• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.839-844
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• 2003

This paper presents a method to segment wafer ID marks on poor quality images under uncontrolled lighting conditions of the semiconductor process. The active multiple templates matching method is suggested to search ID areas on wafers and segment them into meaningful regions and it would have been impossible to recognize characters using general OCR algorithms. This active template model is designed by applying a snake model that is used for active contour tracking. Active multiple template model searches character areas and segments them into single characters optimally, tracking each character that can vary in a flexible manner according to string configurations. Applying active multiple templates, the optimization of the snake energy is done using Greedy algorithm, to maximize its efficiency by automatically controlling each template gap. These vary according to the configuration of character string. Experimental results using wafer images from real FA environment are presented.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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• v.30B no.12
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• pp.21-30
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• 1993

In this paper, we propose a connected Korean digit recohnition system employing neural networks and lexical constraints of the Korean digits. In the proposed recognition system, firstly, each frame of digit string is labelled by phoneme classification neural networks.which are trained with the reference phoneme segments extracted form an isolated digit based on the position information. And, the frame labels are combined with each other for constructing the phoneme segments. Then, these segments are combined to form a digit candidate using the digit combination rules. The digit candidate is decided based on the condition for digit decision. If the condition is not satisfied, the digit candidate is further recognized using the digit decision neural network in the next step. In our approach, the neural networks are trained with 10 isolated digits uttered by 5 male speakers. To investigate the performance of the proposed recognition system, an intensive computer simulation on the 30 connected digit strings uttered by 5 male speakers is performed. The simulation result indicates that 95.6% digit recognition rate and 82% digit string recognition rate are provided by the proposed Korean digit recognition system.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.337-339
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• 2007

A two-year-old intact male Miniature Schnauzer was presented with signs of anorexia and abdominal pain with six-week duration. An exploratory ventral midline laparotomy was performed for a confirmative diagnostic and therapeutic purpose, and the presence of a string gastrointestinal linear foreign body was observed originating in the stomach, extending to the ileum. In the small intestine, the linear foreign body was located in the serosal layer. A partial enterotomy was performed on the mesenteric border of the intestine and the string was removed. After the surgical correction, the dog recovered completely from the clinical signs of anorexia and abdominal pain.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.10
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• pp.1513-1517
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• 2012

As demands for green industry increase, this paper proposes a power control technique that can substitute pre -existing CCFL(Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) and optimize power consumption of LED BLU. This technique is designing LED driver circuit that make a DC-DC output voltage(VLED) to have a linear control function for a supply voltage of LED string. The proposed LED driver have an advantage that can increase or decrease a DC-DC output voltage compared with conventional LED driver. The designed LED driver circuit was designed using 0.35um CMOS technology. And its operation was verified through simulation.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.123-125
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• 2009

Mismatch of electrical characteristics of modules in PV string invokes mismatch power loss. The mismatch occurs due to various causes such as shadow, aging, contamination, and module exchange. The concept of mismatch compensation converter(MCC) is presented in this paper to remedy the mismatch loss problem. MCC is connected to irregular modules only. MCC is composed of dc-dc converter and MPPT controller. It is noted that MPPT algorithm is employed to control MCC and is effective for maximum power available from irregular modules. The selection guide of MPPT control period is given based on the period of MPPT in PCU. The effectiveness of the MCC is verified by a prototype experiment.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.5 no.9
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• pp.2415-2420
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• 1998

We present a linear time algorithm for finding a lexicographically minimal circular string in a given string. The problem was motivated by an effort to implement state transition functions in isotropic cellular artomata. A naive algorthm for the problem would require quadratic time. The proposed algorithm runs in linear time by keeping the result of comparisons of substrings and reusing it agterwards when the same computation is needed.

• MALSORI
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• no.44
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• pp.105-113
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• 2002

In Korean, each digit is monosyllable and some pairs are known to have high confusability, causing performance degradation of connected digit recognition systems. To improve the performance, in this paper, we employ various discriminant analyses (DA) including Linear DA (LDA), Weighted Pairwise Scatter LDA WPS-LDA), Heteroscedastic Discriminant Analysis (HDA), and Maximum Likelihood Linear Transformation (MLLT). We also examine several combinations of various DA for additional performance improvement. Experimental results show that applying any DA mentioned above improves the string accuracy, but the amount of improvement of each DA method varies according to the model complexity or number of mixtures per state. Especially, more than 20% of string error reduction is achieved by applying MLLT after WPS-LDA, compared with the baseline system, when class level of DA is defined as a tied state and 1 mixture per state is used.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1059_1060
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• 2009

신재생에너지 분야 중 가장 활발하게 개발 및 보급되는 태양광발전은 유한 에너지인 석유, 석탄, 천연 가스에 비해 비고갈성의 청정 에너지원으로 각광 받고있다. 화석연료를 사용하면서 발생 할 수 있는 지구환경 문제에 대처 할 수 있고, 수력이나 원자력발전과 달리 비교적 입지에 영향이 적을 뿐만 아니라 전력 수요지 근처에 설치하여 직접 전기에너지를 공급할 수 있는 이점이 있다. 반면에 그늘이나 구름 등 주변 환경에 영향을 많이 받고 넓은 부지와 높은 초기 투자비를 필요로 한다. 특히 태양광발전은 직류전력을 발생하므로 이를 교류로 변환시키는 태양광발전용 전력변환장치(Power Conditioning System; 이하 "PCS")가 필요하다. 본 고에서는 중소기업지원과제로 개발되어 한전 전력연구원의 태양광발전 실증시험장에서 실 계통 연계 운전을 통하여 취득한 50kW급 계통연계형 multi- string PCS의 초기 운전특성에 대하여 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.16 no.2 s.95
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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.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.24 no.11
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• pp.66-75
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• 2007

To prevent an insulator failure, an automatic cleaning and inspection robot was developed for suspension insulator strings. The robot autonomously moves along the insulator string using the clamps installed on its two moving frames. Especially, unlike the existing cleaning robots using jets of water, the robot system adopts a dry cleaning method using rotating brushes and a circular motion guide. In addition, a mechanized brush bristles and a voltage-balancing contactor are devised to increase cleaning efficiency and to prevent arc generation under live-line conditions, respectively. We confirmed its effectiveness through experiments.