• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.495-501
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was to develop golf range finder which could measure exact distance from golfer to flag by using telescope and biprism. Methods: Golf range finder was made that included telescope and biprism which could move in the telescope, and an accuracy of the range finder was analyzed in distance range 20~200 m. Results: An equation was made for measuring distance which was related at position of biprism, and we could measure distance successfully by using developed golf range finder. Biprism of 2 ${\Delta}$ was useful to measure in short distance but it had bad accuracy in long distance, and 0.5 ${\Delta}$ was more useful in long distance. Image got worse when the biprism approch to focal point of objective lens for measurement in long distance, so we developed multi-layer biprism to prevent the weak point. Conclusions: Image stabilization by biprism for measuring distance was confirmed. Even if hand was moving, the distance could be measured well by using biprism, and we could find that the induced equation for distance measurement was useful. We found that multi-layer biprism, which is was new developed, was more useful than general biprism when the biprism approched to focal point of objective lens for measurement in long distance.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.669-676
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• 2023

In this paper, a multi-purpose golf putting range finder based on an IR razer sensor and an inertial sensor was designed and made. It was designed to measure distance and slope within a 50m outdoor measurement range for the main purpose of golf putting distance measurement, and at the same time, it is designed to measure temperature information that affects putting. In addition, the distance meter supports house maintenance work by providing length and horizontality measurement values within the indoor 80m measurement range, and provides safety from indoor or vehicle fires by providing indoor temperature measurement values to mobile phones through linkage with the web server. In order to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed method and its interworking performance with a smartphone, a prototype was produced and a web server was built, and the usefulness was confirmed by showing an acceptable error rate within 5% in repeated experiments.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.22-28
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• 2021

We try to extract three-dimensional information, such as the distance from a camera and the actual width and height of an object, from still photographs by a multilens smartphone camera, by means of parallax error. To obtain this information, we develop several formulas and design a method for experimental instrumentation. If the results from this paper were included in algorithms of multilens smartphone cameras, there would be various kinds of applications, such as in the workplace of architectural and civil engineering to obtain an actual dimension, or on a golf course to measure how far away a pin flag is. We expect many more applications of this study, because the multilens smartphone camera is already an important necessity of life.