• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2023

Many studies have been conducted to ensure that Visual Place Recognition is reliable in various environments, including edge cases. However, existing approaches use visible imaging sensors, RGB cameras, which are greatly influenced by illumination changes, as is widely known. Thus, in this paper, we use an invisible imaging sensor, a long wave length infrared camera (LWIR) instead of RGB, that is shown to be more reliable in low-light and highly noisy conditions. In addition, although the camera sensor used to solve this problem is an LWIR camera, but since the thermal image is converted into RGB image the proposed method is highly compatible with existing algorithms and databases. We demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms the baseline method by about 0.19 for recall performance.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2011

In this paper, the safety diagnosis using thermal image analysis is described for power equipments. The conventional three-phase comparison method has only provided the results of thermal comparison for the equipments. The proposed method defines the conditions of poor connection by visual checks, and supports the criteria with each thermal rise step. As a result, the thermal difference from $5^{\circ}C$ to $10^{\circ}C$ meant the warning state. In addition, the thermal difference more than $10^{\circ}C$ meant that the connection status was unbalanced. In this case, the countermeasure might be the internal load distribution. If the thermal difference more than $20^{\circ}C$ is observed, it means a hot spot at the poor connection. If the hot spot is observed all over the surface, its cause was the unbalanced load, which made the conductive parts discolored and raised the possibility of oxidization or $Cu_2O$ generation. This diagnostic technology employing thermal image analysis method can be directly applied in the field and ensures the safety of equipments.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2004

This paper has presented to the design results of the analog and digital signal processor for the 2nd generation thermal imaging system using $480\times6$ infrared focal plane array In order to correct non-uniformities of detector arrays, we have developed the 2-point correction method using the thermo electric cooler. Additionally, to enhance the image of low contrast and improve the detection capability, we developed the new technique of histogram processing being suitable for the characteristics of contrast distribution of thermal imagery. Through these image processing techniques, we obtained a high qualify thermal image and acquired good result.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.665-670
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• 2011

In this paper, a new approach to detect surface cracks from a noisy thermal image in the infrared thermography is presented using an holomorphic characteristic of temperature field in a thin plate under steady-state thermal condition. The holomorphic function for 2-D heat flow field in the plate was derived from Cauchy Riemann conditions to define a contour integral that varies according to the existence and strength of a singularity in the domain of integration. The contour integral at each point of thermal image eliminated the temperature variation due to heat conduction and suppressed the noise, so that its image emphasized and highlighted the singularity such as crack. This feature of holomorphic function was also investigated numerically using a simple thermal field in the thin plate satisfying the Laplace equation. The simulation results showed that the integral image selected and detected the crack embedded artificially in the plate very well in a noisy environment.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2000

모든 물체에서 방출되는 적외선을 감지하여 영상신호로 만들어 주는 적외선 감지 칩은 보편적으로 적외선감지 소자와 신호 취득 회로가 각기 다른 칩으로 제작되어 하이브리드 본딩 기법을 통해 만들어 진다. 본 논문에서는 신호 취득 회로의 설계 과정과 시뮬레이션 결과를 보여 주며, 실제 제작 결과, 6V의 인가 전압에서 설계 사양에 만족하는 동작 특성을 보임을 확인하였다. 제작된 신호 취득 회로를 이용하여 적외선 감지칩을 제작하고 이를 자체 제작한 열영상 시스템에 장착하여 열영상을 구현해 보았다. 얻어진 열영상은 고온과 상온의 물체에 대해서 인식이 가능한 수준이었으며, 열영상 시스템의 잡음 특성을 좀 더 개선할 경우 더나은 열영상을 얻을 수 있으리라 기대한다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2024

