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A Study on Depth Information Acquisition Improved by Gradual Pixel Bundling Method at TOF Image Sensor

  • Kwon, Soon Chul;Chae, Ho Byung;Lee, Sung Jin;Son, Kwang Chul;Lee, Seung Hyun
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.15-19
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    • 2015
  • The depth information of an image is used in a variety of applications including 2D/3D conversion, multi-view extraction, modeling, depth keying, etc. There are various methods to acquire depth information, such as the method to use a stereo camera, the method to use the depth camera of flight time (TOF) method, the method to use 3D modeling software, the method to use 3D scanner and the method to use a structured light just like Microsoft's Kinect. In particular, the depth camera of TOF method measures the distance using infrared light, whereas TOF sensor depends on the sensitivity of optical light of an image sensor (CCD/CMOS). Thus, it is mandatory for the existing image sensors to get an infrared light image by bundling several pixels; these requirements generate a phenomenon to reduce the resolution of an image. This thesis proposed a measure to acquire a high-resolution image through gradual area movement while acquiring a low-resolution image through pixel bundling method. From this measure, one can obtain an effect of acquiring image information in which illumination intensity (lux) and resolution were improved without increasing the performance of an image sensor since the image resolution is not improved as resolving a low-illumination intensity (lux) in accordance with the gradual pixel bundling algorithm.

Polymer Waveguide Based Refractive Index Sensor Using Polarimetric Interference (편광 간섭을 이용한 광도파로 기반의 표면 굴절률 센서)

  • Son, Geun-Sik;Kwon, Soon-Woo;Kim, Woo-Kyung;Yang, Woo-Seok;Lee, Hyung-Man;Lee, Han-Young;Lee, Sung-Dong;Lee, Sang-Shin
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.193-198
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    • 2008
  • A novel refractive index sensor, which consists of polymer channel waveguide overlaid with $TiO_2$ thin film, is demonstrated. To evaluate the fabricated sensor, we measured the polarimetric interference induced by concentration change of injected glycerol solution. Our experimental results show that thicker $TiO_2$ film improves the sensitivity of the polarimetric interferometer. For the fabricated waveguide with a 20 nm thick $TiO_2$ film, the measured index change to lead phase variation of $2{\pi}$ is $1.8{\times}10^{-3}$.

FBG Sensor Signal Processing System using SLD Tunable Light Source and Etalon Filter (SLD동조 광원과 에탈론 필터를 이용한 FBG 센서 신호처리 시스템)

  • Chung, Chul;Lee, Ho-Joon;Kim, Ki-Soo
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.39-44
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    • 2004
  • Fiber Bragg grating sensors are fabricated by core index modulation using UV laser and phasemask. Bragg wavelength of the grating is changed by the external strain. In this paper, a signal processing system of fiber Bragg grating sensor has studied in the optical wavelength domain. The system is based on the sweep semiconductor light source that consists of SLD, F-P tunable filter and etalon filter. The hysteresis effects of PZT in the F-P tunable filter are compensated. The long term measurement stability is obtained by controlling the temperature of F-P tunable filter and the SLD. We compare the strain data from fiber Bragg grating sensor and that from strain gauge at concrete hume pipe. We also get very good results for the long gauge displacement using fiber Bragg grating sensor which are identical to the data with short gauge length ordinary displacement sensor.

A Study on the Development of leisure boat's Hull Stress Monitoring System using AWG (광섬유센서를 이용한 레저선박의 선체구조모니터링시스템 개발에 관한 연구(I))

  • Kang, Nam-Seon;Kim, Hyen-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.269-274
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of hull stress monitoring system(HSMS) is to lead hull structure to be safer at lower cost. We proposed a hull stress monitoring system for leisure boats using fiber-optic bragg grating(FBG) strain sensor. Fiber optic sensors are well suited for structure monitoring system, due to their ability to withstand harsh environments, immunity to electromagnetic interference, and reduce cabling installation cost when employing wavelength multiplexing. This paper presents an overview of current research and design of hull stress monitoring system for leisure boats.

