• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2018

This study focuses on autonomous exploration based on map expansion for an underwater robot equipped with acoustic sonars. Map expansion is applicable to large-area mapping, but it may affect localization accuracy. Thus, as the key contribution of this paper, we propose a method for underwater autonomous exploration wherein the robot determines the trade-off between map expansion ratio and position accuracy, selects which of the two has higher priority, and then moves to a mission step. An occupancy grid map is synthesized by utilizing the measurements of an acoustic range sonar that determines the probability of occupancy. This information is then used to determine a path to the frontier, which becomes the new search point. During area searching and map building, the robot revisits artificial landmarks to improve its position accuracy as based on imaging sonar-based recognition and EKF-SLAM if the position accuracy is above the predetermined threshold. Additionally, real-time experiments were conducted by using an underwater robot, yShark, to validate the proposed method, and the analysis of the results is discussed herein.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.167-174
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• 2023

This study evaluated slope stability through a case study to determine the disaster risks associated with increased deforestation in structures, including schools and apartments, located in urban areas adjacent to slopes. The slope behind the ○○ High School in Gwangju, Korea, collapsed owing to heavy rain in August 2018. Historically, rainwater drained well around the slope during the rainy season. However, during the collapse, a large amount of seepage water flowed out of the slope surface and a shallow failure occurred along the saturated soil layer. To analyze the cause of the collapse, the images of the upper area of the slope, which could not be directly identified, were captured using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A digital elevation model of the slope was constructed through image analysis, making it possible to calculate the rainfall flow direction and the area, width, and length of logging areas. The change in the instability of the slope over time owing to rainfall lasting ten days before the collapse was analyzed through numerical analysis. Imaging techniques based on the UAV images were found to be effective in analyzing ground disaster risk maps in urban areas. Furthermore, the analysis was found to predict the failure before its actual occurrence.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권6_2호
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• pp.1073-1082
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• 2023

Thermal sensors, also called thermal infrared wavelength sensors, measure temperature based on the intensity of infrared signals that reach the sensor. The infrared signals recognized by the sensor include infrared wavelength(0.7~3.0㎛) and radiant infrared wavelength(3.0~100㎛). Infrared(IR) wavelengths are divided into five bands: near infrared(NIR), shortwave infrared(SWIR), midwave infrared(MWIR), longwave infrared(LWIR), and far infrared(FIR). Most thermal sensors use the LWIR to capture images. Thermal sensors measure the temperature of the target in a non-contact manner, and the data can be affected by the sensor's viewing angle between the target and the sensor, the amount of atmospheric water vapor (humidity), air temperature, and ground conditions. In this study, the characteristics of three thermal imaging sensor models that are widely used for observation using unmanned aerial vehicles were evaluated, and the optimal application field was determined.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.182-194
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• 2017

그동안 교통관리에서 적용되던 드론 관련 연구는 도로나 차량을 검지하고 추적하는 연구가 대분이었다. 교통분야에서 영상이미지를 분석하는 목적은 기존 교통자료 수집체계(차량검지기, DSRC 등)의 한계를 극복하기 위함이다. 그런 의미에서 드론은 상당히 좋은 대안이나 최대 비행시간이 제한되어 있어 기존 수집체계를 대체하기 보다는 보완적 성격으로 활용되는 것이 타당하다. 따라서 교통조사분석을 위한 드론 활용방안에 대한 연구가 더 필요한 실정이다. 교통문제의 경우 특정 구간이나 지점에서 발생한 문제가 네트워크 전체로 확대되는 경우가 많아 드론을 이용하여 이러한 구간들에 대한 분석이 필요하다. 본 연구는 교통조사분석 활용을 위한 기초 연구로 드론으로 촬영된 고속도로 구간(800~1000m)을 단위 구간으로 분할하여 교통류 변수들을 추출하였다. 또한 영상기술의 발전으로 고고도에서 영상 촬영을 수행하였다.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2010

A total of 200 hospital employees participated in this study from January 2009 to June 2010. For the survey, each participant was given necessary items for external health exams. Cronbach's alpha was calculated for the survey regarding wireless networks. There was a need for educating data processing workers in the medical field regarding fundamental information prior to wireless network construction. The reason is high scores would be collected, which would reflect knowledge regarding data processing used at hospitals and the differences between paper charts and electronic charts. However, low scores were obtained which reflected knowledge regarding the differences between wired and wireless networks and Mini-PACS. Time for each patient was shortened to a maximum of three minutes and minimum of one minute for treatment and transmitting medical images when comparing pre and post wireless network construction(p < 0.01). Scores from the pre and post construction survey increase 1.98, 1.65, and 1.43 points for activity in the health screening area, usage of space in the health screening vehicle, and patient information storage respectively(p < 0.05). The number of patients receiving external health screenings twelve times was 3,655 prior to construction of a wireless network system. However, the number increased to 4,265 after construction. The increasing percentage was 17% in total. Prior to construction, X-ray images were taken 527 times, but after construction of a wireless network, this number growed to 1,194 and it was 116% increase. The loss of patient's medical treatment charts was reduced from 19.8% to 18.7% after construction. We believe that educating medical workers on Mini-PACS and Mini-OCS Systems will not only increase their efficiency but also make patients receiving better treatment.

