• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.385-394
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• 2017

Side scanning sonar (SSS) provides valuable information for robot navigation. However using the side scanning sonar images in the navigation was not fully studied. In this paper, we use range data, and side scanning sonar images from UnderWater Simulator (UWSim) and propose measurement models in a feature based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) framework. The range data is obtained by echosounder and sidescanning sonar images from side scan sonar module for UWSim. For the feature, we used the A-KAZE feature for the SSS image matching and adjusting the relative robot pose by SSS bundle adjustment (BA) with Ceres solver. We use BA for the loop closure constraint of pose-graph SLAM. We used the Incremental Smoothing and Mapping (iSAM) to optimize the graph. The optimized trajectory was compared against the dead reckoning (DR).

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.92-98
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• 2003

소너를 이용한 어군량 조사에서 자동화가 용이하고 고기의 분포상태에 관계없이 측정이 가능한 에코적분법에 관한 정량화법의 기초 연구로서, 소너 화상의 휘도를 2 승 적분하여 어군량을 정량화하고 이 값을 다른 어군량 지표와 비교, 분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 휘도를 이용하여 작성한 에코그램으로부터 어군과 해저를 분명하게 식별하는 것이 가능하여 화상을 이용한 어군량의 정량화에 있어서 휘도는 유용한 정보이다. 2. 소너 화상으로부터 계수법에 의하여 얻어진 어군의 수는 픽셀 휘도의 2승 적분치에 정의 상관을 나타내었으나, 어군의 계수법은 어군의 규모에 관계하지 않고 어군을 계수하기 때문에 오차가 클것으로 판단되어 정량화법으로서는 좋은 방법이라 할 수 없다. 3. 면적측정법으로 계측된 어군면적은 픽셀 휘도의 2승 적분치에 비례하고 유의한 상관을 나타내었으므로, 어군량 지표로서 유용 가능하다고 판단된다. 4. 소너 화상의 휘도를 2 승 적분하여 얻어진 어군량 정보는 고기의 분포상태에 관계없이 측정이 가능하여 어군량을 정량화하는 방법으로서 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.212-218
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• 2002

The response behavior of a fish school to an approaching vessel was observed using scanning sonar. The evaluation using six parameters, which signify characteristics of school shape and behavior by sonar image processing, was proposed. Ten fish schools were analyzed and among them, three fish schools were identified for their changing shape, swimming direction, and swimming speed. Moreover, by tracing fish schools on stack of sonar images, these fish schools were seen to exhibit an apparent change of school shape and behavior. Therefore, the evaluation method of fish school behavior using six characteristic parameters indicating fish school shape and behavior by sonar image processing is useful.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.206-211
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• 2002

The aim of this study was to obtain the basic data on the fish school behavior change to approaching vessel and fish species identification by means of their swimming speed. The surveys were carried out for the juvenile southern blue fin tuna and other fish schools off Esperance, western Australia from January to March 1999. We observed changes of fish school behavior in response to the approaching vessel using 360-degree scanning sonar. The results showed that, a horizontal direction index used to quantify a change of fish school behavior did not identify dependence of a radial distance and a swimming speed. A Mann­Whitney test conducted using the horizontal swimming speed of both species identified by sonar specialists, did not reveal a significant difference.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.214-220
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• 2016

Imaging sonars such as side-scanning sonar or forward-looking sonar are becoming fundamental sensors in the underwater robotics field. However, using sonar images for underwater perception presents many challenges. Sonar images are usually low resolution with inherent speckled noise. To overcome the limited sensor information for underwater perception, we investigated preprocessing methods for sonar images and feature detection methods for a nonlinear scale space. In this paper, we focus on a comparative analysis of (1) preprocessing for sonar images and (2) the feature detection performance in relation to the scale space composition.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.197-201
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• 2002

