• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.208-214
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• 2008

This paper presents a structural modification for the performance improvement of a grain sorting machine. The grain sorting machine is used to sort abnormal grains from normal grains such as rice or wheat. Vibration is one of main causes to deteriorate the sorting performance of the machine. Based on the finite element analysis and the experimental modal testing, the vibration characteristics were investigated for the sorting machine. Furthermore, in order to improve the sorting performance of the machine, the frame, chute and base plate of the sorting machine were modified by using the results of the vibration analysis.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2015

Recently, because of the growth in the leisure industry and interest in health, the demand for bicycles has increased. In this research, considering the vertical load on a bike frame under static state conditions, the deflection and mass of the bike frame were minimized by satisfying the service condition and performing optimization. The thickness of the bicycle-frame tube was set to a design variable, and its sensitivity was confirmed by an analysis of means (ANOM). To optimize the solution, a response-surface-method (RSM) model was constructed using D-Optimal and central composite design(CCD). The optimization was performed using a non-dominant sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II), and the optimal solution was verified by finite-element analysis.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2016

A mackerel grader is a machine for sorting mackerel according to size. In this study, the dynamic deflection and optimal sorting simulation of a mackerel grader was carried out by using multi-body dynamics. To analyze the dynamic deflection of the roller, RecurDyn, a multi-body dynamics analysis program, was used. The dynamic deflection of the roller pipe was analyzed according to the inclination of the roller pipe. When the inclination of the roller pipe was 30 degrees, the roller indicated the maximum deflection of about 6.3 mm at the center of the mass. To simulate the mackerel sorting, the mackerel grader machine was modeled, and the contact simulation between the mackerel model and the rotating roller pipe was carried out. When the inclination of the roller frame was 7 degrees, the mackerel grader indicated optimal sorting performance.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-26
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• 2015

Minimizing construction cost and reducing seismic damage are two conflicting objectives in the design of any new structure. In the present work, we try to develop a framework in order to solve the optimum performance-based design problem considering the construction cost and the seismic damage of steel moment-frame structures. The Park-Ang damage index is selected as the seismic damage measure because it is one of the most realistic measures of structural damage. The non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is employed as the optimization algorithm to search the Pareto optimal solutions. To improve the time efficiency of the proposed framework, three simplifying strategies are adopted: first, simplified nonlinear modeling investigating minimum level of structural modeling sophistication; second, fitness approximation decreasing the number of fitness function evaluations; third, wavelet decomposition of earthquake record decreasing the number of acceleration points involved in time-history loading. The constraints of the optimization problem are considered in accordance with Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) recommended seismic design specifications. The results from numerical application of the proposed framework demonstrate the efficiency of the framework in solving the present multi-objective optimization problem.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.271-294
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• 2014

In recent years, along with the advances made in performance-based design optimization, the need for fast calculation of response parameters in dynamic analysis procedures has become an important issue. The main problem in this field is the extremely high computational demand of time-history analyses which may convert the solution algorithm to illogical ones. Two simplifying strategies have shown to be very effective in tackling this problem; first, simplified nonlinear modeling investigating minimum level of structural modeling sophistication, second, wavelet analysis of earthquake records decreasing the number of acceleration points involved in time-history loading. In this paper, we try to develop an efficient framework, using both strategies, to solve the performance-based multi-objective optimal design problem considering the initial cost and the seismic damage cost of steel moment-frame structures. The non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is employed as the optimization algorithm to search the Pareto optimal solutions. The constraints of the optimization problem are considered in accordance with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommended design specifications. The results from numerical application of the proposed framework demonstrate the capabilities of the framework in solving the present multi-objective optimization problem.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 라인스캔 카메라를 이용한 색도인식 스크랩 선별시스템을 설계 제작하고 제작한 시스템을 이용하여 철스크랩에 혼합되어 있는 Cu 스크랩을 자동으로 분리하는 연구를 수행하였다. 스크랩 자동선별 시스템은 크게 측정부, 이송부 그리고 이젝터로 구분되며 라인스캔 카메라, 광원 및 frame grabber로 구성된 측정부에서 스크랩 표면의 색도를 이메지 프로쎄싱 알고리즘에 의해 인식함으로써. 임의로 지정한 특정한 표면색상의 스크랩만에 에어노즐을 작동케 하여 선별하도록 되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 선별처리의 고속화에 대응하기 위하여 주파수 가변 광원시스템을 제작하여 선별시스템에 적용하였으며, 최적실험조건으로 스크랩 이송속도 25 m/min.에서 철스크랩중에 포함되어 있는 Cu스크랩을 90%이상 인식하여 약 80%의 선별효율을 얻었다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.514-523
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• 2006

