• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.331-351
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• 2021

Underwater images are very much different from images taken on land, due to the presence of a higher disturbance ratio caused by the presence of water medium between the camera and the target object. These distortions and noises result in unclear details and reduced quality of the output image. An underwater image restoration method is proposed in this paper, which uses blurriness information, background light neutralization information, and red-light intensity to estimate depth. The transmission map is then estimated using the derived depth map, by considering separate attenuation coefficients for direct and backscattered signals. The estimated transmission map and estimated background light are then used to recover the scene radiance. Qualitative and quantitative analysis have been used to compare the performance of the proposed method against other state-of-the-art restoration methods. It has been shown that the proposed method can yield good quality restored underwater images. The proposed method has also been evaluated using different qualitative metrics, and results have shown that method is highly capable of restoring underwater images with different conditions. The results are significant and show the applicability of the proposed method for underwater image restoration work.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.401-408
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• 2005

현재 많은 구조물들이 수중에 건설되고 있으나. 수중환경은 지상과 비교하여 다른 매질로 이루어져 있기 때문에 수중구조물의 측정이 어려운 실정이다. 일반적으로 수중 구조물의 측정 방법은 줄자나, 깊이 게이지, 음향 위치시스템 등을 사용한다. 그러나, 줄자는 수중에서 정확한 장력을 가하기가 어렵기 때문에 정확한 거리를 측정하기 어렵고, 깊이 게이지는 설치에 장시간이 걸리는 단점이 있으며, 음향위치시스템은 제한된 공간에서 밖에 작업을 할 수 없고, 가격이 고가이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 첫째, 물-유리-공기와 같은 다중매질에서 광선의 경로를 이해하며 둘째, 현장에서 카메라 검정을 실시하여 내부표정요소를 비교하였다. 셋째, 큐브를 이용한 정확도 실험을 통해 사진측량을 수중대상물에 적용할 수 있는지의 여부를 알아보고, 마지막으로 교각모형과 하상의 수중대상물에 대해 수중사진측량을 수행하였다. 실험결과 수중 구조물과 수중지형에 수중사진측량을 적용하는 것이 가능하다는 결론을 얻었다.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.312-321
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• 2021

Underwater archaeology relies heavily on photography and video image recording during surveillances and excavations like ordinary archaeological studies on land. All underwater images suffer poor image quality and distortions due to poor visibility, low contrast and blur, caused by differences in refractive indices of water and air, properties of selected lenses and shapes of viewports. In the Yellow Sea (between mainland China and the Korean peninsula), the visibility underwater is far less than 1 m, typically in the range of 30 cm to 50 cm, on even a clear day, due to very high turbidity. For photographing 1 m x 1 m grids underwater, a very wide view angle (180°) fisheye lens with an 8 mm focal length is intentionally used despite unwanted severe barrel-shaped image distortion, even with a dome port camera housing. It is very difficult to map wide underwater archaeological excavation sites by combining severely distorted images. Development of practical compensation methods for distorted underwater images acquired through the fisheye lens is strongly desired. In this study, the source of image distortion in underwater photography is investigated. We have identified the source of image distortion as the mismatching, in optical axis and focal points, between dome port housing and fisheye lens. A practical image distortion compensation method, using customized image processing software, was explored and verified using archived underwater excavation images for effectiveness in underwater archaeological applications. To minimize unusable area due to severe distortion after distortion compensation, practical underwater photography guidelines are suggested.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.259-266
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• 2012

In these days, researches about underwater robots have been actively in progress for the purposes of ocean detection and resource exploration. Unlike general underwater robots such as ROV(Remotely Operated Vehicle) and AUV(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) which have propellers, an articulated underwater robot which is called Crabster has been being developed in KORDI(Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) with many cooperation organizations since 2010. The robot is expected to be able to walk and swim under the sea with its legs. Among many researching fields of this project, we are focusing on a swimming section. In order to find effective swimming locomotion for the robot, we approached this subject in terms of Biomimetics. As a model of optimized swimming organism in nature, diving beetles were chosen. In the paper, swimming motions of diving beetles were analyzed in viewpoint of robotics for applying them into the swimming motion of the robot. After modeling the kinematics of diving beetle through robotics engineering technique, we obtained swimming patterns of the one of living diving beetles, and then compared them with calculated optimal swimming patterns of a robot leg. As the first trial to compare the locomotion data of legs of the diving beetle with a robot leg, we have sorted two representative swimming patterns such as forwarding and turning. Experimental environment has been set up to get the motion data of diving beetles. The experimental equipment consists of a transparent aquarium and a high speed camera. Various swimming motions of diving beetles were recorded with the camera. After classifying swimming patterns of the diving beetle, we can get angular data of each joint on hind legs by image processing software, Image J. The data were applied to an optimized algorithm for swimming of a robot leg which was designed by robotics engineering technique. Through this procedure, simulated results which show trajectories of a robot leg were compared with trajectories of a leg of a diving beetle in desired directions. As a result, we confirmed considerable similarity in the result of trajectory and joint angles comparison.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.330-335
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• 2017

