• KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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• v.7 no.7
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• pp.267-274
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• 2018

This paper describes a head pose estimation method using PTZ(Pan-Tilt-Zoom) camera. When the external parameters of a camera is changed by rotation and translation, the estimated face pose for the same head also varies. In this paper, we propose a new method to estimate the head pose independently on varying the parameters of PTZ camera. The proposed method consists of 3 steps: face detection, feature extraction, and pose estimation. For each step, we respectively use MCT(Modified Census Transform) feature, the facial regression tree method, and the POSIT(Pose from Orthography and Scaling with ITeration) algorithm. The existing POSIT algorithm does not consider the rotation of a camera, but this paper improves the POSIT based on perspective projection in order to estimate the head pose robustly even when the external parameters of a camera are changed. Through experiments, we confirmed that RMSE(Root Mean Square Error) of the proposed method improve $0.6^{\circ}$ less then the conventional method.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.1129-1136
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• 2021

A pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera-based monitoring system for efficient monitoring in the engine room of a vessel was designed. A number of places exist where traditional analog instruments are still used in vessel engine rooms, and blind spots closely related to safety exist, for which flooding or fire is a concern. A camera-based monitoring system that guarantees a wide range at a relatively fast cycle for these monitoring points can be an effective alternative to enhance the safety of a vessel. Therefore, a multiview monitoring system is proposed in which the functions of the existing PTZ camera are further strengthened using a software. The monitoring system comprises four modules: camera control, location registration, traversal control, and multiview image reconstruction. The effectiveness of the method was evaluated through a series of experiments in an engine room environment.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.237-245
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• 2017

This paper presents a fire detection algorithm using color and motion models from video sequences. The proposed method detects change in color and motion of overall regions for detecting fire, and thus, it can be implemented in both fixed and pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras. The proposed algorithm consists of three parts. The first part exploits color models of flames and smoke. The candidate regions in the video frames are extracted with the hue-saturation-value (HSV) color model. The second part models the motion information of flames and smoke. Optical flow in the fire candidate region is estimated, and the spatial-temporal distribution of optical flow vectors is analyzed. The final part accumulates the probability of fire in successive video frames, which reduces false-positive errors when fire-like color objects appear. Experimental results from 100 fire videos are shown, where various types of smoke and flames appear in indoor and outdoor environments. According to the experiments and the comparison, the proposed fire detection algorithm works well in various situations, and outperforms the conventional algorithms.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.167-177
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• 2019

Even though so much progresses have been achieved in Multiple Object Tracking (MOT), most of reported MOT methods are not still satisfactory for commercial embedded products like Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) camera. In this paper, we propose a real-time multiple pedestrians tracking method for embedded environments. First, we design a new light weight convolutional neural network(CNN)-based pedestrian detector, which is constructed to detect even small size pedestrians, as well. For further saving of processing time, the designed detector is applied for every other frame, and Kalman filter is employed to predict pedestrians' positions in frames where the designed CNN-based detector is not applied. The pose orientation information is incorporated to enhance object association for tracking pedestrians without further computational cost. Through experiments on Nvidia's embedded computing board, Jetson TX2, it is verified that the designed pedestrian detector detects even small size pedestrians fast and well, compared to many state-of-the-art detectors, and that the proposed tracking method can track pedestrians in real-time and show accuracy performance comparably to performances of many state-of-the-art tracking methods, which do not target for operation in embedded systems.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.363-366
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• 2013

