• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.1247-1255
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• 2016

The safety and autonomous flight function of micro UAV or drones is crucial to its commercial application. The requirement of own building stable drones is still a non-trivial obstacle for researchers that want to focus on the intelligence function, such vision and navigation algorithm. The paper present a GCS using commercial drone and hardware platforms, and open source software. The system follows modular architecture and now composed of the communication, UI, image processing. Especially, lane-keeping algorithm. are designed and verified through testing at a sports stadium. The designed lane-keeping algorithm estimates drone position and heading in the lane using Hough transform for line detection, RANSAC-vanishing point algorithm for selecting the desired lines, and tracking algorithm for stability of lines. The flight of drone is controlled by 'forward', 'stop', 'clock-rotate', and 'counter-clock rotate' commands. The present implemented system can fly straight and mild curve lane at 2-3 m/s.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.22-31
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• 2021

Surface image velocimetry (SIV) is a noncontact velocimetry technique based on images. Recently, studies have been conducted on surface velocity measurements using drones to measure a wide range of velocities and discharges. However, when measuring the surface velocity using a drone, reference points must be included in the image for image correction and the calculation of the ground sample distance, which limits the flight altitude and shooting area of the drone. A technique for calculating the surface velocity that does not require reference points must be developed to maximize spatial freedom, which is the advantage of velocity measurements using drone images. In this study, a technique for calculating the surface velocity that uses only the drone position and the specifications of the drone-mounted camera, without reference points, was developed. To verify the developed surface velocity calculation technique, surface velocities were calculated at the Andong River Experiment Center and then measured with a FlowTracker. The surface velocities measured by conventional SIV using reference points and those calculated by the developed SIV method without reference points were compared. The results confirmed an average difference of approximately 4.70% from the velocity obtained by the conventional SIV and approximately 4.60% from the velocity measured by FlowTracker. The proposed technique can accurately measure the surface velocity using a drone regardless of the flight altitude, shooting area, and analysis area.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.5_3
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• pp.967-978
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• 2023

This study proposed and validated a combined segmentation network (CSN) designed to effectively train on multiple drone image datasets and enhance the accuracy of semantic segmentation. CSN shares the entire encoding domain to accommodate the diversity of three drone datasets, while the decoding domains are trained independently. During training, the segmentation accuracy of CSN was lower compared to U-Net and the pyramid scene parsing network (PSPNet) on single datasets because it considers loss values for all dataset simultaneously. However, when applied to domestic autonomous drone images, CSN demonstrated the ability to classify pixels into appropriate classes without requiring additional training, outperforming PSPNet. This research suggests that CSN can serve as a valuable tool for effectively training on diverse drone image datasets and improving object recognition accuracy in new regions.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.71-74
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• 2016

재난지역의 영상 촬영 및 물품 조달 등 인간이 직접 수행하기 어려운 임무를 대신하기 위해 드론이 사용된다. 시중에 판매되고 있는 드론들은 비행과 영상촬영 기능을 모두 제공하지만 firmware 및 응용프로그램 소스코드가 제한적으로 공개되어 있어 일반 개발자가 드론의 firmware를 수정하거나 센서 및 카메라를 직접 제어할 수 없다는 단점이 있다. 하지만 개발자의 목적에 맞는 드론의 비행 시스템을 구축하기 위해서는 시스템 내부의 제어코드를 직접 수정할 필요성이 있다. Pixhawk는 firmware 및 관련 application의 개발에 대한 소스 코드가 공개되어 있고, 일반 개발자들의 접근이 상대적으로 용이하다는 장점이 있다. 본 프로젝트에서는 Pixhawk와 3D Robotics 사에서 제공하는 Drone-Kit Platform을 활용하여 조난 상황에 대한 인명 구조 시스템을 설계하고, 응급상황에 대한 드론 제어 시스템을 구현하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.1250-1253
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• 2017

