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Optics in China: past, present and future

  • Gan, Fuxi
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.02a
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    • pp.68-68
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    • 2000
  • In this paper a very brief review of historical development of optical science and technology in China is presented. More attention has been pain on Modem Optics, which developed since 1950s. The recent development of optical science and technology in following fields are introduced. 1. Optical engineering and instrumentation (tracking theodolites, high speed cameras, satellite laser ranging systems, satellite flying attitude control, cameras for remote sensing, astronomical optical instrument) 2. Applied optics (adaptive optics, optical metrology, infrared optics, optical processing, optical holography) 3. Laser science and technology (ultrashort pulse lasers, UV-X ray lasers, high power laser facilities and laser fusion, laser isotope separation) 4. Laser and nonlinear materials (rare earth elements doped laser glasses and crystals, tunable laser crystals, borate series and organic nonlinear crystals) 5. Optoelectronic science and technology (Optical communication, optical data storage, optical computing) The current situation and developing prospect of optical and optoelectronic industry in China are presented. Furthermore it points out that the optical industry could be developed vigorously only if products development capacity is enhanced and new products industrialization is heightened. The main research and education institutions in the optics field in China, as well as the Chinese Optical Society (COS) are introduced.

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Optical Axis Auto-adjustment of Objective Lens in Optical Disc Drives (광디스크 드라이브에서의 대물렌즈 자동광축보정)

  • Ryoo, Jung-Rae;Moon, Jung-Ho;Cho, Ju-Pil
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.558-563
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    • 2008
  • Optical axis misalignment, which represents the position deviation of the objective lens from the optical axis, is an inevitable assembly error in an optical pick-up. Since the laser power intensity varies with respect to the distance from the optical axis, the misalignment leads to variation of the laser spot power intensity, which is one of the critical factors increasing data bit-error-rate in optical disc drives. In this paper, an auto-adjustment scheme for optical axis alignment is proposed to eliminate the undesirable variation of the laser spot power intensity in optical disc drives. An envelope of the data RF signal is extracted and utilized to detect the optical axis misalignment. Then an adjustment input is added to the driving input of the tracking actuator to shift the objective lens to the optical axis. Finally, the feasibility is verified by experiments.

Opto-Digital Implementation of Convergence-Controlled Stereo Target Tracking System (주시각이 제어된 스테레오 물체추적 시스템의 광-디지털적 구현)

  • 고정환;이재수;김은수
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.27 no.4B
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    • pp.353-364
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, a new onto-digital stereo object-tracking system using hierarchical digital algorithms and optical BPEJTC is proposed. This proposed system can adaptively track a moving target by controlling the convergence of stereo camera. firstly, the target is detected through the background matching of the sequential input images by using optical BPEJTC and then the target area is segmented by using the target projection mask which is composed by hierarchical digital processing of image subtraction, logical operation and morphological filtering. Secondly, the location's coordinate of the moving target object for each of the sequential input frames can be extracted through carrying out optical BPEJTC between the reference image of the target region mask and the stereo input image. Finally, the convergence and pan/tilt of stereo camera can be sequentially controlled by using these target coordinate values and the target can be kept in tracking. Also, a possibility of real-time implementation of the adaptive stereo object tracking system is suggested through optically implementing the proposed target extraction and convergence control algorithms.

Tiny Drone Tracking with a Moving Camera (동적 카메라 환경에서의 소형 드론 추적 방법)

  • Son, Sohee;Jeon, Jinwoo;Lee, Injae;Cha, Jihun;Choi, Haechul
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.802-812
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    • 2019
  • With the rapid development in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) and drones, higher request to development of a surveillance system for a drone is putting forward. Since surveillance systems with fixed cameras have a limited range, a development of surveillance systems with a moving camera applicable to PTZ(Pan-Tilt-Zoom) cameras is required. Selecting the features for object plays a critical role in tracking, and the object has to be represented by their shapes or appearances. Considering these conditions, in this paper, an object tracking method with optical flow is introduced to track a tiny drone with a moving camera. In addition, a tracking method combined with kalman filter is proposed to track continuously even when tracking is failed. Experiments are tested on sequences which have a target from the minimal 12 pixels to the maximal 56337 pixels, the proposed method achieves average precision of 175% improvement. Also, experimental results show the proposed method tracks a target which has a size of 12pixels.

