• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권11호
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• pp.1644-1649
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• 2018

Aiming at infrared thermal images with different buried depth defects, we study a variety of image segmentation algorithms based on the threshold to develop global search ability and the ability to find the defect area accurately. Firstly, the iterative thresholding method, the maximum entropy method, the minimum error method, the Ostu method and the minimum skewness method are applied to image segmentation of the same infrared thermal image. The study shows that the maximum entropy method and the minimum error method have strong global search capability and can simultaneously extract defects at different depths. However none of these five methods can accurately calculate the defect area at different depths. In order to solve this problem, we put forward a strategy of "divide and conquer". The infrared thermal image is divided into several local thermal maps, with each map containing only one defect, and the defect area is calculated after local image processing of the different buried defects one by one. The results show that, under the "divide and conquer" strategy, the iterative threshold method and the Ostu method have the advantage of high precision and can accurately extract the area of different defects at different depths, with an error of less than 5%.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.127-146
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• 2020

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is increasingly used throughout the facility's life cycle for various applications, such as design, construction, facility management, and maintenance. For existing buildings, the geometry of as-built BIM is often constructed using dense, three dimensional (3D) point clouds data obtained with laser scanners. Traditionally, as-built BIM systems do not contain the material and textural information of the buildings' elements. This paper presents a semi-automatic method for generation of material and texture rich as-built BIM. The method captures and integrates material and textural information of building elements into as-built BIM using thermal infrared sensing (TIS). The proposed method uses TIS to capture thermal images of the interior walls of an existing building. These images are then processed to extract the interior walls using a segmentation algorithm. The digital numbers in the resulted images are then transformed into radiance values that represent the emitted thermal infrared radiation. Machine learning techniques are then applied to build a correlation between the radiance values and the material type in each image. The radiance values were used to extract textural information from the images. The extracted textural and material information are then robustly integrated into the as-built BIM providing the data needed for the assessment of building conditions in general including energy efficiency, among others.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.869-872
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• 2003

The thermal contamination of the Younggwang coastal marine ecosystem has been investigated using space borne thermal infrared data acquired over the period 1985-2003 by the Landsat and NOAA satellites. The analysis of AVHRR data brought out the general pattern and extension of thermal plume while TM data yielded more accurate information about the plume shape, dimension, dispersion direction etc. The examination of sea surface temperature (SST) computed from these images clearly indicates that the thermal plume extends 70 to100km southward during summer and 50 to70km northwestward during winter monsoons. The maximum plume temperature was 29$^{\circ}C$ in summer and 12$^{\circ}C$ in winter. The comparative analysis shows that the temperature retrieved from TM is slightly higher (1.8$^{\circ}C$, 3$^{\circ}C$ and 2.2$^{\circ}C$ for the images of 98/11/10, 99/05/05 and 99/05/21 respectively) than those derived from AVHRR data. The correlation coefficient between the TM-derived SST and AVHRR-derived SST was 0.72.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.550-558
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• 2013

가시광 영상과 원적외선 영상은 각각 질감 정보와 열 정보를 가지므로 서로 다른 정보를 표현한다. 그러므로 가시광 영상 개선을 위해 가시광 영상의 정보만을 이용하는 것보다 가시광 영상에서 존재하지 않는 원적외선 영상의 열 정보를 이용하는 것이 보다 좋은 결과를 얻을 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 원적외선 영상을 이용한 효과적인 가시광 영상 개선을 위해 가시광 영상에서 개선이 필요한 정도에 따라 가중치 맵을 만든다. 가중치 맵은 채도와 밝기를 이용하여 계산하며 원적외선 영상에서 열 정보를 고려하여 값을 조정한다. 마지막으로 조정된 가중치 맵을 이용하여 원적외선 영상의 정보와 가시광 영상의 정보를 융합함으로써 두 영상의 정보를 효과적으로 포함한 결과 영상을 생성한다. 실험결과에서는 가시광 영상에서 개선이 필요한 영역을 원적외선 영상 정보와의 융합으로 원본의 가시광 영상보다 향상된 결과를 보여준다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.619-627
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• 2016

Cells of a PV (photovoltaic) module can suffer defects due to various causes resulting in a loss of power output. As a malfunctioning cell has a higher temperature than adjacent normal cells, it can be easily detected with a thermal infrared sensor. A conventional method of PV cell inspection is to use a hand-held infrared sensor for visual inspection. The main disadvantages of this method, when applied to a large-scale PV power plant, are that it is time-consuming and costly. This paper presents an algorithm for automatically detecting defective PV panels using images captured with a thermal imaging camera from an UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle). The proposed algorithm uses statistical analysis of thermal intensity (surface temperature) characteristics of each PV module to verify the mean intensity and standard deviation of each panel as parameters for fault diagnosis. One of the characteristics of thermal infrared imaging is that the larger the distance between sensor and target, the lower the measured temperature of the object. Consequently, a global detection rule using the mean intensity of all panels in the fault detection algorithm is not applicable. Therefore, a local detection rule was applied to automatically detect defective panels using the mean intensity and standard deviation range of each panel by array. The performance of the proposed algorithm was tested on three sample images; this verified a detection accuracy of defective panels of 97% or higher. In addition, as the proposed algorithm can adjust the range of threshold values for judging malfunction at the array level, the local detection rule is considered better suited for highly sensitive fault detection compared to a global detection rule. In this study, we used a panel area extraction method that we previously developed; fault detection accuracy would be improved if panel area extraction from images was more precise. Furthermore, the proposed algorithm contributes to the development of a maintenance and repair system for large-scale PV power plants, in combination with a geo-referencing algorithm for accurate determination of panel locations using sensor-based orientation parameters and photogrammetry from ground control points.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.365-371
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• 2019

