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Vision Based Vehicle Detection and Traffic Parameter Extraction (비젼 기반 차량 검출 및 교통 파라미터 추출)

  • 하동문;이종민;김용득
    • Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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    • v.30 no.11
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    • pp.610-620
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    • 2003
  • Various shadows are one of main factors that cause errors in vision based vehicle detection. In this paper, two simple methods, land mark based method and BS & Edge method, are proposed for vehicle detection and shadow rejection. In the experiments, the accuracy of vehicle detection is higher than 96%, during which the shadows arisen from roadside buildings grew considerably. Based on these two methods, vehicle counting, tracking, classification, and speed estimation are achieved so that real-time traffic parameters concerning traffic flow can be extracted to describe the load of each lane.

International Standardization and Implementation of Home Energy Saving System for Smart Grid (스마트 그리드를 위한 홈 에너지 절감 시스템의 IEC 국제표준화 및 구현)

  • Choi, Kwang-Soon;Lee, Sang-Won;Park, Young-Choong;Jung, Kwang-Mo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.37C no.12
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    • pp.1222-1229
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    • 2012
  • For the reduction of electric energy consumption and its efficient use at homes or buildings, a new work item proposal for new architecture and functional requirements of Energy Saving System (ESS) was proposed to IEC TC 100 and accepted as a new project, IEC PT 62654 in 2009. Recently, the final ballot for publication passed without negative votes and IEC TS 62654 was finally published in August 2012. For the verification of this standard, Prototype of ESS system composed of an ESS server, ESS clients, and portable ESS terminal were especially implemented in parallel with the standardization. Electric Power Control and Management (EPCM) protocol for the communication between ESS server and clients was also implemented, which supports self-configuration of ESS network, power consumption monitoring, remote power control, and additional functions for intelligent energy saving services.

A Study on an Adaptive Guidance Plan by Quickest Path Algorithm for Building Evacuations due to Fire (건물 화재시 Quickest Path를 이용한 Adaptive 피난경로 유도방안)

  • Sin, Seong-Il;Seo, Yong-Hui;Lee, Chang-Ju
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.197-208
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    • 2007
  • Enormously sized buildings are appearing world-wide with the advancement of construction techniques. Large-scaled and complicated structures will have increased difficulties for dealing with safety, and will demand well-matched safety measures. This research introduced up-to-date techniques and systems which are applied in buildings in foreign nations. Furthermore, it proposed s direct guidance plan for buildings in case of fire. Since it is possible to install wireless sensor networks which detect fires or effects of fire, the plan makes use of this information. Accordingly, the authors completed a direct guidance plan that was based on omnidirectional guidance lights. It is possible to select a route with concern about both time and capacity with a concept of a non-dominated path. Finally, case studies showed that quickest path algorithms were effective for guiding efficient dispersion routes and in case of restriction of certain links in preferred paths due to temperature and smoke, it was possible to avoid relevant links and to restrict demand in the network application. Consequently, the algorithms were able to maximize safety and minimize evacuation time, which were the purposes of this study.

Comparison of Orthophotos and 3D Models Generated by UAV-Based Oblique Images Taken in Various Angles

  • Lee, Ki Rim;Han, You Kyung;Lee, Won Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.117-126
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    • 2018
  • Due to intelligent transport systems, location-based applications, and augmented reality, demand for image maps and 3D (Three-Dimensional) maps is increasing. As a result, data acquisition using UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) has flourished in recent years. However, even though orthophoto map production and research using UAVs are flourishing, few studies on 3D modeling have been conducted. In this study, orthophoto and 3D modeling research was performed using various angle images acquired by a UAV. For orthophotos, accuracy was evaluated using a GPS (Global Positioning System) survey that employed VRS (Virtual Reference Station) acquired checkpoints. 3D modeling was evaluated by calculating the RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) of the difference between the outline height values of buildings obtained from the GPS survey to the corresponding 3D modeling height values. The orthophotos satisfied the acceptable accuracy of NGII (National Geographic Information Institute) for a 1/500 scale map from all angles. In the case of 3D modeling, models based on images taken at 45 degrees revealed better accuracy of building outlines than models based on images taken at 30, 60, or 75 degrees. To summarize, it was shown that for orthophotos, the accuracy for 1/500 maps was satisfied at all angles; for 3D modeling, images taken at 45 degrees produced the most accurate models.