Experimental Study on Underwater Docking of a Visual Servoing Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (비쥬얼 서보 자율무인잠수정의 수중 도킹에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Pan-Mook;Jeon, Bong-Hwan;Lee, Ji-Hong;Kim, Sea-Moon;Hong, Young-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 2003
  • The Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO), the ocean engineering branch of KORDI, has designed and manufactured a model of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to test underwater docking. This paper introduces the AUV model, ASUM, equipped with a visual servo control system to dock into an underwater station with a camera and motion sensors. To make a visual servoing AUV, this paper implemented the visual servo control system designed with an augmented state equation, which was composed of the optical flow model of a camera and the equation of the AUV's motion. The system design and the hardware configuration of ASUM are presented in this paper. A small long baseline acoustic positioning system was developed to monitor and record the AUV's position for the experiment in the Ocean Engineering Basin of KRISO, KORDI. ASUM recognizes the target position by processing the captured image for the lights, which are installed around the end of the cone-type entrance of the duct. Unfortunately, experiments are not yet conducted when we write this article. The authors will present the results for the docking test of the AUV in near future.

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Development of Embedded based Sea Operation Monitoring System (임베디드 환경의 해상작업 모니터링 시스템 개발)

  • Jung, Sung-Hun;Rhee, Bong-Keun;Yim, Jae-Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.93-97
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    • 2005
  • Sea operation monitoring system is a system for the automatic ship operation that is used on the variety sea operations such as laying optical cables on the sea between the countries, laying cables on the seabed for a remote island, laying pipelines for the natural gas, and so forth. This system processes data which optained through setting up environment and input from several sensors, and display GPS information with ENC data. And this system processes not only data of root file about sea operation, but also realtime information from PDA of client wirelessly connected with AP on wireless LAN, In addition, this system can improve efficiency of the operation as a result of enabling free movement within valid range. This paper design and Implementation Monitoring system from above appropriate to the embedded system, and improve competitive power of ship through prevention of a ship accident, to keep minimizing operation loads and support both the automatic ship operation and the safety voyage.

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A Study on the Fabrication of Multi-Walled Nanotubes (MWCNT) Based Thin Film and Chemical Sensor Operation Characteristics (Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT) 인쇄박막의 제작과 화학센서 동작 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Noh, Jae Ha;Choi, Junseck;Ko, Dongwan;Seo, Joonyoung;Lee, Sangtae;Jung, Jung-Yeul;Chang, Jiho
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.181-185
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    • 2020
  • Hazardous and noxious substance (HNS) detection sensors were fabricated using multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and various binder materials for ion batteries. To obtain uniformly printed films, the printing precision according to the substrate cleaning method was monitored, and the printing paste mixing ratio was investigated. Binders were prepared using styrene butadiene rubber + carboxymethyl cellulose (SBR+CMC), polyvinylidene fluoride + n-methyl-2-pyrrolidene (PVDF+NMP), and mixed with MWCNTs. The surface morphology of the printed films was examined using an optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope, and their electrical properties are investigated using an I-V sourcemeter. Finally, sensing properties of MWCNT printed films were measured according to changes in the concentration of the chemical under the various applied voltages. In conclusion, the MWCNT printed films made of (SBR+CMC) were found to be feasible for application to the detection of hazardous and noxious chemicals spilled in seawater.

A fiber optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensorusing cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) polymer prism (Cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) 폴리머 프리즘을 사용한 광섬유 기반 표면 플라즈몬 공명 (SPR) 바이오 센서)

