• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 2003년도 ISIS 2003
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• pp.648-651
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose the recognition system of a license plate using SOM algorithm. The recognition of license plate was investigated by means of the SOM algorithm. The morphological information of horizontal and vertical edges was used to extract a plate region from a car image. In addition, the 4-direction contour tracking algorithm was applied to extract the specific area, which includes characters from an extracted plate area. Therefore, we proposed how to extract license plate region using morphological information and how to recognize the character string using SOM algorithm. In this paper, 50 car images were tested. The extraction rate obtained by the proposed extraction method showed better results than that from the color information of RGB and HSI, respectively. And the license plate recognition using SOM algorithm was very efficient.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 ITC-CSCC -2
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• pp.785-788
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• 2000

The recognition system of a car plate is largely classified as the extraction and recognition of number plate. In this paper, we extract the number plate domain by using a thresholding method as a preprocess step. The computation of the density in a given mask provides a clue of a candidate domain whose density ratio corresponds to the properties of the number plate obtained in the best condition. The contour of the number plate for the recognition of the texts of number plate is extracted by operating Kohonen Algorithm in a localized region. The algorithm reduces noises around the contour. The recognition system with the density computation and Kohonen Algorithm shows a high performance in the real system in connection with a car number plate.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.1052-1061
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• 2003

본 논문은 SOM 알고리즘을 이용한 차량 번호판 인식 방법을 제안하고 차량 번호판 인식을 이용한 주차관리 시스템 개발에 대해서 기술한다. 차량 영상에서 번호판 영역을 추출하기 위해 수평$.$수직 에지의 형태학적 정보를 이용하고, 추출된 번호판에서 문자를 포함하는 특징 영역을 추출하기 위해 4 방향 윤곽선 추적 알고리즘을 이용한다. 추출된 특징 영역의 인식은 SOM 알고리즘을 적용한다. 50개의 실제 차량 영상을 실험한 결과, 제안된 번호판 영역 추출 방법이 기존의 RGB 정보를 이용한 방법과 HSI를 이용한 방법보다 추출율이 개선되었다. 그리고 SOM 알고리즘을 이용한 차량 번호판 인식이 효율적인 것을 확인하였다. 실험을 통하여 성능 향상을 보인 제안된 차량 번호판 인식 방법을 이용하여 주차 관리 시스템을 개발하였다.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2013

This paper presents an approach to Mongolian car plate recognition using artificial neural network. Our proposed method consists of two steps: detection and recognition. In detection step, we implement Flood fill algorithm. In recognition step we proceed to segment the plate for each Cyrillic character, and use an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) machine - learning algorithm to recognize the character. We have learned the theory of ANN and implemented it without using any library. A total of 150 vehicles images obtained from community entrance gates have been tested. The recognition algorithm shows an accuracy rate of 89.75%.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2009

Generally, curved surfaces of ship hull are deformed by flame bending (line heating), multi-press forming, and die-less forming method. The forming methods generate the required in-plane/bending strain or displacement on the flat plate to make the curved surface. Multi-press forming imposes the forced displacements on the flat plate by controlling the position of each pressing points based upon the shape difference between the unfolded flat plate and the curved object shape. The flat plate has been obtained from the unfolding system that is independent of the ship CAD. Apparently, the curved surface and the unfolded-flat surface are expressed by different coordinate systems. Therefore, one of the issues is to find a registration of the unfolded surface and the curved shape for the purpose of minimum amount of forming works by comparing the two surfaces. This paper presents an efficient algorithm to get an optimized registration of two different surfaces in the multi-press forming of ship hull plate forming. The algorithm is based upon the ICP (Iterative Closest Point) algorithm. The algorithm consists of two iterative procedures including a transformation matrix and the closest points to minimize the distance between the unfolded surface and curved surfaces. Thereby the algorithm allows the minimized forming works in ship-hull forming.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1188-1194
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• 2018

