• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.4043-4064
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• 2021

Night-time image quality evaluation is an urgent requirement in visual inspection. The lighting environment of night-time results in low brightness, low contrast, loss of detailed information, and colour dissonance of image, which remains a daunting task of delicately evaluating the image quality at night. A new blind quality assessment metric is presented for realistic night-time scenario through a comprehensive consideration of contrast, texture, and colour in this article. To be specific, image blocks' color-gray-difference (CGD) histogram that represents contrast features is computed at first. Next, texture features that are measured by the mean subtracted contrast normalized (MSCN)-weighted local binary pattern (LBP) histogram are calculated. Then statistical features in Lαβ colour space are detected. Finally, the quality prediction model is conducted by the support vector regression (SVR) based on extracted contrast, texture, and colour features. Experiments conducted on NNID, CCRIQ, LIVE-CH, and CID2013 databases indicate that the proposed metric is superior to the compared BIQA metrics.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.25-35
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• 2017

본 연구는 야간 시간대의 농기계 주행시 등화장치 장착여부에 따른 운전자의 야간시인성분석을 목표로 하였다. 야간시인성 분석을 위해 등화장치에 대한 휘도측정실험과 안구운동측정기기를 활용한 주시시간측정실험을 수행하였다. 휘도측정실험결과, 농기계와의 상대거리가 가까워지며 등화장치의 상태가 양호해질수록 휘도 값이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 주시시간측정실험에서는 주행속도에 상관없이 등화장치의 상태가 양호해질수록 농기계에 대한 총 주시시간이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과, 농기계에 등화장치를 장착할 경우 농기계에 대한 운전자의 야간 시인성이 향상되어 농기계사고의 예방에 큰 도움을 줄 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.199-200
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• 2008

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제48권8호
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• pp.659-672
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• 2015

홍수시 하천의 유속 측정을 위한 표면영상유속계에서 가장 기본이 되는 단계는 적절한 영상을 취득하는 것이다. 하지만 영상 획득에 있어 야간에 발생하는 홍수 흐름을 촬영하는 것은 매우 어렵다. 이에 본 연구에서는 표면영상 유속계의 야간 영상 획득 장치로 원적외선 카메라를 이용하는 방안을 검토하였다. 원적외선 카메라는 별도의 조명을 필요로 하지 않으므로, 주야간 모두 영상을 획득할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 또한 안개나 연기의 영향을 받지 않아서 고정식 표면영상유속계를 구성하는 좋은 대안이 될 수 있다. 원적외선 영상을 이용한 유속 산정의 결과를 비교하기 위해, 보통의 가시광 카메라와 근적외선 카메라를 이용한 동시 촬영을 하여 영상을 분석하였다. 아울러 소형 프로펠러 유속계에 의한 유속 측정 자료와 비교하였다. 정확도 분석 결과 원적외선의 주간 영상을 이용할 경우 최소-9%에서 최대 -19%의 오차를 나타냈고, 야간 영상을 이용할 경우 최소 -10%에서 최대 -23%의 오차를 나타냈다. 또한 일반캠코더를 이용한 경우와 비교하여 최대 10% 이내의 차이를 보였기 때문에 주야간 유속 측정에 원적외선 카메라의 적용이 가능한 것을 확인하였다. 다만 주간 영상에 비해 야간 영상이 약간 흐려지는 경향이 있기 때문에, 이러한 영상을 적절히 분석하기 위한 지속적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각한다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.254-259
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• 2019

