• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.238-245
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• 2001

This paper describes a method for detecting a close leading vehicle using the contour of the vehi-cles rear wheels. The contour of a leading vehicles rear wheels in 속 front road image from a B/W CCD camera mounted on the central front bumper of the vehicle, has vertical components and can be discerned clearly in contrast to the road surface. After extracting positive edges and negative edges using the Sobel op-erator in the raw image, every point that can be recognized as a feature of the contour of the leading vehicle wheel is determined. This process can detect the presence of a close leading vehicle, and it is also possible to calculate the distance to the leading vehicle and the lateral deviation angle. This method might be useful for developing and LSA (Low Speed Automation) system that can relieve drivers stress in the stop-and-go traffic conditions encoun-tered on urban roads.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.7 no.9
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• pp.3037-3047
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• 2000

This paper describes a method of tracking a close leading vehicle by color image processing using the pairs of tail and brake lights. which emit red light and are housed on the rear of the vehicle in stop-and-go traffic condition. In the color image converted as an HSV color model. candidate regions of rear lights are identified using the color features of a pair of lights. Then. the pair of tailor brake lights are detected by means of the geometrical features and location features for the pattern of the tail and brake lights. The location of the leading vehicle can be estimated by the location of the detected lights and the vehicle can be tracked continuously. It is also possible to detect the braking status of the leading vehicle by measuring the change in HSV color components of the pair of lights detected. In the experiment. this method tracked a leading vehicle successfully from urban road images and was more useful at night than in the daylight. The KAV-Ill (Korea Autonomous Vehicle- Ill) equipped with a color vision system implementing this algorithm was able to follow a leading vehicle autonomously at speeds of up to 15km!h on a paved road at night. This method might be useful for developing an LSA (Low Speed Automation) system that can relieve driver's stress in the stop-and-go traffic conditions encountered on urban roads.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.672-675
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 차량의 뒷바퀴 윤곽을 이용하여 근거리 전방차량을 인식하는 방법에 대해 설명한다. 차량 앞범퍼 중앙에 장착된 흑백 CCD 카메라에서 입력되는 영상을 분석하면 전방차량의 뒷바퀴 바깥쪽 윤곽이 수직성분을 띄며 도로면과 명확하게 구분됨을 알 수 있다. 이 특징을 이용하여 일정거리 이내에 존재하는 전방차량을 탐지할 수 있다 또한 탐지된 차량까지의 대략적인 거리를 계산할 수 있고, 브레이크등의 점등 여부를 판단할 수 있다. 이 방법은 차량간 간격이 좁고 저속으로 주행하는 도심지 도로에서 가다서다를 반복하는 Stop-and-Go 차량을 구현하는데 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.16-21
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• 2017

Fire or electrical problem while DC electric traction vehicle operation caused by various reasons can lead to not only suspension of the operation, but also severe aftermath such as massive casualty. In this paper, fire analysis on DC electric traction vehicle caused by electrical breakdown on line breaker, which is in connection with the power supply, is presented. When the electric arc, the by-product of frequent line breaker operation, is not fully diminished, it leads to electrical breakdown and fire. Especially, electrical breakdown can be easily induced by the open-and-close operation of inner contractor inside line breaker, eventually followed by ground fault and generation of transient current. Electric arc is consequent on the ground fault and acts as possible ignition source, leading to fire. Also, during the repetitive operation of the line breaker, the contactor is separated each other and some copper powder is generated, and the copper powder provided breakdown path, resulting in fire.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.09a
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• pp.451-454
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 그룹화 블록스네이크와 영상분할을 이용하여 다차선을 검출하고 컬러 정보를 기반으로 차량 후면에 위치하는 미등과 브레이크등을 인식, 저속 주행환경에서의 다차선 및 전방차량을 인식하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 알고리즘에서는 기울기 값과 명암도 값으로 기초 블록을 얻은 뒤, 차선의 가능성이 큰 블록을 탐색하여 영상분할을 시행한다. 영상 분할에서 잡음 블록들을 제거하여 차선일 가능성이 가장 높은 블록들만을 검출하고, 그룹화 블록스네이크를 이용하여 차선을 검출하도록 하였다. 또한 전방 차량인식을 위해 미등과 브레이크등의 컬러 특징을 이용하여 후보 영역을 분할한 후, 미등과 브레이크등의 패턴의 기하학적 특징과 위치적 특징을 이용하여 한 쌍의 미등 혹은 브레이크등을 탐지하도록 하였다. 탐지된 양쪽 등의 위치정보를 이용하여 전방차량의 위치를 측정 할 수 있다.

• Wind and Structures
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.345-359
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• 2008

An experimental investigation of the flow over the rectangular body located in close proximity to a ground board was reported using the particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique. The present experiments were conducted in a closed-loop open surface water channel with the Reynolds number, $Re_H=1.2{\times}10^4$ based on the model height. In addition to the PIV measurements, flow visualization studies were also carried out. The PIV technique provided instantaneous and time-averaged velocity vectors map, vorticity contours, streamline topology and turbulent quantities at various locations in the near wake. In the vertical symmetry plane, the upperbody flow is separated from the sharp top leading edge of the model and formed a large reverse flow region on the upper surface of the model. The flow structure downstream of the model has asymmetric double vortices. In the horizontal symmetry plane, identical separated flow regions occur on both vertical side walls and a pair of primary recirculatory bubbles dominates the wake region.