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Verification of Long-distance Vision-based Displacement Measurement System (장거리 영상기반 변위계측 시스템 검증)

  • Kim, Hong-Jin;Heo, Suk-Jae;Shin, Seung-Hoon
    • Journal of the Regional Association of Architectural Institute of Korea
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to verify the long - range measurement performance for practical field application of VDMS. The reliability of the VDMS was verified by comparison with the existing monitoring sensor, GPS, Accelerometer and LDS. It showed the ability to accurately measure the dynamic displacement by tracking a motion of free vibration of target. And using the PSD function of measured data, the results in the frequency domain were also analyzed. We judged that VDMS is able to identify the higher system mode and has sufficient reliability. Based on the reliability verification, we conducted tests for long-distance applicability for actual application of VDMS. The distance from the stationary target model structure was increased by 50m interval, and the maximum distance was set to 400m. From the distance of 150m, the image obtained by the commercial camcorder has an error in the analysis, so the measured displacement comparison was performed between the LDS and the refractor telescope measurement results. In the measurement results of the displacement area of VDMS, the data validity was deteriorated due to the data shift by the external force and the quality degradation of the enlarged image. However, even under the condition that the effectiveness of the displacement measurement data of VDMS is low, the first mode characteristic included in the free vibration of the object is clearly measured. If the influence from the external environment is controlled and stable data is collected, It is judged that reliability of long-distance VDMS can be secured.

Tracking ond Distance Measurement of the Moving Object in Stereo Camera System as a Security Equipment (방범 설비의 스테레오 카메라 시스템에서 이동객체의 추적과 거리측정)

  • 이재수;홍권의;손영우
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.106-115
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    • 2003
  • In crossing stereo camera system as a security equipment system, a new algorithm for the tracking method of the moving object and the measurement method of distance of the object from cameras to moving object is proposed. The stereo input images are matched by a pixel for the moving object extraction, then the moving elements obtained from an adaptive threshold's value for an error correction and the moving object area extracted by noise eliminative algorithm. In addition to, the moving object traced by control pan/tilt of cameras using a coordinate value of the moving object, and the measurement method of distance to moving object by using special features of the crossing stereo camera system is proposed. From the experimental results, the proposed algorithm was found to be able to measure of the distance and trace for moving object in a stereo security camera system. The error rate of a distance measurement be existed within 6%. Moreover in implementation the proposed algorithm, the stereo security system, the automatic moving robot system and the stereo remote control system will be applied practical application.

Distance Measurement Using a Single Camera with a Rotating Mirror

  • Kim Hyongsuk;Lin Chun-Shin;Song Jaehong;Chae Heesung
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.542-551
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    • 2005
  • A new distance measurement method with the use of a single camera and a rotating mirror is presented. A camera in front of a rotating mirror acquires a sequence of reflected images, from which distance information is extracted. The distance measurement is based on the idea that the corresponding pixel of an object point at a longer distance moves at a higher speed in a sequence of images in this type of system setting. Distance measurement based on such pixel movement is investigated. Like many other image-based techniques, this presented technique requires matching corresponding points in two images. To alleviate such difficulty, two kinds of techniques of image tracking through the sequence of images and the utilization of multiple sets of image frames are described. Precision improvement is possible and is one attractive merit. The presented approach with a rotating mirror is especially suitable for such multiple measurements. The imprecision caused by the physical limit could be improved through making several measurements and taking an average. In this paper, mathematics necessary for implementing the technique is derived and presented. Also, the error sensitivities of related parameters are analyzed. Experimental results using the real camera-mirror setup are reported.

The Precision Laser Range Finder Using Laser Diode for Industrial Applications (반도체 레이저를 이용한 산업용 정밀 거리 측정 시스템)

  • Woo, Sung-Hun;Park, Jung-Hwan;Kim, Young-Min;Park, Dong-Hong;Park, Won-Zoo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.231-234
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    • 2007
  • A measurement technique in an industry site is basis technique which is bringing a ripple effect on an increasing productivity. Recently, a measurement request is increasing in the industry field as well as the variety field such as leisure, research. Thus, it is in point of time to secure an internal technique about measurement using a laser. In this paper, we prepare to develop the industrial precision laser distance measure device that is available measuring in several hundred meters[m]. In other words, we are planning to measure a wide distance using a laser diode that has long life and is compact, inexpensive. Through this research, we'll secure the pulse laser control technique, a signal processing, technique for distance calculation about a laser distance measurement system. And hereafter, we'll plan to commercialize a laser distance device using this research.

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Implementation and Performance Analysis of DGPS & RTK Error Correction Data Real-Time Transmission System for Long-Distance in Mobile Environments

  • Cho, Ik-Sung;Ha, Chang-Seung;Yim, Jae-Hong
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.291-291
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    • 2002
  • DGPS(Differential Global Positioning System) and RTK(RealTime Kinematic) is in one of today's most widely used surveying techniques. But It's use is restricted by the distance between reference station and rover station and it is difficult to process data in realtime by it's own orgnizational limitation in precise measurement of positioning. To meet these new demands, In This paper, new DGPS and RTK correction data services through Internet and PSTN(Public Switched Telephony Network) have been proposed. For this purpose, we implemented performance a DGPS and RTK error correction data transmission system for long-distance using the internet and PSTN network which allows a mobile user to increase the distance at which the rover receiver is located from the reference in realtime. and we analyzed and compared DGPS and RTK performance by experiments through the Internet and PSTN network with the distance and the time.