This paper proposes an image enhancement-based license plate detection algorithm to improve the overall performance of system. Non-uniform illumination conditions have huge impact on overall plate detection system accuracy. In this paper, we propose an algorithm for color image enhancement-based license plate detection for improving accuracy of images degraded by excessively strong and low sunlight. Firstly, the image is enhanced by Multi-Scale Retinex algorithm. Secondly, a plate detection method is employed to take advantage of geometric properties of connected components, which can significantly reduce the undesired plate regions. Finally, intersection over union method is applied for detecting the accurate location of number plate. Experimental results show that the proposed method significantly improves the accuracy of plate detection system.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.727-733
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• 2004

자동차 번호판 인식 시스템에서 가장 중요한 요소가 자동차 이미지 영역에서 번호판 영역을 정확히 검출해 내는 것이다. 자동차 이미지에서 번호판 영역을 추출하기 위한 방법으로 색상과 밝기 정보와 자동차 번호판의 가로 세로 비율 등 번호판을 인식할 수 있는 정보를 혼용한 ACL 알고리즘을 제안한다. ACL 알고리즘을 사용함으로써 기존의 색상 정보나 명암 정보만을 이용할 경우 자동차 번호판 영역 추출이 잘되지 않는 문제를 해소시켜 준다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 ACL 알고리즘은 자동차 이미지에서 번호판 영역을 추출할 경우 색상 정보와 명암정보, 기타 자동차 번호판을 판단할 수 있는 정보를 모두 이용한다. ACL 알고리즘을 이용하여 번호판 추출 실험을 한 결과 97%의 추출률을 보였다. ACL 알고리즘을 이용하여 추출된 번호판을 이용하여 문자 영역, 문자 인식을 한 결과 92%의 결과를 보였다.

• 정보처리학회논문지D
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• 제9D권6호
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• pp.1113-1118
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• 2002

자동차 번호판 인식 시스템에서 가장 중요한 요소는 자동차 이미지로부터 번호판 영역을 정확히 검출해 내는 것이다. 자동차 이미지에서 번호판 영역을 추출하기 위한 방법으로 색상과 밝기 정보와 자동차 번호판의 가로 : 세로 비율 등 번호판을 인식할 수 있는 정보를 혼용한 ACL 알고리즘을 제안한다 ACL 알고리즘을 사용함으로써 기존의 색상 정보나 명암 정보만을 이용할 경우 자동차 번호판 영역 추출이 잘되지 않는 문제를 해소시켜 준다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 ACL 알고리즘은 자동차 이미지에서 번호판 영역을 추출하기 위하여 색상 정보와 명암 정보, 기타 자동차 번호판을 판단할 수 있는 정보를 모두 이용한다. ACL 알고리즘을 이용하여 번호판 추출 실험을 한 결과 97%의 추출률을 보였다. ACL 알고리즘을 이용하여 추출된 번호판을 이용하여 문자 영역, 문자 인식을 실험한 결과 92%의 결과를 보였다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2003년도 추계학술대회 논문집(II)
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• pp.510-515
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• 2003

The main objective of this paper is to propose the optimal design method of welded plate girder bridges using genetic algorithm. The objective function considered is the total weight of the welded plate girder. The behavior and design constraints are formulated based on the Korean Railroad Bridge Design Code and DIC Code. Continuous design variables are used to define the cross-sectional dimensions of the member. The GAs (genetic algorithm) is used to solve the nonlinear programming problem. Several examples of minimum weight design are solved to illustrate the applicability of the proposed minimization algorithm. From the results of application examples, the optimum design of welded plate girder is successfully accomplished. Therefore, the proposed algorithm in this paper may be used efficiently and generally for the optimum design of welded plate girders.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제25권7A호
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• pp.1076-1083
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• 2000

Vehicle license plate recognition identifies vehicle as a unique, and have many applications in traffic monitoring field. In this paper, a vertical edge based algorithm to extract license plate within input gray-scale image is proposed. A size-and-shape filter based on seed-filling algorithm is applied to remove the edges that are impossible to be the vertical edges of license plate. Then the remaining edges are matched with each other according to some restricted conditions so as to locate license plate in input image. After license plate is extracted. normalized and segmented, the characters on it are recognized by template matching method. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can deal with license plates in normal shape effectively, as well as the license plates that are out of shape due to the angle of view.