  • Yun, Sung-Sik;Lee, Soo-Hyun;Ahn, Chong-H.;Lee, Jong-Hyun
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.369-374
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    • 2008
  • A novel fiber optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor using cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) prism with the spectral modulation is presented. The SPR sensor chip is fabricated using the SU-8 photolithography, Ni-electroplating and COC injection molding process. The sidewall of the COC prism is partially deposited with Au/Cr (45/2.nm thickness) by e-beam evaporator, and the thermal bonding process is conducted for micro fluidic channels and optical fibers alignment. The SPR spectrum for a phosphate buffered saline (0.1.M PBS, pH.7.2) solution shows a distinctive dip at 1300.nm wavelength, which shifts toward longer wavelength with respect to the bovine serum albumin (BSA)concentrations. The sensitivity of the wavelength shift is $1.16\;nm{\cdot}{\mu}g^{-1}{\cdot}{\mu}l^{-1}$. From the wavelength of SPR dips, the refractive indices (RI) of the BSA solutions can be theoretically calculated using Kretchmann configuration, and the change rate of the RI was found to be $2.3{\times}10^{-5}RI{\cdot}{\mu}g^{-1}{\cdot}l^{-1}$. The realized fiber optic SPR sensor with a COC prism has clearly shown the feasibility of a new disposable, low cost and miniaturized SPR biosensor for biochemical molecular analyses.

Growth and effect of thermal annealing for ZnIn2Se4 single crystalline thick film by hot wall epitaxy (Hot Wall Epitaxy (HWE)법에 의한 ZnIn2Se4 단결정 후막 성장과 열처리 효과)

  • Hong, Myung-Seuk;Hong, Kwang-Joon
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.437-446
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    • 2008
  • Single crystalline ${ZnIn_2}{Se_4}$ layers were grown on thoroughly etched semi-insulating GaAs (100) substrate at $400^{\circ}C$ with hot wall epitaxy (HWE) system by evaporating ${ZnIn_2}{Se_4}$ source at $630^{\circ}C$. The crystalline structure of the single crystalline thick films was investigated by the photoluminescence (PL) and Double crystalline X-ray rocking curve (DCRC). The carrier density and mobility of ${ZnIn_2}{Se_4}$ single crystalline thick films measured from Hall effect by van der Pauw method are $9.41{\times}10^{16}cm^{-3}$ and $292cm^2/V{\cdot}s$ at 293 K, respectively. The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the ${ZnIn_2}{Se_4}$ obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation, $E_g(T)$=1.8622 eV-$(5.23{\times}10^{-4}eV/K)T^2$/(T+775.5 K). After the as-grown ${ZnIn_2}{Se_4}$ single crystalline thick films was annealed in Zn-, Se-, and In-atmospheres, the origin of point defects of ${ZnIn_2}{Se_4}$ single crystalline thick films has been investigated by the photoluminescence (PL) at 10 K. The native defects of $V_{Zn}$, $V_{Se}$, $Zn_{int}$, and $Se_{int}$ obtained by PL measurements were classified as a donors or acceptors type. And we concluded that the heat-treatment in the Se-atmosphere converted ${ZnIn_2}{Se_4}$ single crystalline thick films to an optical p-type. Also, we confirmed that In in ${ZnIn_2}{Se_4}$/GaAs did not form the native defects because In in ${ZnIn_2}{Se_4}$ single crystalline thick films existed in the form of stable bonds.

Characteristics of Se/CdS Heterojunction Fabricated by EBE Method (EBE법으로 제작한 Se/CdS 이종접합의 특성)

  • Park, Gye-Choon;Cho, Jae-Cheol;Yoo, Yong-Tek
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 1993
  • CdS and Se thin films were deposited on slide glass by EBE method respectively and surface morphology, crystal structure, electrical and optical properties were investigated by substrate temperature and annealing. The deposited CdS film was well fabricated with cubic structure at substrate temperature of $150^{\circ}C$. Se film was deposited with noncrystal structure until substrate temperature of $100^{\circ}C$, but Se film was grown with monoclinic structure at substrate temperature of $150^{\circ}C$. And so, after annealing at $150^{\circ}C$ for 15min, noncrystalline Se was proved to be hexagonal structure. Finally, the maximum output of Se/CdS heterojunction at 5000 lux was 4 $mW/cm^{2}$ and maximum spectral sensitivity was represented at 585nm.

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