• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.483-485
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• 2004

The SRI (Super Resolution Imager) is the development project for the next generation satellite camera. This camera has more high resolution than the present satellite camera. It's used by very accurate observation and other multi-purposes. In this paper, the SRI electronic system is described in terms of H/W (Configuration and Function operation).

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.376-380
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• 2008

This paper presents the Projection Moire method using a line scan camera. The high resolution feature of a line scan camera makes it possible to scan an image quickly, thus enabling a much quicker 3D profile. This method uses a high resolution line scan camera making it possible to scan an image at high speed simultaneously measuring the 3D profile of a large FOV. When using a high resolution scan camera, a full FOV is scanned, thus requiring just one movement of a projection grating. As a result, the number of grating movements is reduced drastically. The end result is a faster and more accurate 3D measurement. Moving the grating too quickly causes vibration in the imaging system, which will normally be required to apply a stitching technique when using an area scan camera. However the technique is not required when using a line scan camera. Compared with the previous techniques, it has the advantages of simple hardware without moving mechanical parts - single exposure for obtaining three-dimensional information. A method using a high resolution line scan camera can be used in mass production to measure the bump height of wafers or the bump height of package substrates.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2009.01a
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• pp.233-237
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• 2009

This paper represents a new approach which addresses quality degradation of a synthesized view, when a virtual camera moves forward. Generally, interpolation technique using only two neighboring views is used when a virtual view is synthesized. Because a size of the object increases when the virtual camera moves forward, most methods solved this by interpolation in order to synthesize a virtual view. However, as it generates a degraded view such as blurred images, we prevent a synthesized view from being blurred by using more cameras in multiview camera configuration. That is, we solve this by applying super-resolution concept which reconstructs a high resolution image from several low resolution images. Therefore, data fusion is executed by geometric warping using a disparity of the multiple images followed by deblur operation. Experimental results show that the image quality can further be improved by reducing blur in comparison with interpolation method.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.91-98
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• 2009

Recent digital camera development tendency shows the higher ISO extension which enables a user to take a picture in deemed lighting condition without using a flash or another equipment. Also noise reduction function has been developed to adjust the higher ISO extension. But using the high ISO causes a lot of noises so that proper noise reduction function should be adjusted. So the manufacturers introduce the advanced noise reduction function with higher ISOs as the digital camera performance development. On the other hands, the defect of noise reduction is not widely open such as remaining noise in high ISOs and decreasing resolution. Therefore, in this research we verify and experiment the decrease of resolution by using noise reduction function on a digital camera. Moreover we analyze the results how much the noise reduction function effects to the image resolution. And we present the results as practical numerical values.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

The depth camera measures range information of the scene in real time using Time-of-Flight (TOF) technology. Measured depth data is then regularized and provided as a depth image. This depth image is utilized with the stereo or multi-view image to generate high-resolution depth map of the scene. However, it is required to correct noise and distortion of TOF depth image due to the technical limitation of the TOF depth camera. The corrected depth image is combined with the color image in various methods, and then we obtain the high-resolution depth of the scene. In this paper, we introduce the principal and various techniques of sensor fusion for high-quality depth generation that uses multiple camera with depth cameras.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.60-65
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a high-resolution disparity map generation method using a low-resolution time-of-flight (TOF) depth camera and color camera. The TOF depth camera is efficient since it measures the range information of objects using the infra-red (IR) signal in real-time. It also quantizes the range information and provides the depth image. However, there are some problems of the TOF depth camera, such as noise and lens distortion. Moreover, the output resolution of the TOF depth camera is too small for 3D applications. Therefore, it is essential to not only reduce the noise and distortion but also enlarge the output resolution of the TOF depth image. Our proposed method generates a depth map for a color image using the TOF camera and the color camera simultaneously. We warp the depth value at each pixel to the color image position. The color image is segmented using the mean-shift segmentation method. We define a cost function that consists of color values and segmented color values. We apply a weighted average filter whose weighting factor is defined by the random walk probability using the defined cost function of the block. Experimental results show that the proposed method generates the depth map efficiently and we can reconstruct good virtual view images.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.130-133
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• 2007

In order to get high quality and high resolution image data from the space-borne camera system, the image chain from the sensor to the user in the ground-station need to be designed and controlled with extreme care. The behavior of the camera system needs to be controlled by ground commands to support on-orbit calibration and to adjust imaging parameters and to perform early stage on-orbit image correction, like gain and offset control, non-uniformity correction, etc. The operation status including the temperature of the sensor needs to be transferred to the ground-station. The preparation time of the camera system for imaging with specific parameters should be minimized. The camera controller needs to synchronize the operation of cameras for every channel and for every spectral band. Detail timing information of the image data needs to be provided for image data correction at ground-station. In this paper, the design of the camera controller for the AEISS on KOMPSAT-3 will be introduced. It will be described how the image chain is controlled and which imaging parameters are to be adjusted The camera controller will have software for the flexible operation of the camera by the ground-station operators and it can be reconfigured by ground commands. A simple concept of the camera operations and the design of the camera controller, not only with hardware but also with controller software are to be introduced in this paper.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.7-13
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• 1998

In this paper, an automatic ball-stud inspection system has been developed using the computer-aided vision system. Index table has been used to get the rapid measurement and multi-camera has been used to get the high resolution in physical system. Camera calibration was suggested to perform the reliable inspection. Image processing and data analysis algorithms for ball stud inspection system have been investigated and were performed quickly with high accuracy. As a result, inspection system of a ball stud could be used with a high resolution in real time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.1120-1123
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• 1995

In this paper, an automatic B/STUD inspection system has been developed using the computer aided vision system. Index Table has been used to get the rapid measurement and multi-camera has been used to get the high resolution in mechanical system. Camera calibration was suggested to perform the reliable Inspection. Image processing and data analysis algorithms for B/STUD inspection system has been investigated and were performed quickly with high accuracy. As a result, Inspection system of a B/STUD can be measured with a high resolution in real time.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.52-55
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• 2011

We discuss the effect of stray light on a high-precision camera in an LEO(Low Earth Orbit) satellite. The critical objects and illumination objects were sorted to discover the stray light sources in the optical system. Scatter modeling was applied to determine a noise effect on the surface of a detector, and the relative flux of a signal and noise were also calculated. The stable range of reflectivity of the beam splitter was estimated for various scattering models.