• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1203-1209
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• 2011

In this paper, the degradation evaluation method of VLC (Visible Light Communication) wireless module after high dose rate gamma-ray irradiation using the thermal infrared camera is proposed. First, the heating characteristics of the active devices embedded in the VLC wireless module during the condition of normal operation is monitored by thermal infrared camera. By the image processing technique, the trends of the intensity of the heat emitted by the active devices are calculated and stored. The feature of the blob area including the area of the active devices in the thermal infrared image is extracted and stored. The feature used in this paper is the mean value of the gray levels in the blob area. The same VLC module has been gamma irradiated at the dose rate of about 4.0 kGy/h during 72 hours up to a total dose of 288 kGy. And then, the heating characteristics of the active devices embedded in the VLC wireless module after high dose gamma ray irradiation is observed by thermal infrared camera. The high dose gamma-ray induced degradation of the active devices embedded in the VLC module was evaluated by comparing the mean value of the blob area to the one of the same blob area of the VLC module before the gamma ray irradiation.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.388-396
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• 2011

Sun tracking system is the most important subsystem in parabolic dish type solar thermal power plant, since it determines the amount of thermal energy to be collected, thus affects the efficiency of solar thermal power plant most significantly. Various types of sun tracking systems are currently used. Among them, use of photo sensors to located the sun(which is called sensor type) and use of astronomical algorithm to compute the sun position(which is called program type) are two of the mostly used methods. Recently some uses CCD sensor, like CCD camera, which is called image processing type sun tracking system. This work is concerned with the analysis of sun tracking performance of various types of sun tracking systems currently used in the parabolic dish type solar thermal power plant. We first developed a sun tracking error measurement system. Then, we evaluate the performance of five different types of sun tracking systems, sensor type, program type, hybrid type(use of sensor and computed sun position simultaneously), tracking error compensated program type and image processing type. Experimentally obtained data shows that the tracking error compensated program type sun tracking system is very effective and could provide a good sun tracking performance. Also the data obtained shows that the performance of sensor type sun tracking system is being affected by the cloud significantly, while the performance of a program type sun tracking system is being affected by the sun tracking system's mechanical and installation errors very much. Finally image processing type sun tracking system can provide accurate sun tracking performance, but costs more and requires more computational time.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.110-115
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• 2010

발전용 밸브 내부의 누설은 냉각 기능 상실 및 방사선물질 방출 동 안전계통의 성능 저하와 수많은 에너지 손실 등 발전소 운전에 막대한 손상 및 사고를 초래하게 된다. 본 논문은 신뢰성 높은 진단 방법 개발을 위하여 국내 원자력발전소 2차계통의 누설 발생 또는 내부 부품의 손상이 발생할 수 있는 밸브를 대상으로 현장시험 및 모의누설실험시의 적외선열화상 측정 실험을 수행함으로써 단일계측방식의 불확실성을 제거하고 향후 누설진단에 대한 확대 적용을 도모하고자 하였다. 발전소 현장시험 및 밸브 모의누설시험시의 밸브 누설 상태에 따른 적외선열화상 이미지 측정 실험을 통하여, 적외선열화상 측정 방법은 밸브 누설 상태의 과정을 신속하고 정밀하게 측정 가능하며 향후 많은 종류의 밸브 누설진단에 활용함으로써 누설에 따른 막대한 에너지 손실 및 사고 예방의 유용한 기법으로 확대 적용이 가능할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.92-98
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• 2016

본 논문은 Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) 카메라를 이용한 열화상의 실시간 추정과 화재경보에 대하여 논한 것으로 각도 및 위치에 따른 특징점 분석과 동일 형상의 벡터 성분 좌표점 설정에 따른 이미지 융합이 잘 되었다. 영상을 Display하는 픽셀의 데이터 값은 0~255, 센서 출력값은 0~5,000로 하여 정확성이 높았다. 시험결과 시험체로부터 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m 거리에서 화염에 의한 시험체의 작동시간은 각각 7초, 26초, 62초 소요 되었고 화면이미지 생성이 효과적으로 이루어졌다. 화재 발생 진단은 주의/경보/화재의 3단계로 프로그램하여 Alarm의 순차적 동작과 SNS 전송이 이루어졌다. 비화재보시험을 위해 백열등, 형광등에 대해 시험하였으나 모두 비화재보를 발생하지 않았다. 시간대별 화염의 변화영상과 진행방향 및 확산속도의 분석은 화재진행상황 예측이나 열화상 실시간 추정과 경보로 비화재보 감소가 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2013

