• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2000

In this study, we constructed a preview-sensing visual sensor system for weld seam tracking in GMA welding. The visual sensor consists of a CCD camera, a diode laser system with a cylindrical lens and a band-pass-filter to overcome the degrading of image due to spatters and/or arc light. To obtain weld joint position and edge points accurately from the captured image, we compared Hough transform method with central difference method. As a result, we present Hough transform method can more accurately extract the points and it can be applied to real time weld seam tracking. Image processing is carried out to extract straight lines that express laser stripe. After extracting the lines, weld joint position and edge points is determined by intersecting points of the lines. Although a spatter trace is in the image, it is possible to recognize the position of weld joint. Weld seam tracking was precisely implemented with adopting Hough transform method, and it is possible to track the weld seam in the case of offset angle is in the region of $\pm15^{\circ}$.

• International Journal of Korean Welding Society
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2001

In this study, a preview-sensing visual sensor system is constructed far weld seam tracking in GMA welding. The visual sensor system consists of a CCD camera, a diode laser system with a cylindrical lens, and a band-pass-filter to overcome the degrading of image due to spatters and/or arc light. Among the image processing methods, Hough transform method is compared with the central difference method from a viewpoint of the capability for extracting the accurate feature position. As a result, it was revealed that Hough transform method can more accurately extract the feature positions and it can be applied to real time weld seam tracking. Image processing which includes Hough transform method is carried out to extract straight lines that express laser stripe. After extracting the lines, weld joint position and edge points are determined by intersecting the lines. Even though the image includes a spatter trace on it, it is possible to recognize the position of weld joint. Weld seam tracking was precisely implemented with adopting Hough transform method, and it is possible to track the weld seam in the case of offset angle is in the region of $\pm$ $15^{\circ}$.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2004

In this study, a visual sensor system which can detect I-butt weld joint with height variation and includes a seam tracking algorithm was investigated. Three-dimensional position of an object can be acquired by using the method of distance measurement, i.e., an optical trigonometry which results from the spatial relations between the camera, the object and the structured light by a visible laser. Effects of laser intensity and iris number for the image quality as well as object material were investigated for the optical system design. For the image processing, a region of interest is defined from the whole image and a line image of laser is drew by using the gray level difference in the image. From the drew laser line, the weld joint can be recognized in searching the biggest point position calculated from the central difference method. Through a series of welding experiments, a good tracking performance was confirmed under GMA welding.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 Ⅳ
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• pp.2375-2378
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• 2003

In manufacture of printed circuit boards, one important issue is precisely to measure the three-dimensional shape of the solder paste silk-screened prior to direct surface mounting of chips. This paper presents the 3D shape reconstruction of solder paste using the optical triangulation method based on structured light or slit beam and the measurement algorithm for height, volume. area, and coplanarity on component pads from the 3D range image. Futhermore, statistical process control function is incorporated for process capability analysis.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.219-226
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• 2013

A distortion correction technique is presented to enhance the 3D scanning performance of a micro-size camera-projector system. Recently, several types of micro-size digital projectors and cameras are available. However, there have been few effort to develop a micro-size 3D scanning system. We develop a micro-sized 3D scanning system which is based on the structured light technique. Three images of phase-shifted sinusoidal patterns are projected, captured, and analyzed by the system to reconstruct 3D shapes of very small objects. To overcome inherent optical imperfection of the micro 3D sensor, we correct the vignetting and blooming effects which cause distortions in the phase image. Error analysis and 3D scanning results on small real objects are presented to show the performance of the developed 3D scanning system.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.584-587
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• 2002

A vision sensor measure range data using laser light source. This sensor generally use patterned laser which shaped single line. But this vision sensor cannot satisfy new trend which needs laster and more precise processing. The sensor's sampling rate increases as reduced image processing time. However, the sampling rate can not over 30fps, because a camera has mechanical sampling limit. If we use multi line laser pattern, we will measure multi range data in one image. In the case of using same sampling rate camera, number of 2D range data profile in one second is directly proportional to laser line's number. For example, the vision sensor using 5 laser lines can sample 150 profiles per second in best condition.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.406-410
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• 2005

