• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.8
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• pp.671-677
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• 2017

A new INS/Vision integrated navigation system by using multi-vision sensors is addressed in this paper. When the total number of landmark measured by the vision sensor is smaller than the allowable number, there is possibility that the navigation filter can diverge. To prevent this problem, multi-vision concept is applied to expend the field of view so that reliable number of landmarks are always guaranteed. In this work, the orientation of camera installed are 0, 120, and -120degree with respect to the body frame to improve the observability. Finally, the proposed technique is verified by using numerical simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.241-243
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• 2013

영상을 포함하여 다양한 방법으로 실내에서 위치를 확인하는 방법에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 영상 기반의 측위 또한 여러 가지 방법이 있는데, 우리는 시스템 구축 비용이 많이 들지 않으면서도 많은 서비스에 활용 할 수 있는 영상 기반의 실용적 측위 시스템에 대한 연구를 하였다. 이 시스템은 실내에 미리 설치 된 간판이나 광고 등을 식별하고 이를 이용하여 실내에서 사용자의 위치를 구할 수 있다. 그러나, 영상 기반의 시스템이기 때문에 같은 영상이 서로 다른 참조 대상으로 등록 될 경우, 이것을 서로 구별 할 수 없다는 단점이 있다. 실내에서는 GPS 와 같은 위성 항법 신호 수신이 잘 되지 않기 때문에 GPS 를 위치를 확인하기 위한 목적으로 사용 할 수는 없다. 그러나, 특정 지점에서 수신되는 GPS 신호가 유사한 점을 이용하면, 서로 다른 위치에 설치 된 동일한 이미지의 참조 대상을 구별 할 수 있다. 이 방법은 추가적인 비용이 들지 않기 때문에, 영상 기반의 실용적 측위 시스템의 장점을 그대로 유지 하면서 측위 성능을 더 높 힐 수 있는 방법이다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.497-503
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• 2014

Minimally invasive intramedullary nail insertion or plate osteosynthesis has shown good results for the treatment of long bone fractures. However, directly seeing the fracture site is impossible; surgeons can only confirm bone fragments through a fluoroscopic imaging system. The narrow field of view of the equipment causes malalignment of the fracture reduction, and radiation exposure to medical staff is inevitable. This paper suggests two methods to solve these problems: surgical navigation using 3D models reconstructed from computed tomography (CT) images to show the real positions of bone fragments and estimating the rotational angle of proximal bone fragments from 2D fluoroscopic images. The suggested methods were implemented using open-source code or software and evaluated using a model bone. The registration error was about 2 mm with surgical navigation, and the rotation estimation software could discern differences of $2.5^{\circ}$ within a range of $15^{\circ}$ through a comparison with the image of a normal bone.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.201-204
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 기존의 칼라 항상성(color constancy) 알고리즘을 기반으로 한 새로운 영상 복원 방법을 제안한다. 이 방법은 인간의 시각 특성을 선형 모델로 표현한 칼라 항상성 모델을 이용한다. 칼라 항상성 모델에서 가장 중요한 과정은 영상의 광원을 추정하는 것이다. 이론 위하여 영상에서 명도 값이 가장 큰 화소의 값을 이용하며, 이 값을 각 수광체(photoreceptor)의 응답으로 대체한다. 추정된 광원을 이용하여 만들어진 영상을 일정한 비율로 스케일링하여 영상을 복원한다. 실험을 통하여 제안한 항법으로 영상 복원이 잘 됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.101-108
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• 2019

Due to recent improvements in computer processing speed and image processing technology, researches are being actively carried out to combine information from camera with existing GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and dead reckoning. In this study, developed a vision-based positioning assistant algorithm to estimate the distance to the object from stereo images. In addition, GNSS/on-board vehicle sensor/vision based positioning algorithm is developed by combining vision based positioning algorithm with existing positioning algorithm. For the performance analysis, the velocity calculated from the actual driving test was used for the navigation solution correction, simulation tests were performed to analyse the effects of velocity precision. As a result of analysis, it is confirmed that about 4% of position accuracy is improved when vision information is added compared to existing GNSS/on-board based positioning algorithm.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.10
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• pp.902-909
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• 2015

