• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.339-348
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• 2010

One of the requirements for autonomous vehicles on off-road is to move stably in unstructured environments. Such capacity of autonomous vehicles is one of the most important abilities in consideration of mobility. So, many researchers use contact and/or non-contact methods to determine a terrain whether the vehicle can move on or not. In this paper we introduce an algorithm to classify terrains using visual information(one of the non-contacting methods). As a pre-processing, a contrast enhancement technique is introduced to improve classification of terrain. Also, for conducting classification algorithm, training images are grouped according to materials of the surface, and then Bayesian classification are applied to new images to determine membership to each group. In addition to the classification, we can build Traversability map specified by friction coefficients on which autonomous vehicles can decide to go or not. Experiments are made with Load-Cell to determine real friction coefficients of various terrains.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.372-378
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• 2009

For effective mobility control of unmanned ground vehicles in outdoor off-road environments, terrain cover classification technology using passive sensors is vital. This paper presents a novel method far terrain classification based on color and texture information of off-road images. It uses a neural network classifier and wavelet features. We exploit the wavelet mean and energy features extracted from multi-channel wavelet transformed images and also utilize the terrain class spatial coordinates of images to include additional features. By comparing the classification performance according to applied features, the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has a promising result and potential possibilities for autonomous navigation.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2004년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2004
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• pp.633-636
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• 2004

Airborne laser scanning thechnology has been studied in many applications, DSM(Digital Surface Model) development, building extraction, 3D virtual city modeling. In this paper, we will evaluate the possibility of airborne laser scanning technology for transportation application, especially for recognizing moving vehicles on road. First, we initially segment the region of roads from all LiDAR DATA using the GIS map and intensity image. Secondly, the segmented region is divided into the roads and vehicles using the height threshold value of local based window. Finally, the vehicles will be classified into the several types of vehicles by MDC(Minimum Distance Classification) method using the vehicle's geometry information, height, length, width, etc

• 한국항해학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.51-58
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• 1996

For the smooth flow of traffic vehicles and its effective management, it is necessary to have an exact information on traffic condition, i.e., the volume of traffic, velocity, occupancy and classification of vehicles. In particular, for classification of vehicles, there has been only image processing method using camera, where the method can obtain much information but rather expensive. In this paper, an algorithm for the measurement of velocity and total length of vehicles has been proposed to develop a general traffic management system, which is necessary to discriminate the class of vehicles. In order to realize the proposed algorithm, we have developed an ultrasonic spatial filtering method, which has better performance than that of using the traditional vehicle detector. To have this system to be constructed, we have introduced three sets of ultrasonic devices where each has one transmitter and two receivers which are arranged to obtain the spatial difference of objects. The velocity of vehicles can be measured by analyzing the occurrence time of pulses and their time differences. The total length of vehicles can be given by multiplying velocity with time interval of pulses sequence. To confirm the effectiveness of this measuring system, the experiment by the spatial filtering method using the ultrasonic sensors has been carried out. As the results, it is found that the proposed method can be used as one of measurement tools in the general traffic management system.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:소프트웨어및응용
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.991-1000
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 단일 프레임의 교통 영상에서 차량을 검출하는 새로운 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 동작 환경에 관계없이 여러 형태로 분류된 그림자를 추출한다. 차량의 색상과 조명 조건에 관계없이 차량이 도로와 접한 부분에는 어두운 그림자 형상을 가진다는 사실을 이용하여 그림자 분류를 수행한다. 추출된 그림자는 차량의 존재 유무를 판단할 강력한 능력을 가지고 있으며, 배경 영상과 다른 시간적 정보들을 이용하지 않으므로, 기상 및 교통 정체가 빠르게 변화하는 상황에서도 높은 검출 성능을 보장한다. 차량 위치에 존재하는 자은 정보와 그림자 영역과의 간단한 증거 추론 기법에 의해 차량을 검출할 수 있다. 6개의 다른 동작 환경의 실험에서 4% 이하의 오검출율을 보이고, 0.9%에서 7.2%의 미검출율을 보였다. 또한, 작은 크기의 영상에 대해 초당 70 프레임 이상의 처리가 가능하므로, 다양한 교통 정보를 실시간으로 측정하는 기법에 사용될 수 있다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2022년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.469-472
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• 2022

최근 지능형 교통 시스템의 발전에 따라 딥러닝을 기술을 적용한 다양한 기술들이 활용되고 있다. 도로를 주행하는 불법 차량 및 범죄 차량 단속을 위해서는 차량 종류를 정확히 판별할 수 있는 차종 분류 시스템이 필요하다. 본 연구는 YOLO(You Only Look Once)를 이용하여 이동식 차량 단속 시스템에 최적화된 차종 분류 시스템을 제안한다. 제안 시스템은 차량을 승용차, 경·소·중형 승합차, 대형 승합차, 화물차, 이륜차, 특수차, 건설기계, 7가지 클래스로 구분하여 탐지하기 위해 단일 단계 방식의 객체 탐지 알고리즘 YOLOv5를 사용한다. 인공지능 기술개발을 위하여 한국과학기술연구원에서 구축한 약 5천 장의 국내 차량 이미지 데이터를 학습 데이터로 사용하였다. 한 대의 카메라로 정면과 측면 각도를 모두 인식할 수 있는 차종 분류 알고리즘을 적용한 지정차로제 단속 시스템을 제안하고자 한다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2023

