• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.137-144
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• 2008

It is important to know pedestrian volume to carry out pedestrian safety analysis and pedestrian friendly design. However, it is too difficult to come across research work related to pedestrian volume analysis in the field of transport, due to lack of interests on pedestrian movement. Most transport research has been focused on vehicles and highways rather than pedestrian. On the other hand, in the field of urban studies, there comes an effective tool to estimate pedestrian volumes using Space Syntax theory. This theory twins out to be effective and economic because it only requires network information, which is easy to acquire from maps and field survey. However, this method is different in the way representing networks from the way that is common in the field of transport. To make up for this point, this paper develops a novel measure for estimating pedestrian volume using Dial's algorithm, and applies the model in the two test networks; Insadong and Soongryemoon networks. The application results reveals that developed measure is an effective tool to explain pedestrian volume; a correlation coefficient between the measure and pedestrian volume is 0.713 in Insadong and 0.492 in Soongryemoon, and the goodness of fit($R^2$) of regression models are 0.893 in Insadong and 0.671 in Soongryemoon. This estimation method is significantly less complicated to estimate the effect of a pedestrian network change than Space Syntax theory, which requires special softwares not readily available.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

Attempts to interpret human perspectives using computer vision have been developed in various fields. In this paper, we propose a method for evaluating the walking environment through semantic segmentation results of images from road images. First, the Kakao Map API was used to collect road images, and four-way images were collected from about 50,000 points in JeonJu. 20% of the collected images build datasets through crowdsourcing-based paired comparisons, and train various regression models using paired comparison data. In order to derive the walkability score of the image data, the ranking score is calculated using the Trueskill algorithm, which is a ranking algorithm, and the walkability and analysis using various regression models are performed using the constructed data. Through this study, it is shown that the walkability of Jeonju can be evaluated and scores can be derived through the correlation between pixel distribution classification information rather than human vision.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.374-375
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• 2011

보행자 탐지를 위해 많은 알고리즘들이 제안되었고 그 중 HOG 알고리즘은 가장 좋은 성능을 보이는 알고리즘으로 알려져 있다. 하지만 HOG(Histogram of Oriented Gradients) 알고리즘은 연산량이 많아 계산 속도가 느려 실시간 시스템에 적용하기는 힘들다. 본 논문은 HOG 알고리즘으로 얻어진 특징 벡터를 이용해 보행자를 인식하는 방법의 속도 개선에 대하여 연구하였다. 기존 HOG 알고리즘에서 계산량이 많은 곳이 어느 부분인지 분석하고, 그 중 기울기와 방향을 계산하는 부분의 근사화를 통해 계산 속도를 높이는 방법을 제안한다.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.654-662
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• 2010

In this paper, we suggest an advanced algorithm, to recognize pedestrian/non-pedestrian using second-stage cascade method, which applies Adaboost algorithm to make a strong classification from weak classifications. First, we extract two feature vectors: (i) Histogram of Oriented Gradient (HOG) which includes gradient information and differential magnitude; (ii) Curvature-HOG which is based on four different curvature features per pixel. And then, a strong classification needs to be obtained from weak classifications for composite recognition method using both HOG and curvature-HOG. In the proposed method, we use one feature vector and one strong classification for the first stage of recognition. For the recognition-failed image, the other feature and strong classification will be used for the second stage of recognition. Based on our experiment, the proposed algorithm shows higher recognition rate compared to the traditional method.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2021.05a
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• pp.556-559
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• 2021

해당 연구는 Insta evo 360° 카메라로 촬영한 Equirectangular 형태의 영상을 활용하여 보행자에게 위험한 차량을 구분한 후 실시간적으로 차량 접근 알림을 주는 시스템에 관한 연구이다. 360° 영상 속 위험 차량 탐지와 추적을 위해 파노라마와 일반도로 이미지 데이터 세트로 전이학습 된 You Look Only Once v5 (YOLOv5), 객체 추적 알고리즘 Simple Online and Realtime Tracking with a Deep Association Metric (DeepSORT), 그리고 실험을 통해 개발한 비 위험 차량 필터링 알고리즘을 활용한다. Insta evo 360° 카메라를 머리 위에 얹어 촬영한 영상을 개발한 최종 시스템에 적용한 결과, 약 90% 정확도로 영상에서 비 위험 차량과 위험 차량을 구분할 수 있고, 위험 차량의 경우 차량의 방향을 시각적으로 알려줄 수 있다. 본 연구를 바탕으로 보행자 시야각 외부의 위험 차량에 대한 경고 알림을 주어 보행자 교통사고 발생 가능성을 줄이고, 전방위를 볼 수 있는 360° 카메라의 활용 분야가 보행 안전 시스템뿐만 아니라 더 다양해질 것으로 기대한다.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.62-70
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• 2016

