• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.319-327
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• 2012

In this paper, we present a sign language recognition model which does not use any wearable devices for object tracking. The system design issues and implementation issues such as data representation, feature extraction and pattern classification methods are discussed. The proposed data representation method for sign language patterns is robust for spatio-temporal variances of feature points. We present a feature extraction technique which can improve the computation speed by reducing the amount of feature data. A neural network model which is capable of incremental learning is described and the behaviors and learning algorithm of the model are introduced. We have defined a measure which reflects the relevance between the feature values and the pattern classes. The measure makes it possible to select more effective features without any degradation of performance. Through the experiments using six types of sign language patterns, the proposed model is evaluated empirically.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.12B
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• pp.1574-1585
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• 2011

This paper proposes a real-time algorithm for speed limit sign recognition for advanced safety vehicle system. The proposed algorithm uses Block-DCT in extracting features from a given ROI(Region Of Interest) instead of using entire pixel values as in previous works. The proposed algorithm chooses parts of the DCT coefficients according to the proposed discriminant factor, uses correlation coefficients and variances among ROIs from training samples to reduce amount of arithmetic operations without performance degradation in classification process. The algorithm recognizes the speed limit signs using the information obtained during training process by calculating LDA and Mahalanobis Distance. To increase the hit rate of recognition, it uses accumulated classification results computed for a sequence of frames. Experimental results show that the hit rate of recognition for sequential frames reaches up to 100 %. When compared with previous works, numbers of multiply and add operations are reduced by 69.3 % and 67.9 %, respectively. Start after striking space key 2 times.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.117-132
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• 2021

Due to the terrain in Korea, there are many road sections passing through mountainous areas. During the winter, there is a higher risk of traffic accidents, due to black ice caused by the lack of sunlight. Despite domestic road freezing safety measures, accidents caused by road freezing results in severe traffic accidents. Under these considerations, this study analyzed whether traffic safety signs that change in response to the external temperature help drivers recognize frozen road segments. The study was conducted through analysis of the effect of the signs on a driver's perspective. For the signs under development, out of the signs designed by experts, the sign design which received the highest visibility and effectiveness evaluation ratings from the general public was selected. The sign was implemented through Virtual Reality (VR) and installed on the right side of the road to analyze the effect on gazing and driving behavior. As a result of analyzing the driver's driving behavior, a speed reduction of about 7km/h or more was found in the sign section. Therefore, It was found that the existence of the sign had a strong relationship with the rate of the drivers' speed reduction.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.291-297
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• 2014

Since hand gesture recognition was realized thanks to improved image processing algorithms, sign language translation has been a critical issue for the hearing-impaired. In this paper, we extract human hand figures from a real time image stream and detect gestures in order to figure out which kind of hand language it means. We used depth-color calibrated image from the Kinect to extract human hands and made a decision tree in order to recognize the hand gesture. The decision tree contains information such as number of fingers, contours, and the hand's position inside a uniform sized image. We succeeded in recognizing 'Hangul', the Korean alphabet, with a recognizing rate of 98.16%. The average execution time per letter of the system was about 76.5msec, a reasonable speed considering hand language translation is based on almost still images. We expect that this research will help communication between the hearing-impaired and other people who don't know hand language.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.138-144
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• 2014

Now, Autonomous unmanned vehicle has become an issue in next generation technology. 2D Laser scanner as the distance measurement sensor is used. 2D Laser scanner detects the distance of 80m, measured angle is -5 to 185 degree. Laser scanner detects only the plane, but using motor swings. As a result, traffic signs detect and analyze patterns. Traffic signs when driving at low speed, shape of the detected pattern is very similar. By shaking the laser scanner, traffic signs and other obstacles became clear distinction.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.162-164
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• 2022

