• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.679-688
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• 2009

Worldwide exploring and research for manganese nodules, as new energy resource, distributed on the deep seabed have progressed recently. Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute(KORDI) is a central organization to exploit the manganese nodules in the Pacific Ocean with 5,000m depth. Precise exploration is required for estimating amount of recoverable deposit, and this task could be accomplished by processing digital image processing techniques to the images taken by underwater camera system. Image processing and analysis provide information about characteristics of distribution of the manganese nodules. This study proposed effective methods to remove vignetting effect to improve image quality and to extract information. The results show more reliable information could be obtained by removing the vignetting and feasibility of utilizing image processing techniques for exploring the manganese nodules.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.108-118
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• 2017

This paper presents experimental results of realtime sonar-based SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) using probability-based landmark-recognition. The sonar-based SLAM is used for navigation of underwater robot. Inertial sensor as IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) and DVL (Doppler Velocity Log) and external information from sonar image processing are fused by Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) technique to get the navigation information. The vehicle location is estimated by inertial sensor data, and it is corrected by sonar data which provides relative position between the vehicle and the landmark on the bottom of the basin. For the verification of the proposed method, the experiments were performed in a basin environment using an underwater robot, yShark.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.09a
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• pp.931-934
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• 2000

입력영상의 Hough 변환(Hough Transform; HT) 영상으로부터 입력영상인 원호의 중심각의 크기, 반지름의 길이 및 양 끝점의 위치 정보를 구하는 방법을 제안하였다. HT 영역에서 포락선의 정보로부터 원호영상의 외접사각형의 가로 및 세로 길이와 회전 각도를 구한 다음 이로부터 원호영상 정보를 계산하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.65-69
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• 2008

This study is aimed to develope a remote control ship for acquisition of various underwater information. Remote control ship equipped with GPS, echosounder, sidescan sonar, subbottom profiler. Remote control ship is an automatic system for acquisition of inland water and coast information. For the development of remote control ship, underwater information acquisition of reservoir, dam, polluted area is expected. Also, multibeam echosounder, image sensor, water analysis sensor, etc. could be equipped in one ship. So robot-ship will be applied for the most part of industry managing water resources and preventing the flood by making bed topographic map and estimating water volumes.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.92-100
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• 2020

Currently, the demand for underwater or underwater photography is growing very fast. Its coverage of underwater shooting for broadcasting, leisure and sports, and military and operational use is also growing rapidly. Among them, we specifically select the best camera to be used in underwater drones to photograph and inspect marine life attached to the ship's hull. To compare three cameras performance, they are compared and evaluated using objective and subjective criteria in special circumstances such as underwater shooting. This study checks whether performance criteria, such as resolution of a camera, meet objective and subjective standards in the unusual situation of underwater shooting. And it shows that in addition to the filter that calibrates the image, proper camera selection is important for providing good picture quality. Even after this study, research using more diverse cameras could provide an appropriate standard for comparison of underwater camera quality.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.40 no.11
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• pp.2142-2144
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• 2015

3D FLS is a active sonar that can represent the underwater inside visually in forward direction. We discuss on the decrease of bubbles from breaking waves in 3D FLS frames. In the experiment using the bubbles reduction filter the effect of bubbles was decreased a lot.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.11b
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• pp.749-754
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• 1996

본 논문은 CANDU형 원자력 발전소의 수조 속에 저장된 사용후핵연료 다발에 대한 IAEA 보장조치(Safeguards) 방법(Method K)을 종합적으로 분석하여 국가사찰을 보다 효율적으로 준비하고자 한다. 현재 IAEA는 수중카메라(Underwater TV Camera)를 수조 속에 넣고 카메라 모니터에 나타난 사용후핵연료 끝단의 영상을 직접 확인하면서 Tray Stack에 담겨 있는 수직축(Z-축) 방향 사용후핵연료 다발 수량을 확인하고 있다. 그러나 한정된 사찰기간 내에 보장조치 목적(Safeguards Goal)을 달성하기 위해 IAEA가 적용하고 있는 수중 카메라 보조장치(Guiding Tool)는 몇 가지 문제점을 갖고 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 따라서 이와 같은 문제점을 해결하면서 보다 효율적으로 사찰활동을 지원할 수 있는 보조장치를 개발하는 것이 IAEA와 국가사찰을 위해 필요하다. 이를 위해 한정된 사찰기간 내에 최소의 인력으로 효과적인 사찰활동을 지원할 수 있는 보조장치를 새로이 설계하였다. 그리고 새로이 설계된 수중카메라 보조장치를 IAEA 및 국가사찰에 적용했을 경우 얻을 수 있는 기대 효과 등을 논의하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.333-338
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• 2008

The coastal zone is a delicate and dynamic area in which the majority of a water kinetic energy is dissipated. These processes are subsequent to the transport of the beach materials. In comparison to emerged breakwaters, submerged structures permit the passage of some wave energy and in turn allow for circulation along the shoreline zone. This research aims to examine the beach erosion prevention capability of submerged structure by laboratory model. The flow characteristics behind a submerged obstacle with bottom gap were experimentally investigated at Re = $1.2{\times}10^4$ using the two-frame PIV(CACTUS 2000) system. Streamline curvature field behind the obstacle has been obtained by using the data of time-averaged mean velocity information. And the large eddy structure in the separated shear layer seems to have signification influence on the development of the separated shear layer. As bottom gap size increases, the recirculation occurring behind the obstacle moves toward downstream and its strength is weakened.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.529-536
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• 2012

Recently, the interest of 3D contents are increased and viewers demand a variety of 3D contents. In such circumstances, underwater 3D contents are an alternative to meet the demands of viewers. Cause that underwater mass density is 1.33 times that in air the objects in underwater is bigger and closer in real. Therefore it needs to modify the distance between cameras, the distance to objects and the convergence value. In this paper, we present the method to set optimal depth values with the particularities of underwater space. In addition, through the case of underwater 3D production we present the method of underwater 3D contents development. We expect that a lot of material with colorful, variety marine organism in underwater will be made of 3D contents.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.26 no.11
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• pp.1697-1705
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• 2022

The safety of marine construction workers and marine pollution problems are occurring due to large-scale offshore construction. In particular, underwater construction work in the sea has a higher risk than other work, so it is necessary to apply an unmanned alternative system that considers the safety of the workers. In this paper, the ROV system for offshore construction has been developed for underwater unmanned work. A monitoring system was developed for position control through the control of underwater propellants, pneumatic gripper, and monitoring of underwater work. As a result of the performance evaluation, the underwater movement speed of the ROV was evaluated to be 0.89 m/s, and it was confirmed that the maximum load of the pneumatic gripper was 80 kg. In addition, the network bandwidth required for underwater ROV control and underwater video streaming was evaluated to be more than 300Mbps, wired communication at 92.7 ~ 95.0Mbit/s at 205m, and wireless communication at 78.3 ~ 84.8Mbit/s.