• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1996.10b
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• pp.97-100
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• 1996

In this paper, we describe an algorithm which estimate road following direction using the vanishing point property and obstacle detection. This method of detecting the lane markers in a set of continuous lane highway images using linear approximation is presented. This algorithm is designed for accurate and robust extraction of this data as well as high processing speed. Also, this algorithm reckon distance and chase about an obstacle. It include four algorithms which are lane prediction, lane extraction, road following parameter estimation and obstacle detection algorithm. High accuracy was proven by quantitative evaluation using simulated images. Both robustness and the practicality of real time video rate processing were then confirmed through experiment using VTR real road images.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.34S no.11
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• pp.126-137
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• 1997

This paper describes the algorithm which can estimate road following direction and deetect obstacle using a monocular vision system. This algorithm can estimate the course of vehicle using the vanishing point properties and detect obstacle by statistical method. The proposed algorithm is composed of four steps, which are lane prediction, lane extraction, road following parameter estimation and obstacle detection. It is designed for high processing speed and high accuracy. The former is achieved by a small area named sub-windown in lane existence area, the later is realized by using connected edge points of lane. We would like to present that the new mehod can detect obstacle using the simple statistical method. The paracticalities of the processing speed, the accuracy of the algorithm and proposing obstacle detection method, have been justified through the experiment applied VTR image of the real road to the algorithm.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.11a
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• pp.587-589
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• 1995

The safe navigation of a mobile robot requires the recognition of the environment in terms of vision processing. To be guided in the given path, the robot should acquire the information about where the wall and corridor are located. Also unexpected obstacles should be detected as rapid as possible for the safe obstacle avoidance. In the paper, we assume that the mobile robot should be navigated in the flat surface. In terms of this assumption we simplify the correspondence problem by the free navigation surface and matching features in that coordinate system. Basically, the vision processing system adopts line segment of edge as the feature. The extracted line segments of edge out of both image are matched in the free nevigation surface. According to the matching result, each line segment is labeled by the attributes regarding obstacle and free surface and the 3D shape of obstacle is interpreted. This proposed vision processing method is verified in terms of various simulations and experimentation using real images.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.164-164
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• 2000

This paper proposes a moving window technique that extracts lanes and vehicles using the images captured by a CCD camera equipped inside an automobile in real time. For the purpose, first of all the optimal size of moving window is determined based upon speed of the vehicle, road curvature, and camera parameters. Within the moving windows that are dynamically changing, lanes and vehicles are extracted, and the vehicles within the driving lanes are classified as obstacles. Assuming highway driving, there are two sorts of image-objects within the driving lanes: one is ground mark to show the limit speed or some information for driving, and the other is the vehicle as an obstacle. Using characteristics of three-dimension objects, a neural network can be trained to distinguish the vehicle from ground mark. When it is recognized as an obstacle, the distance from the camera to the front vehicle can be calculated with the aids of database that keeps the models of automobiles on the highway. The correctness of this measurement is verified through the experiments comparing with the radar and laser sensor data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.159-160
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 이동 가능한 로봇이 취득한 이진 평면도(binary floor map)의 필터링 알고리즘을 제안한다. 로봇청소기와 같은 가사로봇은 실내를 이동이면서 위치를 0 과 1 의 이진 코드로 기록함으로써 이진 실내 평면도를 생성하는데, 로봇의 위치센서 오류와 각종 장애물 등으로 인하여 이진 영상에 왜곡이 발생한다. 먼저 실내 평면도와 발생하는 왜곡의 특징을 분석하여 이를 효과적으로 검출하는 이진 패턴을 정의한다. 패턴에 기반한 모폴로지 변환(morphological transform)을 반복적으로 수행함으로써, 이진 실내 평면도의 왜곡을 줄이고 실제 평면도에 근사하도록 화질을 개선한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.287-288
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• 2018

본 과제는 자율주행의 이론적 개념을 이해하고 다양한 기술적 내용을 구현해 보기 위한 프로토타입형의 과제이다. 전방의 감지기를 통해 장애물을 감지, 예기치 못한 상황에서의 긴급정지도 가능하게 하였고 차선검출을 위한 openCV를 적용하여 영상처리를 하였다. 이를 통하여 차량의 회로 설계와 방향을 제어하고 차량의 속도, 정지능력을 구현하였다. 향후, 영상처리를 통한 신경망 학습 및 고성능 감지기를 적용하여 사실성 있는 운송 장치를 개발하고자 한다.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.418-422
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• 2005

In this paper, a novel algorithm capable of detecting generic obstacles on a flat surface is proposed. The algorithm fundamentally exploits a distortion phenomena taken place in remapping process of original stereo images to a virtual top-view. Based on the distortion phenomena, we construct stereo polar histograms of edge maps, detect peaks on them, and search for matched peaks on both histograms using a Dynamic Programming (DP). Eventually, the searched corresponding peaks lead to estimate obstacles' positions. The advantages of the proposed algorithm are that it is not largely affected by an intensity difference between a pair of stereo images and does not depend on the typical stereo matching methodologies. Furthermore, the algorithm identifies the obstacles' positions quite robustly.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.07b
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• pp.1251-1253
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• 1996

The vision processing system for mobile robots requires real time processing and reliability for the purpose of safe navigation. But, general types of vision systems are not appropriate owing to the correspondence problem which correlates the points out of two images. To determine the obstacle area, we use correspondences of line segments between two perspective images sequentially acquired by camera. To simplify the correspondence, the matching of line segments are performed in the navigation space, based on the assumption that mobile robot should be navigated in the flat surface and the motion of mobile robot between two frames should be approximately known.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.321-332
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• 1999

It is important to detect objects movement for obstacle recognition and path searching of UCT(unmanned container transporters) with vision sensor. This paper shows the method to draw out objects and to trace the trajectory of the moving object using a CCD camera and it describes the method to recognize the shape of objects by neural network. We can transform pixel points to objects position of the real space using the proposed viewport. This proposed technique is used by the single vision system based on floor map.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• fall
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• pp.180-182
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 드론의 비행 장소와 온도 및 습도에 영향을 받지 않는 적외선 기반 깊이 카메라로부터 얻어진 깊이영상을 분석하여 지면 영역을 찾고 AGL(Above Ground Level) 단위의 고도를 측정하는 방법을 제안한다. Decimation filter 와 Median filter 를 적용하여 잡음 및 빈 데이터들을 제거한 깊이영상으로부터 RANSAC (RANdom Sample Consensus) 기반 평면 모델 추정 방법을 이용하여 지면 영역과 이에 대한 평면의 방정식을 유추하고 현재 위치와의 거리를 계산한다. 성능 평가를 위해 Lidar 센서와 비교한 결과, 제안 방법이 지면에 위치한 장애물에 영향을 더 적게 받으며, 자세 정보와 독립적으로 고도를 측정할 수 있었다.