Efforts are being made to prevent traffic accidents within the child protection zone. Efforts are being made to prevent accidents by enacting safety facilities and laws to prevent traffic accidents in the school zone. However, traffic accidents in school zones continue to occur. If the driver can know the situation in the child protection zone in advance, accidents can be reduced. In this paper, we design a camera that eliminates blind spots in school zones and a number recognition camera system that can collect pre-traffic information. Design a LIDAR system that recognizes vehicle speed and pedestrians. Design an LED guidance system that delivers information to drivers without smart devices. We study time series analysis and artificial intelligence algorithms that collect and process pedestrian and vehicle information recognized by cameras and LIDAR. In the artificial intelligence traffic accident prevention system learned by deep learning, before entering the school zone, the school zone information is sent to the driver through the Force Push Service and the school zone information is delivered to the driver on the LED sign. try to reduce accidents.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2012.06b
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• pp.504-506
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• 2012

운전자 지원 시스템(ADAS)은 최근 지능형 자동차 분야에서 중요한 이슈로 손꼽히는 기술 중 하나이다. 이 중에서 실시간 표지판 인식 기술은 운전자 지원 시스템의 하나로 운전자의 안전과 직결될 수 있어 높은 정확성과 실시간성이 요구된다. 그동안 표지판 인식 분야는 색상과 현상을 기반으로 연구가 진행되어왔으나, 교통 표지판은 국가별로 그 특징과 형태가 각기 상이하여 적용하는데 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 한국의 속도제한 표지판을 실시간으로 검출하고 인식하기 위하여, 1) 영상에서 색상 특징을 이용하여 후보 영역을 검출하고, 2) 형상 정보를 분석하여 표지판의 형태를 검증하고, 3) 검출된 후보영역의 내부문자(숫자)를 분할하고 인식하는 시스템을 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.1358-1360
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 MB-LBP(Multi-scale Block Local Binary Patterns)와 공간피라미드를 이용하여 생성된 특징을 랜덤 포레스트(Random Forest) 분류기에 적용하여 영상내의 표지판 속도를 인식하는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 입력 영상에서 표지판 영역은 다양한 위치와 크기를 가지며 주위 배경이 후보 영역에 포함되므로 먼저 입력 영상에 원형 Hough Transform을 적용하여 원형의 표지판 후보 영역만을 검출한다. 그 후 영상의 화질을 향상시키기 위해 히스토그램 평활화와 모폴로지 연산을 적용하여 표지판의 숫자 영역과 배경 영역의 대비를 높이도록 한다. 표지판의 크기 변화에 강건한 시스템의 구현을 위해 후보 영역에서 LBP(Local Binary Patterns)보다 우수한 성능을 보이는 MB-LBP를 적용하고, 다양한 크기의 속도 표지판을 인식하기 위해 공간 피라미드를 사용하여 지역적 특징과 전역적 특징 모두를 추출하였다. 추출된 특징은 랜덤 포레스트(Random Forest)를 이용하여 각 9개의 속도 표지판으로 분류, 각 속도별 클래스에 대한 인식 성능을 측정하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.82-85
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 실제 도로환경의 속도 표지판 영역 추출 및 인식 방법을 제안한다. 화소의 색상정보를 이용하여 속도 표지판 영역을 추출하고 추출된 속도 표지판 영역 안에서 숫자 영역만 다시 추출한다. 표지판의 경사여부를 판단하여 시계방향, 반시계방향으로 각각 표지판을 회전시켜 기울기를 보정한 후 인식을 행함으로써 인식률을 제고한다. 도로환경의 동영상을 대상으로 인식을 행한 결과 일반적인 속도표지판 뿐 아니라 기울어진 환경에서도 매우 강건한 인식 결과를 보인다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.617-623
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• 2008

This paper presents a human motion recognition method using both centroid shift and local basis images. The centroid shift based on 1st moment balance technique is applied to get the robust motion images against position or size changes, the extraction of local basis images based on independent component analysis(ICA) is also applied to find a set of statistically independent motion features, which is included in each motions. Especially, ICA of fixed-point(FP) algorithm based on Newton method is used for being quick to extract a local basis images of motions. The proposed method has been applied to the problem for recognizing the 160(1 person * 10 animals * 16 motions) sign language motion images of 240*215 pixels. The 3 distances such as city-block, Euclidean, negative angle are used as measures when match the probe images to the nearest gallery images. The experimental results show that the proposed method has a superior recognition performances(speed, rate) than the method using local eigen images and the method using local basis images without centroid shift respectively.