• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.300-310
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• 1999

A constant-volume combustion chamber is developed to measure the burnt gas temperature over the wide ranges of equivalence ratio from 1.5 to 2.7 and pressure from 0.1 to 2.7 and pressure from 0.1 to 6 MPa by two-color method. The combustion temperature is also calculated by the conventional two-region model. The premixed fuel rich propane-oxygen-inert gas mixtures under high pressures are simultaneously ignited by eight spark plugs located on the circumference of combustion chamber with 45 degree intervals. The eight converging flames compress the end gases to high pressures. The transmissiv-ity in the chamber center during the final stage of combustion at the highest pressure is measured by in situ laser extinction method. Comparisons are made with the combustion temperatures between two-color method and two-region model. It is found that the burnt gas temperature mea-sured by two-color method is higher than that calculated by two-region model because of being the negative temperature gradient on the calculation and the temperature distribution of light path-length on the measurement and the burnt gas temperature for the turbulent combustion is higher than that of the laminar combustion under the same conditions because the heat loss for turbulent combustion is lower due to the shorter combustion period.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.291-298
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 비전 기반의 실시간 손 모양 인식을 위한 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 먼저 피부색을 검출하기 위해 RGB 컬러모델을 YCbCr 컬러모델로 변환하고, 색차성분인 CbCr을 이용하여 피부색을 검출한다. 검출 후 피부색은 흰색, 그 이외의 색은 검은색으로 이진화 하였다. 이진화 후 팔 영역과 얼굴영역을 제거하고, 손 영역만 검출하여 손의 무게중심을 구하기 위해 가로, 세로로 프로젝션을 수행한다. 손의 무게중심을 찾은 후에 손의 궤적을 추적하기 위해 칼만필터를 이용하였다. 손의 궤적 추적 후에 손 모양을 인식시키기 위해 HMM(Hidden Markov Model)을 이용하여 6가지 손의 모양을 학습한 후 인식하였다. 실험을 통하여 제안한 알고리즘의 효과를 입증하였다.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.92-98
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• 2022

This paper proposes a new method of the traffic signal detection and the recognition in an HSI color model. The proposed method firstly converts a ROI image in the RGB model to in the HSI model to segment the color of a traffic signal. Secondly, the segmented colors are dilated by the morphological processing to connect the traffic signal light and the signal light case and finally, it extracts the traffic signal light and the case by the aspect ratio using the connected component analysis. The extracted components show the detection and the recognition of the traffic signal lights. The proposed method is implemented using C language in Raspberry Pi 4 system with a camera module for a real-time image processing. The system was fixedly installed in a moving vehicle, and it recorded a video like a vehicle black box. Each frame of the recorded video was extracted, and then the proposed method was tested. The results show that the proposed method is successful for the detection and the recognition of traffic signals.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2023

Nowadays, a blind man finds it very difficult to cross the roads. They should be very vigilant with every step they take. To resolve this problem, Convolutional Neural Networks(CNN) is a best method to analyse the data and automate the model without intervention of human being. In this work, a traffic signal recognition system is designed using CNN for the visually impaired. To provide a safe walking environment, a voice message is given according to light state and timer state at that instance. The developed model consists of two phases, in the first phase the CNN model is trained to classify different images captured from traffic signals. Common Objects in Context (COCO) labelled dataset is used, which includes images of different classes like traffic lights, bicycles, cars etc. The traffic light object will be detected using this labelled dataset with help of object detection model. The CNN model detects the color of the traffic light and timer displayed on the traffic image. In the second phase, from the detected color of the light and timer value a text message is generated and sent to the text-to-speech conversion model to make voice guidance for the blind person. The developed traffic light recognition model recognizes traffic light color and countdown timer displayed on the signal for safe signal crossing. The countdown timer displayed on the signal was not considered in existing models which is very useful. The proposed model has given accurate results in different scenarios when compared to other models.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제33권4호통권132호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2005

