• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.240-251
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• 2016

This paper presents a real-time indoor location and pose estimation method that utilizes simple artificial markers and image analysis techniques for the purpose of warehouse automation. The conventional indoor localization methods cannot work robustly in warehouses where severe environmental changes usually occur due to the movement of stocked goods. To overcome this problem, the proposed framework places artificial markers having different interior pattern on the predefined position of the warehouse floor. The proposed algorithm obtains marker candidate regions from a captured image by a simple binarization and labeling procedure. Then it extracts maker interior pattern information from each candidate region in order to decide whether the candidate region is a true marker or not. The extracted interior pattern information and the outer boundary of the marker are used to estimate location and heading angle of the localization system. Experimental results show that the proposed localization method can provide high performance which is almost equivalent to that of the conventional method using an expensive LIDAR sensor and AMCL algorithm.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제37권12호
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• pp.1209-1216
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 실내 공간에 설치된 복수의 카메라로부터 획득한 영상정보를 소형무인기의 자세 추정 및 제어에 이용하는 시스템에 대한 연구를 기술하였다. 제안된 시스템은 실외 비행시험의 제한을 극복하고 효율적인 비행시험 환경을 구축하기 위한 것으로 무인기의 위치 및 자세를 측정하기 위해 별도의 센서를 탑재할 필요가 없어 저가의 장비로 테스트베드를 구성할 수 있다는 장점을 갖는다. 시스템 구현을 위해 요구되는 카메라 보정, 마커 검출, 자세 추정 기법을 소개하였으며 테스트베드를 이용한 실험 결과를 통해 제안된 방법의 타당성 및 성능을 보였다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.512-519
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• 2012

본 논문은 원형 링 패턴의 인식에 기반한 물체의 3차원 위치/자세 추정 시스템을 제안한다. 단일 비전 기반의 자세추정 문제를 다루기 위하여, 본 논문은 물체인식 과정의 단순화를 위한 원형 링 패턴의 설계방법을 기술한다. 또한, 본 논문은 2차원 투영공간에서 원형 링 패턴이 가지는 기하학적 변환관계를 적극 활용한 실내용 위치/자세 추정 절차를 상세히 설명한다. 제안된 방법은 쿼드로터형 비행체의 3차원 위치/자세 추정에 적용되며 정확도 및 정밀도 분석을 통해 평가된다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39C권1호
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• pp.47-59
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• 2014

본 논문은 실내 환경에서의 엔터테인먼트 활용을 목적으로 쿼드로터형 비행체를 위한 비전 기반의 궤적 추종제어 시스템을 다룬다. 항공촬영 및 감시 등의 특수임무를 완수하기 위해 자율성이 강조되는 실외 비행체와 비교할 때, 엔터테인먼트를 목적으로 하는 실내 환경에서의 비행체를 위해서는 안정성 및 정밀성이 특히 고려된 호버링 및 궤적추종 기능 등이 요구된다. 이에, 본 논문은 동작생성, 자세추정, 궤적추종 모듈로 구성된 궤적추종 제어시스템을 제안한다. 동작생성 모듈은 매 시간에서의 3차원 자세로 기술되는 동작들에 대한 연속적인 시퀀스를 생성한다. 자세추정 모듈은 비행체에 장착된 원형 링 패턴의 인식을 통해 쿼드로터의 3차원 자세정보를 추정한다. 궤적추종 모듈은 동작생성 모듈과 자세추정 모듈로부터 제공되는 정보를 이용하여 쿼드로터 비행체의 3차원 위치를 실시간적으로 제어한다. 제안된 시스템의 성능은 단일 점 추종, 다점 추종, 곡선궤적 추종에 대한 실험을 통해 평가된다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집 Ⅳ
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• pp.1887-1890
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• 2003

This paper presents a three-dimensional (3D) head pose estimation algorithm using the stereo image. Given a pair of stereo image, we automatically extract several important facial feature points using the disparity map, the gabor filter and the canny edge detector. To detect the facial feature region , we propose a region dividing method using the disparity map. On the indoor head & shoulder stereo image, a face region has a larger disparity than a background. So we separate a face region from a background by a divergence of disparity. To estimate 3D head pose, we propose a 2D-3D Error Compensated-SVD (EC-SVD) algorithm. We estimate the 3D coordinates of the facial features using the correspondence of a stereo image. We can estimate the head pose of an input image using Error Compensated-SVD (EC-SVD) method. Experimental results show that the proposed method is capable of estimating pose accurately.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2008

