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A noncontact distance and dimension measurement system for remote handling in hostile environment (극한환경 원격조작을 위한 거리측정시스템 개발)

  • 정우태;이재설;박현수
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1990.10a
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    • pp.602-607
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    • 1990
  • Spent nuclear fuel is very dangerous substance emitting strong ionizing radiation which is harmful to human body. The remote handling of spent nuclear fuel is essential because people cannot access this substance without protecting radiation. To handle highly radioactive material or nuclear waste, many kinds of teleoperators such as master slave manipulator, electro mechanical manipulator, servo manipulator, mobile robot was developed. The distance and dimension of target object cannot be measured easily when highly radioactive material is handled by teleoperator because one should use lead glass or TV camera and monitor to protect radiation and see target object. During experiments on the remote handling of spent nuclear fuel by electro mechanical manipulator, we often felt that a distance and dimension measurement system is necessary to handle the objects which is in the highly radioactive environment, so we developed a system which is appropriate for this purpose.

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A STUDY ON PUPIL DETECTION AND TRACKING METHODS BASED ON IMAGE DATA ANALYSIS

  • CHOI, HANA;GIM, MINJUNG;YOON, SANGWON
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.327-336
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we will introduce the image processing methods for the remote pupillary light reflex measurement using the video taken by a general smartphone camera without a special device such as an infrared camera. We propose an algorithm for estimate the size of the pupil that changes with light using image data analysis without a learning process. In addition, we will introduce the results of visualizing the change in the pupil size by removing noise from the recorded data of the pupil size measured for each frame of the video. We expect that this study will contribute to the construction of an objective indicator for remote pupillary light reflex measurement in the situation where non-face-to-face communication has become common due to COVID-19 and the demand for remote diagnosis is increasing.

Comparison of Land Surface Temperatures from Near-surface Measurement and Satellite-based Product

  • Ryu, Jae-Hyun;Jeong, Hoejeong;Choi, Seonwoong;Lee, Yang-Won;Cho, Jaeil
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.609-616
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    • 2019
  • Land surface temperature ($T_s$) is a critical variable for understanding the surface energy exchange between land and atmosphere. Using the data measured from micrometeorological flux towers, three types of $T_s$, obtained using a thermal-infrared radiometer (IRT), a net radiometer, and an equation for sensible heat flux, were compared. The $T_s$ estimated using the net radiometer was highly correlated with the $T_s$ obtained from the IRT. Both values acceptably fit the $T_s$ from the Terra/MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)satellite. These results will enhance the measurement of land surface temperatures at various scales. Further, they are useful for understanding land surface energy partitioning to evaluate and develop land surface models and algorithms for satellite remote sensing products associated with surface thermal conditions.

A Method on the Improvement of the Minimum Detection Distance of the Remote Measurement Level Meter (원격 측정 레벨계의 최소 탐지거리 성능 개선 방법)

  • Park, Dongkun;Lee, Kijun
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.535-543
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    • 2018
  • Recently, level meters have been associated with the safety and maintenance of industrial sites and require a wide measurement range. Generally, to ensure the measurement range of the level meter, the measurement environment is improved to reduce the noise or to compensate the distortion of the signal through signal processing. The noise of FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave) radar level meter or the distortion of the signal affects the near region characteristics of the level gauge, resulting in a reduction of the minimum detection distance. In this paper, an equalizer filter considering characteristics of window function and bit spectrum is applied to remove the noise in the near region of the level meter to improve the minimum detection distance performance and to improve the measurement reliability in the vicinity of the level meter, which is relatively difficult to detect, we want to improve the detection range.

A wireless high-frequency anemometer instrumentation system for field measurements

  • Huang, Guoqing;Peng, Liuliu;Su, Yanwen;Liao, Haili;Li, Mingshui
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.739-749
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    • 2015
  • Field measurement of wind characteristics is of great significance for the wind engineering community. High-frequency anemometers such as ultrasonic anemometers are widely used to obtain the high-frequency fluctuating wind speed time history. However, conventional instrumentation systems may suffer from low efficiency, non-real time transmission and higher maintenance cost, and thus are not very appropriate in the field measurement of strong winds in remote areas such as mountain valleys. In order to improve the field measurement performance in those remote areas, a wireless high-frequency anemometer instrumentation system for field measurement has been developed. In this paper, the architecture of the proposed instrumentation system, and measured data transmission and treatment will be presented firstly. Then a comparison among existing instrumentation systems and the proposed one is made. It shows that the newly-developed system has considerable advantages. Furthermore, the application of this system to the bridge site located in the mountain valley is discussed. Finally, typical samples of measured data from this area are presented. It can be expected that the proposed system has a great application potential in the wind field measurement for remote areas such as the mountainous or island or coastal area, and hazardous structures such as ultra-voltage transmission tower, due to its real-time transmission, low cost and no manual collection of data and convenience.

