• Journal of Platform Technology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.46-54
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• 2021

최근, 차량의 자율주행에 대한 기술이 개발되면서 안정성은 매우 흥미로운 요소로 관심이 증대되고 있다. 그리고 자율주행에 대하여 1980년대 중반부터 전세계의 많은 대학, 연구 센터, 자동차 회사, 그리고 다른 산업의 회사들에 의해 연구 및 개발되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 자율주행 차량의 안전성을 위한 도로의 위협적인 장애물을 자동 추출하는 방안에 대한 기초 연구를 제안한다. 자동차 도로 위에는 다양한 장애물들이 존재하지만, 본 연구에서는 위협적인 장애물은 도로의 중앙에 위치하며 비교적 큰 개체로 정의한다. 먼저, 입력 영상에 대하여 해상도를 달리하여 분할하고 분할된 영역들은 내부 영역과 외부 영역으로 분류한다. 외부 영역은 영상의 경계에 인접하고 내부 영역은 그렇지 않다. 또한, 저해상도 영상에 인접한 영역이 동일한 영역에 포함되면 각 영역은 인접 영역과 병합된다. 그리고 주요한 객체 영역과 주요한 배경 영역은 각각 내부 영역과 외부 영역에서 선택된다. 따라서, 주요한 객체 영역은 면적과 크기 정보를 활용하여 장애물을 대표하는 영역으로 추출된다. 실험을 통하여 제안된 방법이 자동차 자율주행 안전성을 높여 사고와 사상자를 줄일 수 있는 기초연구에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 대기
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.381-391
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• 2007

The characteristics of flow around a single obstacle with fixed height and varied length and width are numerically investigated using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. As the obstacle length increases, flow distortion near the upwind side of the obstacle increases and the size of the recirculation zone behind the obstacle also increases. As the obstacle width increases, the size of the recirculation zone decreases, despite almost invariable flow distortion near the upwind side of the obstacle. Flow passing through an obstacle is separated, one part going around the obstacle and the other crossing over the obstacle. The size of the recirculation zone is determined by the distance between the obstacle and the point (reattachment point) at which both the flows converge. When the obstacle width is relatively large, flows are reattached at the obstacle surface and their recoveries occur. Resultant shortening of the paths of flows crossing over and going around decreases the size of the recirculation zone. To support this, the extent of flow distortion defined based on the change in wind direction is analyzed. The result shows that flow distortion is largest near the ground surface and decreases with height. An increase in obstacle length increases the frontal area fraction of flow distortion around the obstacle. In the cases of increasing the width, the frontal area fraction near the upwind side of the obstacle does not change much, but near the downwind side, it becomes larger as the width increases. The frontal area fraction is in a better correlation with the size of the recirculation zone than the building aspect ratios, suggesting that the frontal area fraction is a good indicator for explaining the variation in the size of the recirculation zone with the building aspect ratios.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.321-327
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• 2012

This paper presents a comparative analysis on three different types of performance indices of obstacle detection for an overlapped ultrasonic sensor ring. Due to beam overlap, the entire sensing zone of each ultrasonic sensor can be divided into three smaller sensing subzones, which leads to significant reduction of positional uncertainty in obstacle detection. First, the positional uncertainty in obstacle detection is expressed in terms of the area of a sensing subzone, and type 1 performance index is then defined as the area ratio of side and center sensing subzones. Second, based on the area of a sensing subzone, type 2 performance index is defined taking into account the size of the entire range of obstacle detection as well as the degree of the positional uncertainty in obstacle detection. Third, the positional uncertainty in obstacle detection is now expressed in terms of the length of the uncertainty arc spanning a sensing subzone, and type 3 performance index is then defined as the average value of the uncertainty arc lengths over the entire range of obstacle detection. Fourth, using a commercial low directivity ultrasonic sensor, the changes of three different performance indices depending on the parameter of an overlapped ultrasonic sensor ring are examined and compared.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.552-556
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• 2016

Obstacle detection is a key feature in the safe driving control of electric wheelchairs. The suggested obstacle detection algorithm was designed to provide obstacle avoidance direction and detect the existence of cliffs. By means of this information, the wheelchair can determine where to steer and whether to stop or go. A 3D depth camera (Microsoft KINECT) is used to scan the 3D point data of the scene, extract information on obstacles, and produce a steering direction for obstacle avoidance. To be specific, ground detection is applied to extract the obstacle candidates from the scanned data and the candidates are projected onto a 2D map. The 2D map provides discretized information of the extracted obstacles to decide on the avoidance direction (left or right) of the wheelchair. As an additional function, cliff detection is developed. By defining the "cliffband," the ratio of the predefined band area and the detected area within the band area, the cliff detection algorithm can decide if a cliff is in front of the wheelchair. Vehicle tests were carried out by applying the algorithm to the electric wheelchair. Additionally, detailed functions of obstacle detection, such as providing avoidance direction and detecting the existence of cliffs, were demonstrated.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제34S권11호
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• pp.126-137
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• 1997