In the past decade, Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) have advanced at an exponential rate, particularly due to improvements in artificial intelligence, which have had a significant impact on social as well as road safety and the future of transportation systems. The fusion of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and camera data in real-time is known to be a crucial process in many applications, such as in autonomous driving, industrial automation and robotics. Especially in the case of autonomous vehicles, the efficient fusion of data from these two types of sensors is important to enabling the depth of objects as well as the classification of objects at short and long distances. This paper presents classification of objects using CNN based vision and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) fusion in autonomous vehicles in the environment. This method is based on convolutional neural network (CNN) and image up sampling theory. By creating a point cloud of LIDAR data up sampling and converting into pixel-level depth information, depth information is connected with Red Green Blue data and fed into a deep CNN. The proposed method can obtain informative feature representation for object classification in autonomous vehicle environment using the integrated vision and LIDAR data. This method is adopted to guarantee both object classification accuracy and minimal loss. Experimental results show the effectiveness and efficiency of presented approach for objects classification.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 1996년도 제7회 학술강연회논문집
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• pp.167-176
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• 1996

Flaw classification and sizing are very essential issues in quantitative ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation of various materials and structures including weldments. For performing of these tasks in an automated fashion, we are developing an intelligent ultrasonic evaluation system with a multi-axis portable scanner which can do consistent and efficient acquisition and processing of ultrasonic flaw signals. Here we present our efforts to develop of this intelligent system including design of the portable scanner, acquisition and processing of ultrasonic flaw signals, display of pseudo 3-D image of flaws, and classification and sizing of flaws in weldments.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2023

The development of autonomous driving and Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) technology has grown rapidly in recent years. As most traffic accidents occur due to human error, self-driving vehicles can drastically reduce the number of accidents and crashes that occur on the roads today. Obviously, technical advancements in autonomous driving can lead to improved public driving safety. However, due to the current limitations in technology and lack of public trust in self-driving cars (and drones), the actual use of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) is still significantly low. According to prior studies, people's acceptance of an AV is mainly determined by trust. It is proven that people still feel much more comfortable in personalized ADAS, designed with the way people drive. Based on such needs, a new attempt for a customized ADAS considering each driver's driving style is proposed in this paper. Each driver's behavior is divided into two categories: assertive and defensive. In this paper, a novel customized ADAS algorithm with high classification accuracy is designed, which divides each driver based on their driving style. Each driver's driving data is collected and simulated using CARLA, which is an open-source autonomous driving simulator. In addition, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) machine learning algorithms are used to optimize the ADAS parameters. The proposed scheme results in a high classification accuracy of time series driving data. Furthermore, among the vast amount of CARLA-based feature data extracted from the drivers, distinguishable driving features are collected selectively using Support Vector Machine (SVM) technology by comparing the amount of influence on the classification of the two categories. Therefore, by extracting distinguishable features and eliminating outliers using SVM, the classification accuracy is significantly improved. Based on this classification, the ADAS sensors can be made more sensitive for the case of assertive drivers, enabling more advanced driving safety support. The proposed technology of this paper is especially important because currently, the state-of-the-art level of autonomous driving is at level 3 (based on the SAE International driving automation standards), which requires advanced functions that can assist drivers using ADAS technology.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2023

도로법에 의거한 도로교통량 상시조사는 매설식 AVC를 통해 12종 차종분류가 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 매설식 AVC 장비는 차량과의 마찰, 도로 균열, 소성변형, 도로공사로 인한 센서의 물리적 파손 등으로 인해 장비 가동률이 낮고, 수집 정보의 정확도와 신뢰도 저하 문제가 발생하고 있다. 이로인해 장비보수 등 유지비용 또한 증가하고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하고자 비매설식 AVC 장비 도입을 위한 연구가 진행되고 있으나, 차종을 분류하기 위해 복수의 장비 또는 교통량 정보 매칭을 위한 별도의 DB 구축·운영이 필요하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 자동차 관리법에 근거하여 운영 중인 자동차관리정보시스템(VMIS)의 차량 제원 정보와 번호판 자동인식 기술(ANPR)을 활용한 12종 차종분류 방안을 마련하고자 하였다. 이를 통해 기존 도로교통량 조사체계를 개선하고 자동차 제원 정보를 활용하여 친환경 차량 분류 등 도로교통량 통계 고도화, 다변화에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.