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Development of Image Processing Program to Inspect Concrete Bridges (콘크리트 교량 외관조사용 이미지 처리 프로그램 개발)

  • Lee, Byeong-Ju;Shin, Jae-In;Park, Chang-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.189-192
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    • 2008
  • Generally, the inspection is hard work and needs a lot of time. So, this work contains subjectivity of inspector owing to carry out the visual evaluations through naked eye. Thus, the result of inspection is not objective and reliable. The purpose of this study is to develop new inspection technique to solve above problems and to provide convenient inspection work. We make a new inspection system using digital image processing technology. This program can stitch each image and detect cracks of surface of concrete bridge. Also, It can extract an investigation drawing from the picture. Also, this program is a kind of management tools designed to have some functions such as converting the image data obtained from cameras to Data-Base format, searching and storing the data. At first, we try to make a automatic extracting program. But, changed by semiautomatic method because of various problems. Through field experiments, the application of this inspection system with specialty software has proven to be much faster, safer, and reliable than the inspections carried out by the naked eyes in managing safety of the bridges. The new inspection method may be able to make the inspection of bridge more efficient and reliable.

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Study on the investigating termite damages of wooden structure using detector dog (탐지견을 활용한 목조건축물의 흰개미피해 조사 연구)

  • Jeong, So-Young
    • 보존과학연구
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    • s.31
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    • pp.121-130
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    • 2010
  • Wooden structures in Korea are usually damaged by some insects such as termites, wasps, cigarette beetles, powder-post beetles. Especially, the termites inhabiting in Korea are the subterranean termites, Reticulitermes speratus kyushuensis Morimoto, that make colonies in underground, therefore it is difficult to predict and control substantial infestations in advance. Accordingly, to enable inspectors to locate the termite infestations before the extensive damage occurs, the pest management industry has begun using several elaborate tools and making the various effect to inspect areas hard to access through a visual inspection. Recently detector dogs were adopted as one of those tools. Detector dogs are useful for locating subterranean termites because they use their acute olfaction rather than vision. We also have used detector dogs to locate termites and investigated 270 buildings from 31 sites since 2007. According to the results, while 144 buildings (53.4%) were in good condition with no damage by termites, 80 buildings (29.6%) were found out to be damaged by termites through visual inspection and detector dog. So it is expected to control termites according to the conservation status if detector dogs are well trained to discriminate live termites from fecal pellets by termites.

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Design and Control of Robot Arm for Inspection and Rescue Operations (재난 탐사 및 구조를 위한 로봇팔 설계 및 제어)

  • Kang, Jin-Il;Choi, Hyeung-Sik;Jun, Bong-Huan;Ji, Dae-Hyeong;Oh, Ji-Yoon;Kim, Joon-Young
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.888-894
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    • 2016
  • This paper presents the kinematic and dynamic analysis of the robot arm for inspection and rescue operations. The inspection robot arm has Pitch-Pitch-Pitch-Yaw motion for an optimal and stable view of the camera installed at the end of the manipulator. The rescue operation robot arm has Yaw-Pitch-Pitch-Roll motion to handle heavy tools. Additionally, both robot arms are waterproof, as they use the triple-layer O-ring. Furthermore, the dynamic equation including the damping force due to the mechanical seal for waterproofness was derived by using the Newton-Euler method. A control system using the ARM processor was developed and introduced in this paper, and its performance was verified through experiments.

Preliminary Study for Image-Based Measurement Model in a Construction Site (이미지 기반 건설현장 수치 측정 모델 기초연구)

  • Yoon, Sebeen;Kang, Mingyun;Kim, Chang-Won;Lim, Hyunsu;Yoo, Wi Sung;Kim, Taehoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2023.05a
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    • pp.287-288
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    • 2023
  • The inspection work at construction sites is one of the important supervisory tasks, which involves verifying that the building is being constructed by the numerical values specified in the design drawings. The conventional measuring method for inspection involves using tools or equipment such as rulers directly by the personnel at the site, and it is usually confirmed by vision. Therefore, this study proposes an model to measure numerical values on images of the construction site. Through the case study to measure the installation interval of jack supports, the proposed algorithm was verified the effiect and validity. The results of this study suggest that it can support inspection work even in the office, which may have been overlooked by on-site inspectors, and contribute to the digitization of inspection work at construction sites.

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Development of Automated Tools for Data Quality Diagnostics (데이터 품질진단을 위한 자동화도구 개발)

  • Ko, Jae-Hwan;Kim, Dong-Soo;Han, Ki-Joon
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.153-170
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    • 2012
  • When companies or institutes manage data, in order to utilize it as useful resources for decision-making, it is essential to offer precise and reliable data. While most small and medium-sized enterprises and public institutes have been investing a great amount of money in management and maintenance of their data systems, the investment in data management has been inadequate. When public institutions establish their data systems, inspection has been constantly carried out on the data systems in order to improve safety and effectiveness. However, their capabilities in improving the quality of data have been insufficient. This study develops an automatic tool to diagnose the quality of data in a way to diagnose the data quality condition of the inspected institute quantitatively at the stage of design and closure by inspecting the data system and proves its practicality by applying the automatic tool to inspection. As a means to diagnose the quality, this study categorizes, in the aspect of quality characteristics, the items that may be improved through diagnosis at the stage of design, the early stage of establishing the data system and the measurement items by the quality index regarding measurable data values at the stage of establishment and operation. The study presents a way of quantitative measurement regarding the data structures and data values by concretizing the measurement items by quality index in a function of the automatic tool program. Also, the practicality of the tool is proved by applying the tool in the inspection field. As a result, the areas which the institute should improve are reported objectively through a complete enumeration survey on the diagnosed items and the indicators for quality improvement are presented quantitatively by presenting the quality condition quantitatively.

