• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2023

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors have been most widely used in terrestrial robotic applications because they can provide dense and precise measurements of the surrounding environments. However, the reliability of LiDAR measurements can considerably vary due to the different reflectivities of laser beams to the reflecting surface materials. This study presents a robust LiDAR-based mapping method for the varying laser reflectivities in indoor environments using the framework of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The proposed method can minimize the performance degradations in the SLAM accuracy by checking and discarding potentially unreliable LiDAR measurements in the SLAM front-end process. The gaps in point-cloud maps created by the proposed approach are filled by a Gaussian process regression method. Experimental results with a mobile robot platform in an indoor environment are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제30권6_2호
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• pp.593-605
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• 2012

LiDAR systems provide dense and accurate topographic information. A pre-requisite to achieving the potential accuracy of LiDAR is having a proper system calibration, which aims at estimating all the systematic errors in the system measurements and the mounting parameters relating the different components. This paper presents a rigorous and two approximate methods for LiDAR system calibration. The rigorous approach makes use of the LiDAR equation and the system raw measurements. The approximate approaches utilize simplified LiDAR equations using some assumptions, which allow for less strict requirements regarding the raw measurements. The first presented approximate method, denoted as quasi-rigorous, assumes that we are dealing with a vertical platform (i.e., small pitch and roll angles). This method requires time-tagged point cloud and trajectory position data. The second approximate method, denoted as simplified, assumes that we are dealing with parallel strips, vertical platform, and minor terrain elevation variations compared to the flying height above ground. Such method can be performed using the LiDAR point cloud only. Experimental results using a real dataset, whose characteristics deviate to some extent from the utilized assumptions in the approximate methods, are presented to provide a comparative analysis of the outcome from the introduced methods.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.48-58
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 흉고직경, 수고 등 산림지역 수목의 기하학적 구조 측정을 위한 휴대용 라이다 장비의 활용성을 평가하였다. 휴대용 라이다 장비의 정확도를 파악하기 위하여 태백산국립공원 내 대상지역(30m×30m)을 선정하고 매목조사를 통해 흉고직경과 수고를 측정하였다. 또, 라이다 장비의 활용성에 대한 객관적인 평가를 위해 편향, 평균제곱근오차, 절대평균오차, 상관계수 등 4가지 통계지표를 활용하였다. 분석결과, 흉고직경의 경우 매목조사와 휴대용 라이다 장비를 이용한 측정치가 거의 유사한 것으로 나타났으며, 휴대용 라이다 장비는 기존의 조사방식을 대체하기에 충분하였다. 그러나, 매목조사에 의한 수고 측정치는 다양한 오차를 포함하고 있어 라이다의 정확도를 파악하기에는 한계가 있었다. 향후 보다 신뢰성 있는 수고 측정방법을 통해 수집된 자료로부터 라이다 장비의 정확도를 평가하는 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.73-84
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• 2010

A terrestrial LiDAR was used to acquire precise and high-resolution topographical information of Malipo beach, Korea. Terrestrial LiDAR and RTK-DGPS (VRS) were mounted on top of a survey vehicle and used to scan 20 times stop-and-go method with 250 m spacing intervals at ebb tides. In total, 7 measurements were made periodically from 2008 to 2009 and after each beach replenishment event. We carried out GIS-based 3D spatial analysis such as slope and volume calculations in order to assess topographical changes over time. In relation to beach replenishment, comparative analysis of each volume change revealed them to be similar. This result indicates that the terrestrial LiDAR measurements are accurate and can be used to analyze temporal topographical changes. In conclusion, the methodology employed in this study can be used efficiently to exercise coastal management through monitoring and analyzing beach process such as erosion and deposition.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2007

항공 라이다 데이터는 3차원 좌표로 표현된 점의 집합으로 대규모 지역의 지형측량을 신속하고 경제적으로 수행하여 고정밀의 수치지형모델을 제작하는데 사용된다. 특히 고정밀 수치지형모델 및 수치표고모델은 토목, 환경, 도시계획, 홍수모델 등에 있어서 정확한 예측과 분석을 가능하게 하며, 이로 인해 활용이 증가하고 있다. 항공 라이다 데이터로부터 수치지형모델을 제작하기 위해서는 건물, 식생 등과 같은 비지면점을 분류하고 제거하는 과정이 필요하다. 본 논문은 항공 라이다 데이터로부터 실세계를 구성하고 있는 지면점과 비지면점을 분류하는 필터링 방법을 제시하였다. 필더링 방법은 라이다 점 데이터를 높이 차이에 따라 분할하고, 분할된 점 데이터를 지면점과 비지면점으로 분류하는 과정으로 진행된다. 이러한 과정을 통해 건물, 식생 등과 같은 비지면점을 제거하고, 수치지형모델을 제작하기 위한 지면점을 추출하게 된다. 제시된 필터링 방법을 ISPRS의 Comparison of Filter(2003) 보고서에서 사용된 데이터에 적용하여 지면점과 비지면점의 분류 결과를 분석하였다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.397-406
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• 2022

