• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 합동 추계학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.91-94
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• 2001

In this paper, we proposed localization method of mobile robot using color landmark mounted on ceiling. This work is composed 2 parts : landmark recognition part which finds the position of multiple landmarks in image and identifies them and absolute position estimation part which estimates the location and orientation of mobile robot in indoor environment. In landmark recognition part, mobile robot detects artificial color landmarks using simple histogram intersection method in rg color space which is insensitive to the change of illumination. Then absolute position estimation part calculates relative position of the mobile robot to the detected landmarks. For the verification of proposed algorithm, ceiling-orientated camera was installed on a mobile robot and performance of localization was examined by designed artificial color landmarks. As the result of test, mobile robot could achieve the reliable landmark detection and accurately estimate the position of mobile robot in indoor environment.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.160-167
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• 2016

본 논문은 천장 영상 정보를 이용한 이동 로봇 위치추정 방법을 제안한다. 지도상에 천장 영상의 랜드 마크의 위치는 미리 알고 있지만, 지도상의 랜드 마크와 감지된 랜드 마크 사이의 대응관계 정보는 주어지지 않는다. 단지, 로봇의 이동 시작 단계에서 랜드 마크들에 대한 상대적인 로봇의 위치가 주어진다. 로봇의 위치 및 천장 영상에서 감지된 특징점의 ID를 찾기 위해 파티클 필터 방법을 이용한다. 제안한 방법을 천장에 동일한 형태의 원형 랜드 마크를 가진 실내 환경에서 실험하여 성능을 검증하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 위치추정 방법은 레이저 영역 센서에 의해 측정된 벽까지의 거리 또는 RF 나 초음파에 의해 측정된 비이컨까지의 거리 값에 큰 불확실성이 존재하는 물류 창고와 같은 환경에서 사용하기에 적합하다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.368-373
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• 2010

A new indoor mobile robot localization method is presented. Robot recognizes well designed single color landmarks on the ceiling by vision system, as reference to compute its precise position. The proposed likelihood prediction based method enables the robot to estimate its position based only on the orientation of landmark.The use of single color landmarks helps to reduce the complexity of the landmark structure and makes it easily detectable. Edge based optical flow is further used to compensate for some landmark recognition error. This technique is applicable for navigation in an unlimited sized indoor space. Prediction scheme and localization algorithm are proposed, and edge based optical flow and data fusing are presented. Experimental results show that the proposed method provides accurate estimation of the robot position with a localization error within a range of 5 cm and directional error less than 4 degrees.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.379-384
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• 2013

We propose a new global positioning method for the indoor mobile robots. The multiple indoor lights fixed in ceiling are used as the landmarks of positioning system. The ceiling images are acquired by the fisheye lens camera mounted on the moving robot. The position and orientation of the lights are extracted by binarization and labeling techniques. Also the boundary lines between ceiling and walls are extracted to identify the order of each light. The robot position is then calculated from the extracted position and known position of the lights. The proposed system can increase the accuracy and reduce the computation time comparing with the other positioning methods using natural landmark. Experimental results are presented to show the performance of the method.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년 학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.545-547
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• 2006

This paper propose a localization method using color landmark that is applicable to mobile intelligent robot. The color landmarks are attached in the indoor ceiling. The world coordinate of robot is estimated by color patterns and the coordinates of landmarks. A landmark is composed of 4color and these 4 colors are sorted in a line. All of landmarks have a main color which indicates direction of robot. Other 3 colors are the combination of 5 kind of colors. The CCD camera is installed on the top of robot to observe the landmarks in the ceiling.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.445-450
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• 2009

This paper presents a new mobile robot localization method for indoor robot navigation. The method uses hexagon distributed color-coded patches on the ceiling and a camera is installed on the robot facing the ceiling to recognize these patches. The proposed "cell-coded map", with the use of only seven different kinds of color-coded landmarks distributed in hexagonal way, helps reduce the complexity of the landmark structure and the error of landmark recognition. This technique is applicable for navigation in an unlimited size of indoor space. The structure of the landmarks and the recognition method are introduced. And 2 rigid rules are also used to ensure the correctness of the recognition. Experimental results prove that the method is useful.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2012

In this paper, the pose estimation method for the satellite GTB (Ground Test Bed) using vision/MEMS IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) integrated system is presented. The GTB for verifying a satellite system on the ground is similar to the mobile robot having thrusters and a reaction wheel as actuators and floating on the floor by compressed air. The EKF (Extended Kalman Filter) is also used for fusion of MEMS IMU and vision system that consists of a single camera and infrared LEDs that is ceiling landmarks. The fusion filter generally utilizes the position of feature points from the image as measurement. However, this method can cause position error due to the bias of MEMS IMU when the camera image is not obtained if the bias is not properly estimated through the filter. Therefore, it is proposed that the fusion method which uses the position of feature points and the velocity of the camera determined from optical flow of feature points. It is verified by experiments that the performance of the proposed method is robust to the bias of IMU compared to the method that uses only the position of feature points.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2009

실내 로봇의 자율 운행에 효과적인 새로운 로봇 위치 계산 방법을 제안하였다. 천정에 칼라 코드로 만든 위치 지시용 랜드마크를 부착하고, 천정을 향해 설치된 카메라에 의해 랜드마크가 인식되게하는 구조이다. 칼라 랜드마크에 사용한 코드는 9개의 다른 조합이 되도록 하여 상대적 위치를 지시하게 하며, 위치 계산이 모듈로 9 계산에 의해 용이하도록 하는 특별한 배치 방법을 사용하였다. 천정에 부착된 랜드마크 인식을 기반으로 한 위치 계산 알고리즘이므로, 실내에서 사용하는 것을 특징으로 하며, 상대적인 위치 코드를 사용하므로 사용 넓이에 제한이 없다. 이 논문에서는 랜드마크의 구조와 인식방법을 소개하며, 위치계산 결과의 정확성 실험결과도 제시하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1259-1263
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• 2004

This paper describes position estimation algorithm using neural network for the navigation of the vision-based wheeled mobile robot (WMR) in a corridor with taking ceiling lamps as landmark. From images of a corridor the lamp's line on the ceiling in corridor has a specific slope to the lateral position of the WMR. The vanishing point produced by the lamp's line also has a specific position to the orientation of WMR. The ceiling lamps have a limited size and shape like a circle in image. Simple image processing algorithms are used to extract lamps from the corridor image. Then the lamp's line and vanishing point's position are defined and calculated at known position of WMR in a corridor. To estimate the lateral position and orientation of WMR from an image, the relationship between the position of WMR and the features of ceiling lamps have to be defined. But it is hard because of nonlinearity. Therefore, data set between position of WMR and features of lamps are configured. Neural network are composed and learned with data set. Back propagation algorithm(BPN) is used for learning. And it is applied in navigation of WMR in a corridor.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.353-364
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• 2009

In this paper, a SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) method using a single camera and planar fiducial markers is proposed. Fiducial markers are planar patterns that are mounted on the ceiling or wall. Each fiducial marker has a unique hi-tonal identification pattern with square outlines. It can be printed on paper to reduce cost or it can be painted using retro-reflective paint in order to make invisible and prevent undesirable visual effects. Existing localization methods using artificial landmarks have the disadvantage that landmark locations must be known a priori. In contrast, the proposed method can build a map and estimate robot location even if landmark locations are not known a priori. Hence, it reduces installation time and setup cost. The proposed method works good even when only one fiducial marker is seen at a scene. We perform computer simulation to evaluate proposed method.