CAD/CAM/CAT Turmaround System for Precision Machining (정밀가공을 위한 CAD/CAM/CAT 일괄처리시스템)

  • 안중용;김승철;정성종
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1993.10a
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    • pp.417-422
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    • 1993
  • In order to minimize turnaround of machining in FMS lines, CAD/CAM/CAT integrated system called MascCAM was developed. Developing enhanced CAM and inspection modules in the MascCAM environment, 2D came, 2 $^{1}$2/ D prismatic parts and 3D free-formed surfaces were able to be automatically designed, manufactured and inspected on the machine tools by using AutoCAM and Z-map. Introducing Z-map technique, the MascCAM was able to be interfaceed with and CAD system. Developed QPPGT module generates a quick and fool-proof inspection work to users. A vertical and a horizontal machining center equipped with FANUC OMC were used for experiments. Performance of the system was confirmed by a large amount of experiments.

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Supporting System far Safe Appraisal and Management of Agricultural Structures using Relational Database and Geographic Information (관계형 데이터베이스와 지형정보를 이용한 농업구조물의 안전점검 및 이력관리 지원시스템)

  • 김종옥;김한중;이정재;고만기
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.44 no.3
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    • pp.101-110
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    • 2002
  • Most of the agricultural structures are in shortage of feasible facility management because these structures are small in size and spacially distributed in rural area. Inspection tools based on visual inspections are generally used for agricultural structures in most of the countries, including Korea. It is necessary to survey data of the irrigation structures to maintain records, and to develop the interface program by constructing database of inspection data. This study was conducted to develop a system for safe appraisal and repair works on agricultural irrigation structures. Repair and rehabilitation method can be chosen from an optimum viewpoint if the information between the method and life-cycle management cost of agricultural structures is constructed in the database. In this study, the system assisting onsite field investigation and determining the typical rehabilitation method of typical agricultural structural problems such as fractures and cracks of members was developed.

Development of an Inspection Data Management System for Concrete Structures (콘크리트구조물의 외관손상정보관리 시스템 개발)

  • Oh, Kwang-Chin;Choi, Jae-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.562-565
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    • 2006
  • Recently, the public interest for infrastructure safety has been growing, but the process of data acquisition and management system for safety is being carried out in an inefficient manner. The data obtained during the inspection for the safety of infrastructure tends to be documented using papers, which is not efficient in the stage of post analyses. The information technology (IT), which is rapidly being developed, is applied to the new system as a solution. Information technology provides valuable tools for converting and generating digital data, handling the history of defects, and assessing the condition and estimating the service life of infrastructure. The purpose of this paper is to introduce Infrastructure Management System(IMS). It is expected that the IMS would minimize the manpower, time and maintenance cost, and improve the safety of infrastructure.

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Priority Analysis for Software Functions Using Social Network Analysis and DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis) (사회연결망 분석과 자료포락분석 기법을 이용한 소프트웨어 함수 우선순위 분석 연구)

  • Huh, Sang Moo;Kim, Woo Je
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.171-189
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    • 2018
  • To remove software defects and improve performance of software, many developers perform code inspections and use static analysis tools. A code inspection is an activity that is performed manually to detect software defects in the developed source. However, there is no clear criterion which source codes are inspected. A static analysis tool can automatically detect software defects by analyzing the source codes without running the source codes. However, it has disadvantage that analyzes only the codes in the functions without analyzing the relations among source functions. The functions in the source codes are interconnected and formed a social network. Functions that occupy critical locations in a network can be important enough to affect the overall quality. Whereas, a static analysis tool merely suggests which functions were called several times. In this study, the core functions will be elicited by using social network analysis and DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) for CUBRID open database sources. In addition, we will suggest clear criteria for selecting the target sources for code inspection and will suggest ways to find core functions to minimize defects and improve performance.

Corner Inspection of Autoclave-cured L-shaped Composite Structure using Pulse-echo Rotation Scanning Scheme based on Laser Ultrasonic (레이저 초음파 기반 반사식 회전 검사 기법을 이용한 오토클레이브 가공 L 형 복합재 구조물의 모서리 검사)

  • Lee, Young-Jun;Lee, Jung-Ryul;Hong, Sung-Jin
    • Composites Research
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.246-250
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, laser ultrasonic rotation scanning method was proposed to inspect and visualize defects in corner section of curved composite structure. L-shaped composite specimen with defects in its corner section were inspected using laser ultrasonic rotation scanning method. L-shaped specimens had artificial defects at three different depths to simulate delamination damage. All artificial defects were detected clearly in different time-of-flight according to their depths. Inspection result showed that the proposed method is suitable to inspect round corner section of curved composite structure without any special tools.