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A Robust Fingertip Extraction and Extended CAMSHIFT based Hand Gesture Recognition for Natural Human-like Human-Robot Interaction (강인한 손가락 끝 추출과 확장된 CAMSHIFT 알고리즘을 이용한 자연스러운 Human-Robot Interaction을 위한 손동작 인식)

  • Lee, Lae-Kyoung;An, Su-Yong;Oh, Se-Young
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.328-336
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we propose a robust fingertip extraction and extended Continuously Adaptive Mean Shift (CAMSHIFT) based robust hand gesture recognition for natural human-like HRI (Human-Robot Interaction). Firstly, for efficient and rapid hand detection, the hand candidate regions are segmented by the combination with robust $YC_bC_r$ skin color model and haar-like features based adaboost. Using the extracted hand candidate regions, we estimate the palm region and fingertip position from distance transformation based voting and geometrical feature of hands. From the hand orientation and palm center position, we find the optimal fingertip position and its orientation. Then using extended CAMSHIFT, we reliably track the 2D hand gesture trajectory with extracted fingertip. Finally, we applied the conditional density propagation (CONDENSATION) to recognize the pre-defined temporal motion trajectories. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm not only rapidly extracts the hand region with accurately extracted fingertip and its angle but also robustly tracks the hand under different illumination, size and rotation conditions. Using these results, we successfully recognize the multiple hand gestures.

VOCs Emission Characteristics and Mass Contribution Analysis at Wanju Industrial Area (완주지역의 VOCs 배출특성에 따른 공단지역과 일반지역의 기여도 분석)

  • Kim, Deug-Soo;Yang, Go-Soo;Park, Bi-O
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.562-573
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    • 2008
  • Concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) measured from the local industrial sources in Wanju industrial complex during June $2007{\sim}January$ 2008. The samples were collected from the primary sources (6 emission points) in 4 major factories in Wanju industrial complex as well as two general sources in Wanju County to elucidate the abundances of speciated VOCs and their spacial and temporal distributions depending on source bases. Industrial sources are as follows; fabricated metal manufacture, motor vehicle manufacture, rubber and plastic manufacture, and chemical manufacture factories. Two general source samples were collected from gasoline gas station and dry cleaning shop in urban area. In order to understand the near source influence at receptor, samples from the two receptor sites (one is at center of the industrial complex and the other site is at distance residential area downwind from the center) were collected with sample canister, and analyzed by using GC/MSD. The concentrations from different sources were compared and discussed. The mass contributions of the speciated VOCs to total VOCs measured from industrial sources and ambient ai r at two receptors were presented and discussed.

Space and Time Sensor Fusion Using an Active Camera For Mobile Robot Navigation

  • Jin, Tae-Seok;Lee, Bong-Ki;Park, Soo-Min;Lee, Kwon-Soon;Lee, Jang-Myung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.127-132
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    • 2002
  • This paper proposes a sensor-fusion technique where the data sets for the previous moments are properly transformed and fused into the current data sets to enable accurate measurement, such as, distance to an obstacle and location of the service robot itself. In the conventional fusion schemes, the measurement is dependent on the current data sets. As the results, more of sensors are required to measure a certain physical parameter or to improve the accuracy of the measurement. However, in this approach, instead of adding more sensors to the system the temporal sequence of the data sets are stored and utilized for the measurement improvement. Theoretical basis is illustrated by examples and the effectiveness is proved through the simulations. finally, the new space and time sensor fusion (STSF) scheme is applied to the control of a mobile robot in an unstructured environment as well as structured environment.

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Audio fingerprint matching based on a power weight (파워 가중치를 이용한 오디오 핑거프린트 정합)

  • Seo, Jin Soo;Kim, Junghyun;Kim, Hyemi
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.38 no.6
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    • pp.716-723
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    • 2019
  • Fingerprint matching accuracy is essential in deploying a music search service. This paper deals with a method to improve fingerprint matching accuracy by utilizing an auxiliary information which is called power weight. Power weight is an expected robustness of each hash bit. While the previous power mask binarizes the expected robustness into strong and weak bits, the proposed method utilizes a real-valued function of the expected robustness as weights for fingerprint matching. As a countermeasure to the increased storage cost, we propose a compression method for the power weight which has strong temporal correlation. Experiments on the publicly-available music datasets confirmed that the proposed power weight is effective in improving fingerprint matching performance.

