• 지능정보연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2003

The automatic recognition of transport containers using image processing is very hard because of the irregular size and position of identifiers, diverse colors of background and identifiers, and the impaired shapes of identifiers caused by container damages and the bent surface of container, etc. We proposed and evaluated the novel recognition algorithm of container identifiers that overcomes effectively the hardness and recognizes identifiers from container images captured in the various environments. The proposed algorithm, first, extracts the area including only all identifiers from container images by using CANNY masking and bi-directional histogram method. The extracted identifier area is binarized by the fuzzy binarization method newly proposed in this paper and by applying contour tracking method to the binarized area, container identifiers which are targets of recognition are extracted. We proposed and applied the ART2-based RBF network for recognition of container identifiers. The results of experiment for performance evaluation on the real container images showed that the proposed algorithm has more improved performance in the extraction and recognition of container identifiers than the previous algorithms.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.349-356
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• 2004

The automatic recognition of transport containers using image processing is very hard because of the irregular size and position of identifiers, diverse colors of background and identifiers, and the impaired shapes of identifiers caused by container damages and the bent surface of container, etc. In this paper we propose and evaluate a novel recognition algorithm for container identifiers that effectively overcomes these difficulties and recognizes identifiers from container images captured in various environments. The proposed algorithm, first, extracts the area containing only the identifiers from container images by using CANNY masking and bi-directional histogram method. The extracted identifier area is binarized by the fuzzy binarization method newly proposed in this paper. Then a contour tracking method is applied to the binarized area in order to extract the container identifiers which are the target for recognition. In this paper we also propose and apply a novel ART2-based hybrid network for recognition of container identifiers. The results of experiment for performance evaluation on the real container images showed that the proposed algorithm performs better for extraction and recognition of container identifiers compared to conventional algorithms.

• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2003년도 Proceeding
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• pp.88-95
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• 2003

The automatic recognition of transport containers using image processing is very hard because of the irregular size and position of identifiers, diverse colors of background and identifiers, and the impaired shapes of identifiers caused by container damages and the bent surface of container, etc. We proposed and evaluated the novel recognition algorithm of container identifiers that overcomes effectively the hardness and recognizes identifiers from container images captured in the various environments. The proposed algorithm, first, extracts the area including only all identifiers from container images by using CANNY masking and bi-directional histogram method. The extracted identifier area is binarized by the fuzzy binarization method newly proposed in this paper and by applying contour tracking method to the binarized area, container identifiers which are targets of recognition are extracted. We proposed and applied the ART2-based RBF network for recognition of container identifiers. The results of experiment for performance evaluation on the real container images showed that the proposed algorithm has more improved performance in the extraction and recognition of container identifiers than the previous algorithms.

• 한국항만학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.303-312
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• 1999

The automated gate operating system is developed in this paper that controls the information of container at gate in the ACT. This system can be divided into three parts and consists of container identifier recognition car plate recognition container deformation perception. We linked each system and organized efficient gate operating system. To recognize container identifier the preprocess using LSPRD(Line Scan Proper Region Detection)is performed and the identifier is recognized by using neural network MBP When car plate is recognized only car image is extracted by using color information of car and hough transform. In the port of container deformation perception firstly background is removed by using moving window. Secondly edge is detected from the image removed characters on the surface of container deformation perception firstly background is removed by using moving window. Secondly edge is detected from the image removed characters on the surface of container. Thirdly edge is fitted into line segment so that container deformation is perceived. As a results of the experiment with this algorithm superior rate of identifier recognition is shown and the car plate recognition system and container deformation perception that are applied in real-time are developed.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 1998년도 추계학술대회논문집:21세기에 대비한 지능형 통합항만관리
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• pp.137-141
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• 1998

Todays the efficient management of container has not been realized in container terminal, because of the excessive quantity of container transported and manual system. For the efficient and automated management of container in terminal, the automated container identifier recognition system in terminal is a significant problem. However, the identifier recognition rate is decreased owing to the difficulty of image preprocessing caused the refraction of container surface, the change of weather and the damaged identifier characters. Therefore, this paper proposes more accurate system for container identifier recognition as suggestion of Line-Scan Proper Region Detect for stronger preprocessing against external noisy element and Moment Back-Propagation Neural Network to recognize identifier.

