철도교의 장기변위 정보는 시공 및 유지관리에 있어 매우 유용하지만, 실구조물의 장기간에 걸쳐 발생하는 변위를 정확하게 계측하기 위해서는 많은 실질적인 문제를 해결해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 철도교량의 효과적인 장기변위 계측을 위해, 컴퓨터 비전 기반의 비접촉식 기법을 제안한다. 컴퓨터 비전 기반 기법은 비용적인 측면에서 우수하며 사용이 간편하여 최근 교량변위 계측을 위해 기술개발이 활발하게 되고 있으나, 카메라의 미소변위에 의해 큰 오차가 발생하므로, 장기변위의 계측에는 적합하지 않다. 본 연구에서는 두 개의 카메라를 이용하여 카메라 변위에 따른 오차를 보정하는 방식으로 장기변위 계측을 가능하게 하였다. 개발된 기법을 시공 중인 철도교량에 적용하여 성능을 검증하였다.

In this paper, we propose an algorithm that estimates the location of lunar rover using IMU and vision system instead of the dead-reckoning method using IMU and encoder, which is difficult to estimate the exact distance due to the accumulated error and slip. First, in the lunar environment, magnetic fields are not uniform, unlike the Earth, so only acceleration and gyro sensor data were used for the localization. These data were applied to extended kalman filter to estimate Roll, Pitch, Yaw Euler angles of the exploration rover. Also, the lunar module has special color which can not be seen in the lunar environment. Therefore, the lunar module were correctly recognized by applying the HSV color filter to the stereo image taken by lunar rover. Then, the distance between the exploration rover and the lunar module was estimated through SIFT feature point matching algorithm and geometry. Finally, the estimated Euler angles and distances were used to estimate the current position of the rover from the lunar module. The performance of the proposed algorithm was been compared to the conventional algorithm to show the superiority of the proposed algorithm.

In this study, the method of measuring cable tension using the vision-based system was proposed, and a portable digital camcorder was used as a sensor for the measurement of the cable tension positioned at remote distances, considering the user convenience and the cost-efficiency. The vibration method (accelerometer, vision-based system) was used to measure the cable tensions, and the result was compared and analyzed.

In the shaking table test, contact displacement sensors are widely being applied to a structure for measuring the displacement responses, but difficulties may arise depending on the condition of the structure. Moreover, the test uneconomically needs temporary facilities for installing sensors and supplementary equipment for saving the displacement responses of a structure. The contact displacement sensors that are currently becoming popular in the shaking table tests are limited depending on their use environments; thus, the reality is that each equipment appears impractical considering its effectiveness and applicability. Therefore, in this study, to verify an algorithm for measuring the displacement responses of a structure using the vision-based system in the shaking table test, the various tests were conducted.

케이블지지교량에서 케이블은 하중을 지지하는 주요 부재로, 케이블 장력은 교량의 건전성과 안전도 평가에 있어서 매우 중요한 변수이다. 케이블의 장력을 추정하는 기법으로, 로드셀 및 유압잭 등을 이용하여 케이블의 응력을 직접 측정하는 직접법과 케이블의 형상조건과 계측된 동특성을 활용하여 장력을 역산하는 진동법이 가장 많이 활용되고 있다. 최근 들어 케이블 내부 강재의 응력변화로 인하여 유발되는 자기장 변화를 탐지하는 EM 센서의 연구 및 활용이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 리프트오프 테스트, EM 센서 및 진동법(Vision-based System, Accelerometer)을 적용하여 장력을 측정하고 그 결과를 비교 분석하였다.

Flight of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) generally consists of four steps; take-off, ascent, descent, and finally landing. Among them, autonomous landing is a challenging task due to high risks and reliability problem. In case the landing site where the UAV is supposed to land is moving or oscillating, the situation becomes more unpredictable and it is far more difficult than landing on a stationary site. For these reasons, the accurate and precise control is required for an autonomous landing system of a UAV on top of a moving vehicle which is rolling or oscillating while moving. In this paper, a vision-only based landing algorithm using dynamic gimbal control is proposed. The conventional camera systems which are applied to the previous studies are fixed as downward facing or forward facing. The main disadvantage of these system is a narrow field of view (FOV). By controlling the gimbal to track the target dynamically, this problem can be ameliorated. Furthermore, the system helps the UAV follow the target faster than using only a fixed camera. With the artificial tag on a landing pad, the relative position and orientation of the UAV are acquired, and those estimated poses are used for gimbal control and UAV control for safe and stable landing on a moving vehicle. The outdoor experimental results show that this vision-based algorithm performs fairly well and can be applied to real situations.

This paper will examine Russia’s policy concerning Korea’s re-unification and Moscow’s likely responses to possible results of the unification process as a major and necessary element of peace-building in Northeast Asia. Since the middle of the 19th century Russia has had a keen interest in the situation on the Korean peninsula. History repeatedly proved that any aggravation of the situation on the peninsula caused serious concerns and made Russia to take additional steps to ensure her security. So both for security reasons and for smooth development of her Far Eastern region, Russia is vitally interested in maintaining peace and stability on the Korean peninsula. Emergence of the re-unified Korea, however, is likely to create a new situation in the region and make Russia to re-evaluate her policy in Northeast Asia. It is generally accepted notion that Russia will benefit, first of all, from liquidation of a long-time hot spot right next to her Far Eastern region and from founding the re-unified Korea, which is supposedly will maintain relations of friendship, good-neighborhood and cooperation with Russia and other neighboring states. Meanwhile, at the moment, better relations between North and South Korea, along with providing Russia with more favorable conditions for development of trade and economic cooperation with both parts of Korea, would also open new opportunities for economic development of the Russian Far East and for linking Russia’s economy to globalization and integration processes in the Asia-Pacific region. So both on security and economic reasons Moscow is vitally interested in reconciliation between North and South Korea and eventual emergence of a peaceful and neutral Korea.

