Using the CIELAB Color System for Soil Color Identification Based on Digital Image Processing

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

doi:10.7843/kgs.2022.38.5.61

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Using the CIELAB Color System for Soil Color Identification Based on Digital Image Processing 디지털 이미지 프로세싱 기반 토색 분석을 위한 CIELAB 색 표시계 활용 연구

31 May 2022. pp. 61-71

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Abstract

Soil color is used to determine soil classification and its physical, chemical, and biological properties. Visual determination is the most commonly used method for identifying soil color. However, it is subjective and, in many cases, non-repeatable. Digital image processing obtains useful information from digital images, accelerates soil classification, and enables the rapid identification of soil types in a field. This study develops a digital image processing-based soil color analysis technology that can consider irregular light conditions in the field. The digital image studio was designed to simulate the characteristics of natural light (illuminance and color temperature). Also, digital images of two soil samples (Jumoonjin sand and Anseong weathered soil) were captured under 12 different light conditions. For the RGB and CIELAB color systems, soil color intensities of 24 images were obtained using digital image processing. CIELAB was suitable for dealing with irregular light conditions in the field.

Keywords

CIELAB

Color temperature

Digital image processing

Illuminance

Soil color

토색은 흙을 분류하고 물리적, 화학적, 생물학적 특성을 예측하기 위한 기초 지표로 널리 활용된다. 일반적으로 토색은 육안으로 관찰해 결정하지만 관찰자의 예민도 혹은 주관이 개입될 가능성이 높으며 많은 시간이 소요된다. 디지털 이미지 프로세싱은 디지털 이미지를 이용해 원하는 정보를 획득하는 일련의 과정으로, 이를 통해 빠르고 정확한(수치적인 혹은 통계적인) 토색 분석이 가능할 것으로 기대된다. 본 연구는 현장의 불규칙한 광조건을 고려할 수 있는 디지털 이미지 프로세싱 기반 토색 분석 기술 개발을 위한 기초단계로서 수행되었다. 자연광의 특성(조도 및 색온도)을 모사할 수 있는 디지털 이미지 촬영 스튜디오를 구축하고, 두 가지 흙 시료(주문진 표준사 및 안성 풍화토)를 대상으로 광조건을 12회 씩 바꿔가며 디지털 이미지를 촬영했다. 디지털 이미지 프로세싱을 통해 촬영된 시료의 토색을 두 가지 색 표시계(RGB, CIELAB)에 대해 추출한 결과, CIELAB 색 표시계를 활용해 현장의 불규칙한 광조건을 고려할 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 : 38
No :5
Pages :61-71
Received Date : 2022-05-04
Revised Date : 2022-05-10
Accepted Date : 2022-05-10
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2022.38.5.61

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

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