This paper presents an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) system and operation algorithms for logistic and factory facilities without magnet-lines installation. Unlike widely used AMR systems, we propose an EKF-based loosely coupled fusion of LiDAR measurements and visual markers. Our method first constructs occupancy grid and visual marker map in the mapping process and utilizes prebuilt maps for precise localization. Also, we developed a waypoint-based navigation pipeline for robust autonomous operation in unconstrained environments. The proposed system estimates the robot pose using by updating the state with the fusion of visual marker and LiDAR measurements. Finally, we tested the proposed method in indoor environments and existing factory facilities for evaluation. In experimental results, this paper represents the performance of our system compared to the well-known LiDAR-based localization and navigation system.

• 센서학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.187-195
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• 2024

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR), a widely used sensor in mobile robots and autonomous vehicles, has its most important function as measuring the range of objects in three-dimensional space and generating point clouds. These point clouds consist of the coordinates of each reflection point and can be used for various tasks, such as obstacle detection and environment recognition. However, several processing steps are required, such as three-dimensional modeling, mesh generation, and rendering. Efficient data processing is crucial because LiDAR provides a large number of real-time measurements with high sampling frequencies. Despite the rapid development of controller computational power, simplifying the computational algorithm is still necessary. This paper presents a method for estimating the presence of curbs, humps, and ground tilt using range measurements from a single horizontal or vertical scan instead of point clouds. These features can be obtained by data segmentation based on linearization. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm was verified by experiments in various environments.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제25권6_1호
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• pp.507-516
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• 2007

Segmentation and organization of the LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data of the Earth's surface are difficult tasks because the captured LiDAR data are composed of irregularly distributed point clouds with lack of semantic information. The reason for this difficulty in processing LiDAR data is that the data provide huge amount of the spatial coordinates without topological and/or relational information among the points. This study introduces LiDAR data segmentation technique by utilizing histograms of the LiDAR height image data and analyzing roof shape for 3D reconstruction and visualization of the buildings. One of the advantages in utilizing LiDAR height image data is no registration required because the LiDAR data are geo-referenced and ortho-projected data. In consequence, measurements on the image provide absolute reference coordinates. The LiDAR image allows measurement of the initial building boundaries to estimate locations of the side walls and to form the planar surfaces which represent approximate building footprints. LiDAR points close to each side wall were grouped together then the least-square planar surface fitting with the segmented point clouds was performed to determine precise location of each wall of an building. Finally, roof shape analysis was performed by accumulated slopes along the profiles of the roof top. However, simulated LiDAR data were used for analyzing roof shape because buildings with various shapes of the roof do not exist in the test area. The proposed approach has been tested on the heavily built-up urban residential area. 3D digital vector map produced by digitizing complied aerial photographs was used to evaluate accuracy of the results. Experimental results show efficiency of the proposed methodology for 3D building reconstruction and large scale digital mapping especially for the urban area.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.273-284
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• 2023

건설프로젝트 진행 시 골조공사 후 시공상태를 점검하는 업무가 필수적이며, 이에 골조의 수직 및 수평 정확도를 점검하고 결함에 대한 보수작업을 수행한다. 하지만 기존의 업무방식은 점검자의 주관적 판단 및 인적오류의 발생 가능성으로 인한 신뢰성 문제, 수작업으로 인한 인력 및 시간 소모적 문제 등이 존재한다. 이에 본 연구는 상기 문제점을 해결하고, 골조공사 시공상태 점검 및 결과공유 과정의 효율을 높이고자 LiDAR 및 AR 기술의 활용방안을 제안하였다. 본 연구에서는 LiDAR를 통해 골조의 3D Point Cloud 데이터를 취득하여 시공상태 점검에 적용하는 방안과, 점검결과 데이터를 BIM 모델에 입력 후, AR을 통해 시각화하는 방안을 제안하였다. 이는 기존 방식 대비 점검과정의 객관성, 결과공유의 신속성 및 정확도 측면에서 효율적인 방식임을 확인하였으며, 더불어 건설프로젝트 전체의 품질 및 생산성 향상에 기여할수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.594-602
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• 2021

Recently, quantitative and repetitive inspections of the old urban area were conducted because many structures exceed their designed lifetime. The health of a building can be validated from the condition of the outer wall, while the slant angle of the wall widely serves as an indicator of urban regeneration projects. Mostly, the inspector directly measures the inclination of the wall or partially uses 3D point measurements using a static light detection and ranging (LiDAR). These approaches are costly, time-consuming, and only limited space can be measured. Therefore, we propose a mobile mapping system and automatic slant map generation algorithm, configured to capture urban environments online. Additionally, we use the LiDAR-inertial mapping algorithm to construct raw point clouds with gravity information. The proposed method extracts walls from raw point clouds and measures the slant angle of walls accurately. The generated slant angle map is evaluated in indoor and outdoor environments, and the accuracy is compared with real tiltmeter measurements.