics. In this paper, we propose a noise filter technique for noise reduction and genetic algorithm (GA) for focus measure optimization. The proposed method is analyzed with a statistical criteria such as Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and correlation.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.19-25
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• 2012

The accuracy of Shape From Focus (SFF) technique depends on the quality of the focus measurements which are computed through a focus measure operator. In this paper, we introduce a new approach to estimate 3D shape of an object based on Gaussian process regression. First, initial depth is estimated by applying a conventional focus measure on image sequence and maximizing it in the optical direction. In second step, input feature vectors consisting of eginvalues are computed from 3D neighborhood around the initial depth. Finally, by utilizing these features, a latent function is developed through Gaussian process regression to estimate accurate depth. The proposed approach takes advantages of the multivariate statistical features and covariance function. The proposed method is tested by using image sequences of various objects. Experimental results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed scheme.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.23-28
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• 2014

For the reconstruction of three-dimensional (3D) shape of microscopic objects through shape from focus (SFF) methods, usually a single focus measure operator is employed. However, it is difficult to compute accurate depth map using a single focus measure due to different textures, light conditions and arbitrary object surfaces. Moreover, real images with diverse types of illuminations and contrasts lead to the erroneous depth map estimation through a single focus measure. In order to get better focus measurements and depth map, we have combined focus measure operators by using genetic algorithm. The resultant focus measure is obtained by weighted sum of the output of various focus measure operators. Optimal weights are obtained using genetic algorithm. Finally, depth map is obtained from the refined focus volume. The performance of the developed method is then evaluated by using both the synthetic and real world image sequences. The experimental results show that the proposed method is more effective in computing accurate depth maps as compared to the existing SFF methods.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• v.4 no.5
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• pp.411-420
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• 2020

Non-contact three-dimensional (3D) measuring technology is used to identify defects in miniature products, such as optics, polymers, and semiconductors. Hence, this technology has garnered significant attention in computer vision research. In this paper, we focus on shape from focus (SFF), which is an optical passive method for 3D shape recovery. In existing SFF techniques using interpolation, all datasets of the focus volume are approximated using one model. However, these methods cannot demonstrate how a predefined model fits all image points of an object. Moreover, it is not reasonable to explain various shapes of datasets using one model. Furthermore, if noise is present in the dataset, an error will be generated. Therefore, we propose an algorithm based on polynomial regression analysis to address these disadvantages. Our experimental results indicate that the proposed method is more accurate than existing methods.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.237-242
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• 2022

Acquiring high-quality images in control and measurement systems is one of the important factors. Among image acquisition technologies, SFF (Shape from Focus) is a technology for recovering a 3D shape by acquiring 2D images with different focus levels by moving an object at a predetermined step size along the optical axis. For SFF, when an object is moved at a constant step size, mechanical vibration, referred as jitter noise, occurs in each step along the optical axis. In this paper, a new state estimation filter is designed and applied for reducing the jitter noise. For the application of the proposed method, the jitter noise and focus curves are modeled as Gaussian function. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of proposed method.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1998.06a
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• pp.777-780
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• 1998

물체의 3차원적인 정보를 복원하는 일은 그 정보의 일련된 이용에 있어서 중요한 문제이다. 이를 위해 여러가지 방법들이 연구되고 있으며, 그 중 shape from focus(SFF) 방법은 영상의 초점이 맞는 렌즈의 위치를 찾아내어 렌즈 공식에 의해 초점이 맞는 부분의 거리 정보를 구할 수 있다. 기존의 이 방법은 초점이 맞았는지의 정도를 계산하기 위한 focus measure 값들을 카메라의 광학축에 수직인 단순한 평면으로 가정하여 그 합이 최대가 되는 위치를 찾아내었다. 이를 개선하기 위해서 focused image surface(FIS) 개념이 연구되었고 그로 인해 더욱 나아진 결과를 얻었다. 물체의 FIS는 카메라 렌즈에 의해 초점이 맞게된 물체의 점들의 집합으로 이루어진 공간상의 면이다. 기하광학에 의해 물체의 모양과 FIS 상이에는 일대일 대응 관계가 있고 FIS의 형태를 구하는것이 결국은 물체의 모양을 복원하는것이다. FIS 개념을 처음 적용할 때는 물체의 모양이 부분적으로 영상 탐지기(image detector)와 같은 평면으로 가정하여 3차원 공간상에서 가능한 모든 방향의 평면에 대한 focus measure를 구하여 그 값이 최대가 되는 렌즈의 위치를 구하였다. 그러나 이러한 방법은 focus measure의 합이 정사각형의 윈도우에서 계산되기 때문에 곡면으로 이루어진 실제 물체에서는 오차르 ㄹ가지게 된다. 본 논문에서는 이와는 달이 평면이 아닌 곡면에 대한 focus measure의 합이 최대가 되는 렌즈의 위치를 구하여 이전의 방법들 보다 정확한 복원이 가능함을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.913-914
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• 2013