• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.215-222
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• 2017

An active synthetic aperture sonar mounted on small UUV is generated various trajectory disturbances in the traveling path by the influence of external underwater environments. That is the phase mismatch occurs in the synthetic aperture processing of the signals reflected from seabed objects and fetches the detection performance decreases. In this paper, we compensated deteriorated images by the active SAS autofocus processing using DPC and analyzed the effects of detection performance when the periodic trajectory disturbances occur in the side direction at a constant velocity and straight movement of UUV. Through simulations, the deteriorated images according to the periodic disturbance magnitudes and period variations in the platform were compensated using difference phases processing of the overlapping displaced phase centers on the adjacent transmitted ping signals, and we conformed the improved performance characteristics of azimuth resolution and detection images at 3dB reference point.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.203-207
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• 2018

This paper deals with the design and development of a lens system capable of imaging an infrared image of $3{\sim}5{\mu}m$ wavelength bands with a focal length of 24mm and good atmospheric transmission characteristics. The design used CodeV, a commercial design program, and the optimization is carried out with weighting to eliminate chromatic aberration, spherical aberration and distortion. The designed lens system consists of two lenses consisting of Si and Ge. Each lens has an aspherical surface on one side. And this optical system has the resolution of the characteristics that the MTF value is 0.40 at the line width of 29lp/mm and the MTF value is 0.25 at the line width of 20lp/mm. This optical system is considered to have the capability to be applied to the thermal imaging camera for MWIR using the $206{\times}156$ array infrared detector of $25{\mu}m$ pixels and the $320{\times}240$ array infrared detector of $17{\mu}m$ pixels.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.347-356
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• 2013

Purpose: To evaluate the visual acuity and visual performance after implantation of a aspheric multifocal (ReSTOR$^{(R)}$ SN6AD3) intraocular lens (IOL). Methods: Nineteen cataract patients (30 eyes) implanted with an aspheric multifocal IOL (ReSTOR$^{(R)}$ SN6AD3) either unilaterally or bilaterally were participated. Visual acuity (VA) and objective optical performance were evaluated at the time of preoperation, 1 week, 1 month, and 3 month after operation. At 3 month of post-operation, objective visual performance were measured and compared with the 38 eyes of 20 age-matched normal control. Distance VA was measured by using the ETDRS LCD chart and intermediate and near visual acuity were measured using Jaeger chart. Objective visual performance was assessed preoperatively and 1 week, 1 month and 3 month postoperatively using a double-pass system (Optical Quality Analysis System) with a 4-mm pupil diameter, the OSI (objective scatter index), MTF (modulation transfer function) cut off and strehl ratio. At 3 month of post-operation, visual acuity and visual performance compared with age matched normal control. Results: The uncorrected distance VA, OSI, MTF cut off and strehl ratio were significantly improved (p<0.05) until 1 month postoperatively. Visual performance of MTF cut off and strehl ratio after 3 month of operation were significantly improved compared to the normal control (p=0.063, p=0.103 respectively), however, OSI was higher than normal control. Patients implanted with aspheric multifocal IOL were satisfied with distance and near VA however, were unsatisfied with intermediate VA and reported glare and halos. Conclusions: The visual performance reaches to a stable condition in 1 month of implantation of aspheric multifocal IOL and improved to the level of age-mated normal patients. Also patients were satisfied with their quality of vision, however, intermediate VA, glare and halos were reported as complications.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.241-249
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• 2017

This paper presents the design and evaluation of the optical system for an uncooled thermal-imaging camera. The operating wavelength range of this system is from $7.7{\mu}m$ to $12.8{\mu}m$. Through optimization, we have obtained a LWIR (Long Wave Infrared) optical system with a focal length of 5.44 mm, which consists of four aspheric surfaces and two diffractive surfaces. The f-number of the optical system is F/1.2, and its field of view is $90^{\circ}{\times}67.5^{\circ}$. The hybrid lens was used to balance the higher-order aberrations, and its diffraction properties were evaluated by scalar diffraction theory. We calculated the polychromatic integrated diffraction efficiency, and the MTF drop generated by background noise. We have evaluated the thermal compensation of a LWIR fixed optical system, which is optically passively athermalized to maintain MTF performance in the focal depth. In conclusion, these design results are useful for an uncooled thermal-imaging camera.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.38-45
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• 2010

A new readout circuit involving a pixel-level reset control was studied for 2-D long wavelength infrared focal plane arrays. The integration time of each pixel can be optimized individually and automatically. Hence, the readout circuit has a wide dynamic range and good signal-to-noise ratio characteristics. The readout circuit was fabricated with a $0.35{\mu}m$ 2-poly 4-metal CMOS process for a $128{\times}128$ long wavelength infrared HgCdTe array with a pixel size of $50{\mu}m{\times}50{\mu}m$. The smart reset control with two-step background suppression improves the signal-to-noise ratio to 87dB and the dynamic range to 95.8dB.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.179-185
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• 2015

