• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.407-415
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a new stereo matching algorithm by using color information especially for stereo images containing human beings in the applications such as tele-presence system. In the proposed algorithm, we first remove the background regions by using a threshold value for stereo images obtained by stereo camera and then find an initial disparity map and segment a given image into R, G, B and white color components. We also obtain edges in the segmented image and estimate the disparity from the extract boundary regions. Finally, we generate the final disparity map by properly combining the disparity map of each color component. Experiment results show better performance compared with the window based method and the dynamic programing method especially for stereo images with human being.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.5 no.5
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• pp.55-62
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• 1996

This paper describes development of Polarized Stereo Monitoring System (KAERI-PSM) and compares the remote handling performance of KAERI-PSM with that of other monitoring systems, electric shutter type stereo monitoring system and general TV monitoring system. Remote handling performance is evaluated by total time and error number on remote operating experiments. Four kinds of remote handling experiments are carried out through 1) directly 2) general TV 3) electric shutter type monitor, and 4) KAERI-PSM. In these experiments six employees are participated and PUMA robot with force-torque reflectional joystic is used. The result of experiments show that camera angle against object is significant factor in monitoring and stereo monitoring system give more performance benifits in terms of accuracy and speed of remote handling operation than general TV monitoring system. In comparision of the polarized and electric shutter type stereo monitoring system, both have similar accuracy and speed for remote handling operation, but the former is superior in image quality and stability of the performance.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.23-30
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• 2009

In this paper, the intelligent vision system for an effective and intelligent path-planning of an industrial AGV system based on stereo camera system is proposed. The depth information and disparity map are detected in the inputting images of a parallel stereo camera. The distance between the industrial AGV system and the obstacle detected and the 2D Path coordinates obtained from the location coordinates, and then the relative distance between the obstacle and the other objects obtained from them. The industrial AGV system move automatically by effective and intelligent path-planning using the obtained 2D path coordinates. From some experiments on AGV system driving with the stereo images, it is analyzed that error ratio between the calculated and measured values of the distance between the objects is found to be very low value of 2.5% on average, respectably.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.418-425
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• 1998

Stereo cameras are the most widely used sensing systems for automated machines including robots to interact with their three-dimensional(3D) working environments. The position of a target point in the 3D world coordinates can be measured by the use of stereo cameras and the camera calibration is an important preliminary step for the task. Existing camera calibration techniques can be classified into two large categories - linear and nonlinear techniques. While linear techniques are simple but somewhat inaccurate, the nonlinear ones require a modeling process to compensate for the lens distortion and a rather complicated procedure to solve the nonlinear equations. In this paper, a method employing a neural network for the calibration problem is described for tackling the problems arisen when existing techniques are applied and the results are reported. Particularly, it is shown experimentally that by utilizing the function approximation capability of multi-layer neural networks trained by the back-propagation(BP) algorithm to learn the error pattern of a linear technique, the measurement accuracy can be simply and efficiently increased.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.5 no.6
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• pp.1163-1168
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• 2001

The ranging systems measure range data in three-dimensional coordinate from target surface. These non-contact remote ranging systems is widely used in various automation applications, including military equipment, construction field, navigation, inspection, assembly, and robot vision. The active ranging systems using time of flight technique or light pattern illumination technique are complex and expensive, the passive systems based on stereo or focusing principle are time-consuming. The proposed algorithm, that is based on cross correlation of projection profile of vertical edge, provides advantages of fast and simple operation in the range acquisition. The results of experiment show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.7 no.10
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• pp.1412-1420
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• 2004

This thesis is dealing with conveyer remote monitoring and control system for shoes process formed by client/server, which is based on Web. Modules for watching and controlling images in a remote by client is manufactured under JAVA, and conveyer server for real-time controlling is founded on RTLinux. And device driver and APIs are developed based on it. Through both manufacturing these software and LEGO-based prototyping, it would present the real-time conveyer controlling system founded on Web and 3-dimensional stereo camera to be applied to industrial spots.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.35D no.12
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• pp.99-107
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• 1998

A stereo vision system such as the structure of human's eyes has two cameras at separated positions from which we can obtain two input images and then put them together to create 3-D image. It can show more virtual effect than the conventional 2-D image system. But, the stereo image system has to control the convergence angle so that the stereo disparity could always be zero because observers can be fatigued and unconscious of stereo image in conditions that the stereo disparity is not zero for a long work. Therefore, in the paper, optical JTC system which can process adaptive tracking of a specific moving object is proposed as a new approach to keep the stereo disparity to be zero. In this method, optical JTC system obtains the values of the relative locations of a moving objects in left and right images and then these values are used for maintaining the stereo disparity to be zero. Through some optical experiments the proposed stereo vision system is proved to be insensitive to background noises and operate in real-time.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.11 no.4 s.33
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• pp.495-506
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• 2006

In this paper, we propose a self-calibration of a multi-camera system using factorization techniques for realistic contents generation. The traditional self-calibration algorithms for multi-camera systems have been focused on stereo(-rig) camera systems or multiple camera systems with a fixed configuration. Thus, it is required to exploit them in 3D reconstruction with a mobile multi-camera system and another general applications. For those reasons, we suggest the robust algorithm for general structured multi-camera systems including the algorithm for a plane-structured multi-camera system. In our paper, we explain the theoretical background and practical usages based on a projective factorization and the proposed affine factorization. We show experimental results with simulated data and real images as well. The proposed algorithm can be used for a 3D reconstruction and a mobile Augmented Reality.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.171-182
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• 2015

We propose a camera system to acquire indoor stereo omni-directional images and its calibration method. These images can be utilized for indoor precise mapping and sophisticated imagebased services. The proposed system is configured with a rotating stereo line camera system, providing stereo omni-directional images appropriate to stable stereoscopy and precise derivation of object point coordinates. Based on the projection model, we derive a mathematical model for the system calibration. After performing the system calibration, we can estimate object points with an accuracy of less than ${\pm}16cm$ in indoor space. The proposed system and calibration method will be applied to indoor precise 3D modeling.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 1998.03a
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• pp.149-152
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• 1998

정보통신 기술이 급격히 발달함에 따라 영상처리 및 압축 기술에 대한 중요성이 대두되고 있다. 현재 정지 압축 영상 표준인 JPEG과 동영상 압축 표준인 MPEG에서는 통계적 특성에 기반한 DCT 방법을 이용하여 압축을 수행하고 있다. 최근에는 웨이브렛 변환을 이용한 영상신호 처리 및 압축에 관한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있는데, 이는 기존의 DCT 방법과는 달리 속도와 압축률이 뛰어나며 블록화 현상(Blocking Effect)이 발생하지 않기 때문이다. 또한 웨이브렛 자체가 함수이고 이러한 함수에 다른 스케일과 해상도를 적용하는것이므로, 영상을 확대하거나 축소하더라도 이미지에 손상을 주지 않고 복원할 수 있다. 스테레오 이미지는 사람의 시각에서 물체를 보는 것처럼, 카메라에서 같은 장면을 약간의 차이를 두어 찍은 것이다. 따라서 오른쪽과 왼쪽의 두 이미지로 나누어지게 되는데, 이 두 이미지 사이에서 공통 부분이 많다는 특징을 가지게 된다. 따라서 두 이미지의 공통 부분을 찾아 내고, 이를 이용하여 압축을 할 수 있다면 압축률을 높일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 웨이브렛 변환을 이용하여 스테레오 이미지에서의 공통 부분을 찾고 영상을 효율 岵막\ulcorner 압축하는 방법에 대하여 연구한다.