• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.218-222
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• 2014

In this paper, we introduce an autonomous calibration method for a 2D laser displacement sensor (e.g. laser vision sensor and laser range finder) by matching a single point on a flat structure. Many arc welding robots install a 2D laser displacement sensor to expand their application by recognizing their environment (e.g. base metal and seam). In such systems, sensing data should be transformed to the robot's coordinates, and the geometric relation (i.e. rotation and translation) between the robot's coordinates and sensor coordinates should be known for the transformation. Calibration means the inference process of geometric relation between the sensor and robot. Generally, the matching of more than 3 points is required to infer the geometric relation. However, we introduce a novel method to calibrate using only 1 point matching and use a specific flat structure (i.e. circular hole) which enables us to find the geometric relation with a single point matching. We make the rotation component of the calibration results as a constant to use only a single point by moving a robot to a specific pose. The flat structure can be installed easily in a manufacturing site, because the structure does not have a volume (i.e. almost 2D structure). The calibration process is fully autonomous and does not need any manual operation. A robot which installed the sensor moves to the specific pose by sensing features of the circular hole such as length of chord and center position of the chord. We show the precision of the proposed method by performing repetitive experiments in various situations. Furthermore, we applied the result of the proposed method to sensor based seam tracking with a robot, and report the difference of the robot's TCP (Tool Center Point) trajectory. This experiment shows that the proposed method ensures precision.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제38권6_1호
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• pp.1125-1139
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• 2022

무인항공기에 부착된 위성 항법 시스템/관성 측정 센서(global positioning system/inertial measurement unit, GPS/IMU)와 관측 센서 사이에는 물리적인 위치와 자세 오차가 존재한다. 해당 물리 오프셋으로 인해, 관측 데이터는 비행 방향에 따라 서로 위치가 어긋나는 이격 오차가 발생한다. 특히나, 다중 센서를 활용하여 데이터를 취득하는 다중 센서 무인항공기의 경우, 관측 센서가 변경될 때마다 고액의 비용을 지불하고 외산 소프트웨어 의존하여 물리 오프셋을 조정하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 다중 센서에 적용 가능한 초기 센서 모델식을 수립하고 물리 오프셋 추정 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방안은 크게 3가지 단계로 구성된다. 먼저, 직접지리 참조를 위한 회전 행렬 정의 및 초기 센서 모델식을 수립한다. 다음으로, 지상기준점과 관측 센서에서 취득된 데이터 간의 대응점을 추출하여 물리 오프셋 추정을 위한 관측방정식을 수립한다. 마지막으로, 관측 자료를 기반으로 물리 오프셋을 추정하고, 추정된 파라미터를 초기 센서 모델식에 적용한다. 전주, 인천, 알래스카, 노르웨이 지역에서 취득된 데이터셋에 적용한 결과, 4개 지역 모두 물리 오프셋 적용 전에 발생되던 영상 접합부의 이격 오차가 물리 오프셋을 적용 후 제거되는 것을 확인했다. 인천 지역의 지상기준점 대비 절대 위치 정확도를 분석한 결과, 초분광 영상의 경우, X, Y 방향으로 약 0.12 m 위치 편차를 보였으며, 라이다 포인트 클라우드의 경우 약 0.03 m의 위치 편차를 보여줬다. 더 나아가 영상 내 특징점에 대하여 초분광, 라이다 데이터의 상대 위치 정확도를 분석한 결과, 센서 데이터 간의 위치 편차가 약 0.07 m인 것을 확인했다. 따라서, 제안된 물리 오프셋 추정 및 적용을 통해 별도 기준점 없이 정밀한 데이터 매핑이 가능한 직접 지리 참조가 가능하다는 것을 확인했으며, 다중 센서를 부착한 무인항공기에서 취득된 센서 데이터 간의 융합 가능성에 대해 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 독자적인 물리 파라미터 추정 기술 보유를 통한 경제적 비용 절감 효과 및 관측 조건에 따른 유연한 다중 센서 플랫폼 시스템 운용을 기대한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.957-963
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• 2014

This paper proposes a predictive control for an efficient human following robot using Kinect sensor. Especially, this research is focused on detecting of foot-end-point and foot-vector instead of human body which can be occluded easily by the obstacles. Recognition of the foot-end-point by the Kinect sensor is reliable since the two feet images can be utilized, which increases the detection possibility of the human motion. Depth image features and a decision tree have been utilized to estimate the foot end-point precisely. A tracking point average algorithm is also adopted in this research to estimate the location of foot accurately. Using the continuous locations of foot, the human motion trajectory is estimated to guide the mobile robot along a smooth path to the human. It is verified through the experiments that detecting foot-end-point is more reliable and efficient than detecting the human body. Finally, the tracking performance of the mobile robot is demonstrated with a human motion along an 'L' shape course.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권2호통권95호
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• pp.176-182
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• 1999