This paper describes the algorithm which can estimate road following direction and deetect obstacle using a monocular vision system. This algorithm can estimate the course of vehicle using the vanishing point properties and detect obstacle by statistical method. The proposed algorithm is composed of four steps, which are lane prediction, lane extraction, road following parameter estimation and obstacle detection. It is designed for high processing speed and high accuracy. The former is achieved by a small area named sub-windown in lane existence area, the later is realized by using connected edge points of lane. We would like to present that the new mehod can detect obstacle using the simple statistical method. The paracticalities of the processing speed, the accuracy of the algorithm and proposing obstacle detection method, have been justified through the experiment applied VTR image of the real road to the algorithm.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제18B권5호
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• pp.255-264
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 스테레오 비전기반의 컬럼 검출과 조감도 맵핑을 이용한 전방 차량 검출 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 실제 복잡한 도로 환경에서 전방 차량을 강건하게 검출할 수 있다. 전체적인 알고리즘은 도로 특징기반의 컬럼 검출, 조감도 기반의 장애물체 세그멘테이션, 차량 특징기반의 영역 재결합, 차량 검증으로 크게 네 단계로 구성되어 있다. 먼저 v-시차맵상에서 최대 빈도값을 이용하여 도로 특징 정보만을 추출한 후, 이를 기반으로 컬럼 검출을 수행한다. 도로 특징 정보는 기존의 중앙값과 달리 도로 환경에 영향을 받지 않아 도로상의 장애물체 유무를 판단하는 기준으로 적절하다. 그러나 다수의 장애물체가 동일한 장애물체로 검출되는 것을 해결하기 위하여 조감도 기반의 세그멘테이션을 수행한다. 조감도는 시차맵과 카메라 정보를 기반으로 계산된 장애물체들의 위치를 평면상에 표시함으로써 장애물체를 쉽게 분리할 수 있다. 그러나 분리된 장애물체 중에는 동일한 장애물체인 경우도 있으므로, 도로상의 차량 특징을 기반으로 장애물체가 동일한지를 판단하여 재결합하는 과정을 수행한다. 마지막으로 시차맵과 그레이 영상기반의 차량 검증 단계를 수행하여 차량만 검출한다. 제안된 알고리즘을 실제 복잡한 도로 영상에 적용함으로써 차량 검증 성능을 검증한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2001년도 ICCAS
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• pp.59.6-59
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• 2001

A virtual obstacle method for escaping local minima encountered by sonar-based mobile robot navigation used in real-time obstacle avoidance is presented. The new algorithm judges the mobile robot falls into local minima and helps the mobile robot escape from Et, which regards a concave obstacle as convex or flat one, virtual obstacle method. In the algorithm, it starts to make virtual-obstacle when the mobile robot meets a certain condition, then the robot mores back slowly taking inside area of local minima as obstacle gradually The new algorithm is simulated. The experimental results are presented to demonstrate the usefulness of the method.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2016

In this paper, we present a novel algorithm for image-based maritime obstacle detection using global sparsity potentials (GSPs), in which "global" refers to the entire sea area. The horizon line is detected first to segment the sea area as the region of interest (ROI). Considering the geometric relationship between the camera and the sea surface, variable-size image windows are adopted to sample patches in the ROI. Then, each patch is represented by its texture feature, and its average distance to all the other patches is taken as the value of its GSP. Thereafter, patches with a smaller GSP are clustered as the sea surface, and patches with a higher GSP are taken as the obstacle candidates. Finally, the candidates far from the mean feature of the sea surface are selected and aggregated as the obstacles. Experimental results verify that the proposed approach is highly accurate as compared to other methods, such as the traditional feature space reclustering method and a state-of-the-art saliency detection method.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.2325-2330
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• 2005

A potential field method for solving the problem of path planning based on global and local information for a mobile robot moving among a set of stationary obstacles is described. The concept of various method used path planning is used design a planning strategy. A real human living area is constructed by many moving and imminence obstacles. Home service mobile robot must avoid many obstacles instantly. A path that safe and attraction towards the goal is chosen. The potential function depends on distance from the goal and heuristic function relies on surrounding environments. Three additional combined methods are proposed to apply to human living area, calibration robots position by measured surrounding environment and adapted home service robots. In this work, we proposed the application of various path planning theory to real area, human living. First, we consider potential field method. Potential field method is attractive method, but that method has great problem called local minimum. So we proposed intermediate point in real area. Intermediate point was set in doorframe and between walls there is connect other room or other area. Intermediate point is very efficiency in computing path. That point is able to smaller area, area divided by intermediate point line. The important idea is intermediate point is permanent point until destruction house or apartment house. Second step is move robot with sensing on front of mobile robot. With sensing, mobile robot recognize obstacle and judge moving obstacle. If mobile robot is reach the intermediate point, robot sensing the surround of point. Mobile robot has data about intermediate point, so mobile robot is able to calibration robots position and direction. Third, we gave uncertainty to robot and obstacles. Because, mobile robot was motion and sensing ability is not enough to control. Robot and obstacle have uncertainty. So, mobile robot planed safe path planning to collision free. Finally, escape local minimum, that has possibility occur robot do not work. Local minimum problem solved by virtual obstacle method. Next is some supposition in real living area.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.95-105
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the career obstacle factors and career identity according to career choice type among paramedic students. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 234 paramedic students in C area from August 25 to September 3, 2015. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics of the subjects, career obstacle factors, career identity, and types of career choice. The data were analyzed by t test, ANOVA, post hoc $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis using SPSS v. 20.0. Results: Career obstacle factors and career identity of paramedic students had significant differences on motivation of university choice, major satisfaction, and job preference. A stable type of career choice showed a significantly lower score for career obstacle factors and a higher score for career identity. Career identity had a strongly positive relationship with major satisfaction and had a negative relationship with career obstacle factors. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the main variables affecting career identity were types of career choice, motivation of university choice, major satisfaction, and career obstacle factors. The explanatory power was 58.0%. Conclusion: The development of a career integrity enhancement program can solve the career obstacle factors for paramedic students.