This paper presents a new laser lock-in thermography (LLT) technique for nondestructive evaluation. LLT utilizes a modulated continuous wave laser beam as a heat source to obtain high fidelity thermal wave images even at the presence of background heat disturbances. The thermal waves propagating along the surface and through-the-thickness directions of a structure are visualized using newly developed laser lock-in amplitude and phase images, enhancing the detectability of surface and subsurface defects. The LLT technique is numerically investigated and experimentally validated using thermal images obtained from a steel specimen with low emissivity.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.296-301
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• 2012

This paper describes an analytic method for infrared thermography to detect surface cracks in thin plates. Traditional thermographic method uses the spatial contrast of a thermal field, which is often corrupted by noise in the experiment induced mainly by emissivity variations of target surfaces. This study developed a robust analytic approach to crack detection for thermography using the holomorphic function of a temperature field in thin plate under steady-state thermal conditions. The holomorphic function of a simple temperature field was derived for 2-D heat flow in the plate from Cauchy-Riemann conditions, and applied to define a contour integral that varies depending on the existence and strength of singularity in the domain of integration. It was found that the contour integral at each point of thermal image reduced the noise and temperature variation due to heat conduction, so that it provided a clearer image of the singularity such as cracks.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.32-39
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• 2011

비냉각형 적외선 검출기를 사용한 적외선 열상 카메라의 영상은 다이나믹 레인지가 좁고 신호 증폭에 의한 노이즈로 인하여 피사체를 식별하기 어려운 단점이 있다. 인간의 시각모델을 기반으로 한 레티넥스 알고리즘은 콘트라스트 향상 및 컬러 재현성에 있어서 매우 효과적인 방법으로 알려져 있다. 하지만, 적외선 열상 이미지와 같이 다이나믹 레인지가 좁은 영상에 레티넥스 알고리즘을 적용할 경우 오히려 콘트라스트가 감소하고 이미지 품질이 저하된다. 본 논문에서는 적외선 열상 이미지의 특성에 적합한 레티넥스 알고리즘 기반의 화질 개선 방법을 제안한다. 콘트라스트 개선 성능을 향상시키기 위해 새로운 다이나믹 레인지 압축 함수를 사용하였고, 국부적인 윤곽과 노이즈를 개선하기 위해 콘트라스트 보상 처리를 영상의 합성 과정에 적용하였다. 실험 결과 영상의 비교와 분석을 통해 제안한 알고리즘이 기존의 알고리즘보다 적외선 열상 이미지의 화질 개선에 더 효과적인 방법임을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.961-967
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• 2004

An inclined jet impinging on a pin fin heat sink is proposed and investigated experimentally. To investigate the flow pattern, flow visualization using fluorescence and velocity measurement using particle image velocimetry(PIV) are conducted with water. The jet impinges over a wide span of the heat sink with a large recirculation in the upper free space and occasionally with another smaller one in the upstream corner. Further, thermal experimentation is conducted using air to obtain temperature profiles using a thermocouple rake in the air and using thermal image on the heat sink back plate, with impinging angles of 35, 45 and 55 degrees. The Reynolds number range based on the nozzle slot is varied from 1507 to 6405. The results show that impinging angle of 55 degree shows the largest heat transfer capability. The results of thermal experiment are compared and discussed with those of flow visualization.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose an approach for real time computation of rayleigh CLAHE using a FPGA. The contrast enhancement technique should be applied in thermal equipment having a low contrast image. And thermal equipment must be processed in real time. The CLAHE is an improved algorithm based Histogram Equalization, but the HW design is complex. A value greater than a given threshold in CLAHE should be equally distributed on the other histogram bin, this process requires iterations for the distribution. But implementation of this processing in the FPGA is constrained, so this section was implemented on the assumption of the histogram distribution or modified the operation process or implemented separately in the CPU. In this paper, we designed a distinct redistribution operation in two stages. So FPGA was designed for easy, this was designed to be distributed evenly without the assumptions and constraints. In addition, we have designed a CLAHE with the rayleigh distribution to the FPGA. The simulation shows that the proposed method provides a better image quality in the thermal image.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

The present study was conducted with the object of measuring sensibility image through an experiment with human bodies and indexing human feelings according to land cover types. The temperature by land cover types formed the lowest temperature in planted areas and the highest temperature in paved areas. The wind velocity is stronger in bare grounds, the surface of water and building areas than planted areas, grassland and paved areas. In the case of using a globe thermometer, a solar controled device confirmed the planted areas. In summer, an increase of thermal sensation are indicated a decrease of amenity, and the sensation which has high correlationship is in order by amenity, thermal sensation, airflow sensation and humidity sensation.