• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.833-838
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• 2003

This paper presents novel methods of recognizing license plates of passing vehicles outdo(n. In particular, the proposed method is much robust for inclined plates caused by the changes of camera placement. To acquire fine images of quickly passing vehicles under a wide range of illumination conditions, we developed a sensing system having superb characteristics. We expanded the dynamic range and eliminated the blurring of images of fast moving vehicles by synthesizing a pair of synchronized images with different intensities. furthermore, to extend the flexibility of the positioning of the TV camera, we propose a recognition algorithm that can be applied to inclined plates. The performance of the integrated system was investigated on real images of vehicles captured under various illumination conditions. The recognition rates of over 99% (conventional plates) and over 97% (highly inclined plates) shows that the developed system is effective for license plate recognition.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.220-230
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• 2002

고속으로 주행하는 차량으로부터 차량의 일시정지함이 없이 자동으로 통행요금을 징수하기 위한 ETC(Electronic Toll Collection, 통행요금자동징수)서비스는 전용의 무선통신방식, 전자지불수단, 암호화, 영상인식, 실시간제어등의 다양한 기술을 필요로 한다. KT ETC 시스템은 능동형 DSRC(Dedicated Short Range Communication, 단거리전용통신)를 이용한 상용의 ETC 시스템이다. 본 논문에서는 KT ETC 시스템의 개발과 관련하여 핵심 기술인 능동형 DSRC와 ETC 서비스를 위한 스마트카드 기술등을 소개하고, KT ETC 시스템에 고유한 ETC 서비스 처리절차를 소개한다.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.205-209
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• 2008

Recently, for development of hardware systems, it has been comercially developed for lane detection system of assistive funtion to drivers. There are so many driving systems that is capable of detecting lane for ideal environment like quite visible lane and sweep curve just like highway, but these kinds of system are hard to apply for self driving system because it is difficult to detect lane in dynamic environment, which have rapid curve or only one sided lane For this paper, we proposed intelligent driving system that is able to detect the lane in case of rapid curve by labeling, or one sided lane by lane prediction. based on experimental results, we prove our lane detection system is able to detect lane not only in ideal environment, but also environment which have rapid curve or one sided lane.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.235-244
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• 2016

Automotive symbols are more widely needed for new, convenient driving devices in automobiles. Good automotive symbols should be detectable, identifiable at first glance, easily learned, recognizable, and produce quick responses after practice. In this paper, a methodology for developing and evaluating automotive symbols is suggested. It includes multiple tests, such as comprehension, perceptual quality, appropriateness, and integrated evaluation. 28 symbols were tested and evaluated by the suggested methodology for convenient driving systems, such as a lane departure warning system (LDWS), cruise control (CCS), and a collision warning system (CWS). Most of the KS R ISO 2575 symbols had higher scores of comprehension, perceptual quality, and appropriateness, but the sunroof and camera symbols had lower scores. Standard symbols with several new functions should be developed. This methodology could be useful for developing and evaluating automotive symbols.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.309-314
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• 2017

Recently, the fields such as the service robot, the autonomous driving electric car, and the torpedo ladle cars operated autonomously to enhance the efficiency of management of the steel mill are receiving great attention. But development of automatic power supply that doesn't need human intervention be a problem. In this paper, a position tracking technology of power connector receptacle based on the computer vision is studied which can recognize and identify the position of the power connector receptacle, and finally its possibility is verified using OpenCV program.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.22-32
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• 2002

This paper describes about non-burial AVI (Automatic Vehicle Identification) system using general vehicle as probe car for obtaining more accurate traffic information while conserving road pavement surface. Existing spot traffic detectors have their own limits of not obtaining right information owing to its mathematical method. Burial AVI systems have some defects, causing traffic jam, needing much maintenance cost because of frequent cutting of loop and piezo-electric sensors. Especially, they have hard time to make right detection, when it comes to jamming time. Therefore, in this paper, we propose non-burial AVI system with laser trigger unit. Proposed non-burial AVI system is developed to obtain regional traffic information from normal Passing vehicle by automatic license number recognition technology. We have adapted it to national highway section between Suwon city and Pyong$\~$Taek city(9.5km) and get affirmative results. Vehicle detection rate of laser trigger unit is more than 95$\%$, vehicle recognition rate is 87.8$\%$ and vehicle matching rate is about 14.3$\%$. So we regard these as satisfying results to use the system for traffic information service. We evaluate proposed AVI system by regulation of some institutions which are using similar AVI system and the proposed system satisfies all conditions. For future study, we have plan of detailed research about proper lane number from all of the target lanes, optimal section length, information service period, and data fusion method for existing spot detector.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.97-100
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• 1999

