• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.295-302
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• 1997

An ultimate purpose of this study was to develop an automatic system for brown rice quality inspection using image processing technique. In this study emphasis was put on developing an algorithm for discriminating the brown rice kernels depending on their external quality with a color image processing system equipped with an adaptor magnifying the input image and optical fiber for oblique lightening. Primarily, geometical and optical features of images were analyzed with paddy and the various brown rice kernel samples such as a sound, cracked, peen-transparent, green-opaque, colored, white-opaque and brokens. Secondary, geometrical and optical parameters significant for identifying each rice kernels were screened by a statistical analysis(STEPWISE and DISCRIM procedure, SAS wer. 6) and an algorithm fur on- line discrimination of the rice kernels in static state were developed, and finally its performance was evaluated. The results are summarized as follows. 1) It was ascertained that the cracked kernels can be detected when e incident angle of the oblique light is less than 2$0^{\circ}C$ but detectivity was significantly affected by the angle between the direction of the oblique light and the longitudinal axis of the rice kernel and also by the location of the embryo with respect to the oblique light. 2) The most significant Parameters which can discriminate brown rice kernels are area, length and R, B and r values among the several geometrical and optical parameters. 3) Discrimination accuracies of the algorithm were ranged from 90% to 96% for a sound, cracked, colored, broken and unhulled, about 81 % for green-transparent and white-opaque and 75 % for green-opaque, respectively.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.348-354
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• 2008

Egg grading is determined by exterior and interior quality. Among the evaluation methods for the egg quality, a candling method is common to identify eggs with cracked shells and interior defects. But this method is time-consuming and laborious. In addition, practically, it is challenging to detect hairline and micro cracks. In this study, an on-line inspection system based on acoustic resonance frequency analysis was developed to detect hairline cracks on eggshells. A roller conveyor was used to transfer eggs along one lane to the impact position where each of eggs rotated by the roller was excited with an impact device at four different locations on the eggshell equator. The impact device was consisted of a plastic hammer and a rotary solenoid. The acoustic response of the egg to the impact was measured with a small condenser microphone at the same position as the impact device was installed. Two acoustic parameters, correlation coefficient for normalized power spectra and standard deviation of peak resonant frequencies, were used to detect cracked eggs. Intact eggs showed relatively high correlations among the four normalized power spectra and low standard deviations of the four peak resonant frequencies. On the other hand, cracked eggs showed low correlations and high standard deviations as compared to the intact. This method allowed a crack detection rate of 97.6%.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.6111-6117
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• 2012

본 논문은 과적업무 담당자의 입력부담 해소와 과적단속비리 근절을 위한 투명성 확보를 위하여 검문소의 계근장비에 검차정보의 자동수집기능을 설치하고, 단속정보의 경우 동일한 정보를 건설CALS시스템과 과태료부과시스템의 중복입력을 피하기 위하여 연계를 통한 국토관리사무소에서 과적단속정보를 확인 후 과태료부과시스템으로 전송하면 과적단속 이후의 과태료 부과업무의 진행현황을 파악하도록 하여, 향후 과적단속 업무의 효율적인 수행과 과적적발 정보에 대한 정확성 향상을 도모할 수 있는 방안을 마련하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.2341-2346
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• 2017

안와 내에서 안구의 상대적 위치는 여러 병적인 상태를 짐작할 수 있는 하나의 기준이 될 수 있다. 특히 안와골절, 갑상선 안질환, 안와 종양 등의 진단과 이에 약물 및 수술적 치료의 결과를 판단하는데 유용하다. 현재 안구 돌출 값을 측정하기 위해 주로 사용되는 대표적 측정 기기인 Hertel과 Naugle 안구돌출계 등은 검사자가 다를 경우, 같은 검사자가 반복적으로 측정하더라도 검사할 때마다 안와의 고정부위가 달라지는 등 측정자에 의한 오차가 필연적이다. 또한 동일한 안구 돌출 계라고 하더라도 제조 회사가 다르다면 안와의 고정부위 디자인이 달라 검사자에의한 측정 오차가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 안구돌출값의 측정을 3차원 영상 측정기술인 백색광 간섭계를 이용하여 검사 정밀도 및 반복 정도를 크게 올릴 수 있는 자동 측정 방법에 대한 연구를 제안하고자 한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.649-652
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• 2005

