• Journal of Service Research and Studies
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.45-55
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• 2015

Spatial Augmented Reality (SAR) technology perceives real world objects, and their contexts and augments appropriate information and user interfaces on or around the surface of the objects is a technique of projecting. A SAR device typically consists of a small projector and a camera and a processor, and this technology is becoming more widespread along with the advent of subminiature project In this paper, as the spatial augmented reality technology is being magnified as a new IT paradigm, we introduce our stand-type installation of projector-camera-processor components, discuss our implementation of smart projection service system, and present its use cases.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.77-84
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• 2013

We introduce a new framework for making spatial augmented reality contents fast and with low cost. The framework allows us to make projection-based augmented reality using off-the-shelf webcams and projectors. Contents producers can make a projection-based augmented reality contents easy and fast by setting a webcam and a projector and then controlling user interfaces of our framework. Since most of previous solutions are expensive and it is too difficult that the producers apply augmented reality techniques themselves, the framework helps them to concentrate contents. Once we set a webcam and a projector correctly, our framework projects a virtual object contents according to the manipulation of a trackable real object. As a result we can see realistic augmented reality contents.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.65-72
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• 2022

With the mark of the fourth industrial revolution, the smart factory is evolving into a new future manufacturing plant. As a human-machine-interactive tool, augmented reality (AR) helps workers acquire the proficiency needed in smart factories. The valuable data displayed on the AR device must be delivered intuitively to users. Current AR applications used in smart factories lack user movement calibration, and visual fiducial markers for position correction are detected only nearby. This paper demonstrates a marker-based object detection using perspective projection to adjust augmented content while maintaining the user's original perspective with displacement. A new angle, location, and scaling values for the AR content can be calculated by comparing equivalent marker positions in two images. Two experiments were conducted to verify the implementation of the algorithm and its practicality in the smart factory. The markers were well-detected in both experiments, and the applicability in smart factories was verified by presenting appropriate displacement values for AR contents according to various movements.

• Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.38-46
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• 2015

Augmented reality based on projection, called "Spatial Augmented Reality (SAR)", is a new technology that can produce immersive contents by overlapping virtuality and real-world environment. It has been paid attention as the next generation digital contents in media art and human-computer interaction (HCI). In this paper, we present a new methodology to evaluate the product appearance design more intuitively by means of SAR technique. The proposed method first projects the high-quality rendered image considering the optical property of materials onto the mock-up of a product. We also conduct a projector-camera calibration to compensate a color distortion according to a projector, a projection surface and environment lighting. The design evaluation methodology we propose offers more flexible and intuitive evaluation environment to a designer and user (evaluator) than previous methods that are performed via a digital display. At the end of this research, we have conducted a case study for designing and evaluating appearance design of an automobile.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.137-147
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• 2007

Projection-based augmented reality (AR) system refers to the system that accurately project high quality virtual information at the user-specified area by using the projector. Most of projection-based AR systems use the display device to support high quality and wide screen for increasing the user-immersion. Furthermore, they are implemented on the desktop environment due to the computational complexity. However, these projection-based AR systems are not suited as a mobile system and thus it may be inconvenient in the user point of view. Fortunately, Miniaturization of projectors and improved capacity of the mobile processor allowed the mobile AR system to be convenient. The limitation of established mobile AR system is that it uses small display screen which does not support high-resolutions and thus it may reduce the user-immersion into the system. In this paper, we propose portable projection-based display system, which overcomes the limitations of both projection-based and mobile-based AR systems. We have conducted the user evaluation to verify the effectiveness and the utmost capacity of the system.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.700-705
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• 2007