• 한국항만학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.225-232
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• 1998

Todays, the efficient management of container has not been realized in container terminal, because of the excessive quantity of container transported and manual system. For the efficient and automated management of container in terminal, the automated container identifier recognition system in terminal is a significant problem. However, the identifier recognition rate is decreased owing to the difficulty of image preprocessing caused the refraction of container surface, the change of weather and the damaged identifier characters. Therefore, this paper proposes more accurate system for container identifier recognition as suggestion of LSPRD(Line-Scan Proper Region Detection) for stronger preprocessing against external noisy element and MBP(Momentum Back-Propagation) neural network to recognize the identifier.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2010

본 논문은 컨테이너터미널의 야드에서 무인으로 하역작업을 수행하는 자동화 크레인(ATC; Automatic Transfer Crane) 에서 신속하고 효율적으로 작업 대상인 컨테이너화물의 컬러 영상 이미지내의 컨테이너번호를 인식하는 방법에 대한 연구이다. 부산의 신선대부두 게이트에는 정부의 연구개발사업인 "지능형 항만물류시스템 기술 개발"에 의해 컨테이너번호 인식시스템이 설치되어 있다. 수출컨테이너화물을 자동으로 인식하기 위해 게이트에 터널식 구조물 내 카메라를 설치하여 컨테이너번호를 인식하는 방식이다. 그러나 컨테이너터미널에 자동화장비가 도입되고 작업의 무인화가 점진적으로 이루어짐에 따라 야드의 자동화크레인에서 작업 대상의 확인을 위한 컨테이너번호 인식시스템을 필요로 한다. 따라서 게이트와는 달리 햇빛, 비, 눈, 그림자 등 영상을 통한 문자인식의 방해요소가 많은 야드의 자동화크레인에서는 그에 맞는 컨테이너번호 인식시스템이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 카메라, 조명, 센서 등 하드웨어 요소들의 변경과 주변 환경의 밝기차 등을 조절하여 번호를 인식하는 알고리즘 등 소프트웨어 요소들의 변화를 통해 태양광이나 하역장비 아래에 짙게 드리워지는 그림자 문제 등을 해결하고 인식시간의 단축과 인식률을 높이는 결과를 도출하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.767-775
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• 2016

Automatic container code recognition from a captured image is used for tracking and monitoring containers, but often fails when the code is not captured clearly. In this paper, we increase the accuracy of container code recognition using multiple views. A character-level integration method combines recognized codes from different single views to generate a new code. A decision-level integration selects the most probable results from the codes from single views and the new integrated code. The experiment confirmed that the proposed integration works successfully. The recognition from single views achieved an accuracy of around 70% for the test images collected on a working pier, whereas the proposed integration method showed an accuracy of 96%.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2006

영상처리 기술을 이용한 컨테이너 식별자 자동인식은 항만자동화와 물류 처리율 향상에 매우 중요한 요소이다. 본 논문에서는 칼라정보를 이용한 윤곽선 추출과 추출된 문자영역에 대한 문자 조건 검증 알고리즘을 사용하여 입력 영상의 다양한 밝기변화와 잡음에 강한 컨테이너 식별자 인식 기법을 제안하였다. 360장의 컨테이너 영상을 대상으로 실험한 결과 제안한 방법이 식별자 인식에 유용함을 확인하였다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.211-223
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• 2013

국내 컨테이너터미널에서는 야드 트랙터의 위치를 실시간으로 인식하기 위해 RFID시스템을 사용하고 있다. 그러나 RFID를 이용한 위치인식은 트랜스퍼 크레인을 이용하는 야드 작업에는 문제가 없으나, 컨테이너 크레인을 이용하는 본선 작업에는 문제가 있다. 즉, 컨테이너 크레인에서 크레인 밑의 4개 차선에서 움직이는 야드 트랙터들을 구분하여 정확히 인식하기가 불가능하기 때문이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 트랜스퍼 크레인의 야드 작업은 물론이고 컨테이너 크레인의 본선 작업에서도 동일한 방식으로 정확히 야드 트랙터를 인식할 수 있는 적외선 통신시스템을 개발하였다. 본 연구의 결과 인식 횟수가 일정하게 측정되었으며, 25m의 거리에서도 인식범위가 5.7m로 측정 가능하였다. 즉, 컨테이너 크레인 밑을 이동하는 여러 대의 야드 트랙터들을 구분하여 인식할 수 있는 인식 범위를 가지게 되었다.