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A Study on the Vision Sensor System for Tracking the I-Butt Weld Joints (I형 맞대기 용접선 추적용 시각센서 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Bae, Hee-Soo;Kim, Jae-Woong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.18 no.9
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    • pp.179-185
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    • 2001
  • In this study, a visual sensor system for weld seam tracking the I-butt weld joints in GMA welding was constructed. The sensor system consists of a CCD camera, a diode laser with a cylindrical lens and a band-pass-filter to overcome the degrading of image due to spatters and arc light. In order to obtain the enhanced image, quantitative relationship between laser intensity and iris number was investigated. Throughout the repeated experiments, the shutter speed was set at 1-milisecond for minimizing the effect of spatters on the image, and therefore most of the spatter trace in the image have been found to be reduced. Region of interest was defined from the entire image and gray level of searched laser line was compared to that of weld line. The differences between these gray levels lead to spot the position of weld joint using central difference method. The results showed that, as long as weld line was within $^\pm$15$^\circ$from the longitudinal straight fine, the system constructed in this study could track the weld line successful1y. Since the processing time reduced to 0.05 sec, it is expected that the developed method could be adopted to high speed welding such as laser welding.

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A Study on a Vision Sensor System for Tracking the I-Butt Weld Joints

  • Kim Jae-Woong;Bae Hee-Soo
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.1856-1863
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    • 2005
  • In this study, a visual sensor system for weld seam tracking the I-butt weld joints in GMA welding was constructed. The sensor system consists of a CCD camera, a diode laser with a cylindrical lens and a band-pass-filter to overcome the degrading of image due to spatters and arc light. In order to obtain the enhanced image, quantitative relationship between laser intensity and iris opening was investigated. Throughout the repeated experiments, the shutter speed was set at 1/1000 second for minimizing the effect of spatters on the image, and therefore the image without the spatter traces could be obtained. Region of interest was defined from the entire image and gray level of the searched laser stripe was compared to that of weld line. The differences between these gray levels lead to spot the position of weld joint using central difference method. The results showed that, as long as weld line is within $\pm15^{o}$ from the longitudinal straight line, the system constructed in this study could track the weld line successfully. Since the processing time is no longer than 0.05 sec, it is expected that the developed method could be adopted to high speed welding such as laser welding.

A Development of Seam Tracker by one Chip Microprocessor (궤적 기억이 가능한 용접선 추적장치의 개발)

  • Ahn, B. W.;Noh, C. J.;Park, S. K.
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.78-84
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    • 1996
  • Recently, the fact that welding conditions are dangerous for men and the shapes of seams are complex enforced the welding system to be automatic. In order to obtain this target, are chip Microprocessor controlled welding system is devised in this study. The tracking of seam shape is achieved by applying a differential transformer and by using a program developed. This welding system mainly consists of a sensor, the differential transformer, a servo power amplifier, a control system, and DC motors. It is verified that the developed welding system is able to track three kinds of seam shapes.

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Comparison of Eye Movement and Fit Rating Criteria in Judging Pants Fit Between Experts and Novices - Using Eye Tracking Technology - (바지 맞음새 평가 시 전문가와 초보자의 시선추적 및 맞음새 평가 항목의 중요도 비교분석 - Eye Tracking 기법을 이용하여 -)

  • Kim, Youngsook;Song, Hwa Kyung;Jang, Hyowoong
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.230-239
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    • 2017
  • In the clothes industry, there are lack of experts including technical designers who can analyze the fit of clothes. This study is to provide practical data available for fit analysis education by distinguishing the differences in standards and aspects of garment fit between experts and novices, through the eye-tracking technology to quantify the sense of fit. For this study, two groups were organized; one composed of 7 experts with over 15 year-experience including technical designers and patternmakers, and the other composed of 7 novices who are students majoring in clothing. Wearing the goggle type eye-tracker Tobii Pro Glasses 2, the participants in the experiments were required to conduct fit analyses for a pair of pants on a live model. After those experiments, they were required to check the items for fit analysis and assess the importance level of them on a questionnaire. The differences between the two groups in the ratios of total visit count and total visit duration by each AIO(Area of Interest) of clothes were analyzed through non-parametric statistical test. The results of eye tracking experiments showed that experts focused on center front and back line, crotch area, and side seam, while novice's fixation points were dispersed around the pants. The survey results showed that the experts put importance on the center line position and its verticality, front-back proportion of side seam line, and front-back proportion of waist line, 71.4~100% of whom checked them, while 14.3% of the novices checked them.

Arc welding robot controller (아크 용접 로보트 제어기)

  • 김성권;김동일;황찬영;윤명균
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1993.10a
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    • pp.270-275
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    • 1993
  • In this paper, the arc welding robot controller using a touch sensor and a arc sensor is presented. The controller is composed of robot controller parts for moving torch, and arc welding controller for welding and tracking. In the controller, an compensated data is generated to control robot trajectory and seam tracking by the arc sensor function. The data is obtained by integration of arc current. Experimental results are presented confirming the controller performance.

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Joint tracking system for butt joint welding process using eddy current sensors with the condition of no gap distance (자기장 센서를 이용한 갭간격이 없는 박판 맞대기 용접부의 용접선 추적 장치)

  • 김영선;조형석
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.836-839
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    • 1997
  • In recent years, much progress has been made in the automation of welding coped with a variety of highly flexible sensors. Among these sensors, only the eddy current sensor can detect the center location of the butt joint whose gap distance is zero. Thus, in this study the eddy current sensor is used to develop a robust and useful joint tracking system. The developed system is tested to qualify the performance of the system and seam tracking algorithm is proposed and two simulation are executed to show the performance of the proposed tracking algorithm.

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