The camera cellular phone has a large portion of cellular phone market in recent year. The variety of a customer demand makes a fast model change and the spatial resolution is changed from VGA to multi-mega pixel. The 1.3 mega pixel (MP) camera cellular phone was first released into the Korean market in October 2003. The major cellular phone companies released a 2MP camera cellular phone that supports zoom function and a 2MP camera cellular phone is settled down with the Korea cellular phone market. It makes a keen competition in price and demands automation for phone camera module. There is an increasing requirement for the automatic assembly to correspond to a fast model change. The hard automation techniques that rely on dedicated manufacturing system are too inflexible to meet this requirement. Therefore in this study, this system is designed with the flexibility concept in order to cope with phone camera module change. The system has a same platform that has X-Y-Z motion or X-Z motion with ${\mu}m$order accuracy. It has a special gripper according to the type of a component to be put together. If the camera model changes, the gripper may be updated to fit for the camera module. The controller of this system acquires the data sets that have the information about the assembly part by the tray. This information is obtained ahead of an inspection step. The controller excludes an inferior part to be assembled by using this information to diminish the inferior goods. The assembly jig used in this system has a function of self adjustment that reduces the tact time and also diminish the inferior goods. Finally, the intelligent assembly system for phone camera module will be designed to get a flexibility to meet model change and a high productivity with a high reliability.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2007

The concrete pavement of the Seohae Highway in Korea has suffered from serious distress, only four to seven years after construction. Deterioration due to Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) has seldom been reported per se in Korea, because the aggregate used for the cement concrete has been considered safe against alkali-silica reaction so far. The purpose of this study is to examine the deterioration caused by an alkali-silica reaction of concrete pavement in Korea. The investigation methods included visual inspection and Automatic Road Analyzer (ARAN) analysis of surface cracks, coring for internal cracks, stereo microscopic analysis, scanning electronic microscope (SEM) analysis, and electron dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDX) analysis. The results are presented as follows: the crack pattern of the concrete pavement in Korea was longitudinal cracking, map cracking or D-cracking. Local areas of damage were noticed four to five years after construction. The cracks started from edges or joints and spread out to slabs. The most intensive cracking was observed at the intersection of the transverse and longitudinal joints. Where cracking was the most intense, pieces of concrete and aggregate had spalled away from top surface and joint interface area. The progress of deterioration was very fast. The reaction product of alkali-silica gel was clearly identified by its generally colorless, white, or very pale yellow hue seen through a stereo optical microscopy. The typical locations of the reaction product were at the interface between aggregate and cement paste in a shape of a rim, within aggregate particles in the cracks, and in the large void in the cement paste. Most of the white products were found at interface or internal aggregates. SEM and EDX analysis confirmed that the white gel was a typical reaction product of ASR. The ASR gel in Korea mainly consisted of Silicate (Si) and Potassium (K) from the cement. The crack in the concrete pavement was caused by ASR. It seems that Korea is no longer safe from alkali-silica reaction.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.25-31
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• 1994

비접촉으로 초음파를 송 수신하며 비파괴검사를 수행하는 EMAT(Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer)를 이용한 초음파탐상장치를 구성하였고, 이를 3축 구동장치 및 데이타 수집, 처리장치와 연결하여 자동화를 시도하였다. 자동화에 적합하도록 송 수신이 한 몸체로 되어 있으며 인가하는 구동신호의 주파수를 변화시킴으로써 main beam의 방향을 조절할 수 있는 EMAT를 설계 제작하였으며, 제작된 EMAT의 특성을 측정하였다. EMAT를 이용한 초음파탐상장치, 3축 구동장치, 데이타 수집장치들에 대한 제어 및 데이타 처리를 위한 프로그램을 개발하였다. Host로 IBM-PC/AT 급을 사용하였으며, 컴퓨터 화면상에서 실재 장비를 가상적으로 구현하는 기법을 사용하였다. 제작된 전 탐상장치의 성능 분석과 결함 검출 능력을 평가하기 위하여, 인위적으로 결함을 가공한 시험편과 실재 결함이 내재되어있는 용접부에 대한 결함 검출을 시도하였으며, 만족할 만한 측정 결과를 화상으로 얻었다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.162-173
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• 1997

