• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.1367-1370
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• 1997

This paper presents a vision algorithm for finding the centers of steam generator tubes using the generalized symmetry transform, which is used for ECT(Eddy Current Test) of steam generator tubes in nuclear power plants. The geometrical properties of the image representing steam generator tubes shows that they have amost circular or somewhat elliptic appearances and each tube has strong symmetry about its center. So we apply the generalized symmetry transform to finding centers of steam geneator tubes. But applying the generalized symmetry transform itself without any modification gives difficulties in obtaining the exact centers of steam generator tubes. But applying the generalized symmetry transform itself without any modification gives difficulties in obtaining the exact centers of tubes due to the shadow effect generated by the local light installed inside steam generator. Therefore we make the generalized symmetry transform modified, which uses a modified phase weight function in getting the symmetry magnitude in order to overcome the misleading effect by the local light. The experimental results indicate that the proposed vision algorithm efficiently recongnizes centers of steam generator tubes.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.11d
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• pp.223-226
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• 2000

In this paper, we report detects system algorithm, adapted a perimetric mask and a generalized symmetry system, to detect a transformable material and find out a minute error cannot be noticed by a naked eye. In this thesis, supposed a stable detecting system applied a general image processing theory and perimetric mash algorithm to detect badness. And finally, detected some vague errors with the application of symmetry transform algorithm that accumulate a symmetry of minute error and put stress on it.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.665-671
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• 2010

This paper propose the DDEGST(divergent-direction-emphasis generalized symmetry transform) which emphasis the symmetry of divergent intensity orientation for effective target extraction in FLIR(forward looking infra-red) images. In the proposed method, we use the exponential function instead of cosine function as a phase weight function in the generalized symmetry transform for effective target extraction in FLIR images which contain a target with higher intensity than a background intensity. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, we compare the proposed mehtod with conventional GST method in experiments. We prove that the proposed method have better performance in IR images.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics C
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• v.34C no.4
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• pp.36-44
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• 1997

An efficient context-free multiple-object segmentation using attention operator based on modified generalized symmetry transform is proposed and implemented by modifying a radial basis function network. By using the difference of intensity gradient, instead of te intensity gradient itself, in generalized symmetry tranform so as to make the attention operator to preserve the edges of the objects shape, an efficient context-free multiple-object segementation is proposed in which no a priori shape informtion on the objects is requried. The attention operator is implemented by using a modified radial basis function network which can reflect symmetry, and by using te edge pyramid of the input image, both of the local and the global symmetry of the objects are reflected simultaneously to make the multiple-object with different sizes be segmented with a singel fixed-size $n\timesm$ can be done with O(n) complexity. The simulaton results show that the proposed algorithm can efficiently be used in context-free multiple-object segmentation even for the low contrast IR images as well as for the images from the camera.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.411-421
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• 2001

The generalized symmetry transform evaluates symmetry without segmentation and extracts regions of interest in an image by combining locality and reflectional symmetry The demand that the symmetry transform be local is reflected by the distance weight function. When calculating large regions-of-interest, we should select a large standard deviation of distance weight function. But such a large standard deviation makes the execution time increase in the second power of r, which is a radius of search area. In this paper we propose modified scan line based GST with selectively directional attention to improve time complexity The symmetry map of our proposed GST is found to be very similar to that of the existing GST. However the computation time of the proposed GST increases linearly with respect to r because our proposed GST evaluates symmetry between a pair of edge pixels along the scan lines. The GST computation decreases considerably when the proposed GST is peformed with selectively directional attention in case of large r. Several experiments in this paper demonstrate the time efficiency and the usefulness of our proposed GST.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.38-39
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 반도체 생산 공정 중 클리닝 공정 과정에서 웨이퍼가 정확한 위치에 장착되었는지를 판단하기 위하여 투영 변환을 이용하여 원형 모양 웨이퍼로 복원하고 에지를 추출한 후 일반화 대칭 변환(Generalized Symmetry Transform, GST) 방법을 적용하여 웨이퍼의 윤곽을 검출하여 위치를 검사하는 방법을 제안한다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.208-217
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• 2014