본 연구는 다양한 스케일 조건에서 열화상 이미지를 향상시키기 위한 새로운 캐스케이드 융합 구조를 제안한다. 특정 스케일에 맞춰 설계된 방법들은 다중 스케일에서 열화상 이미지 처리에 한계가 있었다. 이를 극복하기 위해 본 논문에서는 다중 스케일 표현을 활용하는 캐스케이드 특징 융합 기법에 기반한 통합 프레임워크를 제시한다. 서로 다른 스케일의 신뢰도 맵을 순차적으로 융합함으로써 스케일에 제약받지 않는 학습이 가능해진다. 제안된 구조는 상호 스케일 의존성을 강화하기 위해 엔드 투 엔드 방식으로 훈련된 합성곱 신경망으로 구성되어 있다. 실험 결과, 제안된 방법은 기존의 다중 스케일 열화상 이미지 향상 방법들보다 우수한 성능을 보인다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 실험 데이터셋에 대한 성능 분석 결과 이미지 품질 지표가 일관되게 개선되었으며, 이는 캐스케이드 융합 설계가 스케일 간 견고한 일반화를 가능하게 하고 교차 스케일 표현 학습을 더 효율적으로 수행하는 데 기여하는 것을 보여준다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2020

In this study, the thermal oxidation of raw natural rubber (NR) was investigated under controlled conditions by optical image and fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis. The thermal oxidation was performed on a transparent thin film of raw NR coated on a KBr window in a dark chamber at 80℃ under low humidity conditions to completely exclude moisture and restrict light oxidation. Images of the thin film of raw NR were obtained before and after thermal oxidation. FT-IR absorption spectra were measured in the transmission mode at different thermal exposure times. The thermal oxidation of NR was examined by the changes in the absorption peaks at 3449, 1736, 1447, 1377, 1242, 1072, and 833 cm^-1, which corresponded to a hydroxyl group (-OH), a carbonyl group (-C=O) from an aldehyde and a ketone, a methylene group (-CH₂-), a methyl group (-CH₃), a carbon-oxygen single bond (-C-O) from an epoxide, a carbon-oxygen bond (-C-O) from an ether, an alcohol, a peroxide, or a cyclic peroxide, and a cis-methine group (cis-CCH₃=CH-), respectively. In the initial stage of thermal oxidation, two different types of free radicals were produced quickly and randomly by the homolytic cleavage of a double bond and allylic hydrogen abstraction. Aldehydes and ketones were formed from chain scissions of the double bonds and alcohols were produced from allylic hydrogen abstraction at the methylene or methyl groups. Two reactions seemed to proceed competitively with each other. At a later stage, oxidative crosslinks seemed to dominate through the combination of free radicals such as an allyl radical (CH=CHCH₂·), alkoxy radical (RO·), and peroxy radical (ROO·) and the reaction of a hydroperoxide (-ROOH) with a double bond. The image obtained after thermal oxidation showed hardening without cracks. Based on these observations, a plausible two-step mechanism was suggested for chain hardening caused by the thermal oxidation.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.96.4-96
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• 2002

Thermal infrared imaging is a highly promising technology for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of electronic, electrical and mechanical elements in nuclear power plants. However, conventional low-cost infrared imaging systems suffer from poor spatial resolution compared to commercial CCD cameras. This paper describes an approach to enhance inspection performances for calandria reactor area of Wolsung nuclear power plant through the technique of superimposing thermal infrared image into real CCD image. In the occurrence of thermal abnormalities on observation points and areas of calandria reactor area, unusual hot image taken from thermal infrared camera is mapped upon re...

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.398-406
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• 2015

This paper explored the results of experimental investigation on carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite sample with thermal wave technique. The thermal wave technique combines the advantages of both conventional thermal wave measurement and thermography using a commercial Infrared camera. The sample comprises the artificial inclusions of foreign material to simulate defects of different shape and size at different depths. Lock-in thermography is employed for the detection of defects. The temperature field of the front surface of sample was observed and analysed at several excitation frequencies ranging from 0.562 Hz down to 0.032 Hz. Four-point methodology was applied to extract the amplitude and phase of thermal wave's harmonic component. The phase images are analyzed to find qualitative and quantitative information about the defects.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.76-85
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• 2004

In this paper, the contrast enhancement method of thermal image is proposed and it is the plateau equalization algorithm using local histogram for the real time display of infrared imagery. Through hardware implementing, its practicality and adequacy are proved. Examinations are executed to verify the effect of contrast enhancement by bright control and contrast control automatic to the plateau value in the manual mode, and that verified the effect of contrast enhancement in the automatic mode and the practicality in the real system. According to the experiment results, the proposed "the application of local histogram and plateau equalization algorithm for contrast enhancement of real time thermal image"in this dissertation is the verified method for the thermal imaging contrast enhancement.