본 논문은 드론 산업이 발전함에 따라 하천, 호수, 바다 상공에서 활용하는 드론이 수중에 빠졌을 때, 물에 빠진 드론을 모선(Mothership)과 집게팔이 달린 ROV(Remotely Operated Vehicle)를 이용하여 인양하는 시스템을 제안한다. 제안한 시스템의 구성 요소는 세 가지로 첫 번째는 실시간으로 GCS(Ground Control Station)에 영상을 전송하며 ROV와 전력선 모뎀을 이용하여 통신을 하는 모선, 두 번째는 수중에 들어가 수중 카메라를 이용하여 육안으로 드론을 탐색하고 장착된 집게팔로 드론을 몸체에 고정시키는 ROV, 세 번째는 모선, ROV와 실시간으로 영상 데이터와 명령 신호를 주고 받는 GCS 이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.1056-1059
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• 2020

최근 드론과 1인 미디어 시장의 성장으로, 영상 촬영 분야에서의 드론 산업이 활발하게 발전되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 딥러닝 기반 다중 객체 인식 기술인 Openpose를 활용하여 인물촬영을 위한 음성인식 드론 제어 시스템을 제안한다. 해당 시스템은 자연어 처리된 음성명령어를 통해 드론이 각 촬영 객체에 대한 회전, 초점변화 등 실제 영상촬영기법에 사용되는 다수의 동작을 수행할 수 있도록 한다. 최종적으로 96.2%의 정확도로 음성명령에 따라 동작을 수행하는 것을 확인할 수 있다. 이는 누구나 전문적 지식이나 경험 없이 음성만으로 쉽게 드론을 제어할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.411-412
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• 2023

The purpose of this research and development is to develop a structure module that improves the efficiency and constructability of the layout structure as well as the design development of rainwater permeable storage tank blocks using inorganic binders and aggregates with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas (CO₂) with eco-friendly materials. In addition, for the efficient response to flooding of the developed permeable storage structure, we present a technical solution for combining drone mapping technology and flood monitoring technology that can analyze topographical factors in detail.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.401-404
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• 2020

최근 드론 산업은 미래를 이끌어갈 신산업으로 부상하고 있다. 이러한 기대에도 불구하고 드론으로 인해 생기는 여러 문제들 중에서 개인정보침해 관련 문제는 기술적으로 쉽게 풀리지 않아서 드론 사용에 대한 법적인 규제만 더 강화하고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문은 드론 촬영물이 묵시적으로 가지고 있는 개인정보 침해문제를 클라우드 환경 가운데 기술적으로 풀어내었다. 사용자는 자신의 개인정보 침해 요소가 제거된 안전한 영상을 이용할 수 있도록 실시간 촬영 시 특정 사람 객체에 대한 마스킹을 진행할 수 있다. 라즈베리파이 카메라와 드론을 이용해 동영상을 촬영한 뒤 소켓 통신을 통해 이를 클라우드 환경에서의 서버로 전송하면 서버는 실시간으로 마스킹 처리를 진행하며 마스킹이 완료된 영상은 최종적으로 서버에 저장된다. 사용자는 모든 사람 객체 마스킹과 특정인을 제외한 모든 사람 객체 마스킹이라는 두 가지 옵션 중에서 원하는 옵션을 선택하여 개인정보 마스킹 처리를 진행할 수 있다.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.62 no.1
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• pp.77-84
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• 2020

• Journal of Cadastre & Land InformatiX
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• v.53 no.1
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• pp.37-46
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• 2023

As real estate values rise, interest in cadastral resurvey is increasing. Accordingly, a cadastral resurvey project is actively underway for drone operation through securing work efficiency and improving accuracy. The need for utilization and management of cadastral resurvey results (drone images) is being raised, and through this study, a 3D spatial information platform was developed to solve the existing drone image management and utilization limitations and to provide drone image-based 3D cadastral information. It is proposed to build and use. The study area was selected as a district that completed the latest cadastral resurvey project in which the study was organized in February 2023. Afterwards, a web-based 3D platform was applied to the study to solve the user's spatial limitations, and the platform was designed and implemented based on drone images, spatial information, and attribute information. Major functions such as visualization of cadastral resurvey results based on 3D information and comparison of performance between previous cadastral maps and final cadastral maps were implemented. Through the open platform established in this study, anyone can easily utilize the cadastral resurvey results, and it is expected to utilize and share systematic cadastral resurvey results based on 3-dimensional information that reflects the actual business district. In addition, a continuous management plan was proposed by integrating the distributed results into one platform. It is expected that the usability of the 3D platform will be further improved if a platform is established for the whole country in the future and a service linked to the cadastral resurvey administrative system is established.