This paper presents a new autonomous kinematic calibration technique by using a laser-vision sensor called "Perceptron TriCam Contour". Because the sensor measures by capturing the image of a projected laser line on the surface of the object, we set up a long, straight line of a very fine string inside the robot workspace, and then allow the sensor mounted on a robot to measure the point intersection of the line of string and the projected laser line. The point data collected by changing robot configuration and sensor measuring are constrained to on a single straght line such that the closed-loop calibration method can be applied. The obtained calibration method is simple and accurate and also suitable for on-site calibration in an industrial environment. The method is implemented using Hyundai VORG-35 for its effectiveness.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2003년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.778-783
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• 2003

The problem considered in this paper is about the collocation of sensor and actuator for the active control of sound and vibration. It is well-known that a point collocated sensor-actuator pair offers an unconditional stability with very high performance when it is used with a direct velocity feedback (DVFB) control, because the pair has strictly positive real (SPR) property. In order to utilize this SPR characteristics, a matched piezoelectric sensor and actuator pair is considered, but this pair suffers from the in-plane motion coupling problem with the out-of$.$plane motion due to the piezo sensor and actuator interaction. This coupling phnomenon limits the stability and performance of the matched pair with DVFB control. As a new alternative, a point sensor and piezoelectric actuator pair is also considered, which provides SPR property in all frequency range except at the first resonance in very low frequency. This non-SPR resonance could be minimized by applying a phase lag compensator.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2000

To understand the signal fluctuation of a wide-range oxygen sensor installed at the exhaust confluence point, when a misfiring is triggered in a cylinder, the steady state and the transient response characteristics of the sensor to the flow of the misfired gas were investigated quantitatively. It was recognized that the steady state output voltage of the sensor increased higher when it contacted the misfired gas even though the fueling condition was the same as the normal combustion case and this characteristic enabled the application of the wide-range oxygen sensor for the misfire detection. The transient response was compared at different engine speeds and it was found that the response speed increased with the engine speed. The signal fluctuation was also estimated quantitatively, using these steady state and transient response of the sensor, and the estimated signal showed satisfactory correlation with the measurements.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.491-499
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• 2017

In this study, we proposed a new approach to segment ground and nonground points gained from a 3D laser range sensor. The primary aim of this research was to provide a fast and effective method for ground segmentation. In each frame, we divide the point cloud into small groups. All threshold points and start-ground points in each group are then analyzed. To determine threshold points we depend on three features: gradient, lost threshold points, and abnormalities in the distance between the sensor and a particular threshold point. After a threshold point is determined, a start-ground point is then identified by considering the height difference between two consecutive points. All points from a start-ground point to the next threshold point are ground points. Other points are nonground. This process is then repeated until all points are labelled.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2008년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.675-680
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• 2008

This paper proposes a way to measure the displacement of a multi-point by using a pattern recognition from video signal. Generally in measuring displacement, gab sensor, which is a displacement sensor, is used. However, it is difficult to measure displacement by using a common sensor in places where it is unsuitable to attach a sensor, such as high-temperature areas or radioactive places. In this kind of places, non-contact methods should be used to measure displacement and in this study, images of CCD camera were used. When displacement is measure by using camera images, it is possible to measure displacement with a non-contact method. It is simple to install and multi-point displacement measuring device so that it is advantageous to solve problems of spatial constraints.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.1093-1099
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• 2006

In general, a measuring instrument of sound noise use only one wired channel by one sensor. Therefor the measuring instrument use wired cables as the number of channels are provided by instrument. In a point of observed target it needs data from multiple sensors and In case of measured point is a large numbers the environment of constitution would be complicated because that is in need of channel and cable. So we need the method that can improve the existing transmission channel and cable environment even the measured point is increased. If we use the Code Division Multiple Access(CDMA) we transmit a large numbers of sensor data by using a common transmission channel. We present the method that transmits data of multiple sensor to wireless by using CDMA. This method can simplify the measurement environment dramatically when collecting data by using multiple sensor. We expect this study to contribute the part of multiple access technology and relation technologies on the measuring environment.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제25권6_1호
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• pp.529-536
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• 2007

Registration between image and object space is a fundamental step in photogrammetry and computer vision. Along with rapid development of sensors - multi/hyper spectral sensor, laser scanning sensor, radar sensor etc., the needs for registration between different sensors are ever increasing. There are two important considerations on different sensor registration. They are sensor invariant feature extraction and correspondence between them. Since point to point correspondence does not exist in image and laser scanning data, it is necessary to have higher entities for extraction and correspondence. This leads to modify first, existing mathematical and geometrical model which was suitable for point measurement to line measurements, second, matching scheme. In this research, linear feature is selected for sensor invariant features and matching entity. Linear features are incorporated into mathematical equation in the form of extended collinearity equation for registration problem known as photo resection which calculates exterior orientation parameters. The other emphasis is on the scheme of finding matched entities in the aide of RANSAC (RANdom SAmple Consensus) in the absence of correspondences. To relieve computational load which is a common problem in sampling theorem, deterministic sampling technique and selecting 4 line features from 4 sectors are applied.