This paper propose an adaptive control of symmetry contribution based generalized symmetry transform. which can be controlled symmetry contribution according to the intensity orientation of two pixels. In the proposed method, we define the C-D(convergent and divergent)plane which represents convergence and divergence region of gradient pairs. and used the gaussian phase wight function, with respect to the distance from the gradient pair to an extreme point, in calculating the symmetry contribution. The proposed method can be detect the object more efficiently by adaptive controlling the cut-off frequency of the gaussian phase wight function. To evaluate a performance of the proposed method, we compare the proposed method and conventional GST method in various images including IR image. we prove that the proposed method have better performance in object detection.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.87-87
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• 2001

일반화 대칭 변환 (generalized symmetry transform, GST)은 주어진 영상에서 사전 분할이 없이 국부성과 반사 대칭성을 결합하여 대칭을 측정하고 관심 영역을 추출한다. GST의 거리 가중치 함수에서 국부적인 대칭성이 반영되며 이 함수의 표준 편차 u에 의해 GST의 수행 범위가 조절된다. 넓은 관심영역을 추출하기 위해 반지름 r이 큰 검색영역 내에서의 대칭성이 추출될 필요가 있다. 이에 따라서 GST의 수행시간은 r에 따라 2차적으로 증가하게 된 본 논문에서는 이를 개선하기 위해 선택적 방향 주의를 가지는 수정된 스캔라인 GST를 제안한다. 제안된 GST는 기존의 GST와 유사한 대칭 특성을 추출하지만 선택적 방향의 기울기만을 고려한 스캔라인 위의 에지 화소쌍에서 GST를 수행함으로써 r에 따라서 이의 수행시간이 선형적으로 증가된다 특히 r이 큰 경우에 선택적 방향에 대해서만 적용하면 기존의 GST의 계산량이 비대해지는 단점을 보완해 줄 수 있다. 제안된 GST가 기존의 GST보다 시간적으로 효과적이며 유용하다는 것이 여러 종류의 영상에 대한 실험으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.782-794
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• 2013

This paper proposes the wafer position recognition algorithm using camera. First, for eliminating the image distortions caused by the illumination and the irregular camera position, the wafer image is restored as a circle through projective transformation. Next, we use edge detection algorithm to extract the wafer's edge and then apply Generalized Symmetry Transform(GST) to extract a circle. The GST evaluates symmetry between two points by combining a distance weight function, a phase weight function, and a logarithmic mapping of the points' intensities and detecting interest regions. Trough several experiments, we found out the proposed method is able to prevent the cleaning system and the wafer from damaging.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.755-758
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• 2002

스테레오스코픽 영상은 스테레오스코픽 카메라를 이용하여 좌 영상(left image)과 우 영상(right image)을 동시에 획득하는 것으로 사람의 눈으로 보는 것과 같은 입체감을 얻을 수 있는 것을 특징으로 한다. 스테레오스코픽 영상에서 객체의 깊이값을 구하기 위해서는 영상의 정합점을 찾는 것이 중요한데, 본 논문에서는 일반화 대칭변환(generalized symmetry transform) 알고리즘을 적용하여 스테레오스코픽(stereoscopic) 영상의 정합점(correspond points)을 찾는 방법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 방법은 먼저 좌 영상과 우 영상에 대해 에지(edge), 코너 검출 방법을 통해 특징점(feature point)을 검출하고 각 특징점들을 중심으로 사각 영역을 설정하고 이 범위내의 에지들이 갖는 대칭도(symmetry magnitude)를 특징점의 위치에 누적 시킨다. 좌영상의 대칭도를 구한 결과를 우 영상의 에지들의 대칭도와 비교를 수행해 임계치(threshold) 이하의 값을 가진 점들을 정합 후보로 선택한다. 이 정합 후보들을 영역내의 반지름 단위의 대칭도 비교를 통해 더욱 세분화된 비교를 수행하고 만약 이와 같은 과정을 통해서도 정합점을 찾지 못한다면 정합 후보들에 대해 칼라 정합도를 측정하여 최종적으로 정합점을 검출한다. 제안한 알고리즘을 이용한다면 특징점만을 이용하여 검색을 수행했을 때보다 더욱 정확한 정합점을 구할 수 있다.