• 센서학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.124-130
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• 1998

독립적인 로보트나 자동차 제어 응용을 위하여 고속 3-D 비젼시스템들은 매우 중요하다. 이 논문은 다음과 같은 세가지 과정으로 구성되는 stereo vision process 개발에 대하여 논술한다 : 왼쪽과 오른쪽 이미지의 edges 추출, matching coresponding edges와 3-D map의 계산. 이 process는 VME 150/40 Imaging Technology vision system에서 이루어졌다. 이것은 display, acqusition, 4Mbytes image frame memory와 세 개의 연산 카드로 구성되는 modular system이다. 40 MHz로 작동하는 프로그래머불 연산 모듈은 $64{\times}32$ bit instruction cache와 두개의 $1024{\times}32$ bit RAM을 가진 TMS320C31 DSP에 기초를 두고 있다. 그것들은 각각 512 Kbyte static RAM, 4 Mbyte image memory, 1 Mbyte flash EEPROM과 하나의 직렬 포트로 구성되어있다. 모듈간의 데이터 전송과 교환은 8 bit globalvideo bus와 세 개의 local configurable pipeline 8 bit video bus에 의하여 이루어졌고, system management를 위하여 VME bus가 쓰였다. 두 개의 DSP는 왼쪽 및 오른쪽 이미지 edges 검출을 위하여 쓰였고 마지막 processor는 matching process와 3-D 연산에 사용되었다. $512{\times}512$픽셀 이미지에서 이 센서는 scene complexity에 따라 1Hz정도의 조밀한 3-D map을 생성했다. 특수목적의 multiprocessor card들을 사용하면 결과를 향상시킬 수 있을 것이다.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2008

During maintenance or construction works in or at the tracks of railways, high risks for passengers and railway staff, especially for the workers on the construction site exist. The high risks result out of the movement of rail vehicles, like trains or construction vehicles, which must be faced by using any available technical and operational technologies for securing them against the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the level of protection continuously and to identify new and innovative methods and technologies for the protection of the gang (construction worker, machines and material). Especially on construction sites at line sections with two or more parallel tracks but also with single tracks, there are still a lot of incidents and accidents mostly with seriously injured persons or fatalities. These were mainly gang members that breach the railway-loading gage. By using proper warning or protection systems, the avoidance of such accidents must be achieved. The latest developments. in gang protection systems concern on the one hand fixed barriers in the middle between the construction site and the operated track and on the other hand construction vehicles equipped with automatic warning systems. The disadvantage of such protection methods is that the gang can be warned against an approaching train but a monitoring of the gang members cannot be performed. Only one part of a potential dangerous situation will be detected. If the gang members will overhear the acoustic warning signal of the security staff and the workers will not leave the danger zone in the track, the driver of the approaching train had no chance to react to the dangerous situation. An accident is often inevitable. While the detection of acoustic warning signals by the gang members working on a construction site is very difficult, the acoustical planning of an automatic warning system has to be designed for an acoustic short range level of one meter besides the construction vehicle. The decision about the use of today's technical warning system (fixed systems, automatic warning systems, etc.) must be geared to the technical feasibility and the level of safety which is needed. Criteria for decision guidance to block a track should be developed by danger estimation and economical variables. To realize the actual jurisdiction and to minimize the hazards of railway operations by the use of construction vehicles near the tracks further developments are needed. This means, that the warning systems have to be enhanced to systems for protection, which monitor the realization of the warning signal as a precondition for giving a movement authority to a train. This method can protect against accidents caused by predictable wrongdoing. The actual state of the art technique of using a collective warning combined with additional security staff is no longer acceptable. Therefore, the Institute of Transportation System of the German Aerospace Center in Braunschweig (Germany) will develop a gang warning and protection system based upon imaging methods, with optical sensors such as video in visible and invisible ranges, radar, laser, and other. The advantage of such a system based on the possibility to monitor both the gang itself and the railway-loading gauge either of the parallel track or of the same track still in use. By monitoring both situations, the system will be able to generate a warning message for the approaching train, that there are obstacles in the track, so that the train can be stopped to prevent an accident. And also the gang workers will be warned, while they breach their area.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.475-488
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• 2018

