• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.23-29
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose a microscope system for detecting both a tumor and blood vessels in brain tumor surgery as fluorescence images by using multiple light sources and a beam-splitter module. The proposed method displays fluorescent images of the tumor and blood vessels on the same display device and also provides accurate information about them to the operator. To acquire a fluorescence image, we utilized 5-ALA (5-aminolevulinic acid) for the tumor and ICG (Indocyanine green) for blood vessels, and we used a beam-splitter module combined with a microscope for simultaneous detection of both. The beam-splitter module showed the best performance at 600 nm for 5-ALA and above 800 nm for ICG. The beam-splitter is flexible to enable diverse objective setups and designed to mount a filter easily, so beam-splitter and filter can be changed as needed, and other fluorescent dyes besides 5-ALA and ICG are available. The fluorescent images of the tumor and the blood vessels can be displayed on the same monitor through the beam-splitter module with a CCD camera. For ICG, a CCD that can detect the near-infrared region is needed. This system provides the acquired fluorescent image to an operator in real time, matching it to the original image through a similarity transform.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.98.1-98.1
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• 2007

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.106-116
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• 2023

In this paper, we designed a coaxial dual camera incorporating two optical systems-one for the visible rays and the other for far-infrared ones-with the aim of capturing images in both wavelength ranges. The far-infrared system, which uses an uncooled detector, has a sensor array of 640×480 pixels. The visible ray system has 1,945×1,097 pixels. The coaxial dual optical system was designed using a hot mirror beam splitter to minimize heat transfer caused by infrared rays in the visible ray optical system. The optimization process revealed that the final version of the dual camera system reached more than 90% of the fusion performance between two separate images from dual systems. Multiple rigorous testing processes confirmed that the coaxial dual camera we designed demonstrates meaningful design efficiency and improved image conformity degree compared to existing dual cameras.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07d
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• pp.2591-2593
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 차량거리 제어장치를 구성하는 능동적인 안전장치 개발의 도구로써 선진국에서 선박 및 항공기에 이미 상용화되고 있는 이른바 Head-up display(HUD)를 차량에 도입, 차량정보 Monitoring System을 개발하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 차량에 도입하고자 하는 HUD의 개념은 차량 운전자의 전면 대시 보드 상에 디스플레이를 위치시켜 운전자 전면의 도로시야와 차량정보를 동시에 획득하여 안전도 및 편의성을 높이고자 하는 것이다. 그러나 디스플레이 정보가 맺히는 상이 놓이는 위치 때문에 기존의 HUD는 외부의 밝은 광 아래에서 선명한 정보를 얻기가 매우 어렵다. 이를 해결하기 위해서 본 논문에서는 광제어 필름, 빔 스플리터 등을 이용해 결상면에 코팅처리를 하였으며, 좀 더 고성능의 광원을 확보하고, 미러부의 각도변경 및 LCD의 투과율을 증대하였다. 그 결과 기존의 제품 보다 매우 높은 시인성을 나타내는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.43-51
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• 2016

This paper presents the concept of "interactive teleprompter", which provides the user with interaction with oneself or other users for live television broadcasts or smart mirrors. In such interactive applications, eye contacts between the user and the regenerated image or between the user and other persons are important in handling psychological processes or non-verbal communications. Unfortunately, it is not straightforward to address the eye contact issues with conventional combination of normal display and video camera. To address this problem, we propose an "interactive" teleprompter enhanced from conventional teleprompter devices. Our interactive teleprompter can recognize the user's gestures by applying infra-red (IR) depth sensor. This paper also presents test results for a beam splitter which plays a critical role for teleprompter and is designed to handle both visual light for RGB camera and IR for Depth sensor effectively.