Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Eul Gyoon Lim

Dae Hwan Hwang

Jae Il Cho

Ji Ho Chang

Seung Min Choi

Ho Chul Shin

Changsoo Kwak

Jae Chan Jeong

Hye Jin Kim

Jae Yeon Lee

Dae Yong Kim

Kwang Ho Yang

Dae-hwan Hwang

Kuk Jin Yoon

An apparatus and method for calculating a cost volume by controlling an intensity so as to receive relatively less influence from a condition of intensity when capturing a stereo image and changing a parameter for each level according to distance is provided. The apparatus includes an illuminator controller, a pixel expected ratio calculator, and a cost volume calculator, and controls intensity using the illuminator when capturing an object, and calculates a cost volume value so as to receive relatively less influence from distance and intensity when performing stereo matching by changing a parameter used for calculating the cost volume value according to distance to the object and intensity.

Apparatus and method for calculating cost volume in stereo matching system including illuminator

There are provided a stereo matching method capable of increasing a resolution and precision of an object and a device for performing the method. The method includes investigating a pattern according to a predetermined period; obtaining left and right stereo images in which the investigated pattern is included or not included; determining whether each of the stereo image obtained according to the predetermined period and a buffering image that is a previous frame image of the stereo image includes the pattern; and generating a final cost volume by performing different image processing according to whether each of the stereo image and the buffering image includes the pattern. Therefore, it is possible to increase precision of a disparity of a thin object and increase accuracy and precision of an object at a long distance.

Stereo matching method and device for performing the method

Disclosed are a system and method for performing distortion correction and calibration using a pattern projected by a projector. The system for performing distortion correction and calibration includes a projector that projects a pattern, at least one camera that generates a photographed pattern image by photographing an image onto which the pattern is projected, and an image processing device that calculates a calibration parameter by comparing an original pattern image projected by the projector and the photographed pattern image. Thus, it is possible to obtain an accurate depth image by easily utilizing an image for the pattern projected by the projector. In addition, when obtaining the depth image, the calibration parameter for correcting image distortion according to camera lens and a calibration state of cameras may be efficiently obtained using the pattern projected by the projector.

System for performing distortion correction and calibration using pattern projection, and method using the same

An image matching apparatus includes a bilateral filter that filters a left image and a right image to output a second left image and a second right image; a census cost calculation unit performing census transform on a window based on a first pixel of the second left image and a window based on a second pixel of the second right image to calculate a census cost corresponding to a pair of pixels of the first and second pixels; a support weight calculation unit obtaining support weights of the left and right images or the second left and second right images; a cost aggregation unit obtaining energy values of nodes corresponding to the pair of pixels of the first and second pixels using the census cost and the support weights; and a dynamic programming unit performing image matching using dynamic programming by the energy values of each node obtained.

Stereo matching by census transform and support weight cost aggregation

Disclosed is a stereo matching system and method using a dynamic programming scheme. The stereo matching system and method using a dynamic programming scheme according to the present invention may perform viterbi type stereo matching using at least two different penalty of disparity discontinuity (PD) values and synthesize the performed stereo matching results, thereby outputting a disparity map.

Stereo matching system using dynamic programming and method thereof

Provided is a device for improving stereo matching results. The device for improving stereo matching results includes: a stereo camera unit outputting binocular disparity images by using binocular disparity between two images preprocessed according to a plurality of preprocessing conditions; a discrete cosine transform (DCT) unit generating DCT coefficients by performing DCT on the binocular disparity images; a streak estimation unit receiving the DCT coefficients and estimating amounts of streaks distributed on a screen by using AC coefficients, including streak patterns, of the DCT coefficients; a condition estimation unit estimating a preprocessing condition, corresponding to the smallest amount of streaks of the estimated amounts of streaks, of the plurality of preprocessing conditions, as an optimal condition, and a streak removal unit generating binocular disparity images without the streaks by changing predetermined AC coefficients of the DCT coefficients and performing inverse DCT on the changed DCT coefficients.

