• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.52 no.1
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• pp.35-41
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• 2003

In this paper, a machine vision system for recognizing and classifying the patterns and marks engraved by die molding or laser marking on the glass panels of computer monitors is suggested and evaluated experimentally. The vision system is equipped with a neural network and an NGC pattern classifier including searching process based on normalized grayscale correlation and adaptive binarization. This system is found to be applicable even to the cases in which the segmentation of the pattern area from the background using ordinary blob coloring technique is quite difficult. The inspection process is accomplished by the use of the NGC hypothesis and ANN verification. The proposed pattern recognition system is composed of three parts: NGC matching process and the preprocessing unit for acquiring the best quality of binary image data, a neural network-based recognition algorithm, and the learning algorithm for the neural network. Another contribution of this paper is the method of generating the training patterns from only a few typical product samples in place of real images of all types of good products.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.339-348
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• 2010

One of the requirements for autonomous vehicles on off-road is to move stably in unstructured environments. Such capacity of autonomous vehicles is one of the most important abilities in consideration of mobility. So, many researchers use contact and/or non-contact methods to determine a terrain whether the vehicle can move on or not. In this paper we introduce an algorithm to classify terrains using visual information(one of the non-contacting methods). As a pre-processing, a contrast enhancement technique is introduced to improve classification of terrain. Also, for conducting classification algorithm, training images are grouped according to materials of the surface, and then Bayesian classification are applied to new images to determine membership to each group. In addition to the classification, we can build Traversability map specified by friction coefficients on which autonomous vehicles can decide to go or not. Experiments are made with Load-Cell to determine real friction coefficients of various terrains.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.34-36
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• 2009

This paper proposes an effective lane detection algorithm using hugh transform and lane model. The proposed lane detection algorithm includes two major components, i.e., lane marks segmentation and an exact lane extraction using a novel postprocessing technique. The first step is to segment lane marks from background images using HSV color model. Then, a novel postprocessing is used to detect an exact lane using Hugh transform and lane models(linear and curved lane models). The postprocessing consists of three parts, i.e, thinning process, Hugh Transform and filtering process. We divide input image into three regions of interests(ROIs). Based on lane curve function(LCF), we can detect an exact lane from various extracted lane lines. The lane models(linear and curved lane mode]) are used in order to judge whether each lane segment is fit or not in each ROIs. Experimental results show that the proposed scheme is very effective in lane detection.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 1998.10c
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• pp.435-437
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• 1998

영상에 대한 영역분할은 영상에 대한 인식 시스템에서 가장 중요하고도 어려운 분야로 알려져 있다. 주로 사용되는 방법은 화소중심기법과 영역중심기법이 사용되는데, 화소중심기법은 적은 시간이 걸리는데 비해 영역분할 효과가 떨어지고, 영역중심기법은 상대적으로 양질의 영역분할 효과를 얻을 수 있지만 많은 시간이 걸린다. 본 논문에서는 영역분할에 대한 방법으로 thresholding방법을 이용한 2단계로 이루어진 영역분할 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 화소의 전역정보와 지역정보를 모두 사용하여 기존의 전역 thresholding방법에 비해 향상된 영역 분할을 수행하고, 지역정보를 이용하는 영역중심 기법에 비해 시간을 단축하는 효과를 가지고 있다. 첫 번째 단계에서는 기존에 알려진 전역 thresholding방법을 사용하여 영역분할을 하고, 두 번째 단계에서는 영상에 대해 미리 알려진 사전지식을 이용하여 영역분할이 제대로 되지 않은 영역을 구분하여 해당 영역에 대해서만 thresholding작업을 수행한다. 사용된 영상은 자궁경부 세포진 영상으로 대상이 되는 영역은 자궁경부 세포의 핵으로 제한하였다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.100-104
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• 2016

Electron microscopy is currently the only available technique with a spatial resolution sufficient to identify fine neuronal processes and synaptic structures in densely packed neuropil. For large-scale volume reconstruction of neuronal connectivity, serial block-face scanning electron microscopy allows us to acquire thousands of serial images in an automated fashion and reconstruct neural circuits faster by reducing the alignment task. Here we introduce the whole reconstruction procedure of synaptic network in the rat hippocampal CA1 area and discuss technical issues to be resolved for improving image quality and segmentation. Compared to the serial section transmission electron microscopy, serial block-face scanning electron microscopy produced much reliable three-dimensional data sets and accelerated reconstruction by reducing the need of alignment and distortion adjustment. This approach will generate invaluable information on organizational features of our connectomes as well as diverse neurological disorders caused by synaptic impairments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.17-18
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• 2015

In manufacturing industry, image scanning technique has made enormous progress in past decades. 3D models have been also very important to continuously monitor the related spatial information for freeform buildings. The process of shape making of 3D scanning is as follows: mesh surface segmentation, NURBS surface generation, and parametric solid model generation. We will review the process and applying process. Especially in the construction industry, 3D data collection by laser scanning has become an high quality 3D models. Therefore, in this research, we have an effort to review construction of reverse design process for freeform envelope using 3D scanning. The technology enables many 3D shape engineering and design parameterization of reverse engineering in the construction site.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.171-177
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• 2021

It is difficult to accurately extract features of pedestrian because the pedestrian is photographed at a crosswalk using a camera positioned higher than the pedestrian. In addition, it is more difficult to extract features when a part of the pedestrian's body is covered by an umbrella or parasol or when the pedestrian is holding an object. Representative methods to solve this problem include Object Detection, Instance Segmentation, and Pose Estimation. Among them, this study intends to use the Pose Estimation method. In particular, we intend to increase the recognition rate of pedestrians in crosswalks by maintaining the image resolution through HigherHRNet and applying the foot estimation technique. Finally, we show the superiority of the proposed method by applying and analyzing several data sets covered by body parts to the existing method and the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.78-79
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose a technique for tracking the classification and location of each user through body proportion analysis of the normalized skeletons of multiple users obtained using RGB-D cameras. To this end, each user's 3D skeleton is extracted from the 3D point cloud and body proportion information is stored. After that, the stored body proportion information is compared with the body proportion data output from the entire frame to propose a user classification and location tracking algorithm in the entire image.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.196-199
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• 2010

The human eyes are important facial landmarks for image normalization due to their relatively constant interocular distance. This paper introduces a novel approach for the eye detection task using optimal segmentation method for eye representation. The method consists of three steps: (1)edge extraction method that can be used to accurately extract eye region from the gray-scale face image, (2)extraction of eye region using labeling method, (3)eye localization based on intensity information. Experimental results show that a correct eye detection rate of 98.9% can be achieved on 2408 FERET images with variations in lighting condition and facial expressions.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.16 no.5 s.98
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• pp.48-57
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• 1999

Applications of thresholding technique are based on the assumption that object and background pixels in a digital image can be distinguished by their gray level values. For the segmentation of more complex images, it is necessary to resort to multiple threshold selection techniques. This paper describes a new method for multiple threshold selection of gray level images which are not clearly distinguishable from the background. The proposed method consists of three main stages. In the first stage, a probability distribution function for a gray level histogram of an image is derived. Cluster points are defined according to the probability distribution function. In the second stage, fuzzy partition matrix of the probability distribution function is generated through the fuzzy clustering process. Finally, elements of the fuzzy partition matrix are classified as clusters according to gray level values by using max-membership method. Boundary values of classified clusters are selected as multiple threshold. In order to verify the performance of the developed algorithm, automatic inspection process of ball grid array is presented.