• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.73-79
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• 2016

Higher circuit breaker safety standards can be obtained by increasing the sustaining time of the latching section. This time increase is achieved through velocity reduction after contacting when the closing mechanism operates. The potential for the re-closing phenomenon to occur is also reduced by obtaining time to return open latch. In this study, the sustaining time for the latching section was increased through cam profile optimization based on the displacement response of the moving parts. In addition, the existing performance velocity was also satisfied. A multibody dynamics model of the circuit breaker was developed using ADAMS. To validate the model, simulation results were compared to experiment results. Then, cam profile optimization was carried out using an optimal design program PIAnO. Design variables selected included the radial direction of the cam. Design sensitivity analysis was carried out by design section as well. As a result of optimization, the sustaining time for the latching section was increased.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.107-113
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• 2014

In this study, we design and implement an eye-gaze estimation system based on the extraction of eye contour and pupil region. In order to effectively extract the contour of the eye and region of pupil, the face candidate regions were extracted first. For the detection of face, YCbCr value range for normal Asian face color was defined by the pre-study of the Asian face images. The biggest skin color region was defined as a face candidate region and the eye regions were extracted by applying the contour and color feature analysis method to the upper 50% region of the face candidate region. The detected eye region was divided into three segments and the pupil pixels in each pupil segment were counted. The eye-gaze was determined into one of three directions, that is, left, center, and right, by the number of pupil pixels in three segments. In the experiments using 5,616 images of 20 test subjects, the eye-gaze was estimated with about 91 percent accuracy.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.84-92
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• 2002

A $32{\times}32$ pixels foveated (linear-polar) structure retina chip with the function of local-light adaptation for edge detection has been designed and fabricated using CMOS technology. Human retina can detect a wide range of light intensity. In this study, we use the biologically-inspired visual signal processing mechanism that consists of photoreceptors, horizontal cells, and bipolar cells in order to implement the function of edge detection in the retina chip. For a local-light adaptive function, the size of receptive field is changed locally according to the input light intensity. The spatial distribution of sensing pixels in the foveated retina chip has the advantages of selective reduction of image data and good resolution in central part to carry out the elaborate image processing with still enough resolution in the outer parts. The designed chip has been fabricated using standard $0.6\;{\mu}m$ double-poly triple-metal CMOS technology and optimized using HSPICE simulator.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.329-333
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• 1998

본 논문에서는, LSI 적층 기술을 이용한 실시간 처리 마이크로 비젼의 개발을 소개하고 있다. 새롭게 개발된 LSI 적층기술을 이용하여, 영상신호의 증폭, 변환, 연산처리등의 기본기능을 가지는 다수의 LSI 웨이퍼를 적층한다. 각 층간의 고밀도 수직배선을 통하여 대량의 영상정보를 동시에 전달하므로써, 대규모 동시 병렬처리를 가능하게 하며, 다수의 층에 걸쳐 파이프 라인 처리가 이루어진다. VLSI 설계시스템을 이용하여, 윤곽 검출기능을 가지는 테스트 칩을 설계(2 .mu.m CMOS design rule)하고, 시뮬레이션을 통하여 양호한 동작(처리시간 10 .mu.s)을 확인하고 있다. 시험제작을 위해서는, 새롭게 개발된 LSI 적층기술이 이용된다. 영상처리의 기본회로가 실려있는 웨이퍼의 기반을 30 .mu.m 의 두께까지 연마하고, 개발된 웨이퍼 aligner를 이용하여 수직배선이 형성된 상하 두 개의 웨이퍼를 미세조정하면서 접착한다. 이상의 제작과정을 반복하여 두께 1mm이하의 인공망막과 같은 마이크로 비젼을 제작한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.8-18
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• 2010

A total stroke of an opening or closing motion of a hinge mechanism for a folder-type mobile phone is composed of two portions. In the first portion, human fingers act a torque to open or close the folder. In this portion, the rotating folder compresses the coil spring installed in the hinge mechanism. In the last portion, this compressed coil spring generates a torque to rotate the folder. In this study, we have developed an algorithm to design a hinge mechanism to be operated by an arbitrary continuous torque in the first portion of the total stroke. Consequently, we can design hinge mechanisms that satisfy various demands of consumers. A pair of contours installed in the mechanism plays an important role. It transforms the folder's rotational motion into translation to compress the coil spring in the first portion; on the other hand, it transforms translational motion into the folder's rotation in the last portion. Using this algorithm we have designed the pair of the contour curves operated by an arbitrary continuous torque.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.7
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• pp.149-156
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• 2013