대표적인 고부가가치 목질판상 재료인 마루판은 육안 분류 작업에 의한 오차로 마루판 시공 시에 무늬목간의 색상 차가 생기고 있다. 이는 조건등색(metamerism)에 의해 식별 후 혹은 마루판 시공 시에 오차가 큰 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 Light와 Dark 두 단계로 육안 식별한 피나무, 자작나무, 단풍나무 3수종의 무늬목을 사용한 마루판을 CIELAB를 이용하여 분류하고, CIERGＢ에서 각각의 문턱 값(threshold)을 조사하고, 인간의 색 인지에 기반을 둔 HSI (hue, saturation, intensity)색상모델을 응용하여 색상, 채도, 명도 값의 범위를 조사하였다. HSI색상모델의 색상과 채도, 명도를 이용하여 마루판의 색상분류에 사용할 경우 명도 값을 이용하는 것이 유리할 것으로 보인다. 그리고 색상의 범위가 3종류 모두 $45{\sim}55^{\circ}$ 사이 범위 값을 가지고 있는 것으로 보이며, RGB성분의 문턱값을 이용한 분류의 경우 특정 색상 성분 값만으로는 마루판 무늬목의 분류가 어려울 것으로 보인다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.65-84
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 개선된 영상 생성 모델을 제시하고, 제시된 모델에 기반한 칼라 영상 향상을 제안한다. 제시된 영상 생성 모델에서는 입력 영상을 전역 조명 성분과 국부 조명 성분, 그리고 반사율 성분의 곱으로 표현한다. 제안된 칼라 영상 향상에서는 RGB 입력 칼라 영상을 HSV 칼라 영상으로 변환한 다음, 백색광 조명 상태라는 가정 하에 개선된 영상 생성 모델에 근거하여 V 성분 영상만을 향상한다. 전역 조명 성분은 입력 V 성분 영상에 유효 영역이 넓은 선형 저대역 필터를 적용하여 추정하고, 국부 조명 성분은 입력 V 성분 영상에서 추정된 전역 조명 성분이 제거된 영상에 유효 영역이 좁은 JND (just noticeable difference) 기반의 비선형 저대역 필터를 적용하여 추정한다. 그리고 반사율 성분은 입력 V 성분 영상에 추정된 전역 조명 성분과 국부 조명 성분을 나누어 추정한다. 이어서 이들 추정된 성분에 감마 수정을 각각 적용하고 그 결과들을 곱하여 출력 V 성분 영상을 얻은 다음 히스토그램 모델링을 적용하여 최종 출력 V 성분 영상을 얻는다. 마지막으로 최종 출력 V 성분 영상과 입력 H 성분 영상 및 S 성분 영상으로부터 출력 RGB 칼라 영상을 얻는다. 실험 결과 제안된 방법은 NASA 홈 페이지로부터 다운받은 칼라 영상과 MPEG-7 CCD 칼라 영상으로 구축한 시험 영상 데이터 베이스에 대하여 후광 효과가 거의 억제되고 색상 변화가 거의 없으면서 전역 대비와 국부 대비를 동시에 잘 증가시키는 것을 확인하였다.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2012

An image obtained from a low light environment results in a low-exposure problem caused by non-ideal camera settings, i.e. aperture size and shutter speed. Of particular note, the multiple color-filter aperture (MCA) system inherently suffers from low-exposure problems and performance degradation in its image classification and registration processes due to its finite size of the apertures. In this context, this paper presents a novel method for the color enhancement of low-exposure images and its application to color shift model-based MCA system for image refocusing. Although various histogram equalization (HE) approaches have been proposed, they tend to distort the color information of the processed image due to the range limits of the histogram. The proposed color enhancement algorithm enhances the global brightness by analyzing the basic cause of the low-exposure phenomenon, and then compensates for the contrast degradation artifacts by using an adaptive histogram specification. We also apply the proposed algorithm to the preprocessing step of the refocusing technique in the MCA system to enhance the color image. The experimental results confirm that the proposed method can enhance the contrast of any low-exposure color image acquired by a conventional camera, and is suitable for commercial low-cost, high-quality imaging devices, such as consumer-grade camcorders, real-time 3D reconstruction systems, digital, and computational cameras.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2008

피부색은 자동화된 얼굴 인식을 위한 매우 중요한 정보 중의 하나이다. 본 논문에서는 컬러 정보와 피부색 모델을 이용한 피부 영역 검출 기법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 적응적 조명 보정 기법을 통해 피부색 영역의 검출 성능을 개선하였고 전처리 필터를 적용하여 피부색이 아닌 영역을 먼저 제거시킴으로써 처리 속도를 향상시켰다. 또한 피부색 검출 성능이 우수한 ST 컬러 공간을 수정하여, 보다 정확한 피부색 영역을 추출할 수 있도록 하였다. 제안된 방법의 실험 결과 기존의 방법과 비교하여 보다 우수한 검출 결과를 나타냈으며, 처리 속도 또한 약 $33{\sim}48%$ 향상시킬 수 있었다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.283-299
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• 2014

Skin detection is used in many applications, such as face recognition, hand tracking, and human-computer interaction. There are many skin color detection algorithms that are used to extract human skin color regions that are based on the thresholding technique since it is simple and fast for computation. The efficiency of each color space depends on its robustness to the change in lighting and the ability to distinguish skin color pixels in images that have a complex background. For more accurate skin detection, we are proposing a new threshold based on RGB and YUV color spaces. The proposed approach starts by converting the RGB color space to the YUV color model. Then it separates the Y channel, which represents the intensity of the color model from the U and V channels to eliminate the effects of luminance. After that the threshold values are selected based on the testing of the boundary of skin colors with the help of the color histogram. Finally, the threshold was applied to the input image to extract skin parts. The detected skin regions were quantitatively compared to the actual skin parts in the input images to measure the accuracy and to compare the results of our threshold to the results of other's thresholds to prove the efficiency of our approach. The results of the experiment show that the proposed threshold is more robust in terms of dealing with the complex background and light conditions than others.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 2000년도 제31회 춘계학술대회
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• pp.54-61
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• 2000

A method and results of classification of 4 types metallic wear debris were presented by using their color features. The color image of wear debris was used (or the initial data, and the color properties of the debris were specified by HSI color model. Particle was characterized by a set of statistical features derived from the distribution of HSI color model components. The initial feature set was optimized by a principal component analysis, and multidimensional scaling procedure was used for the definition of classification plane. It was found that five features, which include mean values of H and S, median S, skewness of distribution of S and I, allow to distinguish copper based alloys, red and dark iron oxides and steel particles. In this work, a method of probabilistic decision-making of class label assignment was proposed, which was based on the analysis of debris-coordinates distribution in the classification plane. The obtained results demonstrated a good availability for the automated wear particle analysis.