• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1876-1885
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• 2003

The artificial potential field (APF) methods provide simple and efficient motion planners for practical purposes. However, these methods have a local minimum problem, which can trap an object before reaching its goal. The local minimum problem is sometimes inevitable when an object moves in unknown environments, because the object cannot predict local minima before it detects obstacles forming the local minima. The avoidance of local minima has been an active research topic in the potential field based path planing. In this study, we propose a new concept using a virtual obstacle to escape local minima that occur in local path planning. A virtual obstacle is located around local minima to repel an object from local minima. We also propose the discrete modeling method for the modeling of arbitrary shaped objects used in this approach. This modeling method is adaptable for real-time path planning because it is reliable and provides lower complexity.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2004년도 추계학술발표논문집(상)
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• pp.891-894
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• 2004

This paper proposes an improved image segmentation algorithm by the watershed algorithm based on the local adaptive threshold on local minima search and the fixing threshold on label allocation. The previous watershed algorithm generates the problem of over-segmentation. The over-segmentation makes the boundary in the inaccuracy region by occurring around the object. In order to solve those problems we quantize the input color image by the vector quantization, remove noise and find the gradient image. We sorted local minima applying the local adaptive threshold on local minima search of the input color image. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm controls over-segmentation and makes the fine boundary around segmented region applying the fixing threshold based on sorted local minima on label allocation.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.339-346
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• 2005

Artificial potential field (APF) is a widely used method for local path planning of autonomous mobile robot. So far, many different types of APF have been implemented. Once the artificial potential functions are selected, how to choose appropriate parameters of the functions is also an important work. In this paper, a detailed analysis is given on how to choose proper parameters of artificial functions to eliminate free path local minima and avoid collision between robots and obstacles. Two kinds of potential functions: Gaussian type and Quadratic type of potential functions are used to solve the above local minima problem respectively. To avoid local minima occurred in realistic situations such as 1) a case that the potential of the goal is affected excessively by potential of the obstacle, 2) a case that the potential of the obstacle is affected excessively by potential of the goal, the design guidelines for selecting appropriate parameters of potential functions are proposed.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1996년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); 포항공과대학교, 포항; 24-26 Oct. 1996
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• pp.1140-1143
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• 1996

A new approach based on artificial potential function is proposed for the obstacle avoidance of redundant manipulators. Unlike the so-called "global" path planning method, which requires expensive computation for the path search before the manipulator starts to move, this new approach, "local" path planning, researches the path in real-time using the local distance information. Previous use of artificial potential function has exhibited local minima in some complex environments. This thesis proposes a potential function that has no local minima even for a cluttered environment. This potential function has been implemented for the collision avoidance of a redundant robot in Simulation. The simulation also employ an algorithm that eliminates collisions with obstacles by calculating the repulsive potential exerted on links, based on the shortest distance to object.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.356-364
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• 2000

블록정합에 기초한 고속 움직임 추정 알고리듬은 탐색점의 수를 줄이기 위해 정해진 탐색패턴을 사용하며, 평균절대 오차 공간에서 오차는 전역 최소해 (global minimum)에 근접할수록 단조 감소한다는 가정을 바탕으로 하고 있다. 따라서, 탐색영역 내에 여러 최소점이 있는 다중 모달(multimodal) 해공간에서는 국소 최소해(local minima)에 고립될 가능성이 크며, 전역 최소해를 얻는 것은 초기 탐색점에 크게 의존한다. 이러한 현상은 서로 다른 여러 움직임이 공존하는 움직임 경계에서 더욱 부각된다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 시공간적으로 인접한 블록의 움직임 정보에 기초하여 탐색영역 내에 탐색 후보영역들을 정의하고, 국소 최소해로의 고립 가능성을 줄이기 위해 여러 후보영역들에 대한 다중 국소 탐색법(multiple local search method : MLSM)을 제안한다 또한, 다중 국소 탐색 법에서는 전체 후보영역들의 탐색으로 인한 부가적인 계산량을 줄이기 위해 탐색점 맵 상에 후보영역들을 표시하고 후보영역에 대한 중복탐색을 배제한다. 모의실험 결과 제안한 방법은 다른 경사법에 의한 결과보다 특히, 움직임 경계에서의 탐색에서 우수한 결과를 보였으며, PSNR에 대해서는 탐색점의 수를 증가시키지 않는 범위 내에서 전역 탐색법(full search : FS)에 의한 결과와 비슷한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2017

In this study, we propose a method which is based on "Image segmentation by histogram thresholding using hierarchical cluster analysis"/HCA/ and "A nonparametric approach for histogram segmentation"/NHS/. HCA method uses that all histogram bins are one cluster then it reduces cluster numbers by using distance metric. Because this method has too many clusters, it is more computation. In order to eliminate disadvantages of "HCA" method, we used "NHS" method. NHS method finds all local minima of histogram. To reduce cluster number, we use NHS method which is fast. In our approach, we combine those two methods to eliminate disadvantages of Arifin method. The proposed method is not only less computational than "HCA" method because combined method has few clusters but also it uses local minima of histogram which is computed by "NHS".

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2000년도 제15차 학술회의논문집
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• pp.256-256
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• 2000

In this parer, we present a real-time path planning algorithm which is integrated the artificial potential field(APF) and simulated annealing(SA) methods for mobile robot. The APF method in path planning has gained popularity since 1990's. It doesn't need the modeling of the complex configuration space of robot, and is easy to apply the path planning with simple computation. However, there is a major problem with APF method. It is the formation of local minima that can trap the robot before reaching its goal. So, to provide local minima recovery, we apply the SA method. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified through simulation.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2001년도 ICCAS
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• pp.59.6-59
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• 2001

A virtual obstacle method for escaping local minima encountered by sonar-based mobile robot navigation used in real-time obstacle avoidance is presented. The new algorithm judges the mobile robot falls into local minima and helps the mobile robot escape from Et, which regards a concave obstacle as convex or flat one, virtual obstacle method. In the algorithm, it starts to make virtual-obstacle when the mobile robot meets a certain condition, then the robot mores back slowly taking inside area of local minima as obstacle gradually The new algorithm is simulated. The experimental results are presented to demonstrate the usefulness of the method.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1995년도 Proceedings of the Korea Automation Control Conference, 10th (KACC); Seoul, Korea; 23-25 Oct. 1995
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• pp.183-186
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• 1995

A method is presented for optimization of Universal Learning Networks (ULN), where, together with gradient method, Simulated Annealing (SA) is employed to elude local minima. The effectiveness of the method is shown by its application to control of a crane system.

• 전자공학회논문지C
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• 제34C권12호
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• pp.54-60
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• 1997

A new method to neglect the third term of the computational energy expression in the single-layer neural network with feedback is introduced. The system often converges to local minima instead of to global minima, because the computational energy is not matched exactly with the cost function being optimized. One of the factors causing these tow functions different is the third term of computational enegy expression. Regarding this third term energy very small, it is always ignored in designing the system. However, a sthe system growing, this third term energy is also growing and this grown term makes the computational energy function much different from the cost function. In results of differency between two functions, system converges to local minima more than before. In this paper, a new method to neglect te third term energy is introduced, so that the system with tis new method has been imroved.