The implementation of the Remote Control and Measurement Systems using CDMA Modem (CDMA 모뎀을 이용한 원격 제어 및 계측 시스템 구현)

  • Lee, Myung-Eui
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.351-359
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    • 2012
  • This paper deals with the design and development of the remote control and measurement systems using CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access) data modem. We propose a bi-directional data communication link without the public IP address in CDMA modem device by the TCP/IP packet and SMS(Short Message Service) communication. The remote control and measurement systems are implemented by a Telit WM-800 modem as DCE(Data Communication Equipment), and Atmel AT89C51 microcontroller as DTE(Data Terminal Equipment). The user application software for the control and measurement system user, and the firmware software of device drivers for peripherals such as a digital input/output device, AD/DAC(Analog to Digital/Digital to Analog Converter), LCD, and temperature/humidity sensor are written in Microsoft C and Keil C language respectively for further various applications. The experimental result of the proposed control and measurement systems implemented in this paper is evaluated via real-time experiments, which works well as designed.

A study on the Remote Control System for Measuring Gradient of temporary earth retaining structure (흙막이 가시설 구조물의 무선원격계측관리시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Woo, Jong-Yeol;Hong, Seong-Wook;Kim, Sang-Won;Seo, Yong-Chil;Shin, Chan-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2011.05b
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    • pp.49-52
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    • 2011
  • This study concerned with the retention structures or inverted temporary building for displacement measurement in the underground soil after drilling a vertical tilt sensor attached to the vertical distance required to maintain a real-time measurement and management in order to install the wireless measuring devices installed in the field through remote control and management program for the safety of retaining structures temporary building be found on the internet in real time temporary building the retention is to develop a safety management system. And based on this technology to monitor the future status of the various structures possible to add a variety of sensors and Life Cycle Prediction of the structure and needs to evolve into intelligent systems and wireless networks using wireless communications infrastructure systems based on expanding domestic market penetration by developing instrumentation pioneer in overseas markets as well as the activation can also be judged.

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Remote Measurement for Automobile′s ECU Sensor Signals Using RF modules (RF모듈을 이용한 자동차 ECU 센서신호의 원격계측)

  • 이성철;서지원;권대규;방두열
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.1067-1070
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we present a remote measurement system for the wireless monitoring of ECU Sensor Signals of vehicle. In order to measure the ECU sensor signals, the interface circuit is designed to communicate ECU and designed terminal wirelessly according to the ISO, SAE regulation of communication protocol standard. A micro-controller 80C196KC is used for communicating ECU sensor signals. ECU sensor signals are transmitted to the RF-wireless terminal that was developed using the micro controller 80386EX. LCD, and RF-module. 80386EX software is programmed to monitor the ECU sensor signals using the Borland C++ compiler in which the half duplex method was used for the RS232 communication. The algorithms for measuring the ECU sensor signals are verified to monitor ECU state. At the same time, the information to fix the vehicle's problem can be shown on the developed monitoring software. The possibility for remote measurement of ECU sensor signals using 80386EX is also verified through the developed systems and algorithms.

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Design of Optical Biological Sensor for Phycocyanin Parameters Measurement using Fluorescence Technique

  • Lee, Sung Hwa;Mariappan, Vinayagam;Won, Dong Chan;Ann, Myungsuk;Yang, Seungyoun
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.73-79
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    • 2016
  • Remote sensing and measurement are of paramount importance of providing information on the state of water quality in water bodies. The formation and growth of cyanobacteria is of serious concern to in land aquatic life forms and human life. The main cause of water quality deterioration stems from anthropogenic induced eutrophication. The goal of this research to quantify and determine the spatial distribution of cyanobacteria concentration in the water using remote sensing technique. The standard approach to measure water quality based on the direct measurement of the fluorescence of the chlorophyll a in the living algal cells and the same approach used to detect the phycobilin pigments found in blue-green algae (a.k.a. cyanobacteria), phycocyanin and phycoerythrin. This paper propose the emerging sensor design to measure the water quality based on the optical analysis by fluorescence of the phycocyanin pigment. In this research, we developed an method to sense and quantify to derive phycocyanin intensity index for estimating cyanobacteria concentrations. The development of the index was based on the reflectance difference between visible light band 620nm and 665nm. As a result of research this paper presents, an optical biological sensor design information to measure the Phycocyanin parameters in water content.

A Remote Measurement Technique for Rock Discontinuity (암반 불연속면의 원격 영상측량 기법)

  • 황상기
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.205-214
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    • 2001
  • A simple automated measuring method for planar or linear features on the rock excavation surface is presented. Attitude of the planar and linear feature is calculated from 3D coordinates of points on the structures. Spatial coordinates are calculated from overlapped stereo images. Factors used in the calculation are (1) local coordinates of the left and right images, (2) the focal length of cameras, and (3) the distance between two cameras. A simple image capturing device and an image treatment routine coded by Visual Basic and GIS components are constructed for the remote measurements, The methodology shows less than 1 cm error when a point is measured from 179 cm in distance. The methodology is tested at the excavation site in PaiChai University. Remotely measured result matches well with the manual measurement within the reasonable error range.

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