• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제12권3_4호
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• pp.363-379
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• 2013

Dynamic displacement of structures is an important index for in-service structural condition and behavior assessment, but accurate measurement of structural displacement for large-scale civil structures such as long-span bridges still remains as a challenging task. In this paper, a vision-based dynamic displacement measurement system with the use of digital image processing technology is developed, which is featured by its distinctive characteristics in non-contact, long-distance, and high-precision structural displacement measurement. The hardware of this system is mainly composed of a high-resolution industrial CCD (charge-coupled-device) digital camera and an extended-range zoom lens. Through continuously tracing and identifying a target on the structure, the structural displacement is derived through cross-correlation analysis between the predefined pattern and the captured digital images with the aid of a pattern matching algorithm. To validate the developed system, MTS tests of sinusoidal motions under different vibration frequencies and amplitudes and shaking table tests with different excitations (the El-Centro earthquake wave and a sinusoidal motion) are carried out. Additionally, in-situ verification experiments are performed to measure the mid-span vertical displacement of the suspension Tsing Ma Bridge in the operational condition and the cable-stayed Stonecutters Bridge during loading tests. The obtained results show that the developed system exhibits an excellent capability in real-time measurement of structural displacement and can serve as a good complement to the traditional sensors.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제33A권5호
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• pp.203-211
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• 1996

This paper describes CAD tools for the construction of image database in IC chip analysis CAD system. For IC chip analysis by high-resolution microscopy, the image database is essential to manage more than several thousand images. But manual database construction is error-prone and time-consuming. In order to solve this problem, we develop a set of CAD toos that include image grabber to capture chip images, image editor to make the whole chip image database from the grabbed images, and image divider to reconstruct the database that consists of evenly overlapped images for efficient region search. we also develop an interactive pattern matching method for user-friendly image editing, and a heuristic region search method for fast image division. The tools are developed with a high-performance graphic hardware with JPEG image comparession chip to process the huge color image data. The tools are under the field test and experimental resutls show that the database construction time can be redcued in 1/3 compared to manual database construction.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.227-236
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• 2019

In this study, we develop a Korotkoff sound based automatic blood pressure measurement device including sensor, hardware, and analysis algorithm. PVDF-based sensor pattern was developed to function as a vibration sensor to detect of Korotkoff sounds, and the film's output was connected to an impedance-matching circuit. An algorithm for determining starting and ending points of the Korotkoff sounds was established, and clinical data from subjects were acquired and analyzed to find the relationship between the values obtained by the auscultatory method and from the developed device. The results from 86 out of 90 systolic measurements and 84 out of 90 diastolic measurements indicate that the developed device pass the validation criteria of the international protocol. Correlation coefficients for the values obtained by the auscultatory method and from the developed device were 0.982 and 0.980 for systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively. Blood pressure measurements based on Korotkoff sound signals obtained by using the developed PVDF film-based sensor module are accurate and highly correlated with measurements obtained by the traditional auscultatory method.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.435-442
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 FPGA를 기반으로 Camera Link (Medium)를 제공하는 PCB 패턴 검출 시스템을 구현하였다. 시스템 구현을 위해 비전 라이브러리를 IP로 구현하여 고속으로 패턴 매칭을 할 수 있도록 하였다. 구현된 IP는 영상입력용 카메라링크 IP, 히스토그램 IP, VGA 제어 IP, 수직투영 IP 및 수평투영 IP가 있다. 디지털 카메라에서 고속으로 전송되는 영상을 처리하기 위해 Xilinx사의 Virtex-5 계열의 FPGA 칩을 사용하였다. 그래버 시스템 구현을 위해 RISC 구조의 CPU인 MicroBlaze를 사용하였으며, PC와의 연동을 위해 PCI Express를 사용하였으며, 영상의 처리결과는 컴퓨터의 모니터와 7인치 LCD에 표현하였다.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제11B권3호
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• pp.327-336
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• 2004

일반적인 공장환경에서 적용할 수 있는 비젼 검사시스템의 개발을 위해서는 안정적이면서도 고속 패턴정합을 수행하는 알고리즘의 개발이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 전탐색 회피기법을 이용하는 자동화용 패턴검사를 위한 에지 기반의 점상관 고속 알고리즘을 제안한다. 이 알고리즘은 탐색할 영상의 에지특성을 분석함에 의해 전탐색을 회피함으로써 탐색복잡도를 크게 개선한다. 농담정규화정합(NGC)법을 사용하는 통상적인 검사 알고리즘은 공장환경에 적용할 매 몇가지 문제점을 극복해야 한다. 첫 번째는 과도한 계산량으로 고속동작을 가능하게 하기 위해 특별한 알고리즘의 설계가 필요하며 고속 하드웨어의 사용을 요구한다 두 번째는 불안정한 조명조건 하에서도 신뢰성 있는 검사결과를 주어야 한다는 것이다. 전통적인 NGC 알고리즘은 조명의 불안정에 따라 검사결과가 크게 변동하는 특성을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위해 에지 기반의 점상관 알고리즘을 제안한다. 계산량을 개선하기 위해 전탐색 회피 알고리즘을 개발하여 적용하고, 에지 피라미드 구조를 탐색에 T입하여 실시간에 근접하는 시간 복잡도를 달성한다. 제안된 방법들은 실제 영상에 적용하여 신뢰성을 검증한다

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.237-250
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• 2015

This paper describes a hardware-oriented algorithm and its conceptual implementation in a real-time speed limit traffic sign detection system on an automotive-oriented field-programmable gate array (FPGA). It solves the training and color dependence problems found in other research, which saw reduced recognition accuracy under unlearned conditions when color has changed. The algorithm is applicable to various platforms, such as color or grayscale cameras, high-resolution (4K) or low-resolution (VGA) cameras, and high-end or low-end FPGAs. It is also robust under various conditions, such as daytime, night time, and on rainy nights, and is adaptable to various countries' speed limit traffic sign systems. The speed limit traffic sign candidates on each grayscale video frame are detected through two simple computational stages using global luminosity and local pixel direction. Pipeline implementation using results-sharing on overlap, application of a RAM-based shift register, and optimization of scan window sizes results in a small but high-performance implementation. The proposed system matches the processing speed requirement for a 60 fps system. The speed limit traffic sign recognition system achieves better than 98% accuracy in detection and recognition, even under difficult conditions such as rainy nights, and is implementable on the low-end, low-cost Xilinx Zynq automotive Z7020 FPGA.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.189-198
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• 2015

Most IoT-related approaches have tried to establish the relation by connecting the network between things. The proposed research will present how the pervasive interaction of eco-system formed by touching the objects between humans and things can be recognized on purpose. By collecting and sharing the detected patterns among all kinds of things, we can construct the environment which enables individualized interactions of different objects. To perform the aforementioned, we are going to utilize technical procedures such as event-driven signal processing, pattern matching for signal recognition, and hardware in the loop simulation. We will also aim to implement the prototype of sensor processor based on Arduino MCU, which can be integrated with system using Arduino-Matlab/Simulink hybrid-interoperation environment. In the experiment, we use piezo transducer to detect the vibration or vibrates the surface using acoustic wave, which has specific frequency spectrum and individualized signal shape in terms of time axis. The signal distortion in time and frequency domain is recorded into memory tracer within sensor processor to extract the meaningful pattern by comparing the stored with lookup table(LUT). In this paper, we will contribute the initial prototypes for the acoustic touch processor by using off-the-shelf MCU and the integrated framework based on Matlab/Simulink model to provide the individualization of the touch-sensing for the user on purpose.