• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 자율 이동로봇이 장애물을 회피하며 목표하는 지점까지의 경로를 구성하여 찾아가는 두가지 알고리즘을 제안하고자 한다. 첫째는 PC를 이용하여 영상처리를 수행하고 로봇의 이동경로를 계산해 주는 간략화 된 알고리즘이다. 둘째는 PC등의 보조수단이 없는 자율 이동로봇의 이동을 위한 복합 알고리즘이다. 첫 번째 알고리즘은 CCD카메라로부터 획득한 영상신호를 RF an선 모듈을 이용하여 PC로 보내고 PC에서 영상 전처리 과정을 거친 후, 장애물로 인식되면 회피할 제어 신호를 이동로봇으로 전송하는 것이다. 이동로봇에 탑재된 CCD카메라에서 획득한 영상 정보는 매 샘플링 시간마다 캡쳐하여 PC로 전송하면 호스트는 화면에서 장애물이 차지하는 비율을 따져서 장애물의 유무를 판별한 후 좌 혹은 우로 회전하여 장애물을 회피하고 이동한 거리를 PC로 전송하는 시스템을 구현하여 초기에 지정한 목표지점까지 로봇이 갈 수 있도록 간략한 경로를 계획하여 추적해 나가는 알고리즘을 구현해 보고자 한다. 두 번째는 이동하고자 하는 입력 영상의 환경의 조명 조건이 불연속이거나 장애물의 크기나 색상이 다른 여러 가지 그레이 레벨을 갖는 분할된 장애물이 있을 때 로봇이 자율적으로 이동하도록 하여 장애물이 나타나면 회피하여 최종 목적지를 찾아가도록 하는 알고리즘을 제안하고자 한다. 여기에서는 영상 전처리 과정과 장애물을 인식할 수 있도록 Labeling과 Segmentation을 통한 pixel의 밀도 계산이 도입된다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집B
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• pp.670-675
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• 2001

This paper is to propose image segmentation method based on chamfer algorithm. First, we get original image from CCD camera and transform it into gray image. Second, we extract maximum gray value of background and reconstruct and eliminate the background using surface fitting method and bilinear interpolation. Third, we subtract the reconstructed background from gray image to remove noises in gray image. Fourth, we transform the subtracted image into binary image using Otsu's optimal thresholding method. Fifth, we use morphological filters such as areaopen, opening, filling filter etc. to remove noises and isolated points. Sixth, we use chamfer distance or Euclidean distance to this filtered image. Finally, we use watershed algorithm and count microorganisms in image by labeling. To prove the effectiveness, we apply the proposed algorithm to one of Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria, Acinetobacter sp. It is shown that both Euclidean algorithm and chamfer algorithm show over-segmentation. But Chamfer algorithm shows less over-segmentation than Euclidean algorithm.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제31B권5호
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• pp.95-107
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• 1994

A new efficient contour following algorithm for connected-component labeling processing is proposed. The basic idea of the algorithm is that the total number of downward chain codes is the same as one of upward chain codes along the closed contour. If the chain code direction is upward, then region start mark is assigned at the chain code departure pixel and if the chain code is downward, then region end mark is assigned at the chain code arrival pixel. The proposed algorithm extracts directly the contour information from only the current direction information of chain. This makes the algorithm simple and fast and requires less memory with comparison to the conventional algorithms.The proposed contour following algorithm can be applied to the various kind of image processing such as region filling, restoration and region feature extraction.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.530-535
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• 2008

Optical signals based on Raman scattering, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS), and harmonic generation can be used to image biological molecules in living cells without labeling. Both Raman scattering and CARS signals can be used to detect frequencies of molecular vibrations and to obtain the molecular distributions in samples. Second-harmonic optical signals can also be generated in structured arrays of noncentrosymmetric molecules and can be used to detect structured aggregates of proteins, such as, collagen, myosin and tubulin. Since labeling techniques using chemical and biological reactions may cause undesirable changes in the sample, label-free molecular imaging techniques are essential for observation of living samples.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제33B권4호
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• pp.111-123
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• 1996

In this paper, a new edge-based segmentation algorithm for range image using pseudo reflectance images (PRIs) is proposed. A model of pseudo reflectance which is useful in analyzing three dimensional scene and objects is introduced and then three PRIs are generated by the model. For generating three PRIs, bels and jain's differential window operator is selected and three different light source directions are determined. Three edge images are extracted from each PRI and a fused (logical ORing) edge image is constructed for the benefit of enhanced edge formation. The final segmentation results of the proposed algoritm are obtained after the processing of thinning, labeling and correcting erroeneous regions with the fused edge image. The good performance of edge detection and segmentation is confirmed via computer simulation with synthetic and real range images.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.1172-1179
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• 2015