We have developed and applied a diagnostic Multi-Leaf Collimator (MLC) to optimized the X-ray field in medical imaging and the usefulness evaluated through the fusion of infrared image and X-ray image acquired by infrared camera. The hand and skull radiography with multi-leaf collimator(MLC) showed significant area dose reductions of 22.9% and 31.3% compared to ARC and leakage dose was compliant with KS A 4732. Also scattering doses of 50 cm and 100 cm showed a significant decrease to confirm the usefulness of MLC. It was confirmed that the fusion of infrared images with an adjustable degree of transparency was possible in the X-ray images. Therefore, fusion of anatomical information with physiological convergence is expected to contribute and improvement of diagnostic ability. In addition, the feasibility of convergence X-ray imaging and DITI devices and the possibility of driving MLC with infrared images were confirmed.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2018년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.880-881
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• 2018

Recently technological advancements have allowed visible, infrared and thermal imaging systems to be readily available for security and access control. Increasing applications of facial recognition for security and access control leads to emerging spoofing methodologies. To overcome these challenges of occlusion, replay attack and disguise, researches have proposed using multiple imaging modalities. Using infrared and thermal modalities alongside visible imaging helps to overcome the shortcomings of visible imaging. In this paper we review and propose hybrid feature extraction methods to combine data from multiple imaging systems simultaneously.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 1987

The study was to analysis the dispersion of the cooling water of Kori atomic power station using thermal infrared data. The dispersion pattern of the cooling water analysis clearly on the LANDSAT TM band 6. It was changed due to tidal current, that is, the cooling water disperses north-eastern direction during the low tide and southweatern direction during the high tide. The relative temperature distribution was mapped through the density slicing method on the images.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2013

It is usual to evaluate the performance of the cool roof by measuring in-site rooftop temperature using thermal infra-red camera. The principal advantage of rooftop thermal infrared image acquired in oblique vantage point of super high-rise building as a remote sensor is to provide, in a cost-effective manner, area-wide information required for a scattered rooftop target with different colors, utilizing wide view angle and multi-temporal data coverage. This research idea was formulated by incorporating the concept of traditional remote sensing into rooftop temperature monitoring. Correlations between infrared image of super high-rise building and in-situ data were investigated to compare rooftop surface temperature for a total of four different rooftop locations. The results of the correlations analyses indicate that the rooftop surface temperature by the infrared images of super high-rise building alone could be explained yielding $R^2$ values of 0.951. The visible permanent record of the oblique thermal infra-red image was quite useful in better understanding the nature and extent of rooftop color that occurs in sampling points. This thermal infrared image acquired in oblique vantage point of super high-rise made it possible to identify area wide patterns of rooftop temperature change subject to many different colors, which cannot be acquired by traditional in-site field sampling. The infrared image of super high-rise building breaks down the usual concept of field sampling established as a conventional cool roof performance evaluation technique.

• 지적과 국토정보
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.71-91
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• 2018

최근 영농분야에서 종자파종, 병충해 방제 등에 무인항공기(UAV ; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)를 활용한 응용이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구는 UAV에 다양한 파장대의 영상센서를 탑재하고 SfM(Structure from Motion) 영상해석기법과 연계한'고해상 저고도 원격탐측시스템(UAS ; Unmanned Aerial System)'를 구성, UAS 기반 식생조사의 효용성을 고찰하여 정밀영농의 활용성을 검토하였다. 이를 위해 저가 UAV에 가시 컬러(VIS_RGB ; Visible Red, Green, and Blue) 영상센서, 수정된 BG_NIR(Blue Green_Near Infrared Red) 근적외 영상 센서, $7.5{\sim}13.5{\mu}m$ 분광대역의 열적외 영상(TIR ; Thermal Infrared Red)센서를 조합 연계한 UAS를 구성하였다. 또한, 가시 근적외 및 열적외 파장대를 기본요소로 광합성에 따른 식물의 엽록소, 질소 및 수분 함유량 등을 검토할 수 있는 총 10종의 식생지수를 선정, 식생상태 검출에 활용하였다. 시험대상지에 대한 각 파장대역의 영상을 획득하고 사전에 조사된 지상 피복현황을 기준으로 각 식생지수의 분포도 및 식생지수 간 상관성(결정계수 R2) 등을 비교 고찰하여 무인항공기를 활용한 가시 컬러, 근 적외 및 열 적외 영상에 의한 식생상태의 검측 수행능력을 검토하였다. 저가 무인항공기에 VIS_RGB, BG_NIR 및 TIR 영상 센서를 탑재, 식생조사의 효용성을 종합적으로 검토한 결과, 인공위성과 항공영상에 의존한 과거의 식생조사방식 대비, 영상해상도, 경제성 및 운용성 면에서 UAV기반 고해상 저고도 원격탐측시스템(UAS)의 효용성을 입증할 수 있었으므로 정밀농업, 수계 및 산림조사 등의 분야에 그 활용이 기대된다.