• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.553-561
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• 2009

Risk analysis of highway sign supporting structures and sound barriers was done. Stochastic wind load was modeled by using extreme value distribution from site measurement and the variability of structural parameters was considered. Limit state functions were defined to assess structural stability by wind and risk of highway facilities was analyzed by combining wind hazard. According to the numerical analysis results, sound barrier post shows significantly higher risk than highway sign supporting structures. This is caused by the fact that the design codes of the structures are different. To distribute wind induced risk in highway structures, unification and improvement of design codes are required based on risk assessment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.11b
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• pp.943-945
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• 2005

교통 표지판은 안전하고 효율적인 주행을 위해 운전자에게 여러 가지 정보를 제공한다. 따라서 교통 표지판의 자동인식은 자동운전이나 안전운전 시스템 등에 중요하게 사용될 수 있다. 본 논문은 영상에서 나타난 여러 가지 도로시설물 중 교통 표지판을 인식하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 교통 표지판이 가지고 있는 색상, 밝기, 형태 등의 정보를 이용하여 교통 표지판을 자동으로 인식한다. 일반적인 영상처리에서는 RGB 색상 공간의 처리는 간단하지만 날씨나 조명 상태의 변화에 민감하므로 본 논문에서는 색상과 채도에서 컬러 인지력이 높은 HSI 공간을 활용하여 주변 환경의 영향을 줄였다. 또한 고속 인식을 위하여 영상 모멘트 템플릿 정합을 사용하여 신경 회로망을 구성하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.54 no.1
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• pp.70-79
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• 2017

This study proposes a method to quickly and accurately acquire distance information on direction signs. The proposed method is composed of the recognition of the sign, pre-processing to facilitate the acquisition of the road sign distance, and the acquisition of the distance data. The road sign recognition uses color detection including gamma correction in order to mitigate various noise issues. In order to facilitate the acquisition of distance data, this study applied tilt correction using linear factors, and resolution correction using Fourier transform. To acquire the distance data, morphological operation was used to highlight the area, along with labeling and template matching. By acquiring the distance information on the direction sign through such a processes, the proposed system can be output the distance remaining to the next junction. As a result, when the proposed method is applied to system it can process the data in real-time using the fast calculation speed, average speed was shown to be 0.46 second per frame, with accuracy of 0.65 in similarity value.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.39-50
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• 2007

Barrier VII program is normally used for the design of flexible barrier, but if modelled properly it can be used for the analysis of vehicle impact to small sign posts. In this paper sign post is shown to be modelled as flexible barrier by combining beam and column elements at each beam node. Simulations with the Barrier VII program have been made for 7 impact cases composed of sign posts of circular and H section with rigidly connected support and breakaway support system. The impact speed used for the simulation ranged from 30km/h to 110km/h. The study shows that in the vehicle impacts to a circular sign post with high speed, the large deflection and high inertia force causes the sign plate to hit the windshield leading to a hazard to the occupants. It is also shown that impact to H section post results in small deflection of the post and abrupt velocity change and high deceleration of the impact vehicle causing severe damage to both the vehicle and occupants. Simulation study also shows that breakaway support system eliminates the potential danger of the vehicle impact to the rigidly connected small sign posts by reducing deflection of the post, abrupt change in velocity and deceleration level.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.12-22
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• 2010

The variable message sign(VMS) is a facility to smoothen traffic flows and enable safe passing by providing real-time necessary information on roads, weather, transportation, and traffic regulations. The VMS also solves a feeling of uneasiness and gives a sense of psychological security by providing information to drivers. However, the VMS has a strong character of being a non-market product but a public product, so it has not normally been evaluated for its value. This research has evaluated a value of satisfaction level for traffic information users, using a contingent valuation method(CVM). As a result of evaluating the value of satisfaction level for users through division into an urban roadway and an urban highway for the cities where an intelligent transportation system(ITS) has been established, the urban highway had a value of 96.7 won/system and the urban roadway had a value of 76.3 won/system.