Production of green pepper has been increased due to customer's preference and a projected ten-year boom in the industry in Korea. This study was carried out to develop an automatic grading and sorting system for green pepper using machine vision. The system consisted of a feeding mechanism, segregation section, an image inspection chamber, image processing section, system control section, grading section, and discharging section. Green peppers were separated and transported using a bowl feeder with a vibrator and a belt conveyor, respectively. Images were taken using color CCD cameras and a color frame grabber. An on-line grading algorithm was developed using Visual C/C++. The green peppers could be graded into four classes by activating air nozzles located at the discharging section. Length and curvature of each green pepper were measured while removing a stem of it. The first derivative of thickness profile was used to remove a stem area of segmented image of the pepper. While pepper is moving at 0.45 m/s, the accuracy of grading sorting for large, medium and small pepper are 86.0%, 81.3% and 90.6% respectively. Sorting performance was 121 kg/hour, and about five times better than manual sorting. The developed system was also economically feasible to grade and sort green peppers showing the cost about 40% lower than that of manual operations.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 1993년도 Proceedings of International Conference for Agricultural Machinery and Process Engineering
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• pp.1243-1253
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• 1993

Visual features of a mushroom(Lentinus Edodes L) are critical in sorting and grading as most agricultural products are. Because of its complex and various visual features, grading and sorting of mushrooms have been done manually by the human expert. Though actions involved in human grading looks simple, a decision making undereath the simple action comes form the results of the complex neural processing of the visual image. And processing details involved in the visual recognition of the human brain has not been fully investigated yet. Recently, however, an artificial neural network has drawn a great attention because of its functional capability as a partial substitute of the human brain. Since most agricultural products are not uniquely defined in its physical properties and do not have a well defined job structure, a research of the neuro-net based human like information processing toward the agricultural product and processing are widely open and promising. In this pape , neuro-net based grading and sorting system was developed for a mushroom . A computer vision system was utilized for extracting and quantifying the qualitative visual features of sampled mushrooms. The extracted visual features and their corresponding grades were used as input/output pairs for training the neural network and the trained results of the network were presented . The computer vision system used is composed of the IBM PC compatible 386DX, ITEX PFG frame grabber, B/W CCD camera , VGA color graphic monitor , and image output RGB monitor.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.1681-1688
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 FPGA와 Nor-Flash를 사용하여 컬러 라인 스캔 카메라를 위한 고속 신호처리 하드웨어 시스템을 구현하였다. 기존의 시스템에서는 소프트웨어를 기반으로 한 고속 DSP가 적용되어 왔고 주로 RGB 개별 논리에 의해 결함을 검출하는 방법이었지만 본 논문에서는 RGB-HSL 변환기, FIFO, HSL 풀-컬러 결함 디코더 및 이미지 프레임 버퍼로 구성된 하드웨어 기반의 결함 검출기를 제안하였다. 결함 검출기는 RGB에서 HSL로의 색상 공간 변환을 위한 하드웨어 기반 룩업테이블과 4K HSL 풀-컬러 결함 디코더로 구성되어 있다. 또한 단일 라인 데이터 기반의 로컬 픽셀 처리 대신 2차원 배열 구조의 이미지 단위 처리를 위해 라인 데이터 축적용 이미지 프레임을 포함한다. 설계된 시스템을 기존의 곡물 선별기에 적용하여 땅콩을 대상으로 선별해 본 결과 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국자원리싸이클링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원리싸이클링학회 2005년도 춘계임시총회 및 제25회 학술발표대회
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• pp.57-61
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 색도인식이 가능한 머신 비젼시스템을 설계 제작하고 제작한 시스템을 이용하여 철스크랩에 혼합되어 있는 Cu 스크랩을 자동으로 분리하는 시험연구를 행하였다. 머신비젼시스템은 크게 측정부, 이송부 및 ejector로 구분되며 CCD카메라, 광원 및 frame grabber로 구성된 측정부에서 이메지 프로쎄싱 알고리즘에 의해 이송되어 오는 스크랩 표면의 색도를 인식하게 된다. 또한 그 인식결과에 따라 I/O interface가 구성된 콘트롤러에 의해 에어노즐을 작동하도록 하여 임의로 지정한 특정한 표면색상의 스크랩만을 분리하도록 되어 있다. 본 시스템을 이용하여 철스크랩에 포함된 Cu스크랩의 분리시험을 행한 결과, 스크랩 이송속도가 15m/min.에서 90% 이상의 분리효율을 나타내어 향후 분리효율의 고속화가 실현될 경우 산업적으로 적용가능성이 매우 높은 것으로 판단되었다.