Predicting Unsaturated Soil Water Content Using CIELAB Color System-based Soil Color

Sung-Ha Baek; Ka-Hyun Park; Jun-Seo Jeon; Tae-Young Kwak

doi:10.7843/kgs.2023.39.2.31

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Predicting Unsaturated Soil Water Content Using CIELAB Color System-based Soil Color CIELAB 색 표시계 기반 토색을 활용한 불포화토 함수비 예측 연구

28 February 2023. pp. 31-42

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Abstract

A study was conducted to use soil color obtained from digital images as an indicator of soil water content. Digital images of Jumoonjin standard sand with five different water contents were captured under nine different lighting conditions. Through digital image processing, the soil color of the sample was obtained based on the CIELAB color system, and the effect of lighting conditions and water content on the soil color was analyzed. The results indicated that L^* showed a high correlation with illuminance, whereas a^* and b^* showed a high correlation with color temperature. As the water content increased, L^*, which represents the brightness of the soil color, decreased, and a^* and b^* increased. Therefore, the soil color changed from green and blue to red and yellow. Based on the regression analysis results of lighting conditions, water content, and soil color, a water content predicting method based on the soil color of silica-based sand photographed under irregular light conditions was proposed. The proposed method can predict the water content with a maximum error of 0.29%.

Keywords

CIELAB

Digital image processing

Soil color

Water content

본 연구는 흙의 디지털 이미지로부터 획득된 토색을 기반으로 함수비를 예측하기 위한 기초단계로서 수행되었다. 서로 다른 다섯 가지 함수비로 조성된 주문진표준사 시료를 대상으로 광조건을 아홉 번 씩 바꿔가며 디지털 이미지를 촬영했다. 디지털 이미지 프로세싱을 통해 촬영된 시료의 토색을 CIELAB 색 표시계를 기반으로 획득하고, 광조건과 함수비에 따른 토색 변화를 분석했다. 그 결과, 불포화토의 토색 L^* 값은 조명의 조도와 높은 상관성을 보였고 a^*와 b^* 값은 조명의 색온도와 높은 상관성을 보였다. 또한 함수비가 증가하면 토색의 밝기를 나타내는 L^*가 감소하고, a^*와 b^*는 증가하여 토색이 초록과 파랑에서 멀어지고 빨강과 노랑에 가까워졌다. 광조건 및 함수비와 토색의 회귀분석 결과를 종합해 불규칙한 광조건에서 촬영된 실리카 계열의 모래의 토색을 기반으로 함수비를 예측하는 방법을 제안했으며, 제안된 방법을 통해 최대 오차 0.29% 수준으로 함수비를 예측할 수 있음을 확인했다.

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Publisher :The Korean Geotechnical Society
Publisher(Ko) :한국지반공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
Journal Title(Ko) :한국지반공학회 논문집
Volume : 39
No :2
Pages :31-42
Received Date : 2023-01-31
Revised Date : 2023-02-07
Accepted Date : 2023-02-07
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2023.39.2.31

Journal of the Korean Geotechnical SocietyISSN:1229-2427(Print) 2288-646X(Online)한국지반공학회

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