Background: This cross-sectional study assessed the sleep quality using the ActiGraph and investigated the relationship between the parameters of sleep assessment and the type of shift work in Korean firefighters. Methods: The participants were 359 firefighters: 65 day workers (control group) and 294 shift workers (shift work group: 77 firefighters with 3-day shift, 72 firefighters with 6-day shift, 65 firefighters with 9-day shift, and 80 firefighters with 21-day shift). Sleep assessments were performed using the ActiGraph (wGT3X-BT) for 24 hours during day shift (control and shift work group) and night shift and rest day (shift work group). The participants recorded bed time and sleep hours during the measurement period. Results: Sleep efficiency, total sleep time, and percentage of wake after sleep onset during night work were lower in the shift work group than control group (p < 0.05). Sleep efficiency decreased in night shift and increased in rest day, whereas wake after sleep onset increased in night shift and decreased in rest day (p < 0.05). Among shift work groups, sleep efficiency of 6-day shift was higher in day shift, and sleep efficiency of 21-day shift was lower in night shift than other shift groups (p < 0.05). Conclusion: We found that the sleep quality in night shift of the shift work group was poorer than the control group. As to the type of shift work, sleep quality was good in 6-day shift and poor in 21-day shift. Thus, fast rotating shift such as 6-day shift may be recommended to improve the sleep quality of the firefighters.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.352-361
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• 2013

기상 현상을 예측하는 수치예보모델의 주요한 기초 입력 데이터로 토지이용, 지형, 식생, 지표 온도 등이 있다. 이 중 지표 온도의 일부인 내륙 수면 온도에 대한 지상 관측 데이터는 강이나 호수의 일부 지역에만 존재한다. 따라서 본 연구는 수치예보모델의 입력 데이터인 내륙 수면 온도로 활용할 수 있는 MODIS 위성영상의 지표 온도 데이터의 오차정도를 확인하기 위해 국내 내륙 수온 지상 관측 데이터와 비교 분석하였다. 이를 위해 2011년 7월부터 2012년 6월까지 약 1년의 MODIS Land Surface Temperature(LST) 데이터와 수질자동측정망의 수온 데이터를 비교하였다. MODIS 데이터는 주간 및 야간 데이터로 구성되는 데, 각각의 월 평균 오차는 $2^{\circ}{\sim}8^{\circ}C$, $3^{\circ}{\sim}12^{\circ}C$로 주간 데이터의 오차가 작았다. 특히, 주간 데이터의 오차는 가을에 $2^{\circ}C$로 다른 계절에 비해 작았고, 야간 데이터는 여름에 $3^{\circ}C$로 다른 계절에 비해 작았다. 또한 지역적으로는 한강, 낙동강, 금강, 영산강의 4대강을 비교한 결과 가장 남쪽에 있는 영산강 유역에서 가장 오차가 작았다. 본 연구를 통해 수치예보모델의 입력 데이터로 활용함에 있어 MODIS 지표 온도 데이터의 오차 정도를 확인할 수 있었다. 연구 결과는 아시아 지역에 대해 수치예보모델을 운용할 때 북한 및 해외 지역에 대해 MODIS 지표 온도 데이터를 활용함에 있어 그 오차 정도의 기준이 될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.1053-1068
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• 2008

This study aims to produce fundamental database for Environment Impact Assessment by monitoring vertical structure of the atmosphere due to the mountain valley wind in spring season. For this, we observed surface and upper meteorological elements in Sangin-dong, Daegu using the rawinsonde and automatic weather system(AWS). In Sangin-dong, the weather condition was largely affected by mountains when compared to city center. The air temperature was low during the night time and day break, and similar to that of city center during the day time. Relative humidity also showed similar trend; high during the night time and day break and similar to that of city center during the day time. Solar radiation was higher than the city, and the daily maximum temperature was observed later than the city. The synoptic wind during the measurement period was west wind. But during the day time, the west wind was joined by the prevailing wind to become stronger than the night time. During the night time and daybreak, the impact of mountain wind lowered the overall temperature, showing strong geographical influence. The vertical structure of the atmosphere in Dalbi valley, Sangin-dong had a sharp change in air temperature, relative humidity, potential temperature and equivalent potential temperature when measured at the upper part of the mixing layer height. The mixing depth was formed at maximum 1896m above the ground, and in the night time, the inversion layer was formed by radiational cooling and cold mountain wind.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.281-285
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• 2007

Facilities of electric railway should be maintained only at night and it is necessary to maintain by human power because facilities are installed at a high place. This paper presents the development and application of a real-time data acquisition system for the characteristics measurement of overhead contact wires in electric railway. The system is designed to perform in the telemetry environments that developed to store data by wireless in a live wire state of 25 kV power source. The field test results show that the proposed technique and the developed system can be practically applied to measure characteristics of temperature, displacement, and strain on overhead contact lines.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.344-348
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• 2004

This study regarded irregular life styles such as nigh-shifts as contrary to the norm advised in the rules of Yang-saeng to analyze the problems brought about in relation to the concept of 'Yin-deficiency syndrome'. Yin-deficiency survey was given to sales workers on a big shopping mall in Seoul to compare the measurements of daytime workers to those of nigh-shift workers. The measurement of complaining symptoms related to Yin-deficiency of daytime workers and night-shift workers were compared, In comparison of the daytime workers and the night-shift workers, night-shift workers showed higher measurements than the daytime workers in the item of irritable fever on the five Hearts, flushing of the zygomatic region in the afternoon, tidal fever, dizziness, insomnia, yellow and scanty urination, and constipation. Especially tidal fever, insomnia, and constipation showed statistically significant difference. The total of ten items consisting of Yin-deficiency-related symptoms showed statistically significant high score in night-shift workers than the daytime workers. 'Factors for deficiency-type Heat' consisting of irritable fever on the five Hearts, flushing of the zygomatic region in the afternoon, tidal fever, and dried mouth and throat showed statistically significant high score in night-shift workers than the daytime workers. 'Accompanying factors' consisting of night sweats, emaciation, dizziness, insomnia, yellowish and scanty urination, and constipation also showed statistically and significantly high score in night-shift workers than the daytime workers. From the above results that night-shift workers show high degree of Yin-deficiency than daytime workers, and those overworking irregularly also show high degree of Yin-deficiency than those who work for adequate amount of time regularly implies that sitting up at night for work and sleeping at daytime, excessive work, and irregular life styles all function as high-risk factor for Yin-deficiency.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.145-152
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• 2016

OBJECTIVES : Visibility at night can be improved by using retroreflection for short distances and phosphorescent line markings for long distances. In this study, we analyzed the characteristics of the phosphorescent line marking through a laboratory luminance test. Field performance analysis was performed through tests conducted on the road. We also examined the luminance measurement methods using the digital image obtained during the phosphorescent visibility evaluation. METHODS : In this study, the laboratory luminance test of the phosphorescent line marking was conducted using seven specimens to characterize the luminance changes according to the type of the glass beads, the thickness of the phosphorescent line marking, and the brightness and irradiation time of the light source. Phosphorescent and general line markings were made at 150 m to investigate the field luminance performance. A preliminary review of the luminance measurement methods was made using a digital image from a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera. The measured luminance ratio of the general and the phosphorescent line markings was compared with the calculated luminance ratio using luminance analysis. RESULTS : Through the laboratory luminance test, it was seen that the change in luminance, which corresponds to the brightness of the light source, appears large but the influence of the thickness and irradiation time is low. The field performance test of the phosphorescent line marking conducted on the road involved measuring the luminance on the day the marking was made and 7 days after the marking was made. The luminance was found to be $190mcd/m^2$ at 30 min after sunset and approximately $10-12mcd/m^2$ 4h after sunset. The results of the luminance test were captured using a digital image for each time group. The luminance ratio of the phosphorescent line marking, when compared to that of the general line marking, showed a similar trend within a 13% maximum error. Additionally, when this luminance ratio is compared to the direct field measurement, it could be confirmed that the luminance ratio, as captured in the digital image, showed a similar tendency. CONCLUSIONS : 1) The change in luminance corresponding to the brightness of the light source is significant in comparison with that corresponding to the thickness and the irradiation time. In addition, the results of the field test for the phosphorescent line marking satisfied the phosphorescent fire protection standard. 2) We examined the validity of the luminance measurement method using a digital image and we concluded that the change in the luminance ratio shows a similar tendency in both the cases. The results can form the basis for luminance measurement methodology for the construction and maintenance of phosphorescent line markings.