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Shape Adaptive Searching Technique for Finding Focused Pixels (초점화소 탐색시간의 최소화를 위한 검색영역 결정기법)

  • Choi, Dae-Sung;Song, Pil-Jae;Kim, Hyun-Tae;Hahn, Hern-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.151-159
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    • 2002
  • The method of accumulating a sequence of focused images is usually used for reconstruction of 3D object\\`s shape. To acquire a focused image, the conventional methods must calculate the focus measures of all pixels resulting in a long measurement time. This paper proposes a new method of reducing the computation time spent for deciding the focused pixels in the input image, which predicts the area in the image to calculate the focus measure based on a priori information on the object to be measured. The proposed algorithm estimates the area to consider in the next measurement based on the focused area in the present measurement. As the focus measure, Laplacian measure was used in this paper and the experiments have shown that the preposed algorithm may significantly reduce the calculation time. Although, as implied, this algorithm can be applied to only simple objects at this stage, advanced representation schemes will eliminate the restrictions on application domain.

One-Year Continuous Measurement of Outdoor Radon Progeny Concentration in Beijing Area

  • Zhang, Lei;Wang, Yunxiang;Guo, Qiuju
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.95-100
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    • 2020
  • Background: Compared with reported data of radon concentration, data of radon progeny concentration is limited in general, especially in outdoor environment. Materials and Methods: To know both the level and the variation of radon progeny concentration in outdoor environment in Beijing area, one-year continuous measurement with a cycle of 60 minutes was carried out by a step-advanced filter (SAF) monitor for radon progeny measurement. The observation site was located in a park in Eastern Beijing area, and the observation period was from October 17, 2018 to September 29, 2019. Results and Discussion: The equivalent equilibrium concentration (EEC) of radon progeny varies from 0.7 to 19.1 Bq·m-3, with an annual average of 4.9 ± 2.7 Bq·m-3. A clear diurnal variation of EEC, higher in the early morning and lower in the late afternoon, is observed due to the high sensitivity of the SAF monitor. Conclusion: Vertical convection of atmospheric boundary layer is thought to be the main reason of this phenomenon. For annual variation, the lowest monthly average EEC appeared in April, while the highest appeared in November, which might attribute to the atmospheric stability in different seasons.

Factors affecting modulation transfer function measurements in cone-beam computed tomographic images

  • Choi, Jin-Woo
    • Imaging Science in Dentistry
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    • v.49 no.2
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    • pp.131-137
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: This study was designed to investigate the effects of voxel size, the oversampling technique, and the direction and area of measurement on modulation transfer function (MTF) values to identify the optimal method of MTF measurement. Materials and Methods: Images of the wire inserts of the SedentexCT IQ phantom were acquired, and MTF values were calculated under different conditions(voxel size of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 mm; 5 oversampling techniques; simulated pixel location errors; and different directions and areas of measurement). The differences in the MTF values across various conditions were evaluated. Results: The MTF 10 values showed smaller standard deviations than the MTF 50 values. Stable and accurate MTF values were obtained in the 0.1-mm voxel images. In the 0.3-mm voxel images, oversampling techniques of 11 lines or more did not show significant differences in MTF values depending on the presence of simulated location errors. MTF 10 values showed significant differences according to the direction and area of the measurement. Conclusion: To measure more accurate and stable MTF values, it is better to measure MTF 10 values in small-voxel images. In large-voxel images, the proper oversampling technique is required. MTF values from the radial and tangential directions may be different, and MTF values vary depending on the measured area.

Measurement of Reflection Coefficient of Sound Absorbent Material with Respect to Angle of Incidence and Its Associated Errors (입사각에 따른 흡음재의 반사 계수 측정 방법론 및 오차에 대한 고찰)

  • 이수열;김상렬;김양한
    • Journal of KSNVE
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.295-305
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    • 1994
  • The reflection coefficient of a material at oblique incidence is measured in a free field. The sound pressure distributions are measured at discrete points on two measurement lines and then decomposed into plane wave components by using spatial Fourier transform. The inciedent and reflected plane wave components are obtained from a set of "decomposition equations" of which uses the plane wave propagation theory. Numerical simulations and experiments have been performed to see the effect of finite size of measurement area. To reduce this effect, a window fuction has been performed to see the effects of finite size of mesurement area. To reduce this effect, a window function has been proposed and its effect on the measurement of sound absorbing material property has been studied as well. The reflection coefficient obtained by this method is compared with those obtained from other methods; 2-microphone method in a duct and an expirical equation of which determines the characteristic impedance .rho.c and propagation constant k of a material from flow resistance information.formation.