The main objective of thermal design for a space-borne FPA(Focal Plane Assembly) is to provide stable thermal environment during imaging operation and thus maintain the image quality. An FPA must be maintained within its operating temperature range and cooled down to its initial temperature soon enough for the next imaging operation. This paper describes the study result on performing trade-off studies for FPA thermal design by using simplified thermal node analysis about FPA preliminary design. It also describes the verification results of the study by comparing thermal analysis results and trade-off study results. According to results, we can conclude that this approach is useful for simple and quick trade-off studies without thermal analysis based on thermal math models.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.80-80
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• 2004

해상도가 높아질수록 위성 탑재 카메라의 광학적 설계 조건은 까다롭다. 특히 1m급의 고해상도 영상을 얻기 위해서는 개념설계 단계에서부터 여러 가지 기술적인 면과 운용적인 면을 동시에 고려해야 하며 이러한 조건들이 상호 연관성을 가지면서 광학계의 형태나 성능을 결정하므로 다양한 해석과 분석이 필요하다. 해상도, 촬영고도, 관측폭 그리고 촬영소자의 크기에 의해 광학계의 초점거리가 결정되며 광학계의 유효구경을 추가하면 신호량 성능에 대한 예측이 가능하다. (중략)

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.585-594
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• 2006

Due to the size limit, the voice coil motor (VCM) is adopted in most of the mobile phone camera to control auto-focus instead of step motor. The optical system using the VCM has the property that the focus values are varying even though the same current is induced. It means that an error of the lens position was taken placed due to the characteristics of the VCM. In this paper, a algorithm was proposed to compensate the lens position error using the step size and the search count of each stage. In the proposed algorithm -7 step middle searching stage is inserted the conventional searching algorithm for the fast auto-focus searching and the final searing step size was set to +1 for the precise focus control, respectively. In the experimental results, the focus values was found more fast in the proposed algorithm than the conventional. And more the image quality by the proposed algorithm was superior to that of the conventional.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.237-249
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• 2019

The roughness changes on a fracture surface were analyzed via a multi-stage compression test under high temperatures to assess how the cracks in a rock mass affect groundwater movement. The analyzed samples consist of coarse granitic rocks from approximately 40 and 270 m depth, and fine granitic rocks from 500 m depth. The compression test was conducted on $20{\times}40{\times}5mm$ samples using a loading system where the pressure increases in 10 MPa increments to 120 MPa. A high-resolution 3D confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) was used to observe the surface changes, including the roughness changes, at each pressure step. The roughness change was calculated based on the roughness factor. The experimental results indicate that the roughness of the fracture surface varies with rock type under the stepwise pressure conditions. These data provide a basis for predicting groundwater flow along rock fractures.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1998.06a
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• pp.777-780
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• 1998

물체의 3차원적인 정보를 복원하는 일은 그 정보의 일련된 이용에 있어서 중요한 문제이다. 이를 위해 여러가지 방법들이 연구되고 있으며, 그 중 shape from focus(SFF) 방법은 영상의 초점이 맞는 렌즈의 위치를 찾아내어 렌즈 공식에 의해 초점이 맞는 부분의 거리 정보를 구할 수 있다. 기존의 이 방법은 초점이 맞았는지의 정도를 계산하기 위한 focus measure 값들을 카메라의 광학축에 수직인 단순한 평면으로 가정하여 그 합이 최대가 되는 위치를 찾아내었다. 이를 개선하기 위해서 focused image surface(FIS) 개념이 연구되었고 그로 인해 더욱 나아진 결과를 얻었다. 물체의 FIS는 카메라 렌즈에 의해 초점이 맞게된 물체의 점들의 집합으로 이루어진 공간상의 면이다. 기하광학에 의해 물체의 모양과 FIS 상이에는 일대일 대응 관계가 있고 FIS의 형태를 구하는것이 결국은 물체의 모양을 복원하는것이다. FIS 개념을 처음 적용할 때는 물체의 모양이 부분적으로 영상 탐지기(image detector)와 같은 평면으로 가정하여 3차원 공간상에서 가능한 모든 방향의 평면에 대한 focus measure를 구하여 그 값이 최대가 되는 렌즈의 위치를 구하였다. 그러나 이러한 방법은 focus measure의 합이 정사각형의 윈도우에서 계산되기 때문에 곡면으로 이루어진 실제 물체에서는 오차르 ㄹ가지게 된다. 본 논문에서는 이와는 달이 평면이 아닌 곡면에 대한 focus measure의 합이 최대가 되는 렌즈의 위치를 구하여 이전의 방법들 보다 정확한 복원이 가능함을 보인다.