Noriaki SUETAKE, Ph.D.

   Professor,
   Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation,
   Yamaguchi University

   Address: Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
   Tel: +81-83-933-5703
   E-mail: suetake[at]sci.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

<Biography>

He received the B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in control engineering and science from Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, in 1992, 1994 and 2000, respectively. He is currently with the Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Japan, where he is a professor. He is a member of the IEEE, OSA, and IEICE and is the author of more than 100 papers in a number of journals and more than 150 conference papers.

<Research>

Digital image/video processing techniques in diverse researches and application fields have been studied so far. Especially, the importance of the techniques concerning the quality improvement of image/video has been increased according to the wide spread use of various digital equipment. Prof. Suetake works on a variety of problems in image and video quality improvement covering ground in both theory and applications. His areas of research include: “color barrier-free transform, E“color transform for elderly person, E “blind deconvolution, E“fast color2gray, E“color transfer, E“video halftoning, E “inverse halftonoing, E“image denoising, E“image dehazing, E“image enhancement, E “image sharpening, E“image super resolution Eand so on. His ultimate goal is to improve human quality of life through the development and use of advanced image processing technologies.

<Recent Publication: Journal Paper>

1. T. Azetsu, N. Suetake, Hue-preserving Image Enhancement in CIELAB Color Space Considering Color Gamut, Optical Review, Vol.26, No.2, pp.283-294, 2019.
2. Y. Ueda, T. Koga, H. Misawa, N. Suetake, E. Uchino, Gradient Norm-based Histogram Equalization Taking Account of HSV Color Space Distribution, Optical Review, Vol.24, No.3, pp.406-415, 2017.
3. C. Ueda, A. Okita, G. Tanaka, N. Suetake, E. Uchino, Color Removal Method Considering Perceived Lightness, Optical Review, Vol.24, No.3, pp.442-447, 2017.
4. C. Ueda, T. Azetsu, N. Suetake, E. Uchino, Lightness and Chroma Enhancement for Food Images Considering Helmholtz-Kohlrausch Effect, Optical Review, Vol.24, No.3, pp.301-309, 2017.
5. J. Matsuoka, T. Koga, N. Suetake, and E. Uchino, Robust Non-local Median Filter, Optical Review, Vol.24, No.2, pp.87-96, 2017.

<Recent Publication: Conference Paper>

1. D. Moriyama, Y. Ueda, H. Misawa, N. Suetake, E. Uchino, Saturation-based Multi-exposure Image Fusion Employing Local Color Correction, Proc. of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2019), pp.3512-3516, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 22-25, 2019. (accepted)
2. D. Moriyama, C. Ueda, T. Azetsu, N. Suetake, E. Uchino, Image Lightness Conversion and Sharpening Taking Account of Visual Features of Elderly Person, Proc. of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2019), pp.4709-4713, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 22-25, 2019. (accepted)
3. Y. Ueda, N. Suetake, Hue-preserving Color Image Enhancement on a Vector Space of Convex Combination Coefficients, Proc. of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2019), pp.***-***, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 22-25, 2019. (accepted)
4. T. Azetsu, N. Suetake, Image Enhancement with Lightness Correction Considering Human Visual Characteristics, Proc. of 2019 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing (NCSP 2019), pp. 148-151, Hawaii, USA, March 4-7, 2019.
5. T. Ono, R. Kubota, N. Suetake, H. Tamukoh, A Hardware Implementation of Craik-O’Brien Effect-Based Contrast Improvement for Dichromats, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 11050, 2019, Article number 110500G, The 2019 Joint International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT) and International Forum on Medical Imaging in Asia (IFMIA), Singapore, Jan. 6-9, 2019.
6. S. Murashige, N. Suetake, T. Koga, Hand Gesture Recognition and Tracking for IR Image Using Random Forest and Median Flow, Proc. of 2018 International Workshop on Smart Info-Media Systems in Asia (SISA 2018), pp.34-39, Kanagawa, Japan, Dec. 13-14, 2018.
7. T. Koga, A. Yasuda, S. Furukawa, N. Suetake, A Simplified and Fast Dehazing Processing Suitable for Embedded Systems, Proc. of 2018 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ISPACS 2018), pp.492-497, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 27-30, 2018.
8. Y. Ueda, H. Misawa, T. Koga, N. Suetake, E, Uchino, Hue-preserving Color Contrast Enhancement Method without Gamut Problem by using Histogram Specification, Proc. of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2018), pp.1123-1127, Athens, Greece, Oct. 7-10, 2018.
9. D. Moriyama, Y. Ueda, T. Koga, N. Suetake, E. Uchino, Illuminant Color Estimation Method Based on Pseudo-detection of Specular Refletion, Proc. of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2018), pp.2262-2266, Athens, Greece, Oct. 7-10, 2018.