• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.70-77
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• 2017

Dynamic visual acuity is used as an important factor to measure athletic performance in sports field. A study on visual acuity testing system using non-see head mounted display (NST-HMD) was conducted recently. However, the NST-HMD has a problem that the sense of space felt by the subject differs from the actual environment. This is because the view is blocked so that it is only implemented in a virtual space. This paper proposes a dynamic visual acuity testing system using optical see through head mounted display (OST-HMD). To do this, OST-HMD and NST-HMD comparative tests were conducted using existing K-D (King-Devick) charts. Experiments were performed on 30 subjects and their visual acuity was measured and analyzed by parametric statistics and one-sample T-test. The results of the study demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed OST-HMD. This study is expected to use the visual inspection and training equipment of OST-HMD.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2016

In the field of augmented reality technologies, commercial optical see-through-type wearable displays have difficulty providing immersive visual experiences, because users perceive different depths between virtual views on display surfaces and see-through views to the real world. Many cases of augmented reality applications have adopted eyeglasses-type displays (EGDs) for visualizing simple 2D information, or video see-through-type displays for minimizing virtual- and real-scene mismatch errors. In this paper, we introduce an innovative optical see-through-type wearable display hardware, called an EGD. In contrast to common head-mounted displays, which are intended for a wide field of view, our EGD provides more comfortable visual feedback at close range. Users of an EGD device can accurately manipulate close-range virtual objects and expand their view to distant real environments. To verify the feasibility of the EGD technology, subject-based experiments and analysis are performed. The analysis results and EGD-related application examples show that EGD is useful for visually expanding immersive 3D augmented environments consisting of multiple displays.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.280-285
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• 2018

A new method to design a see-through off-axis head-mounted-display (OA-HMD) optical system with an ellipsoidal surface is proposed, in which a tilted ellipsoidal surface is used as the combiner, which yields the benefits of easier fabrication and testing compared to a freeform surface. Moreover, we realize a coaxial structure in the relay lens group, which is simple and has looser tolerance requirements, thus making assembly easier. The OA-HMD optical system we realize has a simple structure and consists of a combiner and 7 pieces of coaxial relay lenses. It has a $48^{\circ}{\times}36^{\circ}$ field of view (FOV) and 12-mm exit pupil diameter.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2017

The transmittance of the three dimensional (3D) transparent display is an important factor and can be enhanced by adding a see-through area to the displayed 3D image in order to transmit an ambient light with maximum transparency. However, there is a side effect that the perceived 3D resolution can be degraded due to the see-through area. In this paper, we propose an advanced method to resolve the above trade-off relation between the transparency and the 3D resolution by using an active parallax barrier (PB) with a see-through area. The experimental results are also presented to prove the proposed principle.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.234-238
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• 2016

A new method to design a low distortion, even relative illumination, optical see-through head-mounted display (HMD) with a freeform reflective mirror (FFRM) based on the two similar ellipsoids structure is proposed. The HMD we have realized has a simple structure which consists of two similar ellipsoid surfaces, an FFRM, a 7-piece co-axis relay lens, and an OLED. This structure can be applied to offset distortion, reach even relative illumination, and correct the off-axis aberrations. The HMD we finally have realized has a near 3% low distortion, a higher than 80% relative illumination, and a 40°×30° field of view (FOV).

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.614-618
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• 2015

This paper described an off-axis head-mounted display system. It is composed of a 7-piece coaxial relay lens group and a freeform surface combiner. This configuration has a simple structure and a wide field of view (FOV). In this design, a freeform surface is chosen as the combiner, to simplify the structure and attain good image quality. We generated this freeform surface by considering both coordinates and normals of discrete data points. Moreover, we realize a coaxial structure in the relay lens group, which is compact and benefits from a loose tolerance requirement. The HMD system we finally realized has a 40° × 30° FOV and 15-mm exit pupil diameter.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제1권5호
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• pp.474-490
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• 2017

Since the recent slowdown in the smartphone market, studies for wearable devices are briskly being carried out to find new markets, such as virtual reality devices. In this paper, a head-mounted display (HMD) which provides expanded virtual images before human eyes by enlarging images of a small display was designed, and the tolerance analysis method for a focus-adjustable HMD based on afocal optical systems was studied. There are two types of HMDs: a see-through type that allows the user to view the surroundings, and a see-close type where the user can only view the display screen; the former is used in this study. While designing the system, we allowed a lens within the system to be shifted to adjust its focus from +1 to -4 D (diopters). The yield of the designed systems was calculated by taking the worst-case scenario of a uniform distribution into account. Additionally, a longitudinal aberration was used rather than MTF for the tolerance analysis with respect to system performance. The sensitivity of the designed system was calculated by assigning a certain tolerance, and the focus lens shift was calculated to adjust the image surface variations resulting from the tolerance. The smaller the tolerance, the more expensive the unit price of the products. Very small tolerances may even be impossible to fabricate. Considering this, the appropriate tolerance was assigned; the maximum shift of the focus lens in which the image surface can be adjusted was obtained to find the changes in aberration and a good yield.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.6227-6235
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• 2015

