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Estimation of Rotation of Camera Direction and Distance Between Two Camera Positions by Using Fisheye Lens System

  • Aregawi, Tewodros A.;Kwon, Oh-Yeol;Park, Soon-Yong;Chien, Sung-Il
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.393-399
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    • 2013
  • We propose a method of sensing the rotation and distance of a camera by using a fisheye lens system as a vision sensor. We estimate the rotation angle of a camera with a modified correlation method by clipping similar regions to avoid symmetry problems and suppressing highlight areas. In order to eliminate the rectification process of the distorted points of a fisheye lens image, we introduce an offline process using the normalized focal length, which does not require the image sensor size. We also formulate an equation for calculating the distance of a camera movement by matching the feature points of the test image with those of the reference image.

Weighted Distance-Based Quantization for Distributed Estimation

  • Kim, Yoon Hak
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.215-220
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    • 2014
  • We consider quantization optimized for distributed estimation, where a set of sensors at different sites collect measurements on the parameter of interest, quantize them, and transmit the quantized data to a fusion node, which then estimates the parameter. Here, we propose an iterative quantizer design algorithm with a weighted distance rule that allows us to reduce a system-wide metric such as the estimation error by constructing quantization partitions with their optimal weights. We show that the search for the weights, the most expensive computational step in the algorithm, can be conducted in a sequential manner without deviating from convergence, leading to a significant reduction in design complexity. Our experments demonstrate that the proposed algorithm achieves improved performance over traditional quantizer designs. The benefit of the proposed technique is further illustrated by the experiments providing similar estimation performance with much lower complexity as compared to the recently published novel algorithms.

Minimum Hellinger Distance Estimation and Minimum Density Power Divergence Estimation in Estimating Mixture Proportions

  • Pak, Ro-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.1159-1165
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    • 2005
  • Basu et al. (1998) proposed a new density-based estimator, called the minimum density power divergence estimator (MDPDE), which avoid the use of nonparametric density estimation and associated complication such as bandwidth selection. Woodward et al. (1995) examined the minimum Hellinger distance estimator (MHDE), proposed by Beran (1977), in the case of estimation of the mixture proportion in the mixture of two normals. In this article, we introduce the MDPDE for a mixture proportion, and show that both the MDPDE and the MHDE have the same asymptotic distribution at a model. Simulation study identifies some cases where the MHDE is consistently better than the MDPDE in terms of bias.

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Distance Relaying Algorithm Using a DFT-based Modified Phasor Estimation Method (DFT 기반의 개선된 페이저 연산 기법을 적용한 거리계전 알고리즘)

  • Lee, Dong-Gyu;Kang, Sang-Hee
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.59 no.8
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    • pp.1360-1365
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we propose a distance relaying algorithm using a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)-based modified phasor estimation method to eliminate the adverse influence of exponentially decaying DC offsets. Most distance relays are based on estimating phasors of the voltage and current signals. A DFT is generally used to calculate the phasor of the fundamental frequency component in digital protective relays. However, the output of the DFT contains an error due to exponentially decaying DC offsets. For this reason, distance relays have a tendency to over-reach or under-reach in the presence of DC offset components in a fault current. Therefore, the decaying DC components should be taken into consideration when calculating the phasor of the fundamental frequency component of a relaying signal. The error due to DC offsets in a DFT is calculated and eliminated using the outputs of an even-sample-set DFT and an odd-sample-set DFT, so that the phasor of the fundamental component can be accurately estimated. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated for a-phase to ground faults on a 345 kV, 50 km, simple overhead transmission line. The Electromagnetic Transient Program (EMTP) is used to generate fault signals. The evaluation results indicate that adopting the proposed algorithm in distance relays can effectively suppress the adverse influence of DC offsets.

A Study on the Estimation of Smartphone Movement Distance using Optical Flow Technology on a Limited Screen (제한된 화면에 광류 기술을 적용한 스마트폰 이동 거리 추정에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Keunyoung;Oh, Jongtaek
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.71-76
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    • 2019
  • Research on indoor location tracking technology using smartphone is actively being carried out. Especially, the movement distance of the smartphone should be accurately measured and the movement route of the user should be displayed on the map. Location tracking technology using sensors mounted on smart phones has been used for a long time, but accuracy is not good enough to measure the moving distance of the user using only the sensor. Therefore, when the user moves the smartphone in a certain posture, it must research and develop an appropriate algorithm to measure the distance accurately. In this paper, we propose a method to reduce moving distance estimation error by removing user 's foot shape by limiting the screen of smartphone in pyramid - based optical flow estimation method.

