• 센서학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.99-111
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• 2010

This paper proposes an efficient hardware architecture to estimate disparities between 2D images for generating 3D depth images in a stereo vision system. Stereo matching methods are classified into global and local methods. The local matching method uses the cost functions based on pixel windows such as SAD(sum of absolute difference), SSD(sum of squared difference) and NCC(normalized cross correlation). The NCC-based cost function is less susceptible to differences in noise and lighting condition between left and right images than the subtraction-based functions such as SAD and SSD, and for this reason, the NCC is preferred to the other functions. However, software-based implementations are not adequate for the NCC-based real-time stereo matching, due to its numerous complex operations. Therefore, we propose a fast pipelined hardware architecture suitable for real-time operations of the NCC function. By adopting a block-based box-filtering scheme to perform NCC operations in parallel, the proposed architecture improves processing speed compared with the previous researches. In this architecture, it takes almost the same number of cycles to process all the pixels, irrespective of the window size. Also, the simulation results show that its disparity estimation has low error rate.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.319-332
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• 2011

The objectives of this study are to analyze the satellite visibility at the randomly established ground sites, to determine the five optimal ground sites to perform the optical surveillance and tracking of domestic satellites, and to verify the acquisition of the optical observation time sufficient to maintain the precise ephemeris at optimal ground sites that have been already determined. In order to accomplish these objectives, we analyzed the visibility for sun-synchronous orbit satellites, low earth orbit satellites, middle earth orbit satellites and domestic satellites as well as the continuous visibility along with the fictitious satellite ground track, and calculate the effective visibility. For the analysis, we carried out a series of repetitive process using the satellite tool kit simulation software developed by Analytical Graphics Incorporated. The lighting states of the penumbra and direct sun were set as the key constraints of the optical observation. The minimum of the observation satellite elevation angle was set to be 20 degree, whereas the maximum of the sun elevation angle was set to be -10 degree which is within the range of the nautical twilight. To select the candidates for the optimal optical observation, the entire globe was divided into 84 sectors in a constant interval, the visibility characteristics of the individual sectors were analyzed, and 17 ground sites were arbitrarily selected and analyzed further. Finally, five optimal ground sites (Khurel Togoot Observatory, Assy-Turgen Observatory, Tubitak National Observatory, Bisdee Tier Optical Astronomy Observatory, and South Africa Astronomical Observatory) were determined. The total observation period was decided as one year. To examine the seasonal variation, the simulation was performed for the period of three days or less with respect to spring, summer, fall and winter. In conclusion, we decided the optimal ground sites to perform the optical surveillance and tracking of domestic satellites and verified that optical observation time sufficient to maintain the precise ephemeris could be acquired at the determined observatories.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.419-424
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 광학설계 프로그램을 이용하여 LED 광원의 위치 변화에 따른 배광분포에 대하여 연구하였다. 사용한 LED 조명기구는 엣지형의 LED 배열을 이용하였으며 반사판을 중심으로 도광판 및 확산판을 위와 아래에 배치한 구조이다. LED 칩을 반사판 에지 중심에서 위로 1mm, 2mm 및 3mm로 위치를 바꾸어 시뮬레이션 하였다. LED 칩이 중심에 위치한 경우는 전반확산 배광분포를 보였으며 2mm 이상에서는 효율 0.56의 반직접 배광 분포를 보였다. 3mm 위에 LED 칩을 위치시키면 0.31 효율을 갖는 직접 배광분포를 갖는 배광특성을 나타내었다. 도광판은 평면형 보다 칩 위치에서 밖으로 작아지는 쐐기형의 구조에서 더 좋은 효율을 나타내었다. 그리고 반사면에 반구형의 형상을 0.015mm 씩 증가시키며 방사 형태로 배치한 경우는 파워 1.02W, 효율 0.25, 최대광도 0.104W/sr로서 패턴을 형성하지 않은 경우보다 더 우수한 광 특성을 얻을 수 있었다.