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Image Measurement and Processing using Near-Range Passive Millimeter-wave Imaging System

근거리 수동 밀리미터파 이미징 시스템을 이용한 영상 측정과 영상처리

  • Received : 2015.06.15
  • Accepted : 2015.08.02
  • Published : 2015.08.25
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Abstract

In this paper, we designed and tested of the passive millimeter-wave imaging system in near range. The proposed passive millimeter-wave imaging system consists two parts. The first part is a 94 GHz band millimeter imaging sensor which is coupled to an antenna, two LNAs, and a diode detector. The second part is a control unit. The control unit is consists of the 2-axes Cartesian robot, the data acquisition (DAQ), and imaging program. The 2-axes Cartesian robot should be able to scan a 2-D image of the metalic tools, IC card and plastic objects, with a raster scanning method. The passive millimeter-wave image of $20{\times}20$ pixels is acquired within less than 60s, and is immediately displayed and stored for post processing.In order to improve the image quality, interpolation methods are applied.

본 논문에서는 근접한 거리의 수동 밀리미터파 이미징 시스템을 설계하고 테스트하였다. 제안한 수동 밀리미터파 이미징 시스템은 안테나와 저잡음 증폭기, 다이오드 검출기로 구성된 94GHz 밀리미터파 이미징 센서와 2축 직교 로봇, 데이터 수집장치, 이미징 프로그램으로 구성된 제어 장치로 되어있다. 금속 공구나 IC 카드, 플라스틱 등의 물체에 대해서 영상을 측정하고, 2축 직교 로봇은 래스터 스캔을 통해서 2차원 영상을 얻을 수 있다. 60초 이내로 $20{\times}20$ 픽셀의 영상을 얻어서 출력하고, 후처리를 위해서 영상을 저장한다. 측정 영상의 해상도 개선을 위해서 여러 가지 보간법을 적용하여 성능을 확인하였다.

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