This paper presents a hardware edge detector of image signal at pixel level of CMOS image sensor (CIS). The circuit detects edges of an image based on a bump circuit combining with the pixels. The APS converts light into electrical signals and the bump circuit compares the brightness between the target pixel and its neighbor pixels. Each column on CIS 64 by 64 pixels array shares a comparator. The comparator decides a peak level of the target pixel comparing with a reference voltage. The proposed edge detector is implemented using 0.18um CMOS technology. The circuit shows higher fill factor 34% and power dissipation by 0.9uW per pixel at 1.8V supply.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.1087-1099
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• 1998

In the content-based image coding, where each object in the scene is encoded independently, the shape, texture and motion information are very important factors. Though the contours representing the shape of an object occupy a great amount of data in proportion to the whole information, they strongly affect the subjective image quaility. Therefore, the distortion of contour coding has to be minimized as much as possible. In this paper, we propose a new method for the contour coding in which the contours are approximated to polygon and the eorror signal occurring from polygonal approximation are transformed with new basis functions. Considering the facts that confour segments occurring from polygonal approximation are smooth curves and error signals have two zero-ending points, we design new basis functions based on the Legendre polynomial and then transform the error signals with them. When applied to synthetic images such as circles, ellipses and etc., the proposed method provides, in overall, outstanding results in respect to the transform coding gain compared with DCT and DST. And in the case when applied to natural images, the proposed method gives better image quality over DCT and comparable results with DST.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.895-898
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• 2003

The higher precision is demanded in modem manufacturing and it requires the more accurate servo controller. Cross-coupling control (CCC) has been developed to improve contouring motion. In this paper we introduce a new nonlinear CCC that is based on contour-error-vector using a parametric curve interpolator. A vector from the actual tool position to the nearest point on the desire path is directly adopted. The contour-error-vector is determined by constructing a tangential vector of nearest point on desired curve and determining the vector perpendicular to this tangential vector from the actual tool position. Moreover, the vector CCC can apply directly and easily to free-form curves include convex and concave form. The experimental results on a three-axis CNC machine center show that the present approach significantly improves motion accuracy in multi-axis motion

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.11c
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• pp.50-53
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• 2002

이 논문에서는 CNC 머시닝 센터의 두 서보축을 대상으로 가공정밀도를 유지하면서 최고의 이송속도로 가공 속도를 증가시키는 퍼지 제어 기법을 제안한다. 또한 기존의 오차 모델링 방식이 아닌 비선형 궤적에서도 적용이 가능한 최근의 윤곽오차 모델을 사용한다. 퍼지 소속함수의 입력 변수가 허용 오차에 따라 스케링되고 이송속도와 윤곽오차와의 관계를 퍼지제어룰에 기초하여 허용 오차안에서 매 시간마다 보다 빠른 이송속도를 찾는다. 모의 실험 결과들이 제안한 방법이 기존의 고정된 이송속도를 사용하는 방법과 유사한 윤곽오차를 보이면서도 빠른 가공을 할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.570-581
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 윤곽선(edge) 기반의 형태 정보와 웨이브렛 변환(wavelet transform)에 의한 방향(direction) 정보를 사요하는데 2단계 상표 영상 검색 시스템을 제안한다. 1 단계에서는 후보 상표 영상을 추출하기 위해 영상의 전반적인 정보로 원 상표 영상(original trademark image)을 웨이브렛 변환하여 얻은 X, Y 방향 고주파(high frequency) 성분으로부터 구한 방향 정보와 영상의 윤곽선에 대해 모멘트를 구하는 향상된 불변 모멘트(improved invariant moment)를 이용한다. 2단계에서는 후부 영상들에 대해 영상의 세부 정보인 윤곽선 각도(edge angle)와 윤곽선 반지름(edge radius) 정보를 추출하여 유사도 측정 알고리즘을 통해 결과 영상을 산출하게 된다. 본 상표 영상 검색 시스템은 문자 색인으로는 색인이 용이 하지 않은 기하학적도형 상표 영상만을 사용하였다. 본 시스템에서는 색상과는 상관없는 특징인 형태 정보와 방향 정보만을 이용하므로 같은 색상 구성을 가진 유사 영상뿐만 아니라, 유사하지만 바탕이 반전된 영상이나 색상이 다른 유사 영상에 대해서도 바르게 검색할 수 있으며, 각 특징을 일반화해줌으로 이동.회전.크기 변화에도 불변하는 견고성을 가진다. 또한 효율적인 검색을 위해 2단계의 구조를 사용하였으며, 각 단계마다 계산량을 줄여 검색 시간을 감소시키도록 설계되었다.