Ensuring walkability in a city where pedestrians and vehicles coexist is an issue of critical importance. The relative relationship between vehicle transit and walkability improvements complicates the evaluation of walkability, which thus necessitates the formation of a quantitative standard by which a methodological measurement of walkability can be achieved inside the pedestrian network. Therefore, a model is determined whereby quantitative indices such as, but not limited to, experiences of accessibility, mobility, and convenience within the network are estimated. This research proposes the integration of space syntax theory and the logit path choice model in the evaluation of walkability. Space syntax theory assesses adequacy of the constructed pedestrian network through calculation of the link integration value, while the logit model estimates its safety, mobility, and accessibility using probability. The advantage of the integrated model hence lies in its ability to sufficiently reflect such evaluation measures as the integration value, mobility convenience, accessibility potential, and safety experienced by the demand in a quantitative manner through probability computation. In this research, the Dial Algorithm is used to arrive at a solution to the logit model. This process requires that the physical distance of the pedestrian network and the perceptive distance of space syntax theory be made equivalent. In this, the research makes use of network expansion to reflect wait times. The evaluation index calculated through the integrated model is reviewed and using the results of this sample network, the applicability of the model is assessed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.49-52
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• 2019

Braille guide block of sidewalk is an essential facility for independent walking of the blind. The blind walks while checking the braile guide blocks with white cane and sense of sole. When they leave the braile area, they face difficulties until they find the braile guide blocks again. In this paper, we propose an algorithm that guides the walking of the blind by determining whether they follows the braille guide blocks safely. For this purpose, the slope of the braille block is selected as a feature and a 3-line detector is introduced. Also the slopes are stabilized using spatial filtering to deal with breaks or junctions of the braille block during the progress and temporal filtering to cope with ego-motion of the blind. Through simulations using a dataset obtained from the real sidewalks and indoors, it can be shown that the proposed algorithm can successfully estimate the walking direction and determine whether the blind is out of the braille guide block area.

• 전기의세계
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.316-325
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• 1987

다각 보행 로보트의 세부 개발 분야로는 다음과 같이 세가지로 나눌 수 있다. (1) 기계적 구조 분야-3축 자유도를 갖는 다리의 구조, 에너지 효율을 고려한 다리의 구조, 역학 및 운동학의 분석, 모델화등 (2) 제어분야-다리의 시퀀스 결정, 각 다리의 서보 제어, 균형 및 안정도 유지, 속도제어 (3) 지능 및 센서 분야-장애물 인식, 경로의 판단, 장애물 통과시 다리의 위치 결정 본고에서는 제어분야와 관련하여 걸음새(gait)의 종류 및 표시방법에 대해서 2장에서 언급하고, 3장에서 1각 및 2각 제어 알고리즘을 통해 역학(dynamics)이 고려된 다리의 시퀀스 제어에 관해서 알아보며, 4각 이상의 다각 로보트에 대한 제어문제 및 제어기법에 대하여 4장에서 기술하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.181-188
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• 2010

This paper presents the control algorithm of active walking aids estimating external torque of the wheels from user's will. Nowadays, interest of the walking aids is increased according to the increase in population of elder and handicapped person. Although many walking aids are developed, most of walking aids don't have any actuators for its movement. However, general walking aids have weakness for its movement to upward/download direction of slope. To overcome the weakness of the general walking aids, many researches for active type walking aids are being progressed. Unfortunately it is difficult to precision control of walking will during its movement, because it is not easy to recognize user's walking will. Many kinds of methods are proposed to recognize of user's walking will. In this paper, we propose control algorithm of walking aids by using torque estimation from wheels. First, we measure wheel velocity and voltage at the walking aids. From these data, external forces are extracted. And then walking will that is included by walking velocity and direction is estimated. Finally, walking aids are controlled by these data. Here, all the processes are verified by simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Information Technology Applications Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.38-46
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 실시간으로 획득된 영상을 분석하여 움직이는 다수 물체를 검출하고, 카메라를 자동 제어하여 관심 보행자만을 추적하는 시스템을 제안한다. 다수 물체 영역 검출은 차영상과 이전변환 밀도값을 이용한다. 검출된 다수 물체 영역에서 사람의 구조적 정보와 형태 정보를 이용하여 나무들의 흔들림으로 인한 영역이나 차량의 움직임 영역은 제거되고, 관심 보행자 영역만을 검출하였다. 관심 보행자 추적은 무게중심 차를 이용한 움직임 정보와 k-means 알고리즘으로 구한 세 점의 평균 색상 정보를 이용한다. 원거리 관심 보행자는 인식률을 높이기 위해 줌을 실행하여 확대하고, 관심 보행자의 화면상 위치에 따라 카메라 방향을 자동으로 조정하여 관심 보행자반을 연속적으로 추적한다. 실험 결과, 제안한 시스템은 실시간으로 움직이는 다수 물체를 검출하고, 사람의 구조적 특정과 형태 정보로 관심 보행자만을 검출할 수 있었고, 움직임 정보와 색상정보로 관심 보행자를 연속적으로 추적할 수 있었다.