Computer vision-based displacement measurement is regarded as an excellent alternative to conventional displacement measurement devices due to its convenient installation process with high accuracy. Based on the strong potential, this study proposes a computer vision approach for displacement measurement with enhanced field applicability. Main features of the proposed method are (1) robustness against adverse light conditions and (2) convenient camera installation that allows the camera to be arbitrarily placed. An adaptive image processing procedure is developed to overcome false identification of target markers that can be induced by strong lights. Location information of the identified markers are used to obtain displacement using the homography transformation, which allows the camera to be installed in any place as long as the target markers are in the line of sight. With these features, the computer vision approach is experimentally proven to be practical in field testing for measuring structural displacement.

본 연구에서는 카메라의 위치에 상관없이 정확하게 구조물의 변위를 측정할 수 있는 영상 기반 변위 계측 시스템을 제안하였다. 기존의 영상 기반 변위 계측 시스템은 카메라의 각도에 따라 오차를 유발하며, 그에 따라 대형 구조물에서 적용성에 제한되는 단점이 존재하였다.본 시스템은 네 개의 점이 그려진 측정판을 변위를 측정하고자 하는 구조물의 위치에 부착하여 카메라로 촬영한 뒤 영상을 해석하여 변위를 얻는다. 측정판과 카메라의 각도에 무관하게 구조물의 변위를 얻기 위하여, 이미지 좌표계와 세계 좌표계 상의 두 평면간의 대응관계를 표현하는 평면 호모그래피 기법을 활용하였다. 성능 검증을 위하여 소형 구조물을 이용한 실내실험을 수행하였으며, 어떠한 각도에서 촬영하더라도 실제 변위를 정확하게 측정할 수 있음을 보였다.

SHM에서 변위는 구조물의 동적 특성을 파악하는 핵심정보다. 이를 구조물과 직접 접촉하여 자기장 변화를 전기적신호(LVDT), 직접적으로 측정하는 방안으로 LVDT, GPS, LDV Displacement is one of the most fundamental responses, containing useful information regarding dynamic behavior of a structure. Traditional displacement measurement devices such as LVDT have disadvantages in its high-cost and few options on installation place. For the sake of economic reason, vision-based displacement measurement systems using low-cost cameras have been developed, yet these approaches still have difficulties in finding appropriate camera positions; camera should be placed perpendicular to targets. This study presents a new vision-based displacement measurement system using the planar homography method that gives accurate displacement, allowing the camera to have an arbitrary angle toward target. The vision-based system is experimentally verified using a low-cost camera and a target with four circles.

Displacement is one of the most fundamental responses, containing useful information regarding dynamic behavior of a structure. Traditional displacement measurement devices such as LVDT have disadvantages in their high cost and few options on installation locations. For the sake of economic reason, vision-based displacement measurement systems using low cost cameras have been developed, yet these systems still have difficulties in finding appropriate camera positions; camera should be placed perpendicular to targets. This study presents a new vision-based displacement measurement system using the planar homography method that results in accurate displacement measurement, allowing the camera to face targets with an arbitrary angles. The proposed vision-based system was experimentally validated from a laboratory test.

Since cable members are the major structural components in cable bridges, they should be properly inspected for surface damage as well as inside defects such as corrosion and/or breakage of wires. In this study, only the vision-based surface damage detection system based on image processing techniques is addressed. The damage detection programs are consist of real-time and post processing detection programs. The proposed damage detection programs were verified through laboratory tests on many types of cables.

This paper presents a localization system using ceiling images in a large indoor environment. For a system with low cost and complexity, we propose a single camera based system that utilizes ceiling images acquired from a camera installed to point upwards. For reliable operation, we propose a method using hybrid features which include natural landmarks in a natural scene and artificial landmarks observable in an infrared ray domain. Compared with previous works utilizing only infrared based features, our method reduces the required number of artificial features as we exploit both natural and artificial features. In addition, compared with previous works using only natural scene, our method has an advantage in the convergence speed and robustness as an observation of an artificial feature provides a crucial clue for robot pose estimation. In an experiment with challenging situations in a real environment, our method was performed impressively in terms of the robustness and accuracy. To our knowledge, our method is the first ceiling vision based localization method using features from both visible and infrared rays domains. Our system can be easily utilized with a variety of service robot applications in a large indoor environment.

In this paper, we describe an image processing algorithm which is able to recognize the road lane. This algorithm performs to recognize the interrelation between AGV and the other vehicle. We experimented on AGV driving test with color CCD camera which is setup on the top of vehicle and acquires the digital signal. This paper is composed of two parts. One is image preprocessing part to measure the condition of the condition of the lane and vehicle. This finds the information of lines using RGB ratio cutting algorithm, the edge detection and Hough transform. The other obtains the situation of other vehicles using the image processing and viewport. At first, 2 dimension image information derived from vision sensor is interpreted to the 3 dimension information by the angle and position of the CCD camera. Through these processes, if vehicle knows the driving conditions which are lane angle, distance error and real position of other vehicles, we should calculate the reference steering angle.