• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.569-577
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• 2010

Nonplanar surface geometries of components are frequently encountered in real ultrasonic inspection situations. Use of rigid array transducers can lead to beam defocusing and reduction of defect image quality due to the mismatch between the planar array and the changing surface. When a flexible array is used to fit the complex surface profile, the locations of array elements should be known to compute the delay time necessary for adaptive heam focusing. An alternative method is to employ the time reversal focusing technique that does not require a prior knowledge about the properties and structures of the specimen and the transducer. In this paper, a time reversal method is applied to simulate beam focusing of flexible arrays and imaging of point-like defects contained in specimens with nonplanar surface geometry. Quantitative comparisons are made for the performance of a number of array techniques in terms of the ability to focus and image three point-like reflectors positioned at regular intervals. The sinusoidal profile array studied here exhibits almost the same image quality as the flat, reference case.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.65-73
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• 1996

Flame propagation in a four-valve spark-ignition optical engine was visualized under lean-bum conditions with A/F=18 at 2000rpm. The early flame development in a four-valve pentroof-chamber single-cylinder engine was examined with imaging of the laser-induced Mie scattered light using an image-intensified CCD camera. Flame profiles along the line-of-sight were also visualized through a quartz piston window. Two-dimensional flame structures were visualized with a Proxitronic HF-1 fast motion camera system by Mie scattering from titanium dioxide particles along a planar laser sheet generated by a copper vapor laser. The flame propagation images were subsequently analysed with an image processing programme to obtain information about the flame structure under different tumble flow conditions generated by sleeved and non-sleeved intake ports. This allowed enhancement of the flame images and calculation of the enflamed area, and the displacement of its center, as a function of the tumble flow induced by the pentroof-chamber in the vicinity of spark plug. Image processing of the early flame development quantified the correlation between flame and flow characteristics near the spark plug at the time of ignition which has been known to be one of the most important factors in cyclic combustion variations in lean-burn engines. The results were also compared with direct flame images obtained from the natural flame luminosity of the lean mixture.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.141-148
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• 2013

There are several problems in the conventional 2-D image processing and 3-D measurement systems. In the case of the 2-D image processing system, it is not possible to detect elevation data. In a 3-D measurement system, it requires a skillful operator and a lot of time for measuring data. Also, there exist data errors depending on operators. The limitation of detecting elevation data in the 2-D image processing system can be solved by laser diodes. In this study an algorithm that measures the accurate data in a subject face to be detected by combining laser diodes and a commercial CCD camera is developed. In the development process, a planar equation is developed using laser diodes and the equation is used to obtain a normal vector. Based on the results, an algorithm that transforms commercial CCD camera coordinates to 3-D coordinates is proposed. The completed measurement method will be applied to replace a manual measurement system for vehicle bodies and parts by an automated system.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1998 no.11
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• pp.267-268
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• 1998

In this paper, we analysis 3 types of magnetic resonance image for determining whether brain infarction period is hyperacute or not. If its peirod is hyperacute, we can predict brain infarction transition direction. We use EPI(Echo Planar Image) for prediction of brain infarction transition direction. EPI is a good image for detecting brain infarction because EPI can detect the moving of water in brain which play an important role in deciding method of medical treatment. We utilize characteristics of 3 type of MRI and their relation in brain infarction patient for determining brain infarction period. By this method, we obtain each period characteristics and predict brain infarction transition direction more accurately comparing past method.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.49-60
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• 2016

This paper presents a set of methods to evaluate the image quality of smartphone cameras as compared with that of a DSLR camera. In recent years, smartphone cameras have been used broadly for many purposes. As the performance of smartphone cameras has been enhanced considerably, they can be considered to be used for precise mapping instead of metric cameras. To evaluate the possibility, we tested the quality of one DSLR camera and 3 smartphone cameras. In the first step, we compare the amount of lens distortions inherent in each camera using camera calibration sheet images. Then, we acquired target sheet images, extracted reference lines from them and evaluated the geometric quality of smartphone cameras based on the amount of errors occurring in fitting a straight line to observed points. In addition, we present a method to evaluate the radiometric quality of the images taken by each camera based on planar fitting errors. Also, we propose a method to quantify the geometric quality of the selected camera using edge displacements observed in target sheet images. The experimental results show that the geometric and radiometric qualities of smartphone cameras are comparable to those of a DSLR camera except lens distortion parameters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.05a
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• pp.529-530
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• 2014