Efficient Management of Tunnel Construction Informations using ITIS(Intelligent Tunnelling Information System) (ITIS를 활용한 효율적인 터널 정보화 시공 관리)

  • Kim, Chang-Yong;Hong, Sung-Wan;Bae, Gyu-Jin;Kim, Kwang-Teom;Son, Moo-Rak;Han, Byeong-Hyeon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2004.03b
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    • pp.946-951
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    • 2004
  • ITIS is applied to the several tunnel construction sites in Korea. Tunnel construction properties which are acquired from these sites are transferred to information management server(SQL 2000 server)by client application program in real time. Access permission to DB server depends on the user's roles. Some functions which cannot be embodied in SQL Server are serviced through XML and GMS server is used for spatial data based on GIS part. This system is supposed to give engineers the advantages which are not only easy handling of the program and computerized documentation on every information during construction but also analyzing the acquired data in order to predict the structure of ground and rock mass to be excavated later and show the guideline of construction. Neung-Dong tunnel and Mu-Gua express way tunnel are now under construction and with this system they have 3D visualized map of the geology and tunnel geometry and accumulate database of construction information such as tunnel face mapping results, special notes and pictures of construction and 3D monitoring data, all matters on the stability of rock bolts and shotcrete, and so on. Ground settlement prediction program included in ITIS, based on the artificial neural network(ANN) and supported by GIS technology is applying to the subway tunnel. This prediction tool can make it possible to visualize the ground settlement according to the excavation procedures by contouring the calculated result on 3D GIS map and to assess the damage of buildings in the vicinity of construction site caused by ground settlement.

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Intelligent Video Surveillance Incubating Security Mechanism in Open Cloud Environments (개방형 클라우드 환경의 지능형 영상감시 인큐베이팅 보안 메커니즘 구조)

  • Kim, Jinsu;Park, Namje
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Information Technology
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.105-116
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    • 2019
  • Most of the public and private buildings in Korea are installing CCTV for crime prevention and follow-up action, insider security, facility safety, and fire prevention, and the number of installations is increasing each year. In the questionnaire conducted on the increasing CCTV, many reactions were positive in terms of the prevention of crime that could occur due to the installation, rather than negative views such as privacy violation caused by CCTV shooting. However, CCTV poses a lot of privacy risks, and when the image data is collected using the cloud, the personal information of the subject can be leaked. InseCam relayed the CCTV surveillance video of each country in real time, including the front camera of the notebook computer, which caused a big issue. In this paper, we introduce a system to prevent leakage of private information and enhance the security of the cloud system by processing the privacy technique on image information about a subject photographed through CCTV.

Production of A Plane Figure of Campus with RTK GPS and TS (RTK GPS측량과 토탈스테이션에 의한 교내 평면도 제작)

  • Lee, In-Su;Lee, Kee-Boo;Park, Woon-Yong
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.10 no.4 s.22
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    • pp.69-76
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    • 2002
  • Nowadays information is very important for Civil Engineering. This information is acquiredmostly via Surveying & Geo-spatial Information System. Also this information is close to the ITS(Intelligent Transformation System), Navigation, Facility Management, and Digital Mapping, etc and applicable to versatile fields from now on. And in surveying fields, GPS satellites are introduced newly and play a great rules. In this study, RTK(Real-Time Kinematic GPS), one of the positioning technology with GPS satellites, is used for the production of Plane Figure of Campus. The results shows that it is possible to extract the information for some part of a flowerbed and road, but not so for the buildings surrounded. Therefore this give occasion to the a lowering of work effectiveness over the total work-flow. So at such a time, it will be expected that the supplementary systems such TS(Total Station), Plane-table, and theodolite, etc have to be used.

