• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.64 no.3
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• pp.458-464
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• 2015

This paper proposes a portable 3-D scanning technique using a laser pointer. 3-D scanning is a process that acquires surface information from an 3-D object. There have been many studies on 3-D scanning. The methods of 3-D scanning are summarized into some methods based on multiple cameras, line lasers, and light pattern recognition. However, those methods has major disadvantages of their high cost and big size for portable appliances such as smartphones and digital cameras. In this paper, a 3-D scanning system using a low-cost and small-sized laser pointer are introduced to solve the problems. To do so, we propose a 3-D localization technique for a laser point. The proposed method consists of two main parts; one is a fast recognition of input images to obtain 2-D information of a point laser and the other is calibration based on the least-squares technique to calculate the 3-D information overall. To verified our method, we carry out experiments. It is proved that the proposed method provides 3-D surface information although the system is constructed by extremely low-cost parts such a chip laser pointer, compared to existing methods. Also, the method can be implemented in small-size; thus, it is enough to use in mobile devices such as smartphones.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.373-385
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• 2008

The evolution of input device for computer has pretty much slowed down after the introduction of mouse as feinting input device. Even though stylus and touch screen were invented later on which provide some alternatives, all these methods were designed to have close range interaction with computer. There are not many options available for user to interact with computer from afar, which is especially needed during presentation. Therefore, in this paper, we try to fill the gap by proposing a laser pointer interaction system to allow user to give pointing input command to the computer from some distance away using only laser pointer, which is cheap and readily available. With the combination of image processing based software, we could provide mouse-like pointing interaction with computer. The proposed system works well not only in currently plane screen, but also in flexible screen by incorporating the feature of non-linear coordinate mapping algorithm in our system so that our system can support non-linear environment, such as curved and flexible wall.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.332-336
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• 2008

For reliable real-time interaction in a camera-tracked laser pointer system, a new idea is proposed and its feasibility is tested in this paper. In order to improve response time in the system and remove useless visual overload, the function of a laser pointer in the system is divided, the Region of Functional Interest is defined and subsequently its new interactions are introduced. Finally the experiments to measure reliability, accuracy, latency and usability are conducted and the results are presented.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.697-714
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• 2005

In this paper, we made a windows-based interactive presentation system using a laser pointer mouse. The system provides that a speaker controls the presentation interactively by means of a laser pointer. During the presentation, a display PC generates on its local display a bitmap corresponding to the presentation. This bitmap is then transmitted to the projector and the bitmap is then projected onto the screen. The display of the presentation is controlled by the monitoring of the laser spots that are also projected onto the screen. Laser spot control is achieved through a control system. When the processing section matches the successive laser spot positions with a pre-established spatial pattern, the corresponding display command is issued. The display command may be transmitted to the display computer which responds by an action like mouse function.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.373-376
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• 2007

As a part of automatic car parking, this paper have devised the distance measurement algorism using stereo vision system which measure between object and parking lot. In this simulation, laser pointer is used for detecting edge of designated object and real distance is measured by searching the position of laser pointer and measuring the distance. Which are 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3m and adjusted correction had applied in order for use in car parking system.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.69-76
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• 2007

The main stream of presentation is interrupted because of the direct manipulation of their PC frequently so as to control the screen and file open and so on. A variety of products have been developed to solve these inconveniences of the conventional laser beam pointer [LBP] by simply adding a mouse function to the previous LBP. However. the LBPs fully supporting a mouse function are not yet appeared. In this paper. we developed the LBP fully fulfilling a mouse function using mono-camera as well as a robust image processing and analyzed the position detection accuracy. Finally we verified the developed LBP does not only fulfill a mouse function but also solve the defects of the current laser pointer such as inconvenient installation and Position detection errors due to the illumination and viewing direction changes.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.1116-1120
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• 2004

In the nuclear power plant, there are several cylindrical vessels such as reactor vessel, pressuriser and so on. The vessels are usually constructed by welding large rolled plates, forged sections or nozzle pipes together. In order to assure the integrity of the vessel, these welds should be periodically inspected using sensors such as ultrasonic transducer or visual cameras. This inspection is usually conducted under water to minimize exposure to the radioactively contaminated vessel walls. The inspections have been performed by using a conventional inspection machine with a big structural sturdy column, however, it is so huge and heavy that maintenance and handling of the machine are extremely difficult. It requires much effort to transport the system to the site and also requires continuous use of the utility's polar crane to move the manipulator into the building and then onto the vessel. Setup beside the vessel requires a large volume of work preparation area and several shifts to complete. In order to resolve these problems, we have developed an underwater mobile robot guided by the laser pointer, and performed a series of experiments both in the mockup and in the real reactor vessel. This paper introduces our robotic inspection system and the laser guidance of the mobile robot as well as the results of the functional test.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1992.10b
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• pp.251-254
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• 1992

We present a system to measure 3-dimensional coordinates of large structures such as ships, buildings and oil tanks. Our system consists of two important units which are a laser spot pointer and a laser spot tracker. Employing a tactful image processing, our system has some features: e.g. downsize, cost, accuracy and robustness to hazardous environments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.419-422
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• 2016

Recently, there are a lot of report about the safety accident in laser equipment for example laser pointer, laser level, laser distance meter, temperature measurement equipment and so on. But most of people doesn't care of the safety, and some of the people were damaged by laser in the retina and skin. So in this reaserch So in this thesis, research the safety control rules in global and domestic regulations and international standard IEC 60825-1. From the above research, develop the safety control rules to improve the consumer safety.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.1775-1783
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• 2001

For two decades, there has been an active research to enhance the performances of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) systems. However, the resulting systems are somewhat very costly, cumbersome and delicate. In this paper, we address the design and some first experimental results of a PIV system belonging to the opposite paradigm. The Miniature PIV or MPIV system feature relatively modest performances, but is considerably smaller (out MPIV could hold in dia. 40 mm$\times$120 mm), cheaper (out MPIV total cost is less than $500) and easy to handle. Potential applications include industrial velocity sensors. The proposed MPIV system uses a one-chip-only CMOS camera with digital output. Only two other chips are needed, one for a buffer memory and one for an interfacing logic that controls the system. Images are transferred to a personal computer (PC or laptop) via its standard parallel port. No extra hardware is required (in particular, no frame grabber board is needed). In our first MPIV prototype presented in this paper, the strobe lighting is generated by a cheap 5 mW laser pointer diode. Experimental results are presented and discussed.