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Underwater Navigation of AUVs Using Uncorrelated Measurement Error Model of USBL

  • Lee, Pan-Mook;Park, Jin-Yeong;Baek, Hyuk;Kim, Sea-Moon;Jun, Bong-Huan;Kim, Ho-Sung;Lee, Phil-Yeob
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.340-352
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    • 2022
  • This article presents a modeling method for the uncorrelated measurement error of the ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning system for aiding navigation of underwater vehicles. The Mahalanobis distance (MD) and principal component analysis are applied to decorrelate the errors of USBL measurements, which are correlated in the x- and y-directions and vary according to the relative direction and distance between a reference station and the underwater vehicles. The proposed method can decouple the radial-direction error and angular direction error from each USBL measurement, where the former and latter are independent and dependent, respectively, of the distance between the reference station and the vehicle. With the decorrelation of the USBL errors along the trajectory of the vehicles in every time step, the proposed method can reduce the threshold of the outlier decision level. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, simulation studies were performed with motion data obtained from a field experiment involving an autonomous underwater vehicle and USBL signals generated numerically by matching the specifications of a specific USBL with the data of a global positioning system. The simulations indicated that the navigation system is more robust in rejecting outliers of the USBL measurements than conventional ones. In addition, it was shown that the erroneous estimation of the navigation system after a long USBL blackout can converge to the true states using the MD of the USBL measurements. The navigation systems using the uncorrelated error model of the USBL, therefore, can effectively eliminate USBL outliers without loss of uncontaminated signals.

Development of Automated Guidance Tracking Sensor System Based on Laser Distance Sensors

  • Kim, Joon-Yong;Kim, Hak-Jin;Shim, Sung-Bo;Park, Soo-Hyun;Kim, Jung-Hun;Kim, Young-Joo
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.319-327
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: Automated guidance systems (AGSs) for mobile farm machinery have several advantages over manual operation in the crop production industry. Many researchers and companies have tried to develop such a system. However, it is not easy to evaluate the performance of an AGS because there is no established device used to evaluate it that complies with the ISO 12188 standard. The objective of this study was to develop a tracking sensor system using five laser distance measurement sensors. Methods: One sensor-for long-range distance measurement-was used to measure travel distance and velocity. The other four sensors-for mid-range distance measurement-were used to measure lateral deviation. Stationary, manual driving, and A-B line tests were conducted, and the results were compared with the real-time kinematic differential global positioning system (RTK-DGPS) signal used by the AGS. Results: For the stationary test, the average error of the tracking sensor system was 1.99 mm, and the average error of the RTK-DGPS was 15.19 mm. For the two types of driving tests, the data trends were similar. A comparison of the changes in lateral deviation showed that the data stability of the developed tracking system was better. Conclusions: Although the tracking system was not capable of measuring long travel distances under strong sunlight illumination because of the long-range sensor's limitations, this dilemma could be overcome using a higher-performance sensor.

Precision Evaluation of Three-dimensional Feature Points Measurement by Binocular Vision

  • Xu, Guan;Li, Xiaotao;Su, Jian;Pan, Hongda;Tian, Guangdong
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.30-37
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    • 2011
  • Binocular-pair images obtained from two cameras can be used to calculate the three-dimensional (3D) world coordinate of a feature point. However, to apply this method, measurement accuracy of binocular vision depends on some structure factors. This paper presents an experimental study of measurement distance, baseline distance, and baseline direction. Their effects on camera reconstruction accuracy are investigated. The testing set for the binocular model consists of a series of feature points in stereo-pair images and corresponding 3D world coordinates. This paper discusses a method to increase the baseline distance of two cameras for enhancing the accuracy of a binocular vision system. Moreover, there is an inflexion point of the value and distribution of measurement errors when the baseline distance is increased. The accuracy benefit from increasing the baseline distance is not obvious, since the baseline distance exceeds 1000 mm in this experiment. Furthermore, it is observed that the direction errors deduced from the set-up are lower when the main measurement direction is similar to the baseline direction.

Measurement of Focal Length for Off-axis Optical Systems

  • Choe, Se-woon;Ryu, Jaemyung
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.402-408
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    • 2021
  • An off-axis system refers to an optical system in which the optical axis and normal vector at the vertex of each surface do not match. The most important specification in an optical system is its focal length. Among the various methods for measuring the focal length, the most suitable method for the off-axis system is the method that adopts magnification. However, head-mounted display (HMD) optics must be measured while considering the virtual image distance, which is not infinity owing to product characteristics. For the virtual image distance, a camera with a focusing function was used. By measuring HMD optics via this magnification method, the error generated in this measurement was 0.68% of the HMD's focal length, which is within the 1%-3% range of the conventionally permitted design error for the focal length allowed at the optical design stage. Therefore, it can be verified that the measurement accuracy of the method proposed in this study is sufficiently feasible in practice.

Creepage Distance Measurement Using Binocular Stereo Vision on Hot-line for High Voltage Insulator

  • He, Wenjun;Wang, Jiake;Fu, Yuegang
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.348-355
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    • 2018
  • How to measure the creepage distance of an insulator quickly and accurately is a problem for the power industry at present, and the noticeable concern is that the high voltage insulation equipment cannot be measured online in the charged state. In view of this situation, we develop an on-line measurement system of creepage distance for high voltage insulators based on binocular stereo vision. We have proposed a method of generating linear structured light using a conical off-axis mirror. The feasibility and effect of two ways to solve the interference problem of strong sunlight have been discussed, one way is to use bandpass filters to enhance the contrast ratio of linear structured light in the images, and the other way is to process the images with adaptive threshold segmentation and feature point extraction. After the system is calibrated, we tested the measurement error of the on-line measurement system with a composite insulator sample. Experimental results show that the maximum relative error is 1.45% and the average relative error is 0.69%, which satisfies the task requirement of not more than 5% of the maximum relative error.