Device for improving stereo matching results, method of improving stereo matching results using the device, and system for receiving stereo matching results

A robot vision system for outputting a disparity map includes a stereo camera for receiving left and right images and outputting a disparity map between the two images; an encoder for encoding either the left image or the right image into a motion compensation-based video bit-stream; and a decoder for extracting an encoding type of an image block, a motion vector, and a DCT coefficient from the video bit-stream. Further, the system includes a person detector for detecting and labeling person blocks in the image using the disparity map between the left image and the right image, the block encoding type, and the motion vector, and detecting a distance from the labeled person to the camera; and an obstacle detector for detecting a closer obstacle than the person using the block encoding type, the motion vector, and the DCT coefficient extracted from the video bit-stream, and the disparity map.

Robot vision system and detection method

Provided are a human recognition apparatus and a human recognition method identifying a user based on a walking pattern. The human recognition apparatus includes a detecting unit detecting a vibration according to a user's walking, and outputting an electric signal, a pattern calculating unit acquiring a walker's walking pattern from the electric signal, and a user determining unit comparing the walking pattern with a previously measured reference data by user and identifying the user based on the comparison result. The human recognition apparatus and the human recognition method are robust against peripheral noise and can increase an acceptance rate through a simple structure and procedure by using the waling pattern, which is one-dimensional time information requiring no vast data throughput, as the user identification data.

Human recognition apparatus and human recognition method

A stereo vision system includes an image pre-processing unit for pre-processing the right and left images, and a stereo matching unit for carrying out stereo matching of the right and left images to acquire low-resolution distance information of the right and left images and high-resolution distance information of the right and left images upon detection of an object within a distance range through the low-resolution distance information.

Stereo vision system and stereo vision processing method

An apparatus for moving the center of gravity of a robot, and a system and method using the apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes a weight conveyor with a conveyed weight weighing a predetermined amount and disposed within the main body of the robot. The conveyed weight is conveyed in a predetermined direction to move the center of gravity of the robot, thus allowing a non-driven caster of the robot to surmount obstacles in its path and not become stuck while the robot is moving.

Apparatus for moving center of gravity of robot, and system and method using the same

An apparatus for shifting a reference distance of a laser displacement sensor is capable of extending the measuring range in a laser displacement sensor having a fixed reference distance and a fixed measurement range by smoothly changing the traveling path of the laser beam by selectively inserting the transparent members having a refraction index different from that of the air into the optical path of the laser beam. The apparatus mounted on the laser displacement sensor provided with a laser beam source for generating a laser beam and a laser beam reception member, includes a transparent member having a refraction index being different from a refraction index of an air and a holder for supporting the transparent member in such a way that the transparent member is placed in an optical path of the laser beam. The transparent member changes a reference distance of the laser displacement sensor by changing the optical path of the laser beam.

Apparatus for shifting reference distance of laser displacement sensor

The present invention relates to a mobile system and a moving method of the mobile system. According to the present invention, a natural period is measured from a vibration component signal generated by a force due to acceleration/deceleration of wheels, and the mobile system moves by applying an acceleration profile containing an acceleration period or a deceleration period based on the natural period. Therefore, the acceleration profile based on the natural period is applied such that vibration that is visible to a user is not generated during acceleration and deceleration of the mobile system. As a result, quality of the mobile system is improved.

Mobile system and driving method thereof

An apparatus for measuring a gap between a mask and a substrate and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a laser displacement sensor, which is placed on a mask and a substrate spaced apart from each other by a predetermined gap, emits laser beams while moving onto the mask and the substrate in a horizontal direction and measures a gap between the mask and the substrate using a variation in distance values measured based on light-receiving positions of the laser beams that are reflected from the mask and the substrate and return to their original positions, respectively.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Eul Gyoon Lim