A wireless license plate region extracting module is proposed for LPR system controlling multiple gates. This module is cheaply implemented using Raspberry Pi which is open source and high performance. First, as the upper 1/3 of the captured image is discarded as it has no useful information on license plate. Using the OpenCV libraries the edge image is got by Canny algorithm after applying Gaussian filtering to gray image, and the labeling is conducted for 4 consecutive numbers in license plate. These numbers are located using various decision equations, and expanding the numbers region the final license plate region can be extracted. The result image is transferred to Server using wifi direct. Using the proposed module it becomes easy to set up and maintain the LPR system. The experimental results showed that the successful extracting rate was 98.4% using 500 car images with 640 × 480 resolution.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.39-42
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• 2012

This paper proposed a method that detects emergency situations in a video stream using MHI (Motion History Image) and template matching for a video-based intelligent security system. The proposed method creates a MHI of each human object through image processing technique such as background removing based on GMM (Gaussian Mixture Model), labeling and accumulating the foreground images, then the obtained MHI is compared with the existing MHI templates for detecting an emergency situation. To evaluate the proposed emergency detection method, a set of experiments on the dataset of video clips captured from a security camera has been conducted. And we successfully detected emergency situations using the proposed method. In addition, the implemented system also provides MMS (Multimedia Message Service) so that a security manager can deal with the emergency situation appropriately.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.2359-2376
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• 2022

With the exponential growth of medical image big data represented by high-resolution CT images(CTI), the high-resolution CTI data is of great importance for clinical research and diagnosis. The paper takes lung CTI as an example to study. Retrieving answer CTIs similar to the input one from the large-scale lung CTI database can effectively assist physicians to diagnose. Compared with the conventional content-based image retrieval(CBIR) methods, the CBIR for lung CTIs demands higher retrieval accuracy in both the contour shape and the internal details of the organ. In traditional supervised deep learning networks, the learning of the network relies on the labeling of CTIs which is a very time-consuming task. To address this issue, the paper proposes a Weakly Supervised Similarity Evaluation Network (WSSENet) for efficiently support similarity analysis of lung CTIs. We conducted extensive experiments to verify the effectiveness of the WSSENet based on which the CBIR is performed.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.533-543
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• 2009

The objective of this study was to compare the differences of opinion, purchasing behavior, and recognition of food labeling and nutrition labeling of frozen processed food between employees and non-employees in the frozen food industry. The results of this survey study showed that the group working in the frozen food industry had a positive opinion of frozen processed food compared to the non-employee group who was not working in the food industry. The main reason for the positive opinion of frozen processed food was because it was convenient and easy to prepare while the main concern with consuming frozen processed food was that it was bad for one's health. The most popular menu was western style. Sixty one percent of employees in the frozen food industry preferred the microwave-cooking method, while only 37.9% of non-employees preferred the microwave-cooking method followed by cooking in boiling water (27.6%). There was a significant (p<0.001) difference in the preference of cooking method between these two groups. Most of the respondents considered 'taste' as the most important factor and 32.9% of the respondents selected 'sanitation/health' as the most serious concern for the consumption of frozen processed food. Both groups checked the food & nutrition label to verify the expiration date and the presence of food additives. The non-employee group recognized the need for nutritional information on total calorie, carbohydrate, protein, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, minerals, vitamins, sodium, and fiber on the nutrition label of frozen processed food.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.698-704
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• 1999

There are several types of defects of SMDs mounted on PCB, that is, missing components, misalignment, wrong parts and poor solder joints. This research study mainly focuses on measuring of deviation of SMD leads using the partial image of component, not using the full image. This processing based on the partial image has the advantage of the reduction in calculation time compared to the full image. Since position of lead is calculated with respect of the reduction in calculation time compared to the full image. Since position of lead is calculated with respect to pad, the accuracy of the system is not dependent on percise positioning stage. The grabbed image of gray scale is converted into binary format using a cutomatic threshold. After small fragments in the image is removed by a series of morphology operations such as opening and closing, the centroids of PCB pads and SMD leads is obtained together with labeling of blobs. Translational shift and rotationial angle of SMD are succedingly estimated using above information and chip data. The expression that can calculate the maximum deviation of leads with respect to PCB pads has been derived, and inferior mounting of SMD is judged by a given criterion. Some experiments have been executed to verify this measuring scheme.