본 논문은 수중 초음파 시스템을 교각 수중부의 손상 진단 및 점검에 적용하기 위한 기초 연구로써, 수중 초음파와 광학 영상의 하이브리드 시스템을 이용하여 교각의 수중부 점검 실험을 수행하였다. 수중 초음파 시스템을 이용하여 교각 수중부 촬영 시 현장실험에 영향을 미치는 환경변수를 파악하기 위하여 촬영 방향이나 촬영 방법 등을 변화 시키면서 결과영상을 획득 하였다. 교각 주위의 탁도는 10 NTU이었고, 물살과 파고에 의하여 수중 초음파영상에 잡음이 발생하였으나, 이를 최소화 할 수 있는 최적의 촬영 방향과 방법을 제안하였다. 수중 초음파시스템을 이용하여 교각 수중부의 손상 의심부위를 선정하였고, 광학 영상시스템을 이용하여 손상상태를 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 수중 초음파영상과 광학 영상의 정량적인 분석을 위하여 도트게이지를 활용하는 방안을 제안하였다. 본 논문의 결과는 수중 초음파와 광학 영상의 하이브리드 시스템을 이용한 교각 수중부 점검 기법 연구로, 이와 관련된 기술개발을 위하여 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이라 판단된다.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회 논문집(Proceeding of the KOSME 2000 Spring Annual Meeting)
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• pp.165-170
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• 2000

A fundamental experimental study for a substitute proposal to super-speed craft propulsion system called underwater ram-jet propulsion by high pressure air ejection as driving force was investigated. for basic study of effect of ram-jet propulsion performances ismple underwater ram-jet flow field was established and PIV(Particle Image Velocimetry) method was adopted to analyse the jet-induced flow appearing at ram intake mixing chamber and nozzle. Some flow dynamics relating to the high-speed ejector effect were discussed for the basic understanding for the ram-jet propulsion principle.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2000

A fundamental experimental study for an alternative proposal to super-speed craft propulsion system called underwater ram-jet propulsion by high pressure air ejection as driving force was investigated. For basic study of the effects of ram-jet propulsion performance, a simple underwater ram-jet flow field was established and PIV(Particle Image Velocimetry) method was adopted to analyse the jet-induced flow appearing at ram intake, mixing chamber and nozzle. Some flow dynamics relating to the high-speed ram-jet effect were discussed for the basic understanding of the its propulsion principle.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2002년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(5)
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• pp.153-156
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• 2002

The remotely operated underwater robotic vehicle system has been required to inspect some objects such as baffle former bolts and remove foreign objects in reactor vessel of nuclear power plant. In this paper, we have designed the remotely operated underwater robotic vehicle system that includes a long reach arm that is composed of 4 joints to remove foreign objects in a narrow space, a camera for visual test, instrument sensors for vehicle positioning, 4 thrusters for underwater navigation of vehicle, and supervisory control system implemented with industrial PC that includes robot simulator that has the functions of real time visualization, robot work planning and etc.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2001년도 춘계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.351.2-351
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• 2001

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.150-160
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• 2008

현재 국내의 수중 및 해양 시설물 관리는 아날로그 필름에 의한 육안분석에 의존하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 방법을 개선하기 위하여 보다 정량적인 수중시설물의 공간적인 상태를 분석하고자 하였다. 본 연구는 수중영상 왜곡보정과 모자익 제작의 두 단계로 나누어 진행하였다. 수중영상 왜곡보정 단계에서는 수중 타겟을 제작하고 타겟 격자점으로부터 왜곡계수를 산출한 후, 수중영상으로 포착한 영상점을 왜곡이 보정된 영상점으로 위치 보정하는 기술을 개발하였다. 그리고 모자익 제작 단계에서는 먼저, 수중에 송유관 형태의 파이프를 설치한 후 영상을 획득하였으며, 왜곡보정을 실시한 후 보정된 파이프 영상을 좌표 변환 후, 산출된 특이점을 바탕으로 모자익 영상을 제작하고 필터링을 통해 외곽선 추출하고 파이프와 수중바닥과의 거리를 계산하였다. 그 결과, 실제 파이프와 수중지반과의 거리가 6cm일 때 평균 RMSE 0.3cm로 나타났다.