• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.350-359
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• 2007

In this paper we present a simple, efficient method for detection of sharp digital images. Recently many digital cameras are equipped with various autofocusing functions to help users take well-focused pictures as easily as possible. However, acquired digital pictures can be further degraded by motion, limited contrast, and inappropriate amount of exposure, to name a few. In order to decide whether to process the image or not, or whether to delete it or not, reliable measure of image quality to detect sharp images from blurry ones is needed. This paper presents a blurriness/sharpness measure, and demonstrates its feasibility using extensive experiments. This method is fast and easy to implement, and accurate. Regardless of the detection accuracy, existing measures are computation-intensive. However, the proposed measure in this paper is not demanding in computation time. Needless to say, this measure can be used for various imaging applications including autofocusing and astigmatism correction.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1121-1137
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• 2015

This study presents probabilistic-based damage identification technique for highlighting damage in metallic structures. This technique utilizes distributed piezoelectric transducers to generate and monitor the ultrasonic Lamb wave with narrowband frequency. Diagnostic signals were used to define the scatter signals of different paths. The energy of scatter signals till different times were calculated by taking root mean square of the scatter signals. For each pair of parallel paths an error function based on the energy of scatter signals is introduced. The resultant error function then is used to estimate the probability of the presence of damage in the monitoring area. The presented method with an autofocusing feature is applied to aluminum plates for method verification. The results identified using both simulation and experimental Lamb wave signals at different central frequencies agreed well with the actual situations, demonstrating the potential of the presented algorithm for identification of damage in metallic structures. An obvious merit of the presented technique is that in addition to damages located inside the region between transducers; those who are outside this region can also be monitored without any interpretation of signals. This novelty qualifies this method for online structural health monitoring.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.583-590
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• 2004

비전을 이용한 광학식 검사공정이나 그 밖의 광학 현미경을 이용한 측정에 있어서 초점조절은 곧바로 측정 정밀도에 영향을 주는 중요한 요소이다. 본 논문에서는 핀홀 대신 광섬유를 사용하는 공초점 현미경 구조와 하나의 광섬유가 광원과 검출기의 역할을 동시에 수행하는 상반구성(reciprocal scheme)을 적용함으로써 간결하게 시스템을 구성하면서 광축 정렬을 용이하게 하였으며, 압전소자(PZT)를 이용한 광섬유 광원의 광축 방향 변조를 통해 방향 정보가 실린 초점오차 신호를 획득함으로써 빠른 초점조절을 구현하였다. 대물렌즈 변조방식과 달리 광원 변조방식은 현미경 시스템에 미치는 물리적 영향을 줄일 수 있으며, 기존의 장치에 탑재가 비교적 용이하다는 장점을 갖는다. 본 논문에서는 변조 진폭과 시편의 반사도 및 기울기 변화에 따른 초점오차 신호의 변화를 측정하였으며, 거울 시편에 대한 초점조절을 통해 본 시스템의 성능을 평가해 보았다. 또한 종방향 특성곡선의 반치폭 비교실험을 통해 광원 변조는 광축 방향 분해능에 영향을 주지 않음을 확인하였다.