• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.191-196
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• 2021

In this paper, we implemented an image sensor module possible of detecting color temperature in an indoor environment. The color temperature information in the video information acquired by the image sensor was matched with a color difference illuminometer to produce an LUT. An algorithm was developed so that color temperature information according to the received RGB values can be automatically calculated. As a result of measuring the color temperature with an image sensor indoors, an accurate result of less than 5.91% was obtained compared to the reference value. It was confirmed that the uniformity of 23.5% or more was excellent compared to the color temperature measurement result using a color sensor.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.2400-2405
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• 2013

We detect the obstacle for the UGV(unmanned ground vehicle) from the compound image which is generated by stereo vision sensor masking the depth image and color image. Stereo vision sensor can gathers the distance information by stereo camera. The obstacle information from the depth compound image can be send to mobile robot and the robot can localize the indoor area. And, we test the performance of the mobile robot in terms of distance between the obstacle and the robot's position and also test the color, depth and compound image respectively. Moreover, we test the performance in terms of number of frame per second which is processed by operating machine. From the result, compound image shows the improved performance in distance and number of frames.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.16-17
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• 2006

적외선 이미지 센서용으로 사용되는 마이크로 볼로미터 센서는 process variation으의 인하여 모든 볼로미터 센서의 셀이 정확한 저항값을 갖지 못하여 입력신호에 왜곡을 가져 온다. 본 논문에서는 적외선 이미지 센서용 CMOS 검출회로를 설계하는 데 있어, 이러한 볼로미터 셀 어레이의 고정패턴잡음(Fixed Pattern hoise)을 최소화하는 방법에 대해 연구하였다. 기존의 단일 입력 방식 검출회로는 볼로미터 셀어레이의 고정패턴잡음을 보정하기 위하여 추가적인 보정 회로를 필요로 하였다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해서 본 논문에서는 차동 입력 방식 검출회로를 제안하였으며, 이를 적용하여 출력을 살펴본 결과 추가적인 보정회로 없이 20%의 노이즈 감쇠효과를 얻을 수 있다. 연구 결과를 바탕으로 32${\times}$32 크기를 갖는 셀어레이의 볼로미터를 구성하여 전체 칩을 설계하였으며 컴퓨터 시물레이션을 통해 결과를 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.999-1003
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 영상 입력 장치 또는 카메라 이미지 센서로부터 얻은 이미지 데이터에 대하여 Bayer입력 포맷을 우리가 디스플레이 장치로 보는 영상으로 출력하기 위해 전처리 작업을 수행한 후 이미지 이펙트를 수행한다. 본 논문에서는 연산량과 레지스터의 수를 줄이고 칩의 성능을 향상시키기 위해 이미지 이펙트를 RGB에 적용하지 하지 않고 YCbCr을 이용하여 이미지 이펙트를 수행한다. 이를 구현하기위해 원본 이미지 사이즈를 640${\times}$480으로 입력 데이터를 사용하고, 소프트웨어로 전처리하여 이미지 결과를 확인한 후, 최적화된 알고리즘를 적용하여 VHDL설계언어를 이용한 하드웨어 설계 후, ModelSim 6.0a를 이용하여 데이터를 검증한다.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.25-33
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• 2002

지문인식 센서는 광학방식, 열방식, 반도체방식 등 다양한 입력 방식이 존재하며, 입력 방식에 따라 이미지의 특성이 다르게 나타난다. 특히 입력 방식의 차이는 알고리즘으로부터 정확한 결과를 도출하는데 중요한 역할을 한다. 따라서 다양한 입력 방식에 따른 센서들의 특징과 여러 조건하에서의 센서들의 이미지 품질을 비교해 보고 지문이미지로부터 특징점을 추출하고 매칭하는 과정에 대한 이해와 다양한 알고리즘의 특징등을 비교, 분석하여 발전방향에 대한 동향을 살펴본다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.77-95
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• 2014

In general, image acquisition characteristics tests of image sensors and modules vary widely according to the characteristics of image sensors and modules under test, the application purpose of target devices where image sensors and modules are mounted, and the functions of test equipments. However, some de facto standard tests are frequently used in industry fields. They differ only in several parameters e.g. thresholds for fault detection, and they can be applied to most image sensors and modules. In this paper, 11 typical tests are explained in detail, and they are described in a simple and clear form under single framework, which significantly reduces errors and saves efforts.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.189-196
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• 2010

In this paper, we proposed the adaptive local sigma filter reducing noises generated by an image sensor. The small noises generated by the image sensor are amplified by increased an analog gain and an exposure time of the image sensor together with information. And the goal of this work was the system design that is reduce the these amplified noises. Edge data are extracted by Flatness Index Map algorithm. We made the threshold adaptively changeable by the luminance average in this algorithm that extracts the edge data not in high luminance, but just low luminance. The Local Sigma Filter performed only about the edge pixel that were extracted by Flatness Index Map algorithm. To verify the performance of the designed filter, we made the Window test program. The hardware was designed with HDL language. We verified the hardware performance of Local Sigma Filter system using FPGA Demonstration board and HD image sensor, $1280{\times}720$ image size and 30 frames per second.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.898-901
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• 2008

Measuring instrument module for biosensor activity is developed using CMOS image sensor and sensor network. Most of living organism in water as water flea, fish, etc are frequently used as biological sensor for monitoring the water qualify. The activity of biosensor is changed by the quality of water. The developed measuring instrument module can easily interface to the existing instrument.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.43 no.1 s.343
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• pp.65-70
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• 2006

An image sensor has limited dynamic range while the human eye has logarithmic response over wide range of light intensity. Although the sensor gain can be set high to identify details in darker area on the image, this results in saturation in brighter area. The gamma correction is essential to fit the human eye response. However, the digital gamma correction degrades image quality especially for darker area on the image due to the limited ADC resolution and the dynamic range. This Paper proposes a CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a nonlinear analog-to-digital converter (AU) which performs analog gamma correction. The CIS with the proposed nonlinear analog-to-digital conversion scheme was fabricated with a $0.35{\mu}m$ CMOS process. The analog gamma correction using the proposed nonlinear ADC CIS provides the 2.2dB peak-signal-to-noise-ratio(PSM) improved image qualify than conventional digital gamma correction. The PSNR of the image obtain from the digital gamma correction is 25.6dB while it is 27.8dB for analog gamma correction. The PSNR improvement over digital gamma correction is about $28.8\%$.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.2071-2077
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• 2010

Interface modules design between image sensor and external components are designed by FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) in this paper. Generally speaking, to satisfy synchronization for the poor quality data in image, SRAM is needed. To receive synchronization signal and image signal data with pixel dimension, the proposed interface logic technique is implemented. From the proposed technique, we can obtain more clear screen by implementing with pixel dimension. Operating frequency of image sensor and that of TFT-LCD are 50MHz and 6.5MHz, respectively. Most of control logic functions are embedded in FPGA. The designed logic gate counter has 33,216 and is designed by Quartus II.