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Nonlinear optimal control for reducing vibrations in civil structures using smart devices

  • Contreras-Lopez, Joaquin;Ornelas-Tellez, Fernando;Espinosa-Juarez, Elisa
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.307-318
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    • 2019
  • The frequently excessive vibrations presented in civil structures during seismic events or service conditions may result in users' discomfort, or worst, in structures failure, producing economic and even human casualties. This work contributes in proposing the synthesis of a nonlinear optimal control strategy for semiactive structural control, with the main characteristic that the synthesis considers both the structure model and the semiactive actuator nonlinear dynamics, which produces a nonlinear system that requires a nonlinear controller design. The aim is to reduce the unwanted vibrations in the response of civil structures, by means of intelligent fluid semiactive actuator such as the Magnetorheological Damper (MRD), which is a device with a low level of power consumption. The civil structures for which the proposed control methodology can be applied are those admitting a state-dependent coefficient factorized representation model, such as buildings, bridges, among others. A scaled model of a three storey building is analyzed as a case study, whose dynamical response involves displacement, velocity and acceleration of each one of the storeys, subjected to the North-South component of the September 19th., 2017, Puebla-Morelos (7.1M), Mexico earthquake. The investigation rests on comparing the structural response over time for two different conditions: with no control device installed and with one MRD installed between the first floor and the ground, where a nonlinear optimal signal for the MRD input voltage is determined. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller for reducing the building's dynamical response.

Addressing Inter-floor Noise Issues in Apartment Buildings using On-Sensor AI Embedded with TinyML on Ultra-Low-Power Systems

  • Jae-Won Kwak;In-Yeop Choi
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.75-81
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, we proposes a method for real-time processing of inter-floor noise problems by embedding TinyML, which includes a deep learning model, into ultra-low-power systems. The reason this method is feasible is because of lightweight deep learning model technology, which allows even systems with small computing resources to perform inference autonomously. The conventional method proposed to solve inter-floor noise problems was to send data collected from sensors to a server for analysis and processing. However, this centralized processing method has issues with high costs, complexity, and difficulty in real-time processing. In this paper, we address these limitations by employing On-Sensor AI using TinyML. The method presented in this paper is simple to install, cost-effective, and capable of processing problems in real-time.

A Multi-agent based Cooperation System for an Intelligent Earthwork (지능형 토공을 위한 멀티에이전트 기반 협업시스템)

  • Kim, Sung-Keun
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.1609-1623
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    • 2014
  • A number of studies have been conducted recently regarding the development of automation systems for the construction sector. Much of this attention has focused on earthwork because it is highly dependent on construction machines and is regarded as being basic for the construction of buildings and civil works. For example, technologies are being developed in order to enable earthwork planning based on construction site models that are constructed by automatic systems and to enable construction equipment to perform the work based on the plan and the environment. There are many problems that need to be solved in order to enable the use of automatic earthwork systems in construction sites. For example, technologies are needed for enabling collaborations between similar and different kinds of construction equipment. This study aims to develop a construction system that imitates collaborative systems and decision-making methods that are used by humans. The proposed system relies on the multi-agent concept from the field of artificial intelligence. In order to develop a multi-agent-based system, configurations and functions are proposed for the agents and a framework for collaboration and arbitration between agents is presented. Furthermore, methods are introduced for preventing duplicate work and minimizing interference effects during the collaboration process. Methods are also presented for performing advance planning for the excavators and compactors that are involved in the construction. The current study suggests a theoretical framework and evaluates the results using virtual simulations. However, in the future, an empirical study will be conducted in order to apply these concepts to actual construction sites through the development of a physical system.