본 논문은 자동차의 편의성 및 안전성의 동시 확보를 위하여, 보조적 스위치의 조작없이 상시 음성의 입$\cdot$출력이 가능하도록 하였고, 남성과 여성을 구별하기 위하여 피치검출법을 사용하여 속도별로 구분하였다. 또한, band pass filter를 이용하여 자동으로 잡음하에서 정확하게 음성추간 검출(End Point Detection)을 하게 하였다. Reference Pattern은 DMS(Dynaminc Multi-Section)[1]모델을 사용하려고, 음성의 특징 파라미터와 인식 알고리즘은 PLP 13차와 One Stage Dynamic Programming(OSDP)를 사용하였다. 시내주행중인 자동차 환경에서 자주 사용되는 차량제어 명령어 30단어를 가지고 실험한 결과 40-80km에서 화자독립 남성 $96\%$, 여성 $94.4\%$ 화자종속일 때 남성 $97\%$, 여성 $95\%$의 인식률을 얻을수 있었고 남성과 여성을 구분하므로 써 인식률을 향상 시켰다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.9 no.7
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• pp.1601-1606
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• 2005

In this study, an automatic idle stop control system was developed, which automatically stops the idle state engine as it detects the stop state of the car for several seconds and restarts the stopped engine with the driver's electrical signal. It is composed of microprocessor and the related electronic circuits and communicates with ECU and TCU. With accurate and confirmed operating performance, the control system was equipped in the test car which was proceeded the ECE15+EUDC mode test. It is confirmed that the control system, ASG has much favourable effects on reducing the fuel consumption and harmful exhaust emissions.

• Journal of Korea Spatial Information System Society
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• v.4 no.2 s.8
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• pp.55-64
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• 2002

VEfficient generation of road data is one of the most important issues in GIS (Geographic Information System). In this paper, we propose a hybrid approach for automatic generation of road data by combining mobile mapping and image processing techniques. Mobile mapping systems have a form of vehicle equipped with CCD camera, GPS, and INS. They can calculate absolute position of objects that appear in acquired image by photogrammetry, but it is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Automatic road detection methods have been studied also by image processing technology. However, the methods are likely to fail because of obstacles and exceptive conditions in the real world. To overcome the problems, we suggest a hybrid method for automatic road generation, by exploiting both GPS/INS data acquired by mobile mapping system and image processing algorithms. We design an estimator to estimate 3-D coordinates of road line and corresponding location in an image. The estimation process reduces complicated image processing operations that find road line. The missing coordinates of road line due to failure of estimation are obtained by cubic spline interpolation. The interpolation is done piecewise, separated by rapid change such as road intersection. We present experimental results of the suggested estimation and interpolation methods with image sequences acquired by mobile mapping system, and show that the methods are effective in generation of road data.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.9-23
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• 2015

A lane change maneuver which has a high driver cognitive workload and skills sometimes leads to severe traffic accidents. In this study, the Advanced Lane Change Assist System (ALCAS) was developed to assist with the automatic lane changes in merging sections which is mainly based on an automatic control algorithm for detecting an available gap, determining the Optimal Lane Change Start Point (OLCSP) in various traffic conditions, and positioning the merging vehicle at the OLCSP safely by longitudinal automatic controlling. The analysis of lane change behavior and modeling of fundamental lane change feature were performed for determining the default parameters and the boundary conditions of the algorithm. The algorithm was composed of six steps with closed-loop. In order to confirm the algorithm performance, numerical scenario tests were performed in various surrounding vehicles conditions. Moreover, feasibility of the developed system was verified in microscopic traffic simulation(VISSIM 5.3 version). The results showed that merging vehicles using the system had a tendency to find the OLCSP readily and precisely, so improved merging performance was observed when the system was applied. The system is also effective even during increases in vehicle volume of the mainline.