• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.651-656
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• 2010

This paper proposes a new dynamic PCA algorithm to recognize types of electric poles, which is necessary for a mobile robot moving along the neutral line for inspecting high-voltage facilities. Since the mobile robot needs to pass over the electric poles and grasp the neutral wire again for the next region inspection, the detection of the electric pole type is a critical factor for the successful passing-over the electric pole. The CCD camera installed on the mobile robot captures the image of the electric pole while it is approaching to the electric pole. Applying the dynamic PCA algorithm to the CCD image, the electric pole type has been classified to provide the stable grasping operation for the mobile robot. The new dynamic PCA algorithm replaces the reference image in real time to improve the robustness of the PCA algorithm, adjusts the brightness to get the clear images, and applies the Laplacian edge detection algorithm to increase the recognition rate of electric pole type. Through the real experiments, the effectiveness of this proposed dynamic PCA algorithm method using Laplacian edge detecting method has been demonstrated, which improves the recognition rate about 20% comparing to the conventional PCA algorithm.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.588-591
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose a ground plane detection algorithm, using a new image processing method (IPD). To extract the ground plane from the color image acquired by monocular camera, we use a new identical pixel detection method (IPD) and an edge detection method. This IPD method decides whether the pixel is identical with the ground plane pixel or not. The IPD method needs the reference area and its performance depends on the reference area size. So we propose the reference area auto-expanding algorithm in accordance with situation. And we evaluated the proposed algorithm by the experiments in the various environments. From the experiments results, we know that the proposed algorithm is efficient in the real indoor environment.

• 센서학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.164-170
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• 2019

In this paper, a lane detection and tracking algorithm based on vision sensors and employing a robust filter for inner edge detection is proposed for developing a lane departure warning system (LDWS). The lateral offset value was precisely calculated by applying the proposed filter for inner edge detection in the region of interest. The proposed algorithm was subsequently compared with an existing algorithm having lateral offset-based warning alarm occurrence time, and an average error of approximately 15ms was observed. Tests were also conducted to verify whether a warning alarm is generated when a driver departs from a lane, and an average accuracy of approximately 94% was observed. Additionally, the proposed LDWS was implemented as an embedded system, mounted on a test vehicle, and was made to travel for approximately 100km for obtaining experimental results. Obtained results indicate that the average lane detection rates at day time and night time are approximately 97% and 96%, respectively. Furthermore, the processing time of the embedded system is found to be approximately 12fps.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.630-632
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• 2012

현대사회는 디지털 정보화시대로 변화하고 있으며, 이로 인해 다양한 영상들의 이용이 증가하고 있다. 이러한 영상을 처리하기 위하여, 다양한 디지털 영상 처리 기법이 이용되고 있다. 그 중 에지검출 기법은 물체 인식, 차선 검출 등 여러 응용 분야에 활용되고 있다. 기존의 에지 검출 기법은 Sobel, Prewitt, Roberts, Laplacian 등이 있다. 하지만 이러한 기존의 방법들로 처리한 영상들은 영상을 주변 화소의 변화정도와 관계없이 동일하게 영상을 처리하기 때문에, 에지 검출 특성이 다소 미흡하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기존의 방법들의 단점을 개선하기 위하여, 변형된 확장 마스크를 이용한 에지 검출 알고리즘을 제안하였다.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.217-231
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• 2016

This paper presents a new approach for underwater image analysis using the bi-dimensional empirical mode decomposition (BEMD) technique and the phase congruency information. The BEMD algorithm, fully unsupervised, it is mainly applied to texture extraction and image filtering, which are widely recognized as a difficult and challenging machine vision problem. The phase information is the very stability feature of image. Recent developments in analysis methods on the phase congruency information have received large attention by the image researchers. In this paper, the proposed method is called the EP model that inherits the advantages of the first two algorithms, so this model is suitable for processing underwater image. Moreover, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is presented in this paper to solve the problem that the threshold is greatly affected by personal experience when underwater image edge detection is performed using the EP model. The EP images are computed using combinations of the Canny detector parameters, and the binaryzation image results are generated accordingly. The ideal EP edge feature extractive maps are estimated using correspondence threshold which is optimized by ROC analysis. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is able to avoid the operation error caused by manual setting of the detection threshold, and to adaptively set the image feature detection threshold. The proposed method has been proved to be accuracy and effectiveness by the underwater image processing examples.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송공학회 2010년도 하계학술대회
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• pp.74-76
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• 2010