프로젝션 기반의 증강현실(AR, augmented reality) 시스템이란, 고화질의 가상 정보를 프로젝터를 통하여 정해진 공간에 정확하게 표시해 주는 시스템을 말한다. 대부분의 증강현실 시스템은 사용자의 몰입감을 높이기 위해 고화질, 대 화면을 제공하기 위한 디스플레이 장치를 사용하며, 영상처리의 복잡도에 따른 고성능의 프로세스 장치를 요구하기 때문에 데스크탑 환경에서 이루어졌다. 그러나, 데스크탑 환경에서의 증강현실 시스템은 휴대가 불편하다는 단점을 가진다. 최근 프로젝터의 소형화와 모바일 프로세서의 성능 향상은 휴대가 편리한 모바일 증강현실 시스템의 등장을 가능하게 하였다. 그러나, 모바일 증강현실 시스템은 작은 디스플레이를 이용하여 영상 정보를 표시해 주기 때문에 높은 해상도를 지원할 수 없으며, 사용자의 몰입감을 감소시킨다는 단점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 증강현실 시스템의 단점을 보완하기 위하여 PDA와 소형 프로젝터를 결합하여 프로젝션 기반의 휴대용 멀티미디어 플레이어($PMP^2$ : Portable Multimedia Player using Projection-Based augmented reality)라는 모바일 증강현실 시스템을 제안한다. $PMP^2$는 모바일 프로세서의 대표격이라 할 수 있는 PDA와 휴대용 소형 프로젝터를 이용함으로써 고화질, 대화면의 증강현실 영상을 다수의 사용자가 원하는 장소와 시간에 즐길 수 있도록 해 준다. $PMP^2$는 스크린의 기하 및 컬러에 따른 왜곡을 보상해 줌으로써, 특정한 스크린 없이도 언제 어디서나 사용자에게 정확한 영상을 제공해 준다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 시나리오에 대해 $PMP^2$의 유용성을 검증함으로써 모바일 환경에서의 프로젝션 기반의 증강 현실 시스템의 활용 가능성을 제시한다.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.246-256
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• 2018

A spatial augmented reality (SAR) system enables a virtual image to be projected onto the surface of a real-world object and the user to intuitively control the image using a tangible interface. However, occlusions frequently occur, such as a sudden change in the lighting environment or the generation of obstacles. We propose a robust object tracker based on a multithreaded system, which can track an object robustly through occlusions. Our multithreaded tracker is divided into two threads: the detection thread detects distinctive features in a frame-to-frame manner, and the tracking thread tracks features periodically using an optical-flow-based tracking method. Consequently, although the speed of the detection thread is considerably slow, we achieve real-time performance owing to the multithreaded configuration. Moreover, the proposed outlier filtering automatically updates a random sample consensus distance threshold for eliminating outliers according to environmental changes. Experimental results show that our approach tracks an object robustly in real-time in an SAR environment where there are frequent occlusions occurring from augmented projection images.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.115-122
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• 2017

As the era of the fourth industrial revolution began, augmented reality showed infinite possibilities throughout society. However, current augmented reality systems such as head-mount display and hand-held display systems suffer from various problems such as weariness and nausea, and thus space-augmented reality, which is a projector-based augmented reality technology, is attracting attention. Spacial augmented reality requires precise tracking of dynamic objects to project virtual images in order to increase realism of augmented reality and induce user 's immersion. The infrared sensor-based precision tracking algorithm developed in this paper demonstrates very robust tracking performance with an average error rate of less than 1.5% and technically opens the way towards advanced augmented reality technologies such as tracking for arbitrary objects, and Socially, by easy-to-use tracking algorithms for non-specialists, it allows designers, students, and children to easily create and enjoy their own augmented reality content.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.298-312
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• 2017

The fourth industrial revolution is expected to show technological innovation that develops among different fields beyond boundaries through the convergence and integration of fields. With the development and convergence of digital technology, users can receive information anywhere in the world. In this paper, we propose an adaptive interaction concept in a various environment by using a mobile robot based on projection augmented reality (AR). Most previous studies have aimed fixed projector or projection for a pre-designed environment. Thus, they provide only limited information. To overcome the abovementioned problem, we provide the adaptive information by implementing a projection AR system that can be mounted on the mobile robot. For that, the mobile robot based on the projection system was defined as Pervasive AR. Pervasive AR is configured with a pervasive display, a pervasive interface, and seamless interaction. The Pervasive AR technology enables the user to access information immediately by expanding the display area into real space, which implies an environment of intuitive and convenient interaction by expanding the user interface. This system can be applied to various areas, such as a home environment and a public space.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.411-415
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• 2010

Conventional Augmented Reality has used data gloves or markers for smooth interaction between objects and background. This causes inconvenience of use and lower immersion. To build up immersion in Augmented Reality, additional input devices must be removed. For this purpose, accurate recognition of space coordinates is needed even with no attachment of markers. This paper proposes a method to create virtual space coordinates for interaction without wearing additional input devices so as to improve immersion in Augmented Reality. The acquired image was projected to 2D space and vanishing lines were extracted to calculate the virtual space coordinates. Then the sizes of the inserted objects were varied in accordance with the size of the virtual coordinates area based on the image projected onto the 2D coordinates. This resulted in improved immersion. This method can increase the efficiency of object creation by excluding the use of a 3D modeler for creation of 3D objects.