최근 산업 발전에 따라 철강 제품의 수요 증가와 함께 품질의 고급화에 대한 요구도 점차 증가하고 있는데, 이러한 수요자의 요구에 부응하기 위해 철강업계는 냉연 강판 표면결함검출기(surface defect detector; SDD)를 도입 운용하고 있다. 그러나 현재 국내 철강 제조업체들이 보유하고 있는 상용 SDD는 결함의 검출에는 매우 효율적이지만 결함의 분류에는 아직 만족할만한 성능을 보여주지 못하고 있다. 그 이유는 SDD가 결함 분류를 위해 채택한 분류표분류기(classification table; CT)는 시험 표본의 모든 특징값들이 분류표의 범위 내에 있을 때만 결함의 분류를 정확히 수행하기 때문에 결함 분류 정확도가 낮을 뿐 아니라, 분류 법칙의 설정을 작업자의 수작업에 의존하고 있어 현장 적용을 더욱 어렵게 하고 있다. 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위해 본 연구에서 학습 표본으로부터 확률밀도함수를 추정하고 여기에서 분류 법칙을 자동적으로 결정하는 방법을 제시하였고, 강화분류표분류기(enhanced classification table; ECT)와 확률신경회로망분류기(probabilistic neural network; PNN)를 새롭게 제안하여 이들 분류기를 실제적인 문제에 적용하였다. 그 결과 ECT와 PNN 모두 결함 분류 성능을 획기적으로 높일 수 있는 좋은 방법이며, 특히 PNN은 아주 구별하기 어려운 결함도 구별해내는 능력이 있을 뿐 아니라, 병렬 처리 능력을 가지고 있기 때문에 다량의 데이터를 실시간으로 처리해야 하는 경우에 적용할 수 있는 매우 효율적인 분류기임을 확인하였다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.54.1-54.1
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• 2017

The UKIRT Wide-field Infrared survey for Fe+(UWIFE) is an unbiased survey of the first Galactic quadrant, with narrow-band filter centered on $1.644{\mu}m$. This survey covers $7^{\circ}$ < l < $62^{\circ}$ and |b| < $1.5^{\circ}$, where active interaction of stars and interstellar medium is expected. With median seeing of 0.8 arcsec, 5 - sigma detection limit of 18.7 mag and surface brightness limit of $8.1{\times}10^{-20}W\;m^{-2}arcsec^{-2}$, this survey gives an opportunity to statistically study Galactic [Fe II] - emitting sources for the first time. In order to identify Ionized Fe Objects (IFOs) in survey area systematically, we conducted visual inspection and automatic detection simultaneously. Total of ~300 extended IFOs are identified, most of them are found out to be part of supernova remnants (SNRs), young stellar objects, HII regions and planetary nebulae. The majority of IFOs are new discoveries which reveal shocked structures in high-extinction region. Spatial distribution of IFOs suggest that they trace Galactic structure. As a part of spectroscopic follow-up, we observed SNR candidate IFO J183740.829-061452.41 with IGRINS (Immersion Grating Infrared Spectrograph, Yuk+2010), mounted on 2.7m Harlan Smith telescope. This unknown arc-like, 6'-long IFO is coincident with inner part of radio continuum loop G25.8+0.2, which has been known as HII region. However, interior of this radio shell is filled with diffuse soft X-ray emission, and possible association of hard X-ray pulsar / pulsar wind nebula makes the nature of the IFO unclear. The H and K-band 2D spectrum shows shock-ionized [Fe II] filaments, which is apart from photoionized HII filaments. In this presentation we present basic statistics of newly identified IFOs, as well as the follow-up study of IFO J183740.829-061452.41.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.129-139
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• 2018

Post-tensioning (PT) tendons are commonly used for the assembly of modularized concrete members, and tension is applied to the tendons during construction to facilitate the integrated behavior of the members. However, the tension in a PT tendon decreases over time due to steel corrosion and concrete creep, and consequently, the stress on the anchor head that secures the PT tendon also diminishes. This study proposes an automatic detection system to identify tension reduction in a PT tendon using pulsed-eddy-current (PEC) measurement. An eddy-current sensor is installed on the surface of the steel anchor head. The sensor creates a pulsed excitation to the driving coil and measures the resulting PEC response using the pick-up coil. The basic premise is that the tension reduction of a PT tendon results in stress reduction on the anchor head surface and a change in the PEC intensity measured by the pick-up coil. Thus, PEC measurement is used to detect the reduction of the anchor head stress and consequently the reduction of the PT tendon force below a certain threshold value. The advantages of the proposed PEC-based tension-reduction-detection (PTRD) system are (1) a low-cost (< $ 30), low-power (< 2 Watts) sensor, (2) a short inspection time (< 10 seconds), (3) high reliability and (4) the potential for embedded sensing. A 3.3 m long full-scale monostrand PT tendon was used to evaluate the performance of the proposed PTRD system. The PT tendon was tensioned to 180 kN using a custom universal tensile machine, and the tension was decreased to 0 kN at 20 kN intervals. At each tension, the PEC responses were measured, and tension reduction was successfully detected.