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Video Road Vehicle Detection and Tracking based on OpenCV

  • Hou, Wei;Wu, Zhenzhen;Jung, Hoekyung
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.226-233
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    • 2022
  • Video surveillance is widely used in security surveillance, military navigation, intelligent transportation, etc. Its main research fields are pattern recognition, computer vision and artificial intelligence. This article uses OpenCV to detect and track vehicles, and monitors by establishing an adaptive model on a stationary background. Compared with traditional vehicle detection, it not only has the advantages of low price, convenient installation and maintenance, and wide monitoring range, but also can be used on the road. The intelligent analysis and processing of the scene image using CAMSHIFT tracking algorithm can collect all kinds of traffic flow parameters (including the number of vehicles in a period of time) and the specific position of vehicles at the same time, so as to solve the vehicle offset. It is reliable in operation and has high practical value.

Noise Removal of FMCW Scanning Radar for Single Sensor Performance Improvement in Autonomous Driving (자율 주행에서 단일 센서 성능 향상을 위한 FMCW 스캐닝 레이더 노이즈 제거)

  • Wooseong Yang;Myung-Hwan Jeon;Ayoung Kim
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.271-280
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    • 2023
  • FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) radar system is widely used in autonomous driving and navigation applications due to its high detection capabilities independent of weather conditions and environments. However, radar signals can be easily contaminated by various noises such as speckle noise, receiver saturation, and multipath reflection, which can worsen sensing performance. To handle this problem, we propose a learning-free noise removal technique for radar to enhance detection performance. The proposed method leverages adaptive thresholding to remove speckle noise and receiver saturation, and wavelet transform to detect multipath reflection. After noise removal, the radar image is reconstructed with the geometric structure of the surrounding environments. We verify that our method effectively eliminated noise and can be applied to autonomous driving by improving the accuracy of odometry and place recognition.

Performance Improvement of Fractal Dimension Estimator Based on a New Sampling Method (새로운 샘플링법에 기초한 프랙탈 차원 추정자의 정도 개선)

  • Jin, Gang-Gyoo;Choi, Dong-Sik
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2014
  • Fractal theory has been widely used to quantify the complexity of remotely sensed digital elevation models and images. Despite successful applications of fractals to a variety of fields including computer graphics, engineering and geosciences, the performance of fractal estimators depends highly on data sampling. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for computing the fractal dimension based on the triangular prism method and a new sampling method. The proposed sampling method combines existing two methods, that is, the geometric step method and the divisor step method to increase pixel utilization. In addition, while the existing estimation methods are based on $N{\times}M$ window, the proposed method expands to $N{\times}M$ window. The proposed method is applied to generated fractal DEM, Brodatz's image DB and real images taken in the campus to demonstrate its feasibility.

Real-Time Shooting Area Analysis Algorithm of UAV Considering Three-Dimensional Topography (입체적 지형을 고려한 무인항공기의 실시간 촬영 영역 분석 알고리즘)

  • Park, Woo-Min;Choi, Jeong-Hun;Choi, Seong-Geun;Hwang, Nam-Du;Kim, Hwan-Chul
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.38C no.12
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    • pp.1196-1206
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, based on the information about navigation system of UAV with PTZ camera and 3D topography, algorithm able to show us in real-time UAV's geographical shooting location and automatically calculate superficial measure of the shooting area is proposed. And the method that can automatically estimate whether UAV is allowed to shoot a specific area is shown. In case of an UAV's shooting attempt at the specific area, obtainability of valid image depends on not only UAV's location but also information of 3D topography. As a result of the study, Ground Control Center will have real-time information about whether UAV can shoot the needed topography. Therefore, accurate remote flight control will be possible in real-time. Furthermore, the algorithm and the method of estimating shooting probability can be applied to pre-flight simulation and set of flight route.

Design of Small Optical Tracker for Use in the Proving Ground (시험장 환경에 적합한 소형 광학추적기 설계)

  • Park, Sanghyun
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.224-231
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    • 2020
  • An optical tracking plays an important role for measurement operation, as it is responsible for low altitude measurements that are difficult to obtain with radar systems. Since the existing optical tracking systems have not been developed in the proving ground itself so far, it is difficult to modify them to fit the environment of the proving ground. Also, they are designed as a vehicle-mounted type, so there is a limitation in selecting an optimal site. The in-house developed small optical tracking system is designed with a simple configuration to overcome these shortcomings and makes it possible for operators to operate the system at any place in the proving ground. In addition, there has been a need of developing small optical trackers by ourselves to be prepared for future research so that artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to the optical tracking systems. In this paper, we described the design concept of the small optical tracker, the configuration of the components to implement the basic tracking function, and showed the results of the simulation to set the configuration of the equipment according to the characteristics of the flight targets.