A depth measurement system that consists of a single camera, a laser light source and a rotating mirror is investigated. The camera and the light source are fixed, facing the rotating mirror. The laser light is reflected by the mirror and projected to the scene objects whose locations are to be determined. The camera detects the laser light location on object surfaces through the same mirror. The scan over the area to be measured is done by mirror rotation. Advantages are 1) the image of the light stripe remains sharp while that of the background becomes blurred because of the mirror rotation and 2) the only rotating part of this system is the mirror but the mirror angle is not involved in depth computation. This minimizes the imprecision caused by a possible inaccurate angle measurement. The detail arrangement and experimental results are reported.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2012년도 제45차 동계학술발표논문집 20권1호
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• pp.193-195
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 구조광 3차원 시스템을 위하여 영상처리를 하여 3차원 정밀도를 높이는 방법을 제안한다. 구조광 기반의 3차원 시스템은 투사된 패턴을 특징점으로 하기 때문에 프로젝터와 카메라 사이에 정확한 대응점을 획득해야만 3차원 복원 신뢰성을 높일 수 있다. 그러나 환경에 따라 정확한 대응점 획득이 어려운 점이 많다. 실제 환경에서 물체들은 물체의 재질과 물체 표면의 색상 등의 이유로 서로 다른 반사율을 가지고 있어 여러 물체들이 혼재 되어 있는 환경에서 각각 물체에 투사된 패턴을 정확히 구별하는 일은 어려운 일이다. 따라서 패턴을 획득한 2차원 영상을 개선하여 패턴을 정확히 구별하여 프로젝터와 카메라 간의 화소 대응점의 정확도를 높여야만 3차원 복원 데이터의 신뢰도를 높일 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 노이즈 제거 및 다양한 영상처리를 통하여 2차원 영상들에서 패턴을 정확히 구분하도록 하여 화소 대응점의 정확도를 높임으로써 최종적으로 3차원 정밀도를 개선할 수 있는 방법을 제공한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1285-1290
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• 2012

3D 산업이 발달하고 3D와 관련된 콘텐츠 및 장비가 점차 보편화 되면서 사람들은 3D 다음 세대의 미디어 및 서비스에 대한 관심을 보이고 있다. 많은 사람들은 그 강력한 후보자로 디지털 홀로그램을 생각하고 있다. 홀로그램 기술은 일반적인 비디오 시스템들과 마찬가지로 획득(혹은 생성), 처리, 그리고 재생으로 나누어질 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 하이브리드 영상획득 장치를 이용한 디지털 홀로그래픽 디스플레이 시스템에 대해 논의하고 새로운 시스템의 구조를 제안한다. 제안한 방식을 통해서 다양한 해상도를 갖는 디스플레이, 수신단의 연산 능력, 그리고 네트워크의 대역폭에 따라 적응적으로 홀로그래픽 비디오를 서비스할 수 있다는 것을 보였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1953-1957
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• 2004

The machine vision has been applied to a number of industrial applications for quality control and automations to improve the manufacturing processes. In this paper, the automation system using the machine vision is developed, which is applicable to the marking process in a steel production process line. The working environment is very harsh to workers so that the automatic system in the steel industry is required increasingly. The developed automatic marking system consists of several mechanical and electrical elements such as the laser position detecting sensor system for a structured laser beam which is projected to the billet in order to detect the geometry of the billet. An image processing algorithm has been developed to percept the two center positions of a camera and a billet, respectively, and to align two centers. A series of experiments has been conducted to investigate the performance of the proposed algorithm. The results show that two centers of the camera and the billet could be detected very well and differences between two center positions could be also decreased via the proposed tracking algorithm.