어군의 기하학적 파라메터를 이용한 어군량 추정에 대한 기초적 연구로서, 소너와 계량어군탐지기를 동시에 사용하여 소너 화상으로부터 어군의 기하학적 파라메터, 면적 및 체적을 계측하고, 계량어군탐지기로 측정한 면적후방산란계수와의 관계를 비교, 분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 면적후방산란계수 (S/sub A/) 는 어군면적 (S/sub F/) 과의 사이에는 S/sub A/ = 78,842 S/sub F/ 0.46의 관계가 성립하였고 어군체적 (V/sub F/)과의 사이에는 S/sub A/= 30,895 V/sub F/ 0.37의 관계가 성립하였으며, 각각의 상관계수는 0.76 이었다. 2 소너로 관측된 어군의 기하학적 파라메터가 어획량이나 계량어군탐지기에 의한 면적후방산란계수와 유의한 상관이 있으면, 이들을 이용한 어군량 추정은 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.220-225
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• 2007

The movements of skipjack schools during purse seine operations were observed by scanning sonar in the Southwest Pacific Ocean in April 2004. Swimming speed and directional changes were analyzed in relation to heading of the purse seine during shooting, speed of the purse seiner and distance to the net. Escaped schools turned clockwise (relative to the heading of the purse seiner during shooting) significantly more frequently than captured schools, who primarily turned counter-clockwise. The swimming speed of a fish school, whether it was caught or escaped, was somewhat related to the ship's speed, but swimming speed did not differ between captured and escaped schools. The behavior of skipjack schools during purse seining consists of very complex movements with changes in swimming speed and direction in relation to the nets or purse seiner. Therefore, these responses of skipjack schools to purse seining can be useful for modeling the capture process of purse seining in relation to fishing conditions.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.173-182
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• 2014

The CRT monitor display system for SONAR signal that are commonly used in ships or naval vessels uses vector scanning method. Therefore the processing circuits of the system are complex. Also the purchase of parts is difficult as well as high-cost because the production had been shut down. FPGA-based embedded system is flexible to various digital applications because it can be able to simplify processing circuits and to make a easy customized design for end user, and it provides low-cost high-speed performance. In this paper, we describe an implementation of FPGA embedded system for real-time SONAR signal display using the triple buffering method to overcome some weakness of existing CRT system. Our system provides real-time acquisition and display capability of SONAR signal, and removes afterimage effect that is a critical problem of the system proposed in the preceding study.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 기술교육전문연구회
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• pp.62-65
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• 2003

When a mobile robot moves around autonomously without man-made corrupted bye landmarks, it is essential to recognize the placement of surrounding objects especially for self localization, obstacle avoidance, and target classification and localization. To recognize the environment we use many Kinds of sensors, such as ultrasonic sensors, laser range finder, CCD camera, and so on. Among the sensors, ultra sonic sensors(sonar)are unexpensive and easy to use. In this paper, we analyze the sonar data and propose a method to recognize features of indoor environment. It is supposed that the environments are consisted of features of planes, edges, and corners, For the analysis, sonar data of plane, edge, and corner are accumulated for several given ranges. The data are filtered to eliminate some noise using the Kalman filter algorithm. Then, the data for each feature are compared each other to extract the character is ties of each feature. We demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method using the sonar data obtained form a sonar transducer rotating and scanning the range information around a indoor environment.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2001년도 ICCAS
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• pp.134.1-134
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• 2001

The paper presents a sonar based map building method. The environment is a room or area inside a building, which is composed of four types of geometric primitives(corners, edges, cylinders, and walls). We also assume the environment can be modeled into two dimensional map in terms of planes(walls), points(corner and edge), and circle(cylinder). In a real world where most of the object surfaces are specular ones, a sonar sensor suffers from a multipath effect which results in a wrong interpretation of the location of an object. To reduce the effect and uncertainty, the method employs a simple thresholding technique for extracting circular arc features called regions of constant depth(RCD) from scanning sonar data. The usefulness of the approach is illustrated with the results produced by sets of experiments.