Flow Characteristics around a Circular Cylinder according as the Depth from Free Surface (자유수면에 접한 원형실린더 주위의 유동계측)

  • Shon, Chang-Bae;Gim, Ok-Sok;Oh, Woo-Jun;Lee, Chang-Woo;Lee, Gyoung-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.389-391
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    • 2010
  • The Free surface influenced the wake behind a circular cylinder and its effects were investigated experimentally in a circulating water channe with the variation of water depth Instantaneous velocity fields were measured in this paper. the measured results has been compared with each other to investigate the flow characteristics of the circular cylinder's 2-dimensional section at $Re=1.0\times10^3$ using 2-frame grey level cross correlation PIV method. The flow around the circular cylinder with free surface affected the wake structure. especially, in case of d=1.0D, the boundary layer was measured in the whole area. The separation point and boundary layer of the circular cylinder could be controlled by the water depth.

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Control effects of the hydrodynamic force of twin rudder in a uniform stream (균일 흐름중에 놓인 쌍동타의 간격변화가 유체력 제어효과에 미치는 영향)

  • Shon, Chang-Bae;Oh, Woo-Jun;Ku, Youn-Kyoung;Gim, Ok-Sok;Lee, Gyoung-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.387-388
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    • 2010
  • An open water rudder test was carried out to figure out the flow characteristics around a twin rudder at $Re=1.5\times10^4$. In the analysis, the unique characteristics of a twin rudder, which effects rudder farces, were explained. The analysis is included varying angles of attack fram 10 to 30 degree. In this paper, the measured results has been compared with each other to predict the performance characteristics of a twin rudder's 2-dimensional section by 2-frame grey level cross correlation PIV method. The side force of the rudder could be mainly improved at 0.75L.

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PIV Measurements of the Flow characteristics around a single rudder in a backward state (역추진시 단동타 주위 유동특성에 대한 PIV계측)

  • Shon, Chang-Bae;Gim, Ok-Sok;Oh, Woo-Jun;Lee, Chang-Woo;Lee, Gyoung-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.383-384
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    • 2010
  • The control surface on a ship is to control the motion of it in forward and backward states. In this paper, the measured results has been compared with each other to predict the backward flow characteristics of the single rudder's 2-dimensional section at $Re=2.0\times10^4$ using 2-frame grey level cross correlation PIV method especially, The separation region appears at 10 to 20 degrees angle of attack in a forward state. The separation point and boundary layer demonstrate in the same angle of attack compared it with the forward states.

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An Autonomous Mobile System based on Detection of the Road Surface Condition (노면 상태 검출에 기반한 자율 주행 시스템)

  • Jeong, Hye-C.;Seo, Suk-T.;Lee, Sang-H.;Lee, In-K.;Kwon, Soon-H.
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.599-604
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    • 2008
  • Recently, many researches for autonomous mobile system have been proposed, which can recognize surrounded environment and navigate to destination without outside intervention. The basic sufficient condition for the autonomous mobile system is to navigate to destination safely without accident. In this paper, we propose a path planning method in local region for safe navigation of autonomous system through evaluation of the road surface distortion(damaged/deformed road, unpaved road, obstacle and etc.). We use laser distance sensor to get the information on the road surface distortion and apply image binalization method to evaluate safe region in the detected local region. We show the validity of the proposed method through the computer simulation based on the artificial local road map.

Development of a 3D real-time visualization system for ship handling simulators using an open source 3D graphics engine (공개형 3D 그래픽 엔진을 활용한 선박 운항 시뮬레이터용 실시간 3D 가시화 시스템 개발)

  • Fang, Tae-Hyun;Oh, Jae-Yong;Hwang, Ho-Jin;Kim, Byung-Chul;Mun, Du-Hwan
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.187-195
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    • 2011
  • A ship handling simulator is popular means of preventing marine accidents caused by human error. It can also be used to train navigators. A real-time 3D visualization system, a component of a ship handling simulator, is an important component, as realistic and intuitive image generation play an essential role in improving the effects of education using ship handling simulators. This paper discusses the design of a new real-time 3D visualization system based on an open source 3D graphics engine as well as its implementation. The developed real-time 3D visualization system satisfies the operational requirements derived in terms of visualization functionalities, reuse of legacy graphic data, and interoperability with other systems constituting a ship handling simulator. This system has an architecture in which new functionalities are easily added.