In this paper, monovision based relative navigation for a satellite proximity operation is studied. The chaser satellite only uses one camera sensor to observe the target satellite and conducts image tracking to obtain the target pose information. However, by using only mono-vision, it is hard to get the depth information which is related to the relative distance to the target. In order to resolve the well-known difficulty in computing the depth information with the use of a single camera, the active contour method is adopted for the image tracking process. The active contour method provides the size of target image, which can be utilized to indirectly calculate the relative distance between the chaser and the target. 3D virtual reality is used in order to model the space environment where two satellites make relative motion and produce the virtual camera images. The unscented Kalman filter is used for the chaser satellite to estimate the relative position of the target in the process of glideslope approaching. Closed-loop simulations are conducted to analyze the performance of the relative navigation with the active contour method.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.505-516
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• 2005

The Communications, Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite(COMS) will be launched in 2008. Ground processing for COMS includes the process of automatic image navigation. Image navigation requires landmark detection by matching COMS images against landmark chips. For automatic image navigation, a matching must be performed automatically However, if matching results contain errors, the accuracy of Image navigation deteriorates. To overcome this problem, we propose use of a robust estimation technique called Random Sample Consensus (RANSAC) to automatically detect erroneous matching. We tested GOES-9 satellite images with 30 landmark chips that were extracted from the world shoreline database. After matching, mismatch results were detected automatically by RANSAC. All mismatches were detected correctly by RANSAC with a threshold value of 2.5 pixels.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.38 no.6_1
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• pp.1015-1023
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• 2022

The Entry-Descent-Landing process of a lander involves many environmental and technical challenges. To solve these problems, recently, terrestrial relative navigation (TRN) technology has been essential for landers. TRN is a technology for estimating the position and attitude of a lander by comparing Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) data and image data collected from a descending lander with pre-built reference data. In this paper, we present a method for generating descent dataset and extracting landmarks, which are key elements for developing TRN technologies to be used on Mars. The proposed method generates IMU data of a descending lander using a simulated Mars landing trajectory and generates descent images from high-resolution ortho-map and digital elevation map through a ray tracing technique. Landmark extraction is performed by an area-based extraction method due to the low-textured surfaces on Mars. In addition, search area reduction is carried out to improve matching accuracy and speed. The performance evaluation result for the descent dataset generation method showed that the proposed method can generate images that satisfy the imaging geometry. The performance evaluation result for the landmark extraction method showed that the proposed method ensures several meters of positioning accuracy while ensuring processing speed as fast as the feature-based methods.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.566-576
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• 2018

The C-ITS requires the lane level positioning of the vehicle in the land transportation environment, and it is most effective to utilize the GNSS. In the precision positioning system based on satellite navigation, the evaluation of dynamic environment of lane level positioning performance should be accompanied and the evaluation system configuration should be preceded. In this paper, we selected performance indicators, assessment equipment, and reliability of reference equipment for evaluation of precision positioning user systems based on the GNSS. The performance evaluation system described above is applied to a real system, and the performance evaluation tool developed for the evaluation system is described. The numerical performance evaluation was carried out based on the data collected by carrying out the actual testbed driving. The performance evaluation by the actual driving trajectory and driving image comparison was performed to derive and analyse the evaluation results of the vehicle lane level positioning user system.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.791-799
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• 2010

In this paper, integrated navigation algorithm is designed for land transport sector which is needed high accuracy and monitoring program is developed for lane departure warning. High accuracy position information which is possible lane separation is needed for lane departure warning, so position detection algorithm based GPS/DR which combine GPS with dead reckoning is proposed. For the verification of the designed integrated navigation algorithm, we drived to acquire data and showed post-processing experiment results with monitoring program. Vehicle driving movie and aerial photograph in monitoring program is designed to show lane keeping and lane separation.