현재 도심 소하천의 식생조사는 주로 현장조사에 의존하여 이루어진다. UAV NIR(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Near Infrared) 영상은 매우 낮은 고도에서 취득할 수 있어 도심 소하천과 같이 폭이 매우 좁은 표적(10m 내외)에 필요한 정보를 효율적으로 제공할 수 있다. 하지만 UAV NIR영상이 도심소하천의 식생 조사도구로서 검증되지 않아, UAV NIR 영상과 현장사진을 통합한 선행연구는 존재하지 않는다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 전통적인 원격탐사의 영역이 아니었던 국부적인 대상인 도심소하천 식생조사에서 UAV NIR 영상과 현장사진의 비교평가를 실시하였다. 하천 식생조사 결과를 실무에서 활용하는데 필요한 요구 사항을 고려하여 광역공간정보, 미시적인 정보 및 정량적인 데이터 확보 등 다양한 측면에서 분석이 수행되었다. UAV NIR 영상은 전통적인 현장조사에서 취득할 수 없었던 거시적인 주변 환경(예: 인공적인 토지 이용에 따른 영향)에 따른 식생군집패턴의 변화를 추적할 수 있었다. 현장조사는 전세계적으로 도심 소하천 식생 모니터링 방법으로 정착되었지만, 거시적인 정보의 취득에서 상당한 한계를 노출하였으며 정량적인 정보를 확보하는 과정에서도 신뢰성에 한계를 노출하였다. 본 연구가 도심 소하천의 식생조사에서 거시적이고 정량화되고 객관적인 데이터가 부재하여 직면하였던 한계를 극복할 수 있는 계기가 되어 향후 UAV NIR 원격탐사에서 확보할 수 있는 정보의 수준을 파악할 수 있는 중요한 참고자료가 될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.192-197
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• 2020

최근 운송수단의 안전운행 및 사고방지를 목표로 하는 자율운행 관련 기술이 적극적으로 연구되고 있다. 현재 자율운행에서 장애물 탐지를 위하여 레이다 및 카메라 기술이 사용되고 있으나, 근접한 물체의 탐지 및 이격거리의 정밀계측에는 LiDAR (light detection and ranging) 센서를 사용하는 방법이 가장 적합하다. LiDAR 센서는 레이저 펄스빔을 발사하고 물체로부터 반사되어 온 반사빔과의 시간차를 취득하여 이것으로 정밀한 거리를 계산하는 측정기로, 광을 이용하기 때문에 대기환경에서 물체의 인식률이 감소할 수 있는 단점이 있다. 본 논문은 LiDAR 센서의 raw 데이타에 대한 신뢰성 향상과 이를 기반으로 실시간 주변물체에 대한 탐지 및 이격거리 계측에서 오차를 개선하기 위하여 삼각함수에 의한 포인트 cloud를 추출하고, 선형회귀 모델을 이용하여 계측알고리즘을 구현하였으며, Python 라이브러리를 활용하여 물체탐지의 오차범위를 개선할 수 있음을 검증하였다.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2015

Background: Few studies have investigated magnetic resonance (MR) characteristics of traumatic posterosuperior rotator cuff tears involving the supraspinatus and infraspinatus. We hypothesized that traumatic rotator cuff tears may have MR characteristics distinguishable from those of non-traumatic tears. Methods: Preoperative MR arthrography and intraoperative tear size measurements were compared in 302 patients who underwent MR arthrography and subsequent arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs for traumatic (group T, 61 patients) or non-traumatic (group NT, 241 patients) tears. The inclusion criteria for both groups were posterosuperior full-thickness rotator cuff tear and age between 40 and 60 years. For group T, traumas were limited to accidental falls or slips, or sports injuries, motor vehicle accidents; injuries were associated with acute onset of pain followed by functional shoulder impairment; and time between injury and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was 6 weeks or less. Results: In group T, 72.1% of shoulders (44 patients) had tendon tears with blunt edges while 27.9% of shoulders (17 patients) had tears with tapering edges. In contrast, 21.2% of patients in group NT (51 patients) had blunt-edge tears, while 78.8% (190 patients) of tears had tapering edges. These results were statistically significant (p<0.001) and estimated odds ratio was 9.6. The size of tear did not vary significantly between groups. Conclusions: We found no exclusive MR characteristic to define traumatic tears. However, oblique coronal MRI of traumatic tears showed a significant tendency for abrupt and rough torn tendon edges and relatively consistent tendon thicknesses (without lateral tapering) compared to non-traumatic cuff tears.