A Study on Real Time Catenary Impedance Estimation Technique using the Synchronized Measuring Data between Substation and Train (변전소와 차량간의 동기화를 통한 실시간 전차선로 임피던스 예측 기법 연구)

  • Jung, Hosung
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.62 no.10
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    • pp.1458-1464
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    • 2013
  • This paper proposed a new real time catenary impedance estimation technique using synchronized power data from the measured data of operating vehicle and substation for catenary protective relay and fault locator setting. This paper presented estimation equation of catenary impedance using synchronized power data between substation and vehicle of AT feeding system for the performance verification of the proposed technique. Also AC feeding system is modeled through power analysis program and performance was verified through simulation according to various load changes. We verified that average 2.38%(distance equivalent 23.8 m) error appeared between the proposed estimation equation of catenary impedance and power analysis program simulation output in no connection double track system between up track and down track. Furthermore, We confirmed that estimation error is bigger depending on the increasing the distance from substation and vehicle impedance using only using vehicle current when calculating vehicle impedance in connection double track system between up track and down track. But, We confirmed that the proposed technique estimated accurately catenary impedance regardless of vehicle impedance and distance from substation.

Influence of Sample Number on the Estimation of Blasting Coefficients and Limit Scaled Distance (측정수가 발파계수와 허용환산거리의 산정에 미치는 영향)

  • 양형식;전양수;정지문
    • Journal of KSNVE
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.814-820
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    • 1998
  • Vibration data from two blasting sites were analyzed to determine the sufficient sample number for blasting vibration estimation. Most important result is that much more than 30 sample data and succeeding measurement are necessary to estimate confident blasting vibration level and to determine limit scaled distance.

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A Comparison of Influence Diagnostics in Linear Mixed Models

  • Lee, Jang-Taek
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.125-134
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    • 2003
  • Standard estimation methods for linear mixed models are sensitive to influential observations. However, tools and concepts for linear mixed model diagnostics are rudimentary until now and research is heavily demanded in linear mixed models. In this paper, we consider two diagnostics to evaluate the effects of individual observations in the estimation of fixed effects for linear mixed models. Those are Cook's distance and COVRATIO. Results of our limited simulation study suggest that the Cook's distance is not good statistical quantity in linear mixed models. Also calibration point for COVRATIO seems to be quite conservative.

Comparative Study on Similarity Measurement Methods in CBR Cost Estimation

  • Ahn, Joseph;Park, Moonseo;Lee, Hyun-Soo;Ahn, Sung Jin;Ji, Sae-Hyun;Kim, Sooyoung;Song, Kwonsik;Lee, Jeong Hoon
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.597-598
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    • 2015
  • In order to improve the reliability of cost estimation results using CBR, there has been a continuous issue on similarity measurement to accurately compute the distance among attributes and cases to retrieve the most similar singular or plural cases. However, these existing similarity measures have limitations in taking the covariance among attributes into consideration and reflecting the effects of covariance in computation of distances among attributes. To deal with this challenging issue, this research examines the weighted Mahalanobis distance based similarity measure applied to CBR cost estimation and carries out the comparative study on the existing distance measurement methods of CBR. To validate the suggest CBR cost model, leave-one-out cross validation (LOOCV) using two different sets of simulation data are carried out. Consequently, this research is expected to provide an analysis of covariance effects in similarity measurement and a basis for further research on the fundamentals of case retrieval.

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Vision-based Vehicle Detection and Inter-Vehicle Distance Estimation (영상 기반의 차량 검출 및 차간 거리 추정 방법)

  • Kim, Gi-Seok;Cho, Jae-Soo
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we propose a vision-based robust vehicle detection and inter-vehicle distance estimation algorithm for driving assistance system. We use the haar-like features of car rear-shadows, as well as the edge features for detecting of vehicles. The use of additional vehicle edge features greatly reduces the false-positive errors in the vehicle detection. And, after analyzing the conventional two inter-vehicle distance estimation methods: the location-based and the vehicle width-based, an improved inter-vehicle distance estimation algorithm which has the advantage of both method is proposed. Several experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.