Using Topological Properties of Complex Networks for analysis of the efficiency of MDP-based learning (복잡계의 위상특성을 이용한 MDP 학습의 효율 분석)

  • Yi Seung-Joon;Zhang Byoung-Tak
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2006.06b
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    • pp.232-234
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    • 2006
  • 본 논문에서는 마르코프 결정 문제 (Markov decision problem)의 풀이 효율을 잴 수 있는 척도를 알아보기 위해 복잡계 네트워크 (complex network) 의 관점에서 MDP를 하나의 그래프로 나타내고, 그 그래프의 위상학적 성질들을 여러 네트워크 척도 (network measurements)들을 이용하여 측정하고 그 MDP의 풀이 효율과의 관계를 분석하였다. 실세계의 여러 문제들이 MDP로 표현될 수 있고, 모델이 알려진 경우에는 평가치 반복(value iteration)이나 모델이 알려지지 않은 경우에도 강화 학습(reinforcement learning) 알고리즘등을 사용하여 풀 수 있으나, 이들 알고리즘들은 시간 복잡도가 높아 크기가 큰 실세계 문제에 적용하기 쉽지 않다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해 제안된 것이 MDP를 계층적으로 분할하거나, 여러 단계를 묶어서 수행하는 등의 시간적 추상화(temporal abstraction) 방법들이다. 시간적 추상화를 도입할 경우 MDP가 보다 효율적으로 풀리는 꼴로 바뀐다는 사실에 착안하여, MDP의 풀이 효율을 네트워크 척도를 이용하여 측정할 수 있는 여러 위상학적 성질들을 기반으로 분석하였다. 다양한 구조와 파라미터를 가진 MDP들을 사용해 네트워크 척도들과 MDP의 풀이 효율간의 관계를 분석해 본 결과, 네트워크 척도들 중 평균 측지 거리 (mean geodesic distance) 가 그 MDP의 풀이 효율을 결정하는 가장 중요한 기준이라는 사실을 알 수 있었다.

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Comparison of Gait Characteristics in Young and Old Persons with GAITRite System Analysis (GAITRite 시스템 분석을 통한 젊은층과 노년층의 보행특성 비교)

  • Hwang-bo, Gak;Jeong, Hak-young;Bae, Sung-soo
    • PNF and Movement
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2003
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the temporo-spatial gait characteristics of healthy young people with those of healthy elderly people. Methods: The data were collected by 40 volunteers. 20 subjects were between 20 and 31 years of age, and 20 subjects were between 65 and 84 years of age. Temporal and spatial parameters of gait were analysed for using the computerized GAITRite system. Results : The system integrates specific components of locomotion to provide a single, numerical representation of gait, the Functional Ambulation Performance score. Differences in gait characteristics between the two groups were examined using a correlated t-test(p<.05). Significant differences were observed between the groups for step length, step/extremity ratio and velocity. Young people demonstrated a significantly larger velocity, step length and step/extremity ratio than the elderly people. Conclusions: These results indicate that the GAITRite system can be useful in detecting footfall patterns and selected time and distance measurements of young and older persons. Additionaly, differences in walking velocity, step length and step/extremity ratio between old and young people may have influenced the gait characteristics measured.

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Study on 3D Printer Producing of Assistive Devices for Vertical Incidence of Law Method (Law법 수직입사를 위한 보조기구의 3D 프린터 제작 연구)

  • Kim, Sang-Hyun
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.43 no.6
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    • pp.489-494
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    • 2020
  • The Law method is observing the temporal bone. There are two types of methods: the double angle method, which manipulates the center ray angle of the tube twice, and the single angle method, which manipulates once. The purpose is to increase the reproducibility of the image by making vertical incidence by making an assistive device using a 3D printer. Two assistive devices with a wedge-shaped 8.5 × 10 × 2.3 cm, an inclined surface of 7.5 cm, and an inclination angle of 15° were fabricated. Assistive devices can be combined with each other in the form of grooves, and PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) is used as a material. In the first experiment, 10 examiners operated the tube 15° in the caudad direction and 15° in the anterior direction, and measured it with a protractor to conduct a reproducibility experiment. Second, two examiners acquired vertically incidence images using the existing law method and assistive devices, and measured the distance between each measurement point to evaluate the reproducibility. The tube center ray angle reproducibility experiment was not statistically significant, but the angle difference was up to 9° between examiners. The reproducibility experiment of radiographic images was not statistically significant with the conventional method, and the method using an assistive device was statistically significant. Therefore, regardless of skill level, an image capable of securing reproducibility, which is the advantage of vertical incidence, could be obtained.