Multiplanar image video has been used in various fields advertising, exhibitions, and PR. But the content is applied therein, image synthesis, and graphics in most cases. That for taking pictures become a stock video exactly not only very difficult, to complement work in the second half of the problems of the shooting stage is difficult. Therefore, in this study, and then grasp the problems later work with imaging and attempts to validate the experiment improvements. As the study specific method, it is intended to advance the experiments for determining the distance to minimize the distortion generated at the edges of the image varies with the distance between cameras. It is intended to contribute to the creation of the content of the image-based, which can be utilized more effectively excellence media of the video if to build on this.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.44-46
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• 2022

Various object recognition using artificial intelligence basically shows planar results. It is based on classifying objects or identifying what objects are on the image. However, the original object has a three-dimensional shape, not a plane, and although the perception to obtain only simple results from the image does not matter, there is a lot of information that is insufficient when used in various fields. In this paper, checks the method of generating data in various fields of objects and whether it is meaningful by utilizing the characteristics of Layer that generates intermediate results with respect to image generation based on the GAN algorithm. It solves some of the problems in the hardware and collection process for generating existing multi-faceted data, and confirms that it can be utilized after data generation on several limited objects.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.30-42
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• 2022

Due to the increase in construction of tunnels, the burdens of maintenance works for tunnel structures have been increasing in Korea. In addition, the increase of traffic volume and aging of materials also threatens the safety of tunnel facilities, therefore, maintenance costs are expected to increase significantly in the future. Accordingly, automated condition assessment technologies like image-based tunnel scanning system for inspection and diagnosis of tunnel facilities have been proposed. For image-based tunnel scanning system, it is key to create a planar image through stitching of multiple images captured by tunnel scanning system. In this study, performance of feature-based stitching algorithms suitable for stitching tunnel scanning images was evaluated. In order to find a suitable algorithm SIFT, ORB, and BRISK are compared. The performance of the proposed algorithm was determined by the number of feature extraction, calculation speed, accuracy of feature matching, and image stitching result. As for stitching performance, SIFT algorithm was the best in all parts of tunnel image. ORB and BRISK also showed satisfactory performance and short calculation time. SIFT can be used to generate precise planar images. ORB and BRISK also showed satisfactory stitching results, confirming the possibility of being used when real-time stitching is required.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.125-135
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• 1997

This paper is concerned with realistic mainpulation of content in video sequences. Manipulation of content in video sequences is one of the content-based functionalities for MPEG-4 Visual standard. We present an approach to synthesizing video sequences by using the intermediate outputs of three-dimensional (3D) motion and depth analysis. For concreteness, we focus on video showing 3D motion of an observer relative to a scene containing planar runways (or roads). We first present a simple runway (or road) model. Then, we describe a method of identifying the runway (or road) boundary in the image using the Point of Heading Direction (PHD) which is defined as the image of, the ray along which a camera moves. The 3D motion of the camera is obtained from one of the existing 3D analysis methods. Then, a video sequence containing a runway is manipulated by (i) coloring the scene part above a vanishing line, say blue, to show sky, (ii) filling in the occluded scene parts, and (iii) overlaying the identified runway edges and placing yellow disks in them, simulating lights. Experimental results for a real video sequence are presented.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.795-800
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• 2008

카메라로 입력되는 영상에서 객체를 인식하기 위한 노력은, 기존의 컴퓨터 비전분야에서 좋은 이슈로 연구되고 있다. 영상 내부에 등장하는 객체를 인식하고 해당 객체를 포함하고 있는 전체 이미지에서 현재 영상의 위치를 인식하기 위해서는, 영상 내에 등장할 객체에 대한 트레이닝이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 영상에 등장할 객체에 대해서, 특징 점을 검출(feature detection)하고 각 점들이 가지는 픽셀 그라디언트 방향의 벡터 값들을 그 이웃하는 벡터 값들과 함께 DoG(difference-of-Gaussian)함수를 이용하여 정형화 한다. 이는 추후에 입력되는 영상에서 검출되는 특징 점들과 그 이웃들 간의 거리나 스케일의 비율 등의 파리미터를 이용하여 비교함으로써, 현재 특징 점들의 위치를 추정하는 정보로 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 광역의 시설 단지를 촬영한 인공위성 영상을 활용하여 시설물 내부에 존재는 건물들에 대한 초기 특징 점들을 검출하고 데이터베이스로 저장한다. 트레이닝이 마친 후에는, 프린트된 인공위성 영상내부의 특정 건물을 카메라를 이용하여 촬영하고, 이 때 입력된 영상의 특징 점을 해석하여 기존에 구축된 데이터베이스 내의 특징 점과 비교하는 과정을 거친다. 매칭되는 특징 점들은 DoG로 정형화된 벡터 값들을 이용하여 해당 건물에 대한 위치를 추정하고, 3차원으로 기 모델링 된 건물을 증강현실 기법을 이용하여 영상에 정합한 후 가시화 한다.