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A Real-Time Generator Swing Prediction using Phasor Measurement Units (PMU를 이용한 실시간 전기 동요 예측)

  • Cho, Ki-Seon;Kim, Hoi-Cheol;Lee, Ki-Song;Shin, Joong-Rin
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.92-94
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    • 2001
  • This paper investigated the real-time generator swing prediction by some researchers. And the first swing stability assessment based on EAC(Equal-Area Criterion) by using phasor measurement unit is proposed. Also we proposed the multi-swing prediction techniques, which is to estimate system parameters by using least square method / extrapolation with phasor measurement units. And the multi-swing prediction is performed with the estimated parameters. Future works are necessary to verify the proposed approaches in this paper.

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A Measurement of Electromagnetic Property of Illite found in Young-dong Area (영동산 일라이트의 전자기적 특성 측정)

  • Kim, Jin-Chul;Lee, Won-Hui;Koo,K.W.;Hur, Jung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.267-270
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    • 2000
  • This paper describes measurement of relative permittivity of illite found in young-dong area. A measurement of relative permittivity of illite used to cylindrical cavity resonators with moveable cap. A concentric dielectric-rod inserted cylindrical cavity resonator and an exact field representation of travelling wave mode are introduced for measurement of relative permittivity. The exact electromagnetic fields in cylindrical cavity with concentric dielectric rod is analysed. A relative permittivity of dielectric in cavity is calculated by analyzing the characteristic equation. The characteristic equation is solved by using the ContourPlot graph of Mathematica. We know that the field representation of travelling mode is exact. As a result, relative permittivity of dielectric materials were 7.820 at sample-1 and 7.894 at sample-2.

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Optimal WAMS Configuration in Nordic Power System

  • Mohamed A.M. Hassan;Omar H. Abdalla;Hady H. Fayek;Aisha H.A. Hashim;Siti Fauziah Toha
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.130-138
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    • 2023
  • The Smart grids are considered as multi-disciplinary power systems where the communication networks are highly employed. This paper presents optimal wide area measurement system (WAMS) configuration in Nordic power system. The transition from SCADA to WAMS becomes now trend in all power systems to ensure higher reliability and data visibility. The optimization applied in this research considered the geographical regions of the Nordic power system. The research considered all the devices of WAMS namely phasor measurement units (PMUs), phasor data concentrators (PDCs) and communication links. The study also presents two scenarios for optimal WAMS namely base case and N-1 contingency as different operating conditions. The result of this research presents technical and financial results for WAMS configuration in a real power system. The optimization results are performed using MATLAB 2017a software application.

Evaluation of Flow Measurement Uncertainty of Sonic Nozzle (소닉노즐의 유량측정 불확도 평가)

  • Choi, H.M.;Park, K.A.;Choi, Y.M.;Oh, Y.K.;Yoon, B.R.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06e
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    • pp.601-606
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    • 2001
  • Measurement uncertainty should be evaluated according to ISO/IEC 17025. In Flow measurement area, uncertainty evaluation scheme was applied to the reference flow meter, sonic nozzle. Uncertainty was calculated by evaluating various uncertainty factors affected in flow measurement. The expanded uncertainty of the sonic nozzle was 0.21 % (confidence level of 95 %). This evaluation example will be useful in flow measurement uncertainty determination of other flow meters.

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A Study on the Development of Capacitive Transducer for Measurement of Small Displacement (미소변위 측정용 전기용량변환기 개발에 관한 연구)

  • 박영태;이래덕
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.762-768
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    • 1987
  • The capacitive transducers, which are used of the principle of capacitance changes by means of the variation of distance between electrodes, are usually utilized for measurement of small displacements. But the measurement ranges of this method are limited. In this study, the measurement ranges are extended by using the variation method of the surface area of electrodes. Thus the capacitive transducer and signal conditioner, which are having the capability of measurement range of 25mm and resolution of 0.1\ulcorner, have developed, and its environmental characteristics are also tested.

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Measurement of the vocal tract area of vowels By MRI and their synthesis by area variation (MRI에 의한 모음의 성도 단면적 측정 및 면적 변이에 따른 합성 연구)

  • Yang, Byung-Gon
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.19-34
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    • 1998
  • The author collected and compared midsagittal, coronal, coronal oblique, and transversal images of Korean monophthongs /a, i, e, o, u, i, v/ produced by a healthy male speaker using 1.5 T MR, VISION. Area was measured by computer software after tracing the cross-section at different points along the tract. Results showed that the width of the oral and pharyngeal cavities varied compensatorily from each other on the midsagittal dimension. Formant frequency values estimated from the area functions of the seven vowels showed a strong correlation (r=0.978) with those analyzed from the spoken vowels. Moreover, almost all of 35 students who listened to the synthesized vowels from area data perceived the synthesized vowels as equivalent to the spoken ones. Movement of constriction points of vowel /u/ with wider lip opening sounded /i/ and led to slight changes in vowel quality. Jaw and tongue movement led to major volume variation with an anatomical limitation. Each comer vowel varied systematically from a somewhat constant volume of the average area. Thus, the author proposed that any simulation studies related to vocal tract area variation should reflect its constant volume. The results may be helpful to verify exact measurement of the vocal tract area through vowel synthesis and a simulation study before having any operation of the vocal tract.

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