Objective quantification of the impact of blepharoplasty on the superior visual field

  • Kim, Hyodong;Lee, Sanghun;Son, Daegu;Yeo, Hyeonjung
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.19-24
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    • 2022
  • Background Blepharoplasty has both aesthetic and functional benefits in patients with pseudoptosis; however, previous studies could not demonstrate its beneficial effects quantitatively and objectively. The authors objectively analyzed the visual field before and after surgery and investigated whether measurements of the visual field can be applied as a suitable predictor of surgical outcomes. Methods In total, 18 eyelids in nine patients with pseudoptosis who had undergone simple skin excision blepharoplasty were evaluated prospectively from February to May 2016. The visual fields were analyzed preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively using the Goldmann kinetic perimetry test. The visual field test area was assessed using Adobe Photoshop. Results Blepharoplasty had an average 4.99-fold beneficial effect on the superior visual field. In particular, more improvement was seen in the superior temporal quadrant than in the nasal quadrant. No correlation was found between the preoperative margin-to-reflex distance 1 (MRD1) and the surgical outcome (P=0.119). However, there was a strong correlation between the preoperative superior visual field and the surgical outcome (P=0.001). Conclusions Using the Goldmann kinetic perimetry test, we objectively and quantitatively proved the beneficial effect of blepharoplasty on patients with pseudoptosis. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the preoperative visual field is a better preoperative surgical outcome predictive factor than the preoperative MRD1.

Gait Recovery Characteristic According to the Injury Aspect of Descending Motor Pathway in a Chronic Stroke Patient: a Case Study

  • Sang Seok Yeo
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.326-331
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: The stroke patients have gait dysfunction due to impaired neural tracts; corticospinal tract (CST), corticoreticular pathway (CRP), and vestibulospinal tract (VST). In this study, we investigated characteristics of gait pattern according to the injury aspect of the neural track in a stroke patient. Methods: One patient and six control subjects of similar age participated. A 19-year-old male patient with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage on right basal ganglia, thalamus, corona radiata and cerebral cortex due to arteriovenous malformation rupture. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data was acquired 21 months after the stroke. Kinematic and spatio-temporal parameters of gait were collected using a three-dimensional gait analysis system. Results: On 21 months DTI, the CST and CRP in affected hemisphere showed severe injury, in contrast, the VST in affected hemisphere showed intact integrity. Result of gait analysis, walking distance and speed were significantly decreased in a patient. The stance rate of unaffected lower limb, the swing rate of affected lower limb and the duration of double stance significantly increased compared with normal control. The knee and hip joint angle were significantly decreased in a patient. Conclusion: We found recovered independent gait ability may be associated with unimpaired VST in a patient with severe injury in CST and CRP.

Multiepoch Optical Images of IRC+10216 Tell about the Central Star and the Adjacent Environment

  • Kim, Hyosun;Lee, Ho-Gyu;Ohyama, Youichi;Kim, Ji Hoon;Scicluna, Peter;Chu, You-Hua;Mauron, Nicolas;Ueta, Toshiya
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.36.1-37
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    • 2021
  • Six images of IRC+10216 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope at three epochs in 2001, 2011, and 2016 are compared in the rest frame of the central carbon star. An accurate astrometry has been achieved with the help of Gaia Data Release 2. The positions of the carbon star in the individual epochs are determined using its known proper motion, defining the rest frame of the star. In 2016, a local brightness peak with compact and red nature is detected at the stellar position. A comparison of the color maps between 2016 and 2011 epochs reveals that the reddest spot moved along with the star, suggesting a possibility of its being the dusty material surrounding the carbon star. Relatively red, ambient region is distributed in an Ω shape and well corresponds to the dusty disk previously suggested based on near-infrared polarization observations. In a larger scale, differential proper motion of multiple ring-like pattern in the rest frame of the star is used to derive the average expansion velocity of transverse wind components, resulting in ~12.5 km s-1 (d/123 pc), where d is the distance to IRC+10216. Three dimensional geometry is implied from its comparison with the line-of-sight wind velocity determined from half-widths of submillimeter emission line profiles of abundant molecules. Uneven temporal variations in brightness for different searchlight beams and anisotropic distribution of extended halo are revisited in the context of the stellar light illumination through a porous envelope with postulated longer-term variations for a period of 10 years.

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