• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2016

This paper proposes a new image enhancement method for an infrared thermal image. The proposed method uses both Laplacian and Prewitt edge detectors. Without a visible light, it uses an infrared image for the edge detection. The method subtracts contour images from the infrared thermal image. It results black contours of objects in the infrared thermal image. That makes the objects in the infrared thermal image distinguished clearly. The proposed method is implemented using C language in an embedded Linux system for a high-speed real-time image processing. Experiments were conducted by using various infrared thermal images. The results show that the proposed method is successful for image enhancement of an infrared thermal image.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.1503-1508
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• 2009

본 논문은 열적외선 카메라 이미지를 영상 처리 기법을 활용하여 실시간으로 구현하는데 그 목적이 있다. 열적외선 영상 데이터는 온도의 변화에 따라 Hot Mapping, Cool Mapping, Rainbow Mapping을 하였으며, 열적외선 이미지의 명암대비 기능을 알아보기 위해 히스토그램 영상처리 기법을 사용하였고, 물체의 구분을 위해서 열적외선 이미지의 에지 부분을 추출하였다. 또한 이미지에서 온도를 추출해 내기 위해 이미지 정보 프로그램을 만들어 온도를 측정할 수 있었다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.288-293
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• 2016

Electronic Image Stabilization(EIS) is widely used as a technique for correcting a shake of an image. The case requiring the EIS function has been increased in high magnification thermal image observation on portable military equipment. Projection Algorithm(PA) for EIS is easy to implement but its performance is sensitive to the projection area. Especially, projection profiles of thermal image have very modest change and are difficult to extract image shifts between frames. In this paper, we proposed algorithm to extract a feature image for the thermal image and compared Block Matching Algorithm(BMA) with PA using our proposed feature image. When using our proposed feature image, BMA was simply implemented using FPGA's internal small memory. And we were able to obtain 30 % PSNR improved results compared to PA.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2002년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.711-714
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• 2002

Thermal infrared camera have poor image qualities compared to commercial CCD cameras, as in contrast, brightness, and. resolution. To compensate the poor Image quality problems associated with the thermal infrared camera, the technique of superimposing thermal infrared image into real ccd image is proposed. The mobile robot KAEROT/m2, loaded with sensor head system at the mast, is entered to monitor leakage of heavy water and thermal abnormality of the calandria reactor area in overhaul period. The sensor head system is composed of thermal infrared camera and cod camera In parallel. When thermal abnormality on observation points and areas of calandria reactor area is occurred, unusual hot image taken from thermal infrared camera is superimposed on real CCD image. In this inspection experiment, more accurate positions of thermal abnormalities on calandria reactor area can be estimated by using technique of mapping thermal infrared image into CCD image, which include characters arranged in MPOQ order.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.41-53
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• 2017

A thermal camera is used to obtain thermal information of a certain area. However, it is difficult to depict all the information of an area in an individual thermal image. To form a high-resolution panoramic thermal image, we propose an optimized FAST (feature from accelerated segment test) algorithm to combine two or more images of the same scene. The FAST is an accurate and fast algorithm that yields good positional accuracy and high point reliability; however, the major limitation of a FAST detector is that multiple features are detected adjacent to one another and the interest points cannot be obtained under no significant difference in thermal images. Our proposed algorithm not only detects the features in thermal images easily, but also takes advantage of the speed of the FAST algorithm. Quantitative evaluation shows that our proposed technique is time-efficient and accurate. Finally, we create a mosaic of the video to analyze a comprehensive view of the scene.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.533-538
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• 2015

Thermal characterization of individual pixels in microbolometer infrared image sensors is needed for optimal design and improved performance. In this work, we used thermoreflectance microscopy on uncooled microbolometer image sensors to investigate the thermal characteristics of individual pixels. Two types of microbolometer image sensors with a shared-anchor structure were fabricated and thermally characterized at various biases and vacuum levels by measuring the temperature distribution on the surface of the microbolometers. The results show that thermoreflectance microscopy can be a useful thermal characterization tool for microbolometer image sensors.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose an efficient image equipment implementation for the detector characteristics of various detectors by analyzing un-cooled thermal detector that exhibits nonlinear changes due to external temperature effects. First, we explain Thermal Electric Cooler for un-cooled detector temperature control system and Non-image correction methode for IR system. Second, we present the results of a study on an efficient control technique that can minimize the deterioration of image quality by controlling a un-cooled thermal detector without a thermal electric cooler(TEC) inside. Third, we suggest Image Correction Methods for Uncooled IR TECless Detector with Non-linear characteristics due to Temperature Change. So, we analyze and present the results of Image correction methods for various un-cooled thermal detector.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.9-12
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• 2010

본 논문은 재난 감시를 위한 디지털 미디어 프로세서 기반의 적외선 열화상 처리 시스템의 설계 및 구현에 대하여 기술한다. 디지털 열화상 처리 보드는 DM642 디지털 미디어 프로세서와 비디오 인코더, 비디오 디코더 상용 칩을 기반으로 설계하고 구현하였다. 또한, 재난 감시 기능은 적외선 열화상의 온도분포를 분석하고 화재발생과 같은 재난상황을 감시하는 알고리즘을 구현하였으며, 적외선 열화상 입력은 $320\;{\times}\;240\;{\mu}$-bolometer 타입의 적외선 열화상 카메라를 사용하였다. 구현된 시제품의 시험 평가 결과, 10 프레임/초의 처리 속도로 요구되는 적외선 열화상 분석과 화재 검출 기능이 잘 동작 하였으며 구현 시스템의 실용성을 확인하였다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.30-38
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 열화상 이미지에서의 열 데이터 추출 및 해당 데이터를 사용한 발열 설비 탐지 향상 기법을 제안한다. 주요 목표는 열화상 이미지에서 바이트 단위로 데이터를 해석하여 열 데이터와 실화상 이미지를 추출하고 해당 이미지와 데이터를 합성한 합성 이미지를 딥러닝 모델에 적용하여 발열 설비의 탐지 정확도를 향상 시키는 것이다. 데이터는 한국수력원자력발전소 설비 데이터를 사용하였으며, 학습 모델로는 Faster-RCNN을 사용하여 각 데이터 그룹에 따른 딥러닝 탐지 성능을 비교 평가한다. 제안한 방식은 Average Precision 평가에서 기존 방식에 비해 평균 0.17 향상 되었다.본 연구는 이로서 국가 데이터 기반 열화상 데이터와 딥러닝 탐지의 접목을 시도하여 유효한 데이터 활용도 향상을 이루었다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2017

Thermal imaging is mainly used in military equipment required for night observation. In particular, technologies of uncooled thermal imaging detectors are being developed as applied to low-cost night observation system. Many system integrators require different specifications of the uncooled thermal imaging camera but their development time is short. In this approach, EOSYSTEM has developed a small size, TEC-less uncooled thermal imaging camera module with $32{\times}32mm$ size and low power consumption. Both domestic detector and import detector are applied to the EOSYSTEM's thermal imaging camera module. The camera module contains efficient infrared image processing algorithms including : Temperature compensation non-uniformity correction, Bad/Dead pixel replacement, Column noise removal, Contrast/Edge enhancement algorithms providing stable and low residual non-uniformity infrared image.