Based on object recognition technology, we present a new global localization method for robot navigation. For doing this, we model any indoor environment using the following visual cues with a stereo camera; view-based image features for object recognition and those 3D positions for object pose estimation. Also, we use the depth information at the horizontal centerline in image where optical axis passes through, which is similar to the data of the 2D laser range finder. Therefore, we can build a hybrid local node for a topological map that is composed of an indoor environment metric map and an object location map. Based on such modeling, we suggest a coarse-to-fine strategy for estimating the global localization of a mobile robot. The coarse pose is obtained by means of object recognition and SVD based least-squares fitting, and then its refined pose is estimated with a particle filtering algorithm. With real experiments, we show that the proposed method can be an effective vision- based global localization algorithm.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.535-544
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• 2024

In the rapidly advancing landscape of computer vision (CV) technology, there is a burgeoning interest in its integration with the construction industry. Camera calibration is the process of deriving intrinsic and extrinsic parameters that affect when the coordinates of the 3D real world are projected onto the 2D plane, where the intrinsic parameters are internal factors of the camera, and extrinsic parameters are external factors such as the position and rotation of the camera. Camera pose estimation or extrinsic calibration, which estimates extrinsic parameters, is essential information for CV application at construction since it can be used for indoor navigation of construction robots and field monitoring by restoring depth information. Traditionally, camera pose estimation methods for cameras relied on target objects such as markers or patterns. However, these methods, which are marker- or pattern-based, are often time-consuming due to the requirement of installing a target object for estimation. As a solution to this challenge, this study introduces a novel framework that facilitates camera pose estimation using standardized materials found commonly in construction sites, such as concrete forms. The proposed framework obtains 3D real-world coordinates by referring to construction materials with certain specifications, extracts the 2D coordinates of the corresponding image plane through keypoint detection, and derives the camera's coordinate through the perspective-n-point (PnP) method which derives the extrinsic parameters by matching 3D and 2D coordinate pairs. This framework presents a substantial advancement as it streamlines the extrinsic calibration process, thereby potentially enhancing the efficiency of CV technology application and data collection at construction sites. This approach holds promise for expediting and optimizing various construction-related tasks by automating and simplifying the calibration procedure.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.735-739
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• 2005

This paper presents a new system to estimate the head pose of human in interactive indoor environment that has dynamic illumination change and large working space. The main idea of this system is to suggest a new morphological feature for estimating head angle from stereo disparity map. When a disparity map is obtained from stereo camera, the matching confidence value can be derived by measurements of correlation of the stereo images. Applying a threshold to the confidence value, we also obtain the specific morphology of the disparity map. Therefore, we can obtain the morphological shape of disparity map. Through the analysis of this morphological property, the head pose can be estimated. It is simple and fast algorithm in comparison with other algorithm which apply facial template, 2D, 3D models and optical flow method. Our system can automatically segment and estimate head pose in a wide range of head motion without manual initialization like other optical flow system. As the result of experiments, we obtained the reliable head orientation data under the real-time performance.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2021년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.177-179
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• 2021

본 논문은 실내 공간에서 상호작용 로봇이 사용자의 시선이 응시하는 목표지점의 위치정보를 추정하는 방법을 제안한다. 저가의 웹캠으로부터 RGB 영상을 추출하고, 얼굴검출(Openface)모듈로부터 사용자의 헤드포즈 정보를 획득한 후 기하학적 연산을 적용하여 3차원 공간 내 사용자의 응시방향을 추정하게 된다. 추정된 응시방향과 테이블 상의 평면과의 상관관계를 통하여 최종적으로 사용자가 응시하는 목표 지점의 좌표를 추정하게 된다.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2014

This paper analyzes the Monte Carlo localization (MCL) method, which estimates the pose of an indoor mobile robot. A mobile robot must know where it is to navigate in an indoor environment. The MCL technique is one of the most influential and popular techniques for estimation of robot position and orientation using a particle filter. For the analysis, we perform experiments in an indoor environment with a differential drive robot and ultrasonic range sensor system. The analysis uses MATLAB for implementation of the MCL and investigates the effects of the control parameters on the MCL performance. The control parameters are the uncertainty of the motion model of the mobile robot and the noise level of the measurement model of the range sensor.