HUD는 투시형 정보 전시장치로서 최근에 마이크로 디스플레이와 LED 기술의 발달로 소형화가 이루어져 점차 응용분야를 넓혀가고 있다. 본 논문에서는 마이크로 디스플레이 장치인 DLP를 이용하여 영상 전시영역 5인치 급의 양안 관측용 소형 헤드업 디스플레이(HUD) 광학계를 설계하였다. 소형 경량화된 HUD를 설계하기 위하여 광학계의 각 설계요소를 분석하였고 DLP, 프로젝젼 광학계 및 오목렌즈형 영상결합기의 특성들과 설계방식을 살펴보았다. 각 광학계의 연결구조 분석을 통하여 세부 설계사양을 설정하고 광학계를 상세 설계하였다. 프로젝션 광학계와 오목렌즈형 영상결합기 사이에 백색 확산 반사체를 넣어 접은 형태로 구성하여 광학계를 각각 독립적으로 설계하였다. 투사 영상의 전시거리는 약 2m ~ 무한대 까지 조정이 가능하고 관측거리는 1m로 설정하였다. 해상도는 HD($1,280{\times}720$ 화소) 급으로 1 ~ 2화소 까지 인식이 가능하여 각종 문자, 기호를 판독할 수 있다. 또한, 컬러영상 구현이 가능하여 네비게이션 지도, 주간카메라 영상 및 열상카메라 영상 등을 전시할 수 있다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2020년도 제62차 하계학술대회논문집 28권2호
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• pp.397-400
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 문화유산 현장에서의 몰입형 교육을 위한 VST(Video See-through) 방식의 HMD(Head Mounted Display) 기반 XR(eXtended Reality) 체험 프레임워크를 제안한다. 매장문화재적 요소가 강한 문화유산 현장의 경우 실물이 남아있지 않아 교육 및 체험 측면에서 흥미로운 정보 전달이 어렵다. 최근 모바일 기기의 대중적인 확산에 따라 이를 이용해 문화유산 현장에 소실된 문화유산을 AR(Augmented Reality)로 복원 및 시각화하거나 관련 정보를 제공하는 연구들이 이루어졌으며, 나아가 OST(Optical See-through) 방식의 안경형 AR 디스플레이를 활용하는 사례들도 등장했다. 그러나 이러한 연구들은 기기의 특성으로 인해 몰입감과 사용성 측면에서 한계점을 보였으며, 단순히 소실된 문화유산의 복원된 모습을 정적으로 시각화하는 것에 그쳐 문화유산 현장에 내재된 동적인 역사 스토리를 재현한다는 측면에서 부족한 점이 있었다. 본 논문에서는 문화유산 현장에서 VST-HMD를 이용하여 AR 기반의 정적 문화유산 시각화뿐만 아니라 VR(Virtual Reality) 기반의 동적 역사 스토리 애니메이션을 제공하는 XR 체험 프레임워크를 제안하여 더욱 몰입감 있고 만족스러운 문화유산 교육을 제공하는 방안에 대해 검토한다.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2016

이 논문에서는 스마트폰을 사용한 비디오 투과식 증강현실에서 왜곡 보정과 시야각 조정을 다룬다. 삼성 기어 VR이나 구글의 카드보드와 같은 스마트폰을 사용한 HMD(Head Mounted Display)에서는 일반적으로 렌즈로 인해서 영상이 왜곡되어 렌더링이 된다. 특히나 스마트폰을 사용한 증강현실에서는 스마트폰의 카메라와 HMD의 렌즈로 인해서 발생하는 왜곡이 합해져서 보다 복잡한 형태의 왜곡이 발생하게 된다. 이러한 왜곡은 사용자에게 시각적인 인지나 인식 기능에 부조화를 야기하게 된다. 유리와 같은 투명 디스플레이를 궁극적인 형태의 HMD라고 생각하면 최대한 이런 왜곡을 없애서 투명한 것과 같은 효과를 주어야 한다. 이 논문에서는 스마트폰 기반 비디오 투과식 증강현실 방식에서 왜곡을 보정하고 시야각을 조정하여 투명에 가까운 효과를 주는 방법을 제시한다. 논문에서 왜곡 보정 및 시야각 조정 모듈을 개발하고 이에 대한 성능을 측정하였다.