오늘날 도난방지, 화재, 범죄예방 등의 안전한 생활을 위한 감시 시스템의 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 이에 영상보안 시장 규모가 급속히 증가하고 있으며 관련 기술도 인공지능을 겸비한 형태로 발전하고 있다. 우리나라도 영상보안 시스템의 수요가 2002년부터 기업과 정부를 중심으로 증가하고 있으며 급속한 성장을 거듭하는 추세는 2012년 이후에도 지속될 전망이다. 특히, 최근에는 적은 대수의 카메라로 보다 넓은 지역을 관찰하고 특정 부분을 확대 관찰할 수 있는 PTZ 카메라의 활용이 증가하고 있다. PTZ 카메라는 카메라에 구동 장치를 추가하여 좌우(Pan), 상하(Tilt)로 카메라의 시점을 이동시킬 수 있으며 특정 부분을 확대하여 관찰할 수 있는 줌(Zoom) 기능을 가진 카메라를 말한다. 이와 같은 장점으로 지능형 PTZ 카메라는 점차 대중화 되고 있다. 하지만, 현재 시중에 판매되는 많은 종류의 PTZ 카메라를 이용한 영상보안 감시는 실제로 사용자들이 동작하고 사용하는데 있어서 많은 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 카메라 별로 제공하는 상이하고 왜곡된 좌표 값에서 새롭게 가공한 직관적 절대좌표 값을 추출하여 정확한 목표지점으로의 위치이동과 간편한 카메라 조작을 위한 시스템을 설계하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.07a
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• pp.479-480
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• 2023

현대 사회는 출생아가 줄어들고 고령화 현상이 빠르게 진행 중이다. 20~30대의 사회 복지 종사자가 줄어들고 노인 인구는 늘어나는 반비례 현상이 나타나고 있다. 보호자가 없는 노인에게 낙상 사고와 같은 위급상황이 발생한다면 골든타임을 놓칠 수도 있을 것이다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 낙상 사고 발생 시, 빠른 시간 내에 실시간 모니터링을 통해 노인 복지사가 상황을 인지할 수 있게 하는 시스템을 개발하였다. 미디어파이프 포즈 모델을 이용하여 관찰 대상의 움직임을 포착하도록 하였고 PTZ 카메라의 서보 모터 제어를 통해 포착한 관찰 대상을 추적하도록 하였다. 주요 장면은 사진으로 저장해 웹 서버로 전송하고, 심박수 측정 센서와 와이파이 통신 모듈이 장착된 아두이노 보드가 실시간으로 웹 서버로 전송하여, 전담 관리자는 사진을 통해 상황을 인식하고 심박수를 보고 얼마나 위급한지 알 수 있도록 하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38C no.12
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• pp.1196-1206
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• 2013

In this paper, based on the information about navigation system of UAV with PTZ camera and 3D topography, algorithm able to show us in real-time UAV's geographical shooting location and automatically calculate superficial measure of the shooting area is proposed. And the method that can automatically estimate whether UAV is allowed to shoot a specific area is shown. In case of an UAV's shooting attempt at the specific area, obtainability of valid image depends on not only UAV's location but also information of 3D topography. As a result of the study, Ground Control Center will have real-time information about whether UAV can shoot the needed topography. Therefore, accurate remote flight control will be possible in real-time. Furthermore, the algorithm and the method of estimating shooting probability can be applied to pre-flight simulation and set of flight route.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.1-8
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose a two-stage head tracking algorithm adequate for real-time active camera system having pan-tilt-zoom functions. In the color convergence stage, we first assume that the shape of a head is an ellipse and its model color histogram is acquired in advance. Then, the min-shift method is applied to roughly estimate a target position by examining the histogram similarity of the model and a candidate ellipse. To reflect the temporal change of object color and enhance the reliability of mean-shift based tracking, the target histogram obtained in the previous frame is considered to update the model histogram. In the updating process, to alleviate error-accumulation due to outliers in the target ellipse of the previous frame, the target histogram in the previous frame is obtained within an ellipse adaptively shrunken on the basis of the model histogram. In addition, to enhance tracking reliability further, we set the initial position closer to the true position by compensating the global motion, which is rapidly estimated on the basis of two 1-D projection datasets. In the subsequent stage, we refine the position and size of the ellipse obtained in the first stage by using shape information. Here, we define a robust shape-similarity function based on the gradient direction. Extensive experimental results proved that the proposed algorithm performs head hacking well, even when a person moves fast, the head size changes drastically, or the background has many clusters and distracting colors. Also, the propose algorithm can perform tracking with the processing speed of about 30 fps on a standard PC.