Digital images or videos are used in modern digital devices. The resolution of HDTV in digital broadcasting system is higher than that of previous analog systems. Also, mobile phone with 3G can provide images as well as video streaming services in realtime. In these circumstances, the visual quality of images has become an important factor. We can make image clear by transient improvement process that reduces transient in edges. In this paper, we present an transient improvement algorithm. The proposed algorithm improves edges by making smooth edge to steep edge. Before performing transient improvement algorithm, edge detection algorithm should be operated. Laplacian operator is used in edge detection, and the absolute value of it is used to calculate gain value. Then, local maximum and minimum values are computed to discriminate current pixel value to raise up or pull down. Compensating value that gain value multiplies with the difference between maximum (or minimum) value and current pixel value adds (or subtracts) to current pixel value. That is, improved signal is generated by making the narrow transient of edge. The advantage of proposed algorithm is that it doesn't produce shooting problem like overshoot or undershoot.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 신호처리소사이어티 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.425-428
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• 2003

Recently, the IDS(Intrusion Detection System) using a video camera is an important part of the home security systems which start gaining popularity. However, the video intruder detection has not been widely used in the home surveillance systems due to its unreliable performance in the environment with abrupt illumination change. In this paper, we propose an effective moving edge extraction algorithm from a sequence image. The proposed algorithm extracts edge segments from current image and eliminates the background edge segments by matching them with reference edge list, which is updated at every frame, to find the moving edge segments. The test results show that it can detect the contour of moving object in the noisy environment with abrupt illumination change.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1135-1140
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• 2007

본 논문은 자연영상에서 문자의 크기와 방향에 무관한 적응적 문자-에지 맵을 이용한 에지-기반 텍스트 영역검출 알고리즘을 제안한다. 첫 번째로, 에지 이미지로부터 에지 레이블을 얻고, 레이블 이미지로부터 문자를 찾기 위해 배열문법을 이용하여 적응적 문자-에지 맵을 적용한다. 선택된 레이블은 이웃 레이블과의 거리를 기준으로 클러스터 된다. 그 결과 텍스트 후보 영역이 얻어진다. 최종적으로, 텍스트 후보 영역은 경험적 규칙과 텍스트 영역에 대한 수평/수직 프로파일을 분석함으로서 검증된다. 실험결과 제안한 알고리즘은 다양한 문자의 크기 변화, 문자열의 방향, 그리고 복잡한 배경에서도 강인한 텍스트 영역 검출 결과를 보였다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2018

In this paper, we propose an edge detection algorithm for auto focus of infrared camera. We designed and implemented the edge detection of infrared image by using a spatial filter on FPGA. The infrared camera should be designed to minimize the image processing time and usage of hardware resource because these days surveillance systems should have the fast response and be low size, weight and power. we applied the $3{\times}3$ mask filter which has an advantage of minimizing the usage of memory and the propagation delay to process filtering. When we applied Laplacian filter to extract contour data from an image, not only edge components but also noise components of the image were extracted by the filter. These noise components make it difficult to determine the focus state. Also a bad pixel of infrared detector causes a problem in detecting the edge components. So we propose an adaptive edge detection filter that is a method to extract only edge components except noise components of an image by analyzing a variance of pixel data in $3{\times}3$ memory area. And we can detect the bad pixel and replace it with neighboring normal pixel value when we store a pixel in $3{\times}3$ memory area for filtering calculation. The experimental result proves that the proposed method is effective to implement the edge detection for auto focus in infrared camera.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.704-709
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• 2003

디지털 영상은 전송 중에 잡음과 시스템의 다른 요소에 의해 입력 요소가 왜곡된다. 이는 영상객체의 분할시 경계면의 모호함이 발생시키고, 특히 입력 영상 경계 부분은 패턴인식의 분할 및 검출 요소를 결정하기 때문에 매우 중요하다. 따라서 그 경계 부분을 정확하게 분할ㆍ검출하는 최적의 에지 검출 방법을 제안하였다. 본 논문에서는 입력 영상의 임계값에 따른 적응적 형상학을 이용하여 영상의 경계면을 부각시킨 후, 이 영상을 Meyer 웨이브렛-CNN 알고리즘에 적용한 후 최적의 에지를 검출하였다. 제안된 알고리즘이 기존의 영상 에지 검출 알고리즘인 Sobel 에지 검출과 기존의 다른 에지 검출보다 우수함을 확인하였다. 특히 에지와 에지의 부분이 가까운 곳과 완만한 곡선을 가지고 있는 부분에서 더 우수한 결과 에지를 얻을 수 있음을 시뮬레이션에 의해 확인하였다.