• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.196-202
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• 2017

Corona discharge is always a sign of failure processes of high-voltage electrical apparatus, including those utilized in electric railway systems. Solar-blind ultraviolet (UV) cameras are effective tools for corona inspection. In this work, we present an automatic railway corona-discharge detection system based on solar-blind ultraviolet detection. The UV camera, mounted on top of a train, inspects the electrical apparatus, including transmission lines and insulators, along the railway during fast cruising of the train. An algorithm based on the Hough transform is proposed for distinguishing the emitting objects (corona discharge) from the noise. The detection system can report the suspected corona discharge in real time during fast cruises. An experiment was carried out during a routine inspection of railway apparatus in Xinjiang Province, China. Several corona-discharge points were found along the railway. The false-alarm rate was controlled to less than one time per hour during this inspection.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2017

Purpose: The aims of the present study were to compare the image quality and visibility of tooth cracks between conventional methods and swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) and to develop an automatic detection technique for tooth cracks by SS-OCT imaging. Methods: We evaluated SS-OCT with a near-infrared wavelength centered at 1,310 nm over a spectral bandwidth of 100 nm at a rate of 50 kHz as a new diagnostic tool for the detection of tooth cracks. The reliability of the SS-OCT images was verified by comparing the crack lines with those detected using conventional methods. After performing preprocessing of the obtained SS-OCT images to emphasize cracks, an algorithm was developed and verified to detect tooth cracks automatically. Results: The detection capability of SS-OCT was superior or comparable to that of trans-illumination, which did not discriminate among the cracks according to depth. Other conventional methods for the detection of tooth cracks did not sense initial cracks with a width of less than $100{\mu}m$. However, SS-OCT detected cracks of all sizes, ranging from craze lines to split teeth, and the crack lines were automatically detected in images using the Hough transform. Conclusions: We were able to distinguish structural cracks, craze lines, and split lines in tooth cracks using SS-OCT images, and to automatically detect the position of various cracks in the OCT images. Therefore, the detection capability of SS-OCT images provides a useful diagnostic tool for cracked tooth syndrome.

• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제5권11호
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• pp.511-520
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• 2016

자동차 번호판 검출 자동화(ALPD: Automatic License Plate Detection) 시스템은 효율적인 교통 관제를 위한 핵심 기술이며, 통행료 지불 시스템, 주차장 및 교통 관리와 같은 많은 응용에 사용되어 업무의 효율을 높이고 있다. 최근까지의 ALPD에 관한 연구에서는 주로 영상처리를 위해 설계된 기존의 특징들을 추출하여 번호판 검출에 사용해왔다. 이러한 종래의 방법은 속도에 이점은 있으나, 다양한 환경 변화에 따른 성능 저하를 보였다. 본 논문에서는 전반적인 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 Faster R-CNN과 CNN으로 구성되는 두 단 구조를 활용하는 방법을 제안한다. 이를 통해 동작 속도를 향상시키고, 다양한 환경변화에 강인하도록 구성하였다. 첫 번째 단계에서는 Faster R-CNN을 적용하여 번호판 영역 후보영역들을 선별하며, 두 번째 단에서 CNN을 활용하여 후보영역들 중에서 False Positives를 제거함으로써 검출률을 향상시켰다. 이를 통해 ZFNet을 기반으로 하여 99.94%의 검출률을 달성하였다. 또한 평균 운용시간은 80ms/image로써 빠르고 강인한 실시간 번호판 검출 시스템을 구현할 수 있었다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2017

Purpose : The parameters used in architectural analysis are muscle thickness, fascicle length, pennation angle, etc. Pennation angle is an important muscle characteristic that plays a significant role in determining a fascicle's force contribution to movement. Ultrasonography has been widely used to obtain the image for measurement of a pennation angle since it is non-invasive and real-time. However, manual assessment in ultrasonographic images is time-consuming and subjective, making it difficult for using in muscle function analysis. Thus, in this study, I proposed an automatic method to extract the pennation angle from the ultrasonographic images of gastrocnemius muscle. Method : The ultrasonographic image obtained from 10 healthy participants's gastrocnemius muscle using for developed automatic measuring program. Automatic measuring program algorithm consists with preprocessing, line detection, line classification, and angle calculation. The resulting image was then used to detect the fascicles and aponeuroses for calculating the pennation angle with the consideration of their distribution in ultrasonographic image. Result : The proposed automatic measurement program showed the stable repeatability of pennation angle calculation. Conclusion : This study demonstrated that the proposed method was able to automatically measure the pennation angle of gastrocnemius, which made it possible to easily and reliably investigate pennation angle more.

• 교통기술과정책
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2012

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.214-217
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• 2013

In this paper, we proposed an automatic threshold control method for radar warning receiver. Considering the noise level of the environment, this technique can effectively adjust sensitivity level of radar warning receiver and can offer more accurate radar information for aircraft pilot in noisy circumstances.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1987년도 전기.전자공학 학술대회 논문집(II)
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• pp.1367-1370
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• 1987

This paper describes a new automatic bi-level image segmentation algorithm which determines local thresholds by applying a locally adaptive edge detection technique to a variable threshold selection method. Computer simulations show that the performance of the proposed algorithm is more robust than those of automatic global thresholding methods.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 Ⅲ
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• pp.1527-1530
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• 2003

Video is an important and challenge media and requires sophisticated indexing schemes for efficient retrieval from visual databases. Scene change detection is the first step for automatic indexing of video data. Recently, several scene change detection algorithms in the pixel and compressed domains have been reported in the literature. However, using pixel methods are computationally complex and are not very robust in detecting scene change detection. In this paper, we propose robust abrupt scene change detection using macroblock type and DC coefficient. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is robust for detection of most abrupt scene changes in the compressed domain.

• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2004년도 추계 종합학술대회 논문집
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• pp.166-169
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• 2004

변화탐지는 과세에서 군사분야에 이르기까지 많은 응용분야 사용되고 있다. 일반적으로 저해상도 영상에서는 화소차나 화소비와 같은 전체적인 변화탐지 방법이 사용되고 있으며, 고해상도 분야에서는 floating 윈도우 등의 도구를 이용해서 벡터를 입력할 수 있는 국소적인 변화탐지 방법이 사용되고 있다. 그러나 실제적인 사용을 위해서는 변화지역을 자동으로 추출해내는 방법이 연구되어야 할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 변화탐지 모니터링에 사용될 Kompsat 영상의 특징을 알아보고 해상도별 변화탐지 방법에 Kompsat 영상을 활용하여 그 결과를 비교하였다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2023

The solid-state drive (SSD) possesses higher input and output speeds, more resistance to physical shock, and lower latency compared with regular hard disks; hence, it is an increasingly popular storage device. However, tiny components on an internal printed circuit board (PCB) hinder the manual detection of malfunctioning components. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technologies, automatic detection of components through convolutional neural networks (CNN) can provide a sound solution for this area. This study proposes applying the YOLOv5 model to SSD PCB component detection, which is the first step in detecting defective components. It achieves pioneering state-of-the-art results on the SSD PCB dataset. Contrast experiments are conducted with YOLOX, a neck-and-neck model with YOLOv5; evidently, YOLOv5 obtains an mAP@0.5 of 99.0%, essentially outperforming YOLOX. These experiments prove that the YOLOv5 model is effective for tiny object detection and can be used to study the second step of detecting defective components in the future.