Satellite Laser Ranging System at Geochang Station

  • Lim, Hyung-Chul;Sung, Ki-Pyoung;Yu, Sung-Yeol;Choi, Mansoo;Park, Eunseo;Park, Jong-Uk;Choi, Chul-Sung;Kim, Simon
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.253-261
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    • 2018
  • Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) has been developing the space optical and laser tracking (SOLT) system for space geodesy, space situational awareness, and Korean space missions. The SOLT system comprises satellite laser ranging (SLR), adaptive optics (AO), and debris laser tracking (DLT) systems, which share numerous subsystems, such as an optical telescope and tracking mount. It is designed to be capable of laser ranging up to geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites with a laser retro-reflector array, space objects imaging brighter than magnitude 10, and laser tracking low Earth orbit space debris of uncooperative targets. For the realization of multiple functions in a novel configuration, the SOLT system employs a switching mirror that is installed inside the telescope pedestal and feeds the beam path to each system. The SLR and AO systems have already been established at the Geochang station, whereas the DLT system is currently under development and the AO system is being prepared for testing. In this study, the design and development of the SOLT system are addressed and the SLR data quality is evaluated compared to the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) tracking stations in terms of single-shot ranging precision. The analysis results indicate that the SLR system has a good ranging performance, to a few millimeters precision. Therefore, it is expected that the SLR system will not only play an important role as a member of the ILRS tracking network, but also contribute to future Korean space missions.

Space Debris Tracking Coverage Analysis of Spinning Disk for Optical Path Switch of Geochang Laser Tracking System (거창 레이저 추적 시스템의 광 경로 전환을 위한 회전 디스크의 우주쓰레기 레이저 추적 성능 분석)

  • Sung, Ki-Pyoung;Lim, Hyung-Chul;Yu, Sung-Yeol;Choi, Man-Soo;Ryou, Jae-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.48 no.5
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    • pp.391-399
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    • 2020
  • KASI (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) has been developing the multipurpose laser tracking system with three functions of satellite laser tracking, adaptive optics and space debris laser tracking for scientific research and national space missions. The space debris laser tracking system provides the distance to space debris without a laser retro-reflector array by using a high power pulse laser, which employs a spinning disk to change the optical path between the transmit and receive beams. The spinning disk causes the collision band which is unable to reflect the returned signal to a detector and then has an effect on the tracking coverage of space debris. This study proposed the mathematical model for tracking coverage by taking into account the various specifications of spinning disk such as disk size, spinning velocity and collision rate between the disk and hole. In addition, the spinning disk specifications were analyzed in terms of tracking coverage and collision band based on the mathematical model to investigate tracking requirements of the Geochang laser tracking system.

Face detection using haar-like feature and Tracking with Lucas-Kanade feature tracker (Haar-like feature를 이용한 얼굴 검출과 추적을 위한 Lucas-Kanade특징 추적)

  • Kim, Ki-Sang;Kim, Se-Hoon;Park, Gene-Yong;Choi, Hyung-Il
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.835-838
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we present automatic face detection and tracking which is robustness in rotation and translation. Detecting a face image, we used Haar-like feature, which is fast detect facial image. Also tracking, we applied Lucas-Kanade feature tracker and KLT algorithm, which has robustness for rotated facial image. In experiment result, we confirmed that face detection and tracking which is robustness in rotation and translation.

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Solar Power Generation System with Hybrid Sun Tracker (하이브리드 광 추적방식의 태양광 발전 시스템)

  • Lee, Jae-Min;Kim, Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.69-75
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    • 2010
  • This paper describes the design and implementation of hybrid sun tracking solar power generation system designed by combining astronomical data with optical tracking mechanism. The advantages of proposed power generation system are small amounts of calculation for tracking operations and enhancement of 40% of power generation at best. This system is able to track toward optimal position for maximum sun-lights under scattered lights due to clouds. The performance of implemented power generation system is confirmed by field experiments.

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LOS Moving Algorithm Design of Electro-Optical Targeting Pod for Joystick Command (조이스틱 명령에 따른 Electro-Optical Targeting Pod의 LOS 이동 알고리즘 설계)

  • Seo, Hyoungkyu;Park, Jaeyoung;Ahn, Jung-Hun
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.67 no.10
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    • pp.1395-1400
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    • 2018
  • EO TGP(Electro-Optical Targeting Pod) is an optical tracking system which has various functions such as target tracking and image stabilization and LOS(Line of Sight) change. Especially, it is very important to move the LOS into a interest point for joystick command. When pilot move joystick in order to observe different scene, EO TGP gimbals should be operated properly. Generally, most EOTS just operate corresponding gimbal for joystick command. For example, if pilot input horizontal command in order to observe right hand screen, it just drive azimuth gimbal at any position. But in the screen, the image dosen't move in a horizontal direction because gimbal structure is Euler angle. And image rotation is occurred by elevation gimbal angle. So we need to move Pitch gimbal. So in the paper, we designed LOS moving algorithm which convert LOS command to gimbal velocity command to move LOS properly. We modeled a differential kinematic equation and then change the joystick command into velocity command of gimbals. This algorithm generate velocity command of